White Stripes singer-songwriter- guitarist Jack White, 29, married model Karen Elson, 25, in a ceremony officiated by a shaman in a canoe at the confluence of the Rio Negro, Solimones and Amazon rivers in Manaus, Brazil. Just to make sure, this ceremony was followed by a blessing by a Catholic …

Closing arguments in the Michael Jackson child molestation and conspiracy trial — a trial which commenced with opening statements on February 28 — began this morning in Santa Maria with Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen speaking for the prosecution. Zonen opened, “This case is about the exploitation and sexual …

The Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet’s main oversight body, yesterday approved a new domain for “adult-entertainment” sites — .xxx — which had been submitted for consideration by ICM Registry along with ten other potential new Internet address suffixes, including .jobs …

I had honestly thought that based upon court testimony and my understanding of the industry that Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor had a real bad business arrangement with his former manager John Malm, but that it wasn’t illegal (details of the case here). I thought Trent’s caveat had been emptored …

I am a huge fan of the voluminous ARChive of Contemporary Music, a not-for-profit archive, music library and research center located in New York City. The ARChive collects preserves and provides information on the popular music of all cultures throughout the world. Since 1986 their holdings have grown to 1,800,000 …

Rod Stewart — transformed into a mightily successful crooner of standards in his rock ‘n’ roll dotage (he turned 60 in January) — announced he still has what it takes to produce the puppies (note sly grin above). “I am overjoyed and extremely proud to be able to confirm that …

Nine Inch Nails will not be performing at the MTV Movie Awards being taped on June 4 and aired June 9 (incidentally, why do they have bands playing at a movie awards show anyway?), because the network was, in their words, “uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan …

20 years later Bob Geldof announces “Live 8,” a repeat of 1985’s Live Aid concert, with monster line-ups at five locations around the world to highlight the ongoing problem of global poverty and debt. “20 years on, it strikes me as morally repulsive that people die of want in a …

In a surprise move, the rebuttal phase of the Michael Jackson trial ended on Friday in hushed darkness with the prosecution showing a July 6, 2003 videotape of Jackson’s then-13 year-old accuser quietly, somberly and seemingly reluctantly telling law enforcement interrogators for the first time of his alleged abuse by …

Wayward comedian Dave Chapelle — who cold bugged out to South Africa amid rumors of psychological breakdown, excessive partying, and plain old fear of success — has turned up back home in rural, artsy Yellow Springs, Ohio. For a guy who put the third season of his hit Comedy Central …