02:53 PM EDT 07/22/2008
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Natalie Portman Goes Bollywood in Boyfriend's Music Video
Originally posted 07/22/2008 11:25AM
Folk rocker Devendra Banhart has enlisted girlfriend Natalie Portman in his latest project: the music video for his new single, "Carmensita." Styled as a Bollywood send-up – with cheeky subtitles and silly special effects to boot – the musician casts Portman as his princess whom he must save with his "rebellious beard." (You just have to see it!) When they're not in sync onscreen, battling snakes and fire, the happy couple have been spotted together, hanging out everywhere from New York's West Village to Israel. (See more stars and their indie rock loves!)
–Brian Orloff
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Natalie Portman Goes Bollywood in Boyfriend's Music Video
Originally posted 07/22/2008 11:15AM
Folk rocker Devendra Banhart has enlisted girlfriend Natalie Portman in his latest project: the music video for his new single, "Carmensita."
Styled as a Bollywood send-up – with cheeky subtitles and silly special effects to boot – the musician casts Portman as a princess whom he must save with his "rebellious beard." (You just have to see it!)
When they're not in sync onscreen, battling snakes and fire, the happy couple have been spotted together, hanging out everywhere from New York's West Village to Israel.
(See more photos of Natalie & Devendra – and all stars and their indie rock loves!)
– Brian Orloff
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Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels Hospitalized
Originally posted 07/18/2008 05:25PM
Darryl McDaniels, better known as rapper DMC from the group Run-DMC, has been hospitalized in New Jersey, his rep tells PEOPLE.
Doctors examined McDaniels, who was suffering from pain and swelling in his left arm, and discovered two major blood clots. He is undergoing surgery Friday.
McDaniels, 44, had been scheduled to perform Saturday at the AVP Beach Volleyball Tournament; the appearance was canceled.
Since Run-DMC disbanded in 2002, McDaniels has kept busy with a solo career. He was featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and is working on his second solo album, tentatively titled The Next Level.
– Steve Helling
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Metallica Rolling Out Their New Album on Guitar Hero
Originally posted 07/17/2008 03:00PM
When Metallica releases its new album, Death Magnetic, in September, fans will be able to do more than thrash their heads to it – they'll be able to play their fake Gibsons right along with it.
According to nme.com, the band will release the album on the video game Guitar Hero, as well as in stores.
And hardcore fans may have something else to look forward to: Lars and the guys reportedly may release a special Metallica-only edition of the game next year.
In related news, Guns N Roses, will also release their new track, "Shackler's Revenge" on Guitar Hero's competition, Rock Band II, the same month.
– Rennie Dyball
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Kenny Chesney: I'd 'Love' to Play for Boston Red Sox
Originally posted 07/16/2008 10:45AM
If country crooner Kenny Chesney weren't playing his guitar, he'd be playing baseball.
"Deep down I would love to play second base for the [Boston] Red Sox," the singer, 40, told PEOPLE Tuesday night in New York, while in town for the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
"When I was little I wanted to be a baseball player. I wanted to be Pete Rose." Although Chesney played on his high school team, he eventually diverted his attention away toward music.
"I got into music and then I realized that I didn't want to eat, drink and sleep [baseball]," he says. "I just wanted to eat, drink and sleep."
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Britney Spears Working and 'Having Fun' on New Album
Originally posted 07/16/2008 10:00AM
Britney Spears's summer won't be all rest and relaxation this year: The pop singer will be spending time hard at work on her yet-untitled next album, according to her manager.
"Britney Spears is spending her summer in the recording studio, working on a brand new album," manager Larry Rudolph announced Tuesday in a statement released by Jive Records.
"She's working with a team of top-notch producers and songwriters, and we're very excited about what she's accomplished so far. No album release date has been confirmed yet."
Spears spent time in and out of the studio in the spring, fueling rumors of an upcoming album. But at that time it was "recreational," Rudolph insisted.
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Hanson Ready to Hit the Road!
Originally posted 07/16/2008 08:00AM
Hanson is taking to the road this fall in support of their album The Walk – and they're going to do just that with fans.
Before each of their 35 tour stops (beginning Sept. 7 in Portland, Ore.) on the "Walk Around The World Tour," the band will continue their tradition of taking a barefoot, one-mile walk with fans with the goal of walking 'around the world,' or 24,902 miles, to raise awareness about poverty and AIDS in Africa.
Hanson's takethewalk.net campaign also gives fans a chance to organize their own walks. The band plans to donate $ 1 per mile walked to fight poverty in Africa, where their album – which dropped last year – was partially recorded.
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Hayden Panettiere Calls Debut Album 'Eclectic'
Originally posted 07/15/2008 03:30PM
Hayden Panettiere is gearing up for one superhuman task – releasing her first album.
The Heroes star played her first single, "Wake Up Call," on Ryan Seacrest's KISS-FM radio show Tuesday – and opened up about the "very different, very diverse" songs comprising the album.
"They're a little bit eclectic," Panettiere, 18, said. The actress described the experience of hearing her music on the radio as "scary" and "terrifying," but told the talk show host that she's put a lot of effort into the songs on her debut disc. In fact, the project has been four years in the making.
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Alicia Keys Unveils 'Superwoman'
Originally posted 07/15/2008 12:25PM
Alicia Keys unveiled her new video on her Web site Tuesday – and fans are saying it's super.
The clip for the melodic ballad, "Superwoman," from Keys's album, As I Am, shows images of women from all walks of life – including a single mother trying to go back to school, a businesswoman in the boardroom, and an astronaut shooting up into space in a rocket.
In the video, Keys soulfully sings at a piano: "This is for all the mothers fighting, better days are coming."
The song and video are already inspiring her fans, it seems. "I love 'Superwoman,' it's such and empowering song!!!!!," wrote one fan on the singer's Web site.
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Feist's Hit Gets a Sesame Street Makeover
Originally posted 07/15/2008 11:25AM
Feist's popular song "1234" was a hit with hipsters when it was used to promote the Apple iPod Nano – but it's time for Apple to share the tune with some mini hipsters in the making: Sesame Street viewers. One of the sweetest collaborations in quite a while comes straight from the best-known lane besides Abbey Road. Sesame Street has turned the jazzy tune into an educational ditty that teaches kids how to count to, yep, you guessed it – four! Feist sways among the puppets in her black skinny jeans and wispy ponytail singing newly minted lines like "1234 monsters walking 'cross the floor. "
– Jessica Herndon
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