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Jan 24 2011 04:23 PM ET

Bret Michaels undergoing heart surgery

The Associated Press is reporting that rocker Bret Michaels is undergoing a scheduled surgical procedure today to close a hole in his heart. Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. are fixing the hole that was discovered in April when Michaels was in treatment for a brain hemorrhage.

Jan 23 2011 11:05 PM ET

Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton gets engaged

by Dan Snierson

Tags: Musics, Television, Music, TV

Emma Bunton — the former member of The Spice Girls known as Baby Spice — has announced her engagement to British singer/chef Jade Jones on Twitter. The 35-year-old Bunton, who’s currently serving as a judge on the British TV series Dancing on Ice, and the 31-year-old Jones have been together for 11 years and are expecting their second child this year.

Jan 1 2011 10:27 PM ET

Shania Twain gets married

by Jeff Labrecque

Tags: Musics, Weddings, Music

Shania Twain married Swiss businessman Frédéric Thiébaud in Puerto Rico today, according to People. “They were married at sunset in Rincon, Puerto Rico, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends,” her rep told the magazine. The couple, whose respective marriages ended after their exes were rumored to have engaged with each other in an affair, announced their engagement last month. Twain has a 9-year-old son with Robert “Mutt” Lange, who she divorced last year after 16 years of marriage.

Jan 1 2011 10:39 AM ET

Sebastian Bach and wife divorce

by Adam Markovitz

Tags: Musics, Music

Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach and his wife Maria Berk are getting a divorce, the musician told TMZ. The pair, who have three children together, were married for 18 years and have been separated since April. “We have tried to work things out for the sake of our family, but it has become apparent that our differences at this point are irreconcilable,” Bach told TMZ. “In 2011, we go our separate ways.”

Dec 30 2010 09:10 PM ET

John Mellencamp separates from wife after 20 years

by Adam B. Vary

Tags: Breaking up is hard to do, Musics, Music

John Mellencamp, 59, is separating from his wife Elaine after 20 years, the singer-songwriter’s rep Bob Merlis tells the Associated Press. Merlis says the couple ”are proud of their 20 years together and are very happy with their accomplishments both as parents and as a family.” He would not confirm if the couple were officially divorcing.

Dec 29 2010 06:25 PM ET

L.A. prosecutor says defense will claim Michael Jackson killed himself in trial for Dr. Conrad Murray

by Adam B. Vary

Tags: Musics, Music

Defense attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray will argue Michael Jackson killed himself, Los Angeles County prosecutor David Walgren claimed today at a hearing, according to an Associated Press report. Walgren and Murray’s lawyer J. Michael Flanagan were in court arguing over testing residue from syringes found in the pop star’s bedroom. ”I do think it’s clear the defense is operating under the theory that the victim, Michael Jackson, killed himself,” said Walgren. ”They don’t want to say it, but that’s the direction in which they are going.” Flanagan declined to comment. A preliminary hearing for Murray’s involuntary manslaughter trial begins Jan. 4.

Dec 23 2010 09:39 AM ET

Jim Morrison's Doors bandmates would prefer apology to pardon

by Jeff Labrecque

Tags: Lawsuits, Musics, Music

When Jim Morrison was posthumously pardoned by the State of Florida on Dec. 9, nearly 40 years after his conviction for indecent exposure at a 1969 concert in Miami, it seemed as if that episode was finally put to rest. But the surviving members of the Doors — Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robbie Krieger — and the Morrison family insist that a pardon should never have been necessary in the first place. In a statement, the group said, “We don’t feel Jim needs to be pardoned for anything. His performance in Miami that night was certainly provocative, and entirely in the insurrectionary spirit of the Doors’ music and message. The charges against him were largely an opportunity for grandstanding by ambitious politicians — not to mention an affront to free speech and a massive waste of time and taxpayer dollars … If the State of Florida and the City of Miami want to make amends for the travesty of Jim Morrison’s arrest and prosecution 40 years after the fact, an apology would be more appropriate — and expunging the whole sorry matter from the record…”

Dec 19 2010 03:49 PM ET

Lady Gaga gets snowed out in Paris

by Karen Valby

Tags: Musics, Music

Today’s planned Lady Gaga concert in Paris was called on account of snow, reports the Associated Press. That’s bad luck for French fans, who were hoping the Sunday show would make up for a concert previously canceled in October on account of nationwide strikes.

Dec 16 2010 04:58 PM ET

DMX sentenced to a year behind bars

by Jeff Labrecque

Tags: Lawsuits, Music Biz, Musics, Music

An Arizona court has sentenced DMX to a year in prison for violating his probation by drinking alcohol, according to Billboard. The rapper, 39, was originally placed on probation for attempted aggravated assault and a fraud-related charge.

Dec 16 2010 11:46 AM ET

Mariah Carey expecting twins

by Jeff Labrecque

Tags: Celebrity Babies!, Musics, Celebrity Babies!, Music

Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comMariah Carey is pregnant with twins, according to People Magazine. Nick Cannon confirmed the news on his radio show Thursday morning, revealing that the couple hadn’t intended on revealing the news until they met President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during Sunday’s “Christmas in Washington 2010” concert. “They, ironically enough, questioned my wife about, you know, ‘So, what are you having, are you having twins?’ ” Cannon said on his Rollin’ With Nick Cannon radio show. “And at this point she hadn’t told anybody anything because doctors advised us to keep it to ourselves until we get further along … And because of the excitement, because of the emotion, she was overwhelmed [and] she shared with the President and First Lady that we are having twins.”