*Terrence Howard tells the New York Times that a song on his debut album, “Shine Through It,” is about the ways in which he stalked his ex-wife immediately following their split.
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*Jennifer Hudson has accepted an invitation by Barack Obama to belt the National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, before the Presidential candidate gives his acceptance speech at Denver’s Invesco Field.
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As Madonna kicked off her international “Sticky and Sweet” tour Saturday night, the Michigan native took a none-too subtle swipe at the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. President.

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Britne Spears won’t do it again - she’s out of next week’s MTV Video Music Awards.

A guessing game started earlier this month after she starred in some commercials for the event.

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In what already looks like the biggest format shakeup in American Idol history, Fox announced this morning that the show’s eighth season will feature a fourth judge.

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Reality TV fans may remember Amanda Tillander as the 15-year-old Ocalan whose splashy 16th birthday party with R&B star Ciara and bratty ways were chronicled on MTV’s show “My Super Sweet 16.”

Her over-the-top behavior made her one of the memorable teens on the series, and for that reason MTV chose her for a new show meant to give the teen a big reality check. In “My Super Sweet 16 Presents: Exiled!” Tillander and seven other spoiled and pampered teens from the “Sweet 16″ show are whisked away from their luxurious homes and dropped off in remote locations in foreign lands.

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Former Spice girl Victoria Beckham and her husband David have escaped unscathed following a car crash in France.

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Young Jeezy, whose tracks “I Got What it Takes” and “Go Getta” with R. Kelly were cited by Phelps as two of the songs he used for motivation, says his camp has reached out to the swimmer’s reps to organize a formal introduction in the near future.
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*Sean Diddy Combs had an entourage four cars deep on Sunset Blvd. over the weekend when one of the vehicles was pulled over by LAPD and a gun was drawn on Diddy in the confusion that ensued.
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Now picture this, you’re a Disney executive with a cushy job and things couldn’t be better. You have a hit show Hanna Montana on the Disney Channel and you got teen idol Miley Cyrus plastered all over the place. You walk into the world’s biggest department store, Wal-mart and you find Hanna Montana all over the place. You step into a JC Penney and there she is again, Miley Cyrus, aka Hanna Montana.

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