Chuck Philips, the Pulitzer-winning Los Angeles Times reporter who has devoted the latter part of his career to investigating the deaths of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G., has been let go by the paper.
• Sharon Stone may be bringing her special brand of crazy to the recording studio. What good is she without her crotch flashing? [Page Six]
• Madonna is house hunting in Israel, bringing their celebrity citizen count to at total of one. One crazy leotarded lady. [The Scoop]
• We can't let this one go: Death Row Records may be on, uh, death row, after Suge Knight missed yet another court appearance. Damn it. Now who's going to release all of Tupac's "new" records? [Billboard]
• There are a few options for what to do if your iPod battery dies. Shut up, your daddy's totally gonna' just buy the newest version anyway. [ChiTri]
• Sony isn't making all the money off Prince's new release, and some heads are gonna roll. Who would've thunk this would be his number one album? [Gatecrasher]
• The plot of CBS's new record industry-inspired show, Love Monkey, is believable. About as beleivable as the possibly that it will relaunch Jason Priestly's career. [NYT]
• Jay-Z and Nas bury the hatchet. In the name of money, of course. [MTV]
• Oh, will Johnny Cash's daughter shut the f up already? She's like the only person in the world who didn't like this movie. Plus, didn't we learn anything this year about "memoirs?" They don't really have to be true. [People]
• Time prints a list of the "5 Voices You Need To Hear." And if that's not weird enough, Ryan Adams makes the list. (Just don't call him Bryan Adams … we hear he gets real testy about that.) [Time]
• The more we see of old artists' unreleased material, remastered albums, and outtakes, the less alluring they become. Hear that, Tupac crew? [PopMatters]
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