• Beyoncé is set to portray famed singer Etta James in the film Cadillac Records. The movie is about the rise and fall of Chess Records, which helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf.

• Gavin Rossdale’s father told Us that Gwen Stefani is pregnant with her second child. Stefani gave birth to a son, Kingston, twenty months ago.

• A judge denied Foxy Brown’s request to leave jail early so that the incarcerated rapper could go to California to repair an electronic ear implant.

• After a twenty-four hour false start, free and legal P2P Qtrax launched their music program last night at midnight. However, due to some unsigned dotted lines with the major music labels, you still can’t download any music.

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