ContactMusic — Pop superstar Mariah Carey was recently named Brand Ambassador for Jenny Craig's new weight loss programme, Jenny, after shedding her post baby weight by going on the diet. In a press conference, Mariah explains that she was doing aquatic workouts, d... more info

Guardian Music — German musician who lost nearly all memory after contracting herpes encephalitis can learn new pieces of musicA professional cellist who lost nearly all of his memory after a virus destroyed parts of his brain has astonished doctors with his remarkab... more info

Guardian Music — It's a favourite with Simon Cowell, Michael Winner and local hero Rihanna, but historian Tristram Hunt thinks it's time to look at the other side of Barbados"How a man's heart swells within him, when after sea and sky and sky and sea for nearly a mon... more info

Guardian Music — This New Jersey band was so Beatlesesque that some listeners mistook them for the Fab FourDon't assume for one moment that the Knickerbockers' appalling name means they were telling the world they were pants. In fact, they were named after Knickerboc... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Elton John threw a lavish birthday party for his partner David Furnish in New York this week beg24Oct11 The singer hosted the bash for 60 guests at Manhattans The Four Seasons restaurant on Tuesday night 25Oct11 to mark Furnishs 49th birthday... more info

Guardian Music — Cencic, Donose, Nesi, Hallenberg, Gauvin et al; I Barocchisti/Fasolis(Virgin Classics)"The music is by Vivaldi, and whether sublime or tender is very varied": a Venetian nobleman's contemporary verdict on Farnace is still true today, and it's clear f... more info

Altsounds — * MEET THE HIT MEN: THE GUYS WHO WROTE AND PLAYED THE HITS OF THE 60s, 70s, & 80s* DIGITAL RELEASE OF DEBUT ALBUM “*THE HIT MEN LIVE*” OUT VIA EMI DISTRIBUTION TODAY PHYSICAL RELEASE IN JANUARY 2012 FEATURING THE ORIGINAL RECORD... more info

Perez Hilton — Is Reese Witherspoon looking for some girl-on-girl action?? LOL nooo! Unless of course you're talking about making out with Jennifer Aniston. Reese recently presented Jen with ELLE's 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at the Four Seasons Hotel i... more info

Detroit Free Press — Actresses such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Viola Davis, Evan Rachel Wood, Freida Pinto and Naomi Watts said before the ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel that Streisand has inspired them, and the love fest continued throughout the private dinner. more info

Guardian Music — We run down the most overused repeat offenders, from REM's Everybody Hurts to Blur's Song 2 – but which did we miss?No one expects experimental new music to accompany TV montages of people sobbing in slow motion or wearily sanding floors. But latel... more info