R. Kelly had been hoping for a Chicago judge to dismiss the child-pornography case against him, but on Friday (October 28), his request was denied. However, the singer got a small consolation prize, when the judge ordered the prosecution to turn over some computer files to help his case. He's due back in court December 9. ...

Jessica Simpson poses with sister Ashlee on the cover of the next issue of Teen People, in which they reveal they gave each other strength during a rather tough year -- so tough, in fact, that Jessica sought help from a therapist. "I respect knowledge of the psyche," she told the mag. "I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer." Part of her frustration stems from being chased by the paparazzi and a never-ending slew of tabloid stories suggesting problems with her marriage, but she acknowledges that part of it is her fault for doing "Newlyweds" in the first place. "Nick and I have been so public about our marriage that it made people obsessed. We set ourselves up to be gawked at." Still, she has no regrets. "Anybody in the entertainment business who says they don't want fans is lying." The December/ January issue will be on newsstands November 4. ... Harry Potter won't be flying to Hogwarts in the Weasley family car anytime soon, because the Ford Anglia used in the second film, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," has been stolen from a studio lot in Cornwall, England. "The film prop was being stored under a tarpaulin," a London police spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. "It was not in good condition and could not have been driven away under its own steam." A Warner Bros. spokesperson told MTV News that there's no word yet of a reward for the return of the stolen vehicle. Also no word on if He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is considered a suspect. ...

Mary J. Blige is slated to receive a Legend Award for lifetime achievement at the upcoming Vibe Awards. Performing on the two-hour show will be Ciara, Ludacris, Pharrell, Young Jeezy, Keyshia Cole, David Banner, Paul Wall and Lil Wayne, the latter three for a special Hurricane Katrina tribute. The Vibe Awards will be taped November 12 at Sony Studios in Culver City, California, and broadcast November 15 at 8 p.m. on UPN. ... The judge in the upcoming Phil Spector trial ruled Thursday that statements the producer made the night he is accused of shooting actress Lana Clarkson in his mansion may be used by prosecutors. Spector's attorney, Bruce Cutler, argued that when a policewoman overheard the producer say, "I didn't mean to shoot her, it was an accident," he was sleep-deprived, intoxicated, had not taken his various medications and had been subdued by police using a stun gun. ...

Kid Rock and Pam Anderson are together again -- at least on TV. Kid Rock appears on the season premiere of his ex-girlfriend's sitcom "Stacked," playing a small but pivotal role as a deliveryman. The episode airs November 9 at 8:30 p.m. on FOX. ... Dashboard Confessional, the All-American Rejects, Mike Shinoda's Fort Minor side project and Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins will perform at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday for a concert celebrating the two-year anniversary of MySpace.com. Proceeds from the event are being donated to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. ...

Slipknot have postponed their Friday (October 28) gig in Philadelphia and canceled their Sunday, Monday and Tuesday concerts in New York and the Thursday Lewiston, Maine, date of their Final Volume Tour. According to a statement from the band, Shawn "Clown" Crahan's father passed away this week; a memorial service was held Friday afternoon in the Knot's hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. The Philadelphia date has been rescheduled for November 8, the same night the band was to play the second of two scheduled shows in Worcester, Massachusetts, which has now been canceled. The tour will resume, with dates going down as scheduled, on November 4 in Montreal. Ticket refunds are being offered at point of purchase. ... More bands have been confirmed for 2006's Taste of Chaos Tour. Joining previously announced headliners the Deftones -- whose forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album is now slated for a May 2006 release -- will be As I Lay Dying, Atreyu, Thrice, Story of the Year and, on the first half of the tour, Funeral for a Friend, with Circa Survive taking over the slot for the second half of the run. The tour will start in mid-February, with dates running through the first week of April. ...

Travis Barker has designed a second shoe for DC Shoes Remix Series, this one based on the boom-box tattoo he has across his stomach. The drummer will celebrate the launch of the shoe, due in December, with a party November 14 at LAX, the club owned by friend DJ AM. ... Don Omar will be among the artists performing at the sixth annual Latin Grammys on November 3 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Luny Tunes, the producers behind the reggaeton craze, are presenting at the show, along with Salma Hayek, John Leguizamo, Daisy Fuentes, Andy Garcia and Sofia Vergara. ...

3 Doors Down's live collection, due Tuesday, will mark the first release in Monster Music's Superdisc format, a CD that also doubles as a High Definition DVD. Away From the Sun, Live From Houston, Texas is also the band's first live release. ... Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof will be honored with the Man of Peace award on November 24 at the World Summit of Nobel Laureates. Previous winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vote on the award. ...

The body of Olamide Adeyooye, the girlfriend of three years to Junior Varsity guitarist Andy Wildrick, was discovered in a burnt-down Mississippi chicken coop on Monday; she had been missing since October 13. Police have no suspects at this time, but investigators have launched a nationwide search for Adeyooye's car, which is also missing. Police believe the car may contain valuable clues that may help them find Olamide's killers. The car is a green 1996 Toyota Corolla, with Illinois license plate LBG927; the car's rear window bears a sticker from Olamide's college, Illinois State University. Those with any information concerning the car's whereabouts should call Detective Sergeant Scott Johnson with the Normal, Illinois, Police Department at (309) 454-9535. ...

10.27.2005

Janet Jackson has spoken out to deny allegations that she has an 18-year-old daughter from her brief marriage to singer James DeBarge in the 1980s. In a statement to "Access Hollywood," Jackson said, "I do not have a child and all allegations saying so are false." She was reacting to a claim made by singer Young DeBarge, James' younger brother, who told a New York radio station last week that Jackson's older sister Rebbie has been raising the girl in secret. ...

Angelina Jolie, already a mom of two adopted kids -- Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 9 months -- is planning on expanding her brood. While attending the annual Worldwide Orphans Foundation benefit Monday in New York with her brother, Jolie told People magazine that she wants to adopt again, and "quickly." "It's a very special thing," she told the mag. "There's something about making a choice, waking up, and traveling somewhere and finding your family." ... Nine Inch Nails' groundbreaking 1989 debut album, Pretty Hate Machine, which has been out of print for more than three years, will be reissued on November 22 through Rykodisc. The re-release will feature the same 10 tracks as the original, and the artwork remains unchanged. Rykodisc is licensing the rights to the record from Prudential Securities, which had put Pretty Hate Machine, along with several other TVT Records titles, on the auction block in mid-August; the label presented a bulk of its industrial catalog to Prudential in 1999 as collateral against a $32 million loan. When it failed to attract a credible bid for the material, Prudential opted to hold onto the records' rights and license them out. A Rykodisc spokesperson said the label will also reissue a KMFDM record in early 2006. ...

The "Ozzfest 10th Anniversary" DVD and bonus live CD will be released on November 22. The DVD, filmed at shows in Camden, New Jersey, and at Donington Park in England, will feature performances by Black Sabbath ("War Pigs," "Iron Man" and "Paranoid"), Velvet Revolver ("Sucker Train Blues"), H.I.M. ("Soul on Fire"), Trivium ("A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation"), Rob Zombie ("More Human Than Human" and "Dragula"), the Haunted ("Bury Your Dead"), Soilwork ("Blind Eye Halo") and Wicked Wisdom ("You Can't Handle"), among others. The CD's track list is no different. The DVD also includes interviews with the Osbourne family, Velvet Revolver's Slash and Black Label Society's Zakk Wylde. ...

Lenny Kravitz's toilet troubles aren't over yet. After being sued last year by an insurance company seeking to recover $333,850 from the rocker's downstairs neighbor's claim that Kravitz's toilet had overflowed and caused damage to his Manhattan apartment, Kravitz is being sued yet again over the matter, this time, by the neighbor himself. The previous lawsuit, filed by Amica Mutual Insurance, sought to recover the cost of repairs paid out to neighbor and retired financial exec Joel Disend, but now Disend says it wasn't enough, and is seeking additional damages of $9,387. No word yet on which of Kravitz's eight bathrooms in his $13 million, 6,000-square-foot penthouse had the plumbing problem. ... Andy Dick spent his Wednesday afternoon at Fairfax High School in Hollywood urging students to "cut class, not frogs." The comedian and longtime PETA supporter launched a new ad campaign at the school, signing posters that read "Exercise your right to refuse to dissect animals." Dick previously pressured the clothing company Wet Seal to stop selling fur by leaving hundreds of messages on employees' voicemails, which led to the company meeting with PETA and yanking fur from its shelves. ...

"One Tree Hill" star Bethany Joy Lenz, who attended the Brooklyn College of Opera and plays guitar and piano, has signed a recording deal with Epic Records. Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Guster) is producing her debut, due next year. Lenz is also collaborating with Garry Marshall and Carole King on a new musical and working with director Arthur Allan Seidelman on a production of "The Outsiders." ... Buyer beware -- if you're looking to pick up any Beach Boys memorabilia currently being auctioned off through London's Cooper Owen house, you may want to reconsider, since the band says it's stolen. The auction house has 28 lots of Beach Boys collector's items, even though a criminal investigation by the Los Angeles police is already in place, according to the band's corporate entity, Brother Records, which notes that the FBI and Interpol may also become involved. Brother Records also says that it intends to file civil lawsuits against Cooper Owen, the individual seller, and anyone who purchases any of the memorabilia at the auction. ...

One year after joining Adema, Luke Caraccioli has decided to leave the band. Caraccioli, recruited to replace founding frontman Marky Chavez (half brother of Korn's Jonathan Davis), said in a statement posted to the band's Web site that the decision was personal, one he "had to make at this point in my life." He added that he's rejoined his former band, Rewind Yesterday. Adema released one album with Caraccioli -- Planets, which hit stores this past April. ... Jawbreaker drummer Adam Pfahler is planning to roll out a documentary about the band, and has been in discussions with director Keith Schieron ("We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen") about the project. His Blackball Records label would be releasing the film. Pfahler has been compiling old Jawbreaker footage, according to a posting on Blackball's Web site, which added that he did not "know what the arc of this story [would] be," but "doesn't [want the film to] come off too self-congratulatory or play like some cautionary tale on the pitfalls of the music industry." He's asking that others who may have some video footage to contact him through Blackball. ...