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. ...

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Christina Aguilera, who's warmed up her pipes recently doing support shows for Herbie Hancock, is getting onstage to sing her own tunes next month for charity. She'll join Diana Ross to co-host the Unite of the Stars gala banquet on November 9 in South Africa, and then will sing the next night at a concert for Altech South African Grand Prix Week festivities, in Johannesburg, South Africa, which will benefit the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, Unite Against Hunger, and St. Mary's Hospital. ...

After performing in the Dominican Republic a week and a half ago, Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony, took a pit stop in Puerto Rico to attend a celebrity golf event — and ended up raising more than $100,000 for two Puerto Rican cancer facilities. The couple had headlined the three-day Presidente Latin Music Festival October 14-16, and then on the final day of the fest, visited the inaugural Celebrity Cancer Golf Classic held at the Coco Beach Golf & Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The proceeds raised will benefit the Hospital Auxilo Mutuo Cancer Center and Sociedad America del Cancer. (Click here for photos.)... Madonna's getting "Hung Up" on "CSI" — her new single will be featured next month on crossover episodes of "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: NY." The first of the two episodes, "CSI: Miami" on November 7, is about a convicted serial killer who escapes to Miami and begins a new killing spree. Two days later, on "CSI: NY," the killer returns to New York with a college student as his hostage. "Hung Up" will be heard at the beginning of the shows, which both air at 10 p.m. ET on CBS. ...

The Recording Industry Association of America has released its monthly list of lawsuits against alleged copyright-infringers, and this time 745 individuals at 17 different colleges are being targeted. The "John Doe" suits cite individuals using peer-to-peer services such as Grokster and Kazaa. Among those on the list were students using the file-sharing application i2hub to download and distribute music on Internet2, a super-high-speed system used for research purposes on many college campuses. Lawsuits were filed against students at Boston University, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Drexel, MIT and Harvard, among others. The RIAA also filed suit against 81 named individuals. ... Allergies are no joke. Just ask Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein, who was forced to drop off the band's planned European tour following two severe allergic reactions that landed her in the emergency room. As a result, the band canceled its Euro tour, explaining on Sleater-Kinney.com that "[Carrie's] doctor has advised that she not travel/tour for prolonged periods of time until the condition stabilizes and further tests are conducted. The band apologizes to all the people that this cancellation affects." ...

Miss Piggy as the next Simon Cowell? Hey, it could happen. In an effort to revive the Muppets franchise, ABC has put in an order for five scripts of "America's Next Muppet," a reality-TV parody show that will take elements from "American Idol" and "America's Next Top Model," according to Variety, to find the next great Muppet character. ABC, along with Disney, remain mum on details of the project, which is still in development, but it looks like there will be a panel of judges (Kermit or Gonzo, perhaps?) who will whittle down contestants to see who has the chops to be the newest furry superstar. ... The man who voiced TV's beloved Jolly Green Giant has died at the age of 80, The Associated Press reports. Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr., best known for his trademark "ho, ho, ho," the famous laugh in the Green Giant food ads, passed away earlier this month from cancer. Dresslar, a singer who recorded 15 jazz albums over the course of his career, also did voice-overs for Rice Krispies cereal and Marlboro cigarettes. ...

Hot on the heels of their debut (and subsequent remix album), Bloc Party are getting down to the business of recording a brand-new LP. The band plans on hitting the studio in February to begin work on the follow-up to Silent Alarm, which it hopes to have in stores by next summer. The group has already recorded some new material with producer Ben Hiller, who's worked with U2 and Blur. Working titles for new songs include "Hunting for Witches" and "The War's Not Over." ... H.I.M., Breaking Benjamin, the All-American Rejects and Minnie Driver will be featured on the soundtrack to the WB's "Smallville," which drops November 8. Other artists appearing on the disc include Josh Kelley, Depeche Mode, the Dandy Warhols, Stereophonics and Brendan Benson. ...

Love the '80s but wish the tunes from that era were updated just a tad? The upcoming Future Retro compilation, due Tuesday, pairs current club DJs and producers who reimagine classic '80s alternative songs from acts such as Devo, the Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen. Crystal Method tweak New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle," Richard X roughs up Yaz's "Situation" and Adam Freeland electrifies B-Movie's "Nowhere Girl." Static Avenger's take on INXS' "Need You Tonight" was voted one of the top three tracks at this year's Winter Music Conference. ...