Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Beatles, Bunnymen • Stooges Reunite With Raw Power Guitarist • NIN Cancel L.A. Gig Due to Illness • Madonna Busts Records as Sticky Tour Wraps • Thom Yorke Announces “Horses” Single • Backstage With Pink: Exclusive Phot... more info

Rolling Stone — So many Fab Four fanatics have pre-ordered The Beatles in Mono, EMI has upped its order of the box set, Variety reports. Hit our Beatles hub for more on the band and their 9/9/09 reissues. Echo and the Bunnymen’s keyboard player Jake Brockman died ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Chris Brown has started a war of words with talkshow goddess Oprah Winfrey. The singer criticised her for an episode of her show about domestic abuse- which was inspired by his attack on Rihanna.... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - The details of Chris Brown's community service order have been unveiled - the singer will be washing cars, picking up trash and removing graffiti as his punishment for beating up his ex-girlfriend Rihanna. more info

Topix — Singer Chris Brown leaves court after pleading guilty to one count of felony assault on his former girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna, according to reports June 23, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. more info

TMZ — Filed under: Rihanna TMZ has learned the city of New York officially cracked down on the tattoo parlor where Rihanna illegally inked a few people back in July.The day after Rihanna made her mark, East Side Ink was issued a citation by the the NYC D... more info

Joyce Hawkins was shocked by her son's incident with Rihanna. She's spent Christmas with us and for the last two years, she says. more info

Perez Hilton — First, you beat on Rihanna. Now, you're trying to take on the big O? You are very dumb, Chris Brown. Very, very dumb. Beat-Her-Down was recently asked in an interview how he felt about Oprah Winfrey having a show discussing abuse "inspired by Rihanna... more info

People.com — Joyce Hawkins says her son "has dealt" with his actions – "but it hasn't been easy" more info

The Newsroom — Chris Brown opens up for the first time about brutally beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna but comes up a little short more info