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AP - Conductor James Levine has delayed surgery to remove a kidney until next week.

Reuters - "Exactly!" Sugarland lead singer Jennifer Nettles exclaims when asked if "Beyonce to Bill Anderson" is a fair assessment of the duo's music.

Reuters - It may have seemed like a fad at first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice niche business for the major labels. With EMI's announcement that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all four majors are now onboard the vinyl bandwagon.

Reuters - During the first week of July, Nas' controversial untitled album leaked onto the Internet ahead of its July 15 release date via Def Jam.

Reuters - Walt Disney's imminent release of two new film versions of "High School Musical" in Mexico and Argentina marks another expansion in the company's efforts to produce more localized content for international markets.

Reuters - Nearly six decades after his start in the recording industry, legendary producer George Martin is at work on a documentary about the history of recorded music.

Reuters - Professionals and amateurs alike will have the chance to remix the third single from Mariah Carey's platinum-plus album "E=MC2" via a contest hosted on a startup social network Web site for musicians, Billboard has learned.

Reuters - Building a studio behind the Jacksonville, Florida, home he shares with wife, soul/blues singer Susan Tedeschi, and their two children has allowed guitarist Derek Trucks to make "the first album I've ever been a part of that feels epic."

Reuters - It's quite simple, actually. Composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard want to drive moviegoers insane.

E! Online - At this rate, they might seal up the Chunnel.

AP - Her parents are in the middle of a tawdry divorce, her brother is in jail and she's cut off contact with her mom because of her mother's teenage boyfriend. It would seem that with all the drama engulfing Brooke Hogan these days, the last place she'd want to be is in front of the cameras.

AP - Travis Dryden spent his childhood listening to his parent's records. And then he left them behind with the other detritus of his pre-college years to be sold for pennies at a yard sale.

E! Online - Remember Willa Holland as Kaitlin Cooper on The O.C.?

E! Online - Apparently, time is catching up with a certain Quantum Leap star.