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The chart-topper on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ended Thursday May 18th, 2006 is still Rihanna, thus marking the R&B singer's "SOS" to be on top of the chart for a third week. Following close behind at No. 2 is Daniel Powter's former chart-topper "Bad Day."

Chamillionaire's "Ridin"' ups one place to be at No. 3, while Sean Paul's "Temperature" slips one to No. 4, both of which switch position. Hold strong at No. 5 on the chart is Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go", ahead of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dani California" which rises two places to No. 6.

Hollywood controversial couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, creates sensation after another. They reportedly have sold the first picture of their unborn baby to an American weekly magazine for not less then £2.6million.

Speaking on that decision, Brangelina said that instead of going through what they have preempted the battle over who had the rights for the pictures they decided to donate the money to charity.

Boy George at last has to pay the cost of what he's done. The star was sentenced to community service, under which he must work in an Aids hospice for five days, as a result of wasting police time.

The sentence given stemmed from a 2005 incident, during which police found 13 bags of cocaine in his flat. Was given a five day community service order in March, Boy who has avoided a possible prison sentence of around five years, is now required to fulfill his sentence in the undisclosed hospice.

Going acoustic. That sounds great. Foo Fighters is the one band who is going to launch acoustic tour this summer, within July and August.

To bring the idea into life, the quartet reportedly has tapped violinist Petra Haden, Wallflowers keyboardist Rami Jaffee, percussionist Drew Hester and former Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear to join them in the track which will kick off July 11 in Seattle.

Despite the worldwide controversy it has caused, the highly anticipated drama mystery thriller "The Da Vinci Code" opened Wednesday May 17th, 2006 at the 59th Cannes Film Festival.

Attending the premiere among others were Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen and Paul Bettany.

Simply called "Summer 2006 Project," the Woody Allen's upcoming film project will have such actors as Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, and Ewan McGregor to star in.

Besides, there will also female cast which has yet to be announced. As of the film, it reportedly is the tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Funk-rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers tops the US album charts Wednesday May 17th, 2006 with their double-disc "Stadium Arcadium" sold more than 442,000 copies and so marking their first time to gain such attainment in its 22-year history. Meanwhile, top the Billboard 200 at 2nd position is Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me" which has been sold for another 172,000 copies.

Meanwhile, the 3rd to 5th position is secured by Tool's "10,000 Days" with 157,000 copies, Jagged Edge's "Jagged Edge" sold 115,000 copies, and "Baby Makin' Music" by Isley Brothers on 111,000 first-week copies sold.

Dream comes true, Jennifer Lopez is pregnant. That's what rumors on the street say. The multitalented actress is rumored to be three months pregnant with her first baby with husband Marc Anthony.

A source told America's In Touch magazine that Lopez is due to give birth around Christmas.

It's over between former member of The Beatles, Paul McCartney and his second wife, model Heather Mills. And thus, Hollywood's most kept secret is no longer an unconfirmed speculation as the couple announced their plans to separate after four years of marriage.

"Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways," the couple said in a statement. "Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much."

To postpone the release of "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" is just a wise decision for the Walt Disney Co. Considering the reason behind which is to avoid stiff competition from another fantasy-themed flick, Columbia Pictures' "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep", it is understandable then that the studio pushing it back from Christmas 2007 to summer 2008.

"Sony and Walden wanted to announce Water Horse, and the best we can do is move into summer which will open up the holiday frame that Walden wanted," Dennis Rice, senior vice president of publicity at Disney explained. The cancellation, furthermore, also meant to give director Andrew Adamson more time to work on the movie's complicated effects.

Numbers of notable musicians were joining the reformed Alice in Chains' free show in its Seattle hometown on Tuesday May 16th, 2006. Among the many names there were former Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and Heart vocalist Ann Wilson.

The free show was held at the Moore Theater and was billed as an "open rehearsal" for a five-city club tour that begins Thursday May 18th at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles. The Moore show, moreover, also included such guest performers as Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan and former Queensryche guitarist Chris DeGarmo.

Originally slated to hit stores last December, the Pink Floyd live DVD "Pulse" will now marry the street June 27. That's according to Columbia Records.

Originally released on VHS in 1995 in companion with a double-disc CD set of the same name, "Pulse" chronicles the band's 1994 tour in support of their last album "The Division Bell".

Back then to the riot he and his entourage have caused at London's Heathrow Airport last month, it brought bad effect to rap icon Snoop Dogg and his music career. As a result of the incident, the star is now banned from entering the United Kingdom for the rest of his life.

Such determination obviously resulted in Snoop's losing millions of dollars in potential performance fees.

After such hard work recording the new version of "Dead Man," which was originally the B-side of the 1996 Pearl Jam single "Off He Goes," frontman Eddie Vedder at last has the song included on an expanded reissue of the soundtrack to the 1996 film "Dead Man Walking".

The soundtrack is bolstered with a DVD taped at Not in Our Name: Dead Man Walking -- The Concert, which was held March 29, 1998, at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. It featured performances by Vedder and Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, Ani DiFranco, Lyle Lovett, Tom Waits and Steve Earle.

People listened carefully while the nominees for the 2006 BET Awards were announced Tuesday May 16th, 2006. Among the many names mentioned, there were the likes of Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Jamie Foxx and Busta Rhymes all of whom led the pack with four nominations each.

As for Rhymes he was nominated for the categories of Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, Best Duet/Collaboration and Video of the Year both for "Touch It (Remix)", and Viewers' Choice for "Touch It". Elsewhere, Missy Elliott vied for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and Video of the Year for "Lose Control", and Jamie Foxx was nominated for Best Male R&B Artist and Best Actor among others.