L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Hip-hop producer Pharrell Williams and film composer Hans Zimmer have been holed up in Capitol Records' recording studios rehearsing pieces they wrote and arranged as interstitial music for Sunday's Oscar telecast. more info

Guardian Music — A new song from Gorillaz? With super-stellar collaborators? Amazing. Or not, as the case may be So far Converse's Three Artists. One Song project has given us the hip-hop funk of My Drive Thru, a collaboration between Pharrell, Santigold and Julian C... more info

411 Mania — It's crazy... more info

Perez Hilton — We'd be Frontin if we said this is a bad idea! Pharrell recently announced that he and Jay-Z are "working on something crazy" and the new material could end up being Jay's 12th studio album. But the producer is on the hush about what they're working ... more info

411 Mania — The Biebs! more info

Starpulse — Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham is launching an assault on the pop charts after landing a record deal. The former back-up dancer for acts like Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams has also starred... more info

ContactMusic — Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham is launching an assault on the pop charts after landing a record deal The former back-up dancer for acts like Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams has also starred in music videos for Akon Nelly John Legend and Justin B... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Dr. Dre is making the rounds right now. He recently hooked up with Snoop and Pharrell in the studio. Let’s hope we hear the finished product on Detox. BBC more info

Perez Hilton — O.M.G. … This would be major!!! Sources very close to Shakira's label are whispering about a duet with Britney Spears that is in the works RIGHT NOW. There have been talks of it ever since Pharrell suggested it, saying: I have proposed to Jive Re... more info

Guardian Music — Rick Ross's latest giveaway sets the bar high for his forthcoming album, writes Chris Salmon"London, England, January. The weather, grey. The rain, thick. I wake up, depression all around me." That might sound like a recent social network update fro... more info