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Leonard Cohen has some new Old Ideas- Hallelujah!

Leonard Cohen sold off his song rights some years back, so he apparently doesn't collect royalties for the most hilariously over-covered song in American Idol history. That's bad for him, but good for us, since being cash-poor prompted the 70-something singer to come out of semi-retirement and return to the road in the late 2000s -- which, in turn, ultimately spurred the recording of Old Ideas, his first studio album in eight years.

It's Ex-Factor for Abdul, Scherzinger, Jones

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Simon Cowell gave his talent show The X Factor a major shake-up, showing the door to host Steve Jones, judge Nicole Scherzinger, and even his old friend Paula Abdul after a lackluster first season on U.S. television.
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Adele's live comeback at February 12 Grammy Awards

British chart-topper Adele will make her live comeback at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in just under two weeks, after being on vocal rest since throat surgery sidelined the singer late last year.
Liturgy

Lana Del Rey 'Born to Die' Bombs: Is Black Metal Now More Important than Pop?

Liturgy is the sexless hive-geek counterpart to Lana Del Rey, 2011's most polarizing and polarized artist. Her just-dropped album Born to Die, has landed number 1, despite global critical condemnation. The Brooklyn black metallers (Liturgy) generated what seemed a comparable amount of criticism to the manufactured pseudo-pop darling (Del Rey) in 2011. Liturgy sold far fewer albums, proving that artistic merit and integrity do not always win out.
Lana Del Ray on SNL

Lana Del Ray Talks 'SNL' Performance as Album Drops

Lana Del Ray made her official music debut on Tuesday with the release of her new album Born to Die, but everyone is still talking about her botched Saturday Night Live performance and the singer just doesn't understand why.
Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan, Shirish Kunder Call Truce After Fight At 'Agneepath' Party

Only a day after Shah Rukh Khan allegedly beat up Shirish Kunder at a party over the weekend, the Bollywood actor and the director-editor have agreed to put aside their differences, aided by their wives Gauri and Farah, Kunder's brother-in-law Sajid Khan, and friend Sajid Nadiadwala. As to what caused the fight in the first place, everyone involved seems content to ignore the press and resist arguing over who was at fault.

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