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• Top 5 lists in TV, Film, Music, Concert Tours, Video, DVDs (AP)

  AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox.

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• Obama leads field in unsolicited campaign songs (AP)

  AP - Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago — no superdelegates needed.

  
  

• Potential jurors questioned in R. Kelly trial (AP)

  AP - Attorneys and the judge in R. Kelly's child pornography trial began questioning 150 potential jurors Monday, asking what they know about the allegations against one of urban music's biggest stars.

  
  

• Best-selling book brings back painful memories for Simon (AP)

  AP - Carly Simon didn't find it easy reading "Girls Like Us," the nonfiction best-seller which interweaves her life story with those of fellow singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell and Carole King.

  
  

• Paul McCartney granted divorce decree (AP)

  AP - Sometimes love isn't all you need. A judge in London granted a preliminary divorce Monday to former Beatle Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. If no one objects, the divorce will be final in six weeks.

  
  

• New Mötley Moved to New Date (E! Online)

  E! Online - Want the dirt on Mötley Crüe? How about a new album?

  
  

• Neil Young Is Spider Man (E! Online)

  E! Online - Forget that Peter Parker dude, when it comes to spidey sense, he's got nothing on Neil Young.

  
  

• More Desperate Music (E! Online)

  E! Online - Teri Hatcher isn't the only Desperate Housewives star yearning for a music career.

  
  

• Music industry hopes upgrades boost mobile sector (Reuters)

  Reuters - Perhaps no single device has had more impact on mobile music than Apple's iPhone. While only 6.7 percent of overall mobile customers use their phone to listen to music, rising to 27.9 percent for smartphone users, a full 74.1 percent of iPhone owners reported using the device as an MP3 player, according to M:Metrics.

  
  

• David Byrne to make music with NYC building (AP)

  AP - Ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne plans to turn a landmark building in Manhattan into a giant musical instrument.

  
  

• Blige FFAWNs Over New Charity (E! Online)

  E! Online - Mary J. Blige is putting her money where her inspiration is.

  
  

• Awkward! Alanis Bares "Rock Bottom" (E! Online)

  E! Online - Sure, Alanis Morissette has an album coming out next month, but you have to wonder about the timing of this revelation: The Canadian pop singer says a recent breakup led to her to try "everything from pounding pillows to sharing with intimate friends" in order to get through "a personal unraveling of significant relationships in my life."

  
  

• Damon Albarn's 'Gorillaz' musical journeys west (Yahoo! Music)

  Yahoo! Music - Damon Albarn's circus opera is set to make its U.S. debut on May 22.

• Neil Young gets new honor -- his own spider (Reuters)

  Reuters - Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians -- his own spider.

  
  

• Government launches appeal to deny Snoop Dogg a U.K. visa (Yahoo! Music)

  Yahoo! Music - The British Government has launched a second appeal to try to prevent Snoop Dogg from entering the U.K.

• Search is on for Canadian Miley Cyrus (Reuters)

  Reuters - Universal Music Canada has joined the search for Canada's version of Miley Cyrus.

  
  

• The Cure to release new single each month (Yahoo! Music)

  Yahoo! Music - The Cure have announced that they will release a new single each month leading up to the release of their 13th studio album in September.

• Country cooking for Dick Clark Prods (Reuters)

  Reuters - Dick Clark Prods. has entered into a partnership with the Academy of Country Music to jointly produce country music-themed programming.

• Steve Miller Band celebrates 40 years with DVD set (Reuters)

  Reuters - As the Steve Miller Band marks the 40th anniversary of the release of its first two albums, it will release its first DVD, "Live From Chicago," a three-disc set due May 20.

  
  

• Q&A: Iron Maiden's Dickinson looks "Back in Time" (Reuters)

  Reuters - Bruce Dickinson made his live debut with Iron Maiden at the end of 1981. He had viewed the group's early emergence from a ringside seat as lead singer with Samson, another of the bands in what the rock press dubbed "the new wave of British heavy metal."