Also in Simon's clutches.

Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson will duet for benefit.

There are many doors into the castle of showbiz – this is one of them: A gun-toting musician forced a southern Brazilian radio station to play his debut album for more than an hour on Wednesday after apparently having no luck opening the doors of show business, the man’s father …

Kurt Cobain’s childhood home sold for $210,000, five times its real estate value: The owners of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s childhood home have agreed to sell the house for $210,000, ending an online auction for the property. Ed and Jennifer McKee turned down online offers of $40 million for …

Carlos Vives was the big story before the Latin Grammys, but Alejandro Sanz was the one everyone was talking about afterward. Sanz swept the major categories at Wednesday night’s ceremony, taking album, song, and record of the year honors. The Spanish singer, who was nominated for four awards, won album …

Wants more time for kids, eating.

Disney/Pixar’s animated Monsters, Inc sells 5 million copies on first day of DVD/video release: The computer animated feature “Monsters, Inc.” set a record for opening day sales of DVDs and videos, with 5 million copies snatched up on Sept. 17, Pixar Animation Studios Inc. and Walt Disney Co. reported on …

J.K. Rowling owns “muggles” and whatnot: A federal court on Wednesday threw out author Nancy Stouffer’s claims that Rowling, the author of the blockbuster Harry Potter ( news – web sites) books, stole words and characters from Stouffer’s books. The claims were made against Rowling and her U.S. publisher and …

News Corp pres says "content is king."

The sideways smiley face emoticon just turned 20. I have to admit I have never used this or any other emoticon. I can’t exactly explain my reticence, maybe something about the cutesy, insiderish tech-dude aspect. I have even gone so far as to write the word “smile” in parentheses (smile) …