BBC News - UK — Sir Paul McCartney says Rage Against The Machine beating Joe McElderry to Christmas number one would be "funny". more info

XFM.co.uk — Plus, the legend claims that The Beatles "weren't that good"... more info

Sky News — Sir Paul McCartney has thrown his weight behind the campaign to land Rage Against The Machine the Christmas number one. more info

MTV.com News — Band dropped F-bomb four times during BBC performance of 'Killing in the Name,' the current leader in annual Christmas single contest.By Gil Kaufman Rage Against The Machine's Zack De La Rocha and Tom Morello Photo: Max Whittaker/ Getty Images ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock legend and Big Issue cover star Bob Dylan has revealed Robert Burns' song 'A Red, Red Rose' is his most inspirational track, on a celebrity calendar to raise cash for CLIC Sargent.The singer is one of 18 celebrities who have revealed whch song h... more info

Stereogum — The Academy has selected 63 songs that will contend for Best Song nominations for next year's ceremony, and among them are songs not written by Randy Newman. Paul McCartney and U2 -- "you may have heard of them" -- both made the cut, of course. Bu... more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. Depending on where you live (unless you're in Australia), you're most likely wishing to be in a warmer locale during these cold winter months. How about Cancun - sipping piña coladas and wearing some flip-flops? Or pe... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — One of those historical events your taught about from an early age, the Boston Tea Party, occurred today some 236 years ago in 1773. Both symbolic and epic, the Boston Tea Party is often thought of as the event leading to the culmination of the Revo... more info

Starpulse — 50 Cent has namechecked Paul McCartney in a new rap song after meeting the former Beatle on a plane flight. The rapper insists McCartney didn't know who he was when he asked the Brit for an [...] Read more! more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Give the Hollywood Foreign Press this much: They can at least find five songs worthy of a nomination. The Globes, when it came to best original song, largely stayed mainstream, passing up selections from Mary J. Blige ("Precious: Based on... more info