During all the NBC internet chatter this week, I couldn't wait for new episodes of scripted comedy. The Thursday lineup was loaded with guest stars, none bigger than Jack Black's appearance on Community, which says one if not two things: the show is underperforming ratings-wise, and A-list actors want to be a part of a comedy they enjoy watching.

The question is not how the Kung Fu Panda would interact with the tight ensemble cast, but how the show's producers would buck the tired more...

LONDON (AP) -- Former Smiths frontman Morrissey was released Sunday from a hospital where he was held overnight after collapsing on stage during a concert.

A spokeswoman for the Great Western Hospital in the English city of Swindon said the singer was "much improved."

"Morrissey became unwell, and he was admitted overnight as a precautionary measure," she said on condition of anonymity, in

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Former Smiths star Morrissey has plans to retire in five years - because he can't imagine hitting the stage or the recording studio at 55. The "Suedehead" singer, who turns 50 in May, insists he has no plans of rocking on into his 60s.

He tells Britain's XFM radio station, "I think it's incredibly slim... It's very hard to think of anybody who ages and still manages to mean anything."

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This time it's true: to these ears, this really is Morrissey's best album since 1994's Vauxhall And I. Years Of Refusal – another rollercoaster journey of wit and despair – follows three years after the much-vaunted UK No.1, Ringleader Of The Tormentors. It is succinct, punchy and stinging, a 12-track 43-minute palate cleanser.

The fullness of Morrissey's years has given his voice gravitas. Whereas once he seemed to be

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British singer Morrissey has put an end to one of the longest-running rumors in pop - he will never reform The Smiths.

The cult band split in 1987, and fans have speculated ever since the break-up that the frontman would one day reunite with guitarist Johnny Marr for a one-off concert or world tour. Marr was forced to deny the persistent rumors last December when reports of an "imminent" reunion surfaced yet again. And Morrissey has now spoken out in a bid to finally put the

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NEW YORK (Billboard) – Morrissey has signed with Nashville-based roots label Lost Highway for the U.S. release of his new album, sources told Billboard. "Years of Refusal" will be released on February 17, and will be supported by a U.S. theater tour that kicks off February 28 in Boca Raton, Fla., and runs through April 15 in Albuquerque, N.M. The project marks the follow-up to the former Smiths frontman's 2006 more...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lil Wayne has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty in a New York City gun case.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper was taken away in handcuffs Monday to start serving his term immediately after his sentencing. He pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon and admitted having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007.

He'll serve his sentence in city

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