Bono, Elevation Partners Set to Win Big From Facebook Sale

Didier Messens/Getty Images Months after Bono finished a 3-year tour that grossed a record $736 million, the U2 singer is set to capitalize on one of the biggest stock IPOs in U.S history. Bono is managing director and co-founder at Elevation Partners, an investment firm that focuses on media, entertainment and technology industries.

Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood Defends Athens, GA With ‘After It’s Gone’

Hood rails against hometown land development with new collaborative single. Jason Thrasher With the release of a new single titled “After It’s Gone,” Drive-By Truckers founding member and Athens, Georgia resident Patterson Hood — alongside a collective known as the Downtown 13 — is standing up for his city.

Chart Juice: Drake, Seal Win Seals of Approval on R&B/Hip-Hop Charts

Seal Performs in 2009 | Getty Images Unlike the past few weeks, the top 10 of the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week shuffles around, with enough position gains and drops that only the top two titles, the monsters of the list, remain in place.

‘Glee’s’ ‘Smooth Criminal’ Selling Big, Heading For High Chart Debut

©2012 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Adam Rose/FOX “Glee’s” take on Michael Jackson ’s “Smooth Criminal” is off to a fast start. Covered by the show’s Grant Gustin and Naya Rivera (with guests 2Cellos) on its Jan. 31 Michael Jackson-themed episode, the single could perhaps sell 80,000 to 100,000 downloads by the end of the tracking week on Feb. 5

Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q Talk Upcoming Albums, Working with Pharrell & More

Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q took last year by storm. Both West Coast rappers debuted highly-praised independent albums last year: Lamar’s “Section.80″ and ScHoolboy Q’s “Setbacks.”

Down with Webster Video Premiere: ‘Royalty’

If you don’t know Down with Webster , get to know them. The six-members rock/rap band embarked on their first US headline tour, the ” Warm Up ” tour this week. The 11-city tour kicked off on Tuesday (Jan

Ja Rule Gets Advice On Stocks & Education While In Prison

pr NEW YORK (AP) — Ja Rule has been getting advice behind bars from two once high-powered men: ex-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi and ex-Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski. The rapper, born Jeffrey Atkins, is serving two years for gun possession at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida, N.Y. Ja Rule Set for Prison Sentencing He tells the Daily News , in an interview: “Outside, you don’t meet guys like this every day.” The high school dropout says both men have urged him to pursue higher education. The rapper says Kozlowski also advised him to buy airline stock and study business. Ja Rule will be taking college-level courses later this month.

‘American Idol’ Keeps Portland Weird at Auditions

“Idol” contestant Britnee Kellogg rolls deep with her posse. Michael Becker/FOX. There’s a popular phrase in Portland — evidenced by a number of signs found across the city — bearing the saying “Keep Portland Weird.”

Britney Spears Wants to Guest Star on ‘Modern Family’

Getty Britney Spears’ television resume may contain at least one glaringly painful reality TV entry (”Britney & Kevin: Chaotic”), but she’s also appeared on a couple of comedies, “Glee” and “How I Met Your Mother,” playing herself in the first and a receptionist at a doctor’s office in the second.

Macy Gray Has Metallica, Kanye ‘Covered’

For Next Album, Out March 27, Singer Tackles Yeah Yeah Yeahs, My Chemical Romance & Arcade Fire Macy Gray is going the interpretive route for her next album, covering songs by the likes of Kanye West, Metallica and Radiohead.

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