The odd trio of 'NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick, Tenacious

D's Kyle Gass and alternative rock icon Mike Watt appear

in the video for Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."

The track is the first single from The Young and the Hopeless, due

October 1. ...

Beyoncé Knowles and her sister Solange, Master P and his son Lil' Romeo, 3LW, Westlife, Isyss, Play and Lil' J will perform at Blockbuster Teenfest '02 on August 31 at 8 p.m. at San Diego's Coors Amphitheater.†The festivities will also include a teen job fair as well as celebrity olympics featuring a go-kart race, basketball shooting contest and freestyle hip-hop lyricist battle. ... The Best of Heavy D & the Boyz is slated for release on August 13. The compilation album brings together 11 digitally remastered hits from the group, four of which made it into the top 10 on the R&B charts. ...

Badly Drawn Boy has set an October 22 release date for his third

album, Have You Fed the Fish? His second release, the soundtrack to

"About a Boy," was released in the spring. ... Sleater-Kinney have posted their entire upcoming album, One Beat, on the Web site of their label, Kill Rock Stars. The limited-edition live stream also features full lyrics to the album, which is available through mail order on the Web site now and in stores on August 20. ...

Jewel and her mom/manager have purchased their first script, "Wave," by David Rothmiller, for their production company Magic Lantern Entertainment.†The mother/daughter duo will serve as executive producers of the project and Jewel will appear in the film, which chronicles the upheaval surrounding the reunion of a mother and her estranged son in Canada. ...

The White Stripes will release a CD/DVD of their next single, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," on September 2 only in the United Kingdom. The single will feature the song and new video as well as the video for "Fell in Love With a Girl" and live versions of "Suzy Lee" and "Stop Breaking Down." ... Icelandic electronic music ensemble Gus Gus will kick off their first North American tour in three years on September 9 in Los Angeles. Balligomingo are opening on the trek, which will promote Gus Gus'

Attention, due August 27. ...

08.05.02

Marilyn Manson will make a cameo in "Dead in Hollywood," the first video by Slipknot side project the Murderdolls. Manson plays a "deranged patient" in the clip, which is set in the morgue and autopsy rooms of an abandoned Los Angeles mental hospital, according to the band's publicist. ... A helicopter carrying Shakira was forced to make an emergency landing on a baseball field in the Domincan Republic because of strong winds and rain, according to the Associated Press. Despite the delay, Shakira and her family arrived safely in La Romana on July 29 for a month-long vacation at the pop singer's summer home. ... On Monday (August 5), a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge postponed the attempted murder trial of Junior M.A.F.I.A. members Larceny and Lil' Cease until September 20 ...

Elton John will perform at a private fund-raising event for Janet Reno, who is campaigning for governor in Florida, on September 18 at the Fort Lauderdale Hotel in Davie, Florida, according to Reuters . Sorry, Reno fans — the former U.S. Attorney General and dance party host will not be belting out any tunes with John at the $500-per-ticket event. ... He's been threatening to retire for a while now, and rock legend Little Richard is finally about to pack it in. He currently has shows booked through the end of October, and whether or not he books any more, he's made it clear in recent interviews that he's not going to continue past the end of the year. ...
Desoto Records, the Washington, D.C., independent label run by former Jawbox bassist Kim Coletta, has announced that it will no longer release new material. A statement on the label's Web site clarified that they are still trying to secure the rights to the two Jawbox albums released on Atlantic Records and that they will continue to keep their back catalog in print, among other projects. ... The Desoto Web site also reported that Burning Airlines, who count Coletta's former Jawbox mate J. Robbins among their ranks, have decided to call it a day as well. According to the statement, singer/songwriter Robbins will continue to compose while furthering his role as a producer, while "[bassist] Mike Harbin has started a new label called Silver Three and [drummer] Pete Moffett has been traveling the globe as the drum tech for Alanis Morrisette." ...