Fans of U2, The Killers and Audioslave will be able to download tracks for free through the website Spiralfrog, starting in December. The site's partnership with Universal Music is designed to counter Apple’s iTunes stranglehold on the digital music market. The catch is that the songs can’t be burned onto CD’s, and they’re not compatible with iPods.

Pink has been tapped to perform the theme song for NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Pink wrote the lyrics to the song, which uses the music of Joan Jett’s I Hate Myself For Loving You. The show’s producer said they chose Pink because she is “a tremendous talent with a crossover appeal.”

Dave Chappelle told students at Central State University in Ohio that he has no regrets about quitting his Comedy Central Show. Chappelle’s decision to walk away from the show reportedly cost him 50 million dollars in lost income.

Donald Trump has turned on one of his own, giving the axe to his longtime boardroom sidekick and Apprentice costar Carolyn Kepcher, amid a newspaper report that TV fame had gone to her head.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler will mark his return to television when he plays himself on Two And A Half Men. In the role, Steven appears as Charlie's famous Malibu neighbor, playing loud music and causing problems. This is the second time Tyler will appear on the show, having done a voice over as himself in 2003.
 

Korn fans will have two new releases to look forward to in the fall. Up first is an expanded edition of their album See You on the Other Side on September 26th. It will include remixes and live tracks, as well as a DVD of footage from the past year. Also in the works for late this year or early 2007 is a CD/DVD package from the current Family Values Tour.

Dave Navarro has co-created a new TV series that goes behind the scenes to show what it's really like playing in a well-known rock band. Dubbed The Product, the one-hour drama was recently picked up by FX. It was created in tandem with Entourage writer Cliff Dorfman and journalist Neil Strauss, who assisted Navarro with his book Don't Try This at Home.

Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, better known as two thirds of Blink 182, have set a release date for the first album from their new band, Plus 44. The disc will be called When Your Heart Stops Beating and it hits stores on November 14th.

Dave Grohl has invited two Australian miners out for a beer. The men who were trapped for two weeks in a collapsed mine earlier this year. During their rescue, they asked for Foo Fighters songs to be downloaded onto MP3 players. Grohl has invited the survivors out for some cold ones when the band plays in Australia next month.

Nick Lachey is making use of his unmarried free time. The singer is now part owner of a brand new basketball team. Based in Los Angeles, the team, dubbed the Hollywood Fame, is part of the American Basketball Association.

Jessica Simpson has confirmed rumours that she is dating none other than sensitive singer songwriter John Mayer. Sources close to the newly divorced superstar reportedly say she wants to “keep it private”.

Kevin Federline’s notorious Teen Choice Awards performance hasn’t stalled his music career. Britney’s baby-daddy has scored a deal with Sony BMG, which also just happens to be the home of Jive Records, the label responsible for his wife’s catalogue.

Anna Faris will star in an untitled comedy for Paramount Pictures and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith (Legally Blonde) will write the screenplay based on an idea by Faris about an unemployed centerfold who takes up a job as the house mother at a sorority in UCLA.

After a five-year absence from movie screens, Chris Tucker is about to begin shooting Rush Hour 3 with Jackie Chan.

Staind, Godsmack and the New Cars have all picked nominations for the 19th annual Boston Music Awards. Godsmack and Staind are both up for Act of the Year, while all three acts are nominated for Album of the Year.

CBS Paramount has announced that all 79 episodes of the original Star Trek are being digitally remastered and will be heading into syndication next month for the first time in 16 years in honor of the sci-fi classic's 40th anniversary.

Harold Perrineau (TV's Lost) will join Jeremy Renner in 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to the 2003 zombie thriller 28 Days Later.

MySpace.com will soon enable members of the popular online social networking hub to sell downloads of their original music directly through MySpace Web pages.