DETROIT (Billboard) – David Broza performed with Townes Van Zandt only once, during a Writers in the Round concert in Houston in 1994. After Van Zandt died three years later, the Israeli singer-songwriter was shocked to learn that the Texas music icon had left him a shoe box filled with unreleased poems and lyrics -- and that he wanted Broza to write music to accompany them.

After some initial hesitation -- during which Van

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NEW YORK (AP) -- "You Light Up My Life" tunesmith Joseph Brooks is staying free while fighting charges of molesting a string of would-be actresses in his Manhattan apartment.

Defense lawyer Jeffrey Hoffman said Tuesday that the Academy Award-winning songwriter sold stock to come up with $1.25 million cash bail.

Brooks' bail was raised from $250,000 after prosecutors increased the charges against him last month.

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NEW YORK – The Academy Award-winning songwriter of "You Light Up My Life" has ended his six-figure fight with a former fiancee he accused of conning him out of cash and pricey gifts by hiding the fact that she was already married.

A Manhattan judge last week approved a settlement between composer Joseph Brooks and Joaly Gomez, who said Brooks knew she wasn't single.

The settlement terms weren't specified, but court

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – British metal veterans Def Leppard are getting animated about their career.

The group has entered a wide-ranging deal with music publishing company Primary Wave, which is developing various marketing and branding opportunities.

Among them is a cartoon TV show, said Primary Wave CEO Larry Mestel. The project is still in the early stages, and has not been pitched to the networks, but it will

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Music mogul Diddy has done more than wreck singer Aubrey O'Day's musical dreams - his decision to fire her from girl group Danity Kane has turned her off the industry altogether.

The pin-up, who upset Diddy by posing scantily-clad in a series of men's magazines, has revealed she's contemplating quitting pop music for good - because her departure from the band has left her jaded.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's three children seem to be adjusting well to being raised by their grandmother, a judge said Friday.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff said he was "very pleased" with the contents of a probate investigator's report detailing how the children are adjusting roughly three months after their father's death.

"It looks like the children are really doing wonderfully

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For Melissa Peterman, life after "Reba" is something to sing about. Hopefully, it'll be somebody else doing the singing.

"You know, a lot of people tell me that I have the kind of voice that the first time you hear it, you're going to go, 'Arghhh!' and if I continue to sing at you, it starts to get under your skin," Peterman said. "It's like eczema. You know, it's just going to stay for a while until you get

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