Diddy to executive produce Biggie biopic; Lopez pegs release date for LP; Winehouse scraps gigs.
By MTV News staff
<P><b>Britney Spears</b>' assistant was served with court papers Sunday morning to give a deposition in a legal matter between the singer and <b>Kevin Federline</b>. Mark Vincent Kaplan, Federline's attorney, told <i>The Associated Press</i> that Alli Sims will be asked to offer a statement "in connection with the Britney Spears/ Kevin Federline issue," although he didn't elaborate. He added that Sims is "believed to have relevant information" but didn't go into specifics about that either. On Wednesday, Kaplan filed documents in Los Angeles Superior Court for primary physical custody of Federline's two sons with Spears. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Diddy</b> will executive produce the upcoming biopic of the <b>Notorious B.I.G.</b>, <i>Variety</i> reports. "Soul Food" director <b>George Tillman</b> will be behind the lens for "Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G.," for which an open casting call was launched nationally on Sunday. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Jennifer Lopez</b> has pegged October 9 as the release date for her English-language album <i>Brave,</i> her second LP of the year and sixth studio disc overall. The set is highlighted by the just-released single, "Do It Well," and will be produced by <b>J.R. Rotem</b> (<B>50 Cent</b>, <b>Christina Aguilera</b>), among others. J. Lo's other album this year, <i>Como Ama Una Mujer,</i> is the best-selling Spanish-language debut LP ever. ... <b>Amy Winehouse</b>, who was hospitalized last week for severe exhaustion, has scrapped two planned shows in Germany opening for the <b>Rolling Stones</b>, RollingStone.com reports. The singer told Britain's <i>News of the World,</i> "I don't know how to explain what happened. ... I can't remember what I looked like. I couldn't recognize myself. It was terrifying." ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Smashing Pumpkins</b>, <b>Foo Fighters</b>, <b>Kid Rock</b> and <b>Velvet Revolver</b> will anchor Los Angeles radio station KROQ's Inland Invasion fest — which has been renamed the L.A. Invasion, since its relocation from a venue in Devore, California, to one in Carson. <b>Against Me!</b>, <b>Chris Cornell</b>, <b>Hot Hot Heat</b>, <b>Satellite Party</b>, <b>Paramore</b> and <b>Cypress Hill</b> round out the bill for the show, which will take place September 15. ... </P><P> </P><P>The French publisher of the "<b>Harry Potter</b>" series will not seek damages against a 16-year-old who allegedly posted online an unauthorized French translation of "<b>Harry Potter</b> and the Deathly Hallows," publishing house Gallimard Jeunesse said Monday (August 13), <i>The Associated Press</i> reports. The case is still being investigated by French authorities, who will decide whether to bring it to trial. ... <b>Robert Smith</b> of the <b>Cure</b>, <b>Julian Casablancas</b> of the <b>Strokes</b>, <b>Frank Black</b> and <b>Tom Waits</b> will judge this year's International Songwriting Competition, RollingStone.com reports. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Bloc Party</b>, <b>Múm</b>, <b>Of Montreal</b> and more have been confirmed for the ninth annual Iceland Airwaves festival, set for October 17-21 in downtown Reykjavík. ... The <b>Shins</b> have beefed up their fall tour schedule with a smattering of new U.S. dates. After playing Seattle's Bumbershoot festival on September 1 and Chicago's Download Festival the following day, the band will take a month off, then hit the road again beginning October 5 in Berkeley, California. From there, the Shins will play more West Coast and Southwest dates before dipping down South and winding their way up the East Coast for a two-day stand at New York's Terminal Five on October 23-24. They'll cap the tour with a pair of gigs at Las Vegas' Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel on October 27-28. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Wilco</b> are bumping a pair of concerts because guitarist <b>Nels Cline</b> has come down with the chicken pox, according to the band's site. The Tuesday night show in Duluth, Minnesota, will now be staged September 4, and a concert scheduled for Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be postponed or scrapped entirely. ... "You Hear It First" vets the <b>Shout Out Louds</b> will tour for a month after they drop their new album, <i>Our Ill Wills,</i> on September 11. The indie-pop quintet will embark at the <i>LA Weekly</i> Detour festival in Los Angeles on October 6 and stay on the road through a November 3 show in Dallas. ... </P><P> </P><P>According to <b>Killswitch Engage</b> bassist <b>Mike D'Antonio</b>, the band will head out for a co-headlining run with <b>Lamb of God</b> this winter. <b>Suicidal Tendencies</b> and <b>Every Time I Die</b> are in talks to open the gigs. ... <b>Alice in Chains</b> have been working on its first new material in more than a decade, according to frontman <b>William DuVall</b>. He said working with the band has "been deeply rewarding" and the new material sounds "insane." No word yet on when the reunited grunge rockers will release their next LP. ... </P><P> </P><P>"<b>Big Lebowski</b>" fans who incessantly re-enact scenes and dialogue from the cult flick are about to be able to make their interpretations even lifelike: action figures are on the way. Seven-inch scale figures devoted to the Dude and Walter will be available in October <a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/hitlist.asp?company=bif+bang+pow" target="_blank">and can be preordered here.</a> ... <b>Barenaked Ladies</b> will host another cruise in 2008 called Ships & Dip III and leaving Miami on January 27. Tickets go on sale March 22. Meanwhile, <b>Lynyrd Skynyrd</b> (with guests the <b>Marshall Tucker Band</b>) are also hosting another cruise, while <b>Sister Hazel</b> and <b>Toad the Wet Sprocket</b> are signed on for Rock Boat VIII. ... </P><P> </P><P>According to the <i>Asbury Park Press,</i> police charged 33 people with underage drinking last week at the Family Values Tour's Wednesday stop at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. Thirteen others were arrested on various other charges, including resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and assaulting a trooper. In all, 46 people, ranging in age from 16-47, were taken into custody during the gig, which was headlined by tour founders <b>Korn</b>. ... A <b>James Brown</b> trustee accused of misappropriating $350,000 of the late singer's money has resigned, the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> reports. David Cannon turned over a check for the sum at a hearing on Friday. A follow-up hearing has been slated for September 24 as wrangling continues over Brown's estate. </P><P> </P><P> </P><P>08.10.07 </P><P> </P><P>Think <b>50 Cent</b> is taking his upcoming face-off with <b>Kanye West</b> lightly? In an interview posted on SOHH.com on Friday (August 10), Fiddy threatened to end his rap career if he gets upstaged by 'Ye when their albums go head to head on September 11. "If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer write music," he said. "I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out anymore solo albums." 50's <i>Curtis</i> will square off against West's <i>Graduation.</i> ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Lily Allen</b> has canceled gigs once again, this time because she has strep throat and sinusitis, she says in a post on her MySpace blog. "I'm back in London eating my mum's chicken soup, 'cause I'm afraid the traveling has caught up with me," she wrote in the post. "Before anyone starts trying to accuse me of neglecting my fans, I want to apologise and say how sorry I am, but I can't risk causing any permanent damage." Defending herself further, the singer also posted an image of her holding her doctor's note. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>D'Angelo</b> received suspended jail sentences Friday after pleading guilty to charges of driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license, <i>AP</i> reports. A Virginia judge revoked his license for 13 and a half months and fined him $1,250, with additional penalties suspended. A reckless-driving charge was dropped. ... <b>Beastie Boys</b> finally said hello to Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday night with — if you can believe it — their <i>first-ever</i> concert in the borough. RollingStone.com reports that the group, which played at McCarren Pool in Greenpoint, aptly opened the set with "Hello Brooklyn" and closed it with "No Sleep Till Brooklyn." ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Norah Jones</b>, <b>Corinne Bailey Rae</b> and <b>Joss Stone</b> are chipping in for <i>Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino,</i> which arrives in stores September 25. <b>Paul McCartney</b>, <b>Elton John</b>, <b>Robert Plant</b> and other classic-rock vets also salute the bluesman on the two-disc set, the sales from which will go toward buying instruments for public schools in New Orleans, rebuilding Domino's home there and helping other Crescent City-related programs. ... Emma Bunton, a.k.a. <b>Baby Spice</b>, gave birth to a, um, baby boy in London on Friday. It's the first child for the singer and boyfriend Jade Jones, who used to be in a pop act of his own: boy band <b>Damage</b>. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Bright Eyes</b> are lighting up their tour schedule with seven additional dates: September 14 (Boise, Idaho); September 15 (Spokane, Washington); September 18 (Fairbanks, Alaska); September 19-20 (Anchorage, Alaska); September 23 (Eugene, Oregon); and September 24 (Chico, California). ... Waiting for a <b>Cure</b> LP? Well, the wait just got a bit longer. The band's new album was supposed to drop earlier this year, got bumped to the fall — and now won't be ready until the spring, Billboard.com reports. The band is busy touring and frontman <b>Robert Smith</b> hasn't finished writing yet. ... </P><P> </P><P><b>Underoath</b> will hit the road with <b>Every Time I Die</b>, <b>Maylene and the Sons of Disaster</b> and <b>Poison the Well</b> for a fall tour beginning September 22 in Houston and ending November 6 in Orlando, Florida. ETID, who are still on the Sounds of the Underground Tour, will drop their new Ferret release <i>The Big Dirty</i> on September 4. Earlier this week, they posted "No Son of Mine" — a track from the <b>Steve Evetts</b>-produced (<b>Dillinger Escape </p>
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