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• Bob Dylan is endorsing his first-ever line of harmonicas. Hohner USA will release the Bob Dylan Signature Series, each branded by a Dylan-designed logo.
• Rush Hour auteur Brett Ratner has hopes of making a film based on video game Guitar Hero. “I love Guitar Hero and I think it’s a part of pop culture,” Ratner said.
• Hootie has left the Blowfish, as Darius Rucker has left the band so he can concentrate on his country music career. Rucker, whose “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About You” is #5 on country radio charts, played his last Hootie gig Tuesday night.
• As if being dropped from his label wasn’t bad enough, former American Idol winner
  Ruben Studdard is now in trouble with the IRS after failing to pay nearly $200,000 in taxes.