Idolator — Oscar has a little problem this year, and I'm not just talking about the fact that no human being likes The Reader even though the Weinsteins bought it a Best Picture nod. Actually, that is part of the problem. This year's batch of Best Picture conte... more info

Rolling Stone — Following this weekend’s Chris Brown apology, Jay-Z has spoken out about the Rihanna altercation. “You have to have compassion for others. Just imagine it being your sister or mom and then think about how we should talk about that,” Jay-Z told ... more info

ContactMusic — Los organizadores de los premios Oscars Laurence Mark y Bill Condon hacen todo lo posible por lograr que la reciente madre M.I.A. Participe en la la gala de entrega de premios ... more info

Undercover, Australia — You may have seen a very pregnant M.I.A. perform at the Grammy Awards a week ago. Well the baby is out. more info

Topix — The Grammy- and Oscar-nominated rapper has announced on her MySpace blog that she has given birth to a son. more info

Idolator — Continuum's 33 1/3 series, in which a book is given over to an appraisal of an album, once again opened the floor for proposals last year, and the publishers got 597 of 'em in response. And our peanut gallery discussed what they wanted to pitch, and... more info

Idolator — We don't normally run birth announcements around here, but this piece of news from M.I.A.'s blog about having a baby boy on Wednesday night seemed worth noting: "SUNDAY NITE I CA M E HOME FROM THE GRAMMY'S STILL IN THE MOOD TO PARTY , I COUDA EASILY ... more info

ET Online — Singer M.I.A. announces the birth of a baby boy -- just days after she performed at last Sunday's Grammy Awards. Her baby was born on Wednesday, according to a posting on her official MySpace blog. "Sunday nite I came home from the Grammys stil... more info

Paste Magazine — After months of being M.I.A. on MySpace, British Sea Power has emerged from its murky depths. Frontman and guitarist Jan Wilkinson, or Yan, as he's know within the group, finally broke the silence almost a year after the band's third album, Do You ... more info

Topix — British pop singer M.I.A., who performed at the Grammy Awards last Sunday despite experiencing labor contractions, has given birth to a baby boy, she said on her MySpace page. more info