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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's Love, Angel, Music, and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who on Thursday gave birth to a boy.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Glen Campbell covering Green Day and Foo Fighters?

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Barbadian pop singer Rihanna begins a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Disturbia," but she barely fended off the best chart debut in more than 18 months, in the form of David Archuleta's "Crush."

LOS ANGELES - Sheryl Crow wants your vote — and figures she can get it for a song.

LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna kicks off her "Sticky & Sweet" world tour at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday, the latest test of her enduring appeal that comes a week after her 50th birthday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican entertainment firm CIE said it has signed a five-year deal with concert promoter Live Nation Inc, which has Madonna and U2 among its clients, to bring international artists to Latin American arenas.

BEIJING (Reuters) - South Korean pop sensation Rain has vowed to keep acting and trying to break into the U.S. market despite his debut Hollywood movie, "Speed Racer," crashing at the box office.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Love, angel, music, baby No. 2.

NEW YORK - Rihanna is back for another performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, along with Pink, Paramore and T.I., who will be making his first appearance at a major awards show since his arrest right before an awards ceremony last year.

1. "Summer Olympics-Tuesday," NBC.

"Sometimes, you know, I cry and sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. ... It's all part of healing, and anyone who's going through it out there, it's OK to cry. It's OK to fall on the ground and just scream if you want to." — Christina Applegate, on the emotional rollercoaster she's experienced in her battle with breast cancer.

Andrew WK has announced his first visit to the U.K. in four years--but he's not going to be playing any conventional gigs.

David Byrne and Brian Eno have revealed the details of their first collaboration in nearly 30 years.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - All she wants to do is have some fun...and promote civics.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - David Cook topped David Archuleta in their American Idol showdown, but now the little D has gotten some extra-large revenge.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - One night in Bangkok…was all the Thai people could stomach of Gary Glitter. Though that's apparently one night more than Hong Kong could handle.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - British band Oasis gets back to its stripped-down rock roots on its upcoming album, "Dig Out Your Soul."

Los Angeles (E! Online) - It's not so easy being Steven Adler.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya (san-JY'-yah) has gone from "pitchy" to pitchman.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - UPDATE: Call this strike two.

BANGKOK, Thailand - Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - It was better late than never for Prince.

Entertainment highlights during the week of Aug. 24-30:

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Keeping up with the Joneses is nothing compared to keeping up with the Jonases.

DETROIT (Billboard) - The Verve considers its upcoming album, "Forth," the reunited British group's first new set in 11 years, to be the beginning of its new era -- and the continuation of a career that's been interrupted by two previous breakups.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 24-30:

Los Angeles (E! Online) - If Malaysian officials' logic holds, Avril Lavigne is sexier than Gwen Stefani and the Pussycat Dolls and just as potentially morally corrupting as Beyoncé.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday of complications from a vehicle accident in June.

NEW YORK - Forty seasons after making his unscheduled Metropolitan Opera debut as Maurizio in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur," Placido Domingo is returning to the role.