ContactMusic — Country star WILLIE NELSON has penned an open letter to U.S. President-elect BARACK OBAMA asking for government support for family farmers. Nelson, president of the Farm ... more info

Pitchfork — Tip of the hat to Stephen Colbert for his choice of guests this Thursday. Chicago heroes Wilco will perform one song on the Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" this Thursday, following in the footsteps of such previous Colbert musical guests as ... more info

The Newsroom — v4120, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Thursday, October 23, 2008, **EXCLUSIVE** Godfather James Caan says "don't let anyone push you down"! James was spotted having lunch at Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills. He revealed that his kids have stolen his I-Pod... more info

Willie Nelson made his first Billboard Hot Country Songs chart appearance in five years with this week’s No. 56 debut of “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” — credited to Kenny Chesney. His last appearance was another Ches... more info

Reuters - Willie Nelson is such an iconic figure that it might seem he is always hanging out on Billboard's Hot Country Songs tally. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Willie Nelson is such an iconic figure that it might seem he is always hanging out on Billboard's Hot Country Songs tally. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Willie Nelson is such an iconic figure that it might seem he is always hanging out on Billboard's Hot Country Songs tally. more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Willie Nelson is such an iconic figure that it might seem he is always hanging out on Billboard's Hot Country Songs tally. more info

Idolator — This week's No. 1 album is Kenny Chesney's bummed-out Lucky Old Sun, which sold 176,000 copies in its first week on shelves—not a bad number by current standards, although slightly off from his 387,000-copy first week total of last fall's Just Who ... more info

Starpulse — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) founder Ingrid Newkirk has got some celebrity weight behind her new book - Willie Nelson, Kevin Bacon and Paul McCartney have written essays for it.[...] Read more! more info