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Will Smith’s Daughter Signs with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation
Make way for the Fresh Princess of Bel Air: Will Smith’s daughter Willow Smith has inked a deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label. The nine-year-old singer drew attention online with her Beyonce-like song “Whip My Hair.” [EW’s The Music Mix]
The Strokes to Play NYC Fashion Week Show
The Strokes will play the first show in their native New York City in nearly four years, taking the stage Sunday night at the Metropolitan Opera House for the 25th anniversary of Tommy Hilfiger’s clothing line. The concert is an invite-only Fashion Week event. [NME]
Fistful of Mercy Announce Tour
Fistful of Mercy, the new supergroup featuring Ben Harper, Dhani Harrison and Joseph Arthur, will embark on a seven-date tour starting November 9th at Seattle’s Showbox. [The Guardian]
Eminem to Open VMAs
MTV announced that Eminem will kick off the Video Music Awards — which are airing live on Sunday from LA’s Nokia Theatre — with a performance. [AP]
T.I. May Lose Axe Deal
A rep for Axe body spray says the company was “troubled” by T.I.’s arrest last week on drug charges, and are “reviewing [their] promotional activities” with him. [TMZ]
‘Glee’ Star Matthew Morrison Announces Debut’s Release Date
Glee‘s Mr. Schuester, Matthew Morrison, will release his debut album in February 2011. The album will feature “a lot of stuff that you would find on the adult contemporary charts, but stuff that you’ll hear in the club and you can dance to,” Morrison says. [ The Hollywood Reporter ]
Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’ Tops Hot 100
Katy Perry’s new album Teenage Dream struggled in its second week on the shelves, but the album’s title track jumped to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, toppling Eminem‘s “Love the Way You Lie.” “Teenage Dream” is Perry’s second Hot 100-topping single this year, after “California Gurls.” [ Billboard ]
Vince Neil Accused of Assault
Police are investigating an accusation by a woman who claims that Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil pushed her into a Las Vegas elevator on Sunday night. [TMZ]
Bob Marley’s Daughter Plead Guilty to Marijuana Charges
The youngest of Bob Marley’s 13 children, 29-year-old Makeda Jahnesta Marley, pleaded guilty to drug and tampering charges. In 2008 she was caught with over two dozen marijuana plants in her Pennsylvania home, and then tried to hide them from the police. Marley, who was born less than three weeks after her father died in 1981, could be sentenced to nine months in prison. [Chester County Daily News]
Britney Spears, Ex-Husband Deny Bodyguard’s Claims
Britney Spears has denied sexually harassing a former bodyguard, who also claims in a lawsuit that he witnessed her abusing her children. An attorney for Kevin Federline, ex-husband to Spears, also denied the claims. [Britney Spears, AP]
Courtney Love to Testify in Twitter Defamation Case
Courtney Love has been ordered to give a deposition in a case in which she has been accused of defaming a fashion designer on Twitter. [THR, Esq.]
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