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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a “milkaholic” baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has defended his new musical from criticism on online forums even before its official opening on Tuesday night.

LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday.

Mark Linkous, the Virginia-born indie-rock fixture best known for his work in the lo-fi pysch-folk project Sparklehorse, as well as for collaborations with artists ranging from Danger Mouse to Tom Waits, Iggy Pop and PJ Harvey, died March 6 of a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

Simon Cowell scowling — typical. Simon Cowell blushing? Indeed.

LONDON (Reuters) – Pink Floyd on Tuesday launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age.

LONDON (Reuters) – The sequel to “Phantom of the Opera”, one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard “phans” who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson have been cast in the suspense film “The Ledge,” which began shooting Monday in Baton Rouge, La.

LONDON (Reuters) – Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail on Monday after he pleaded guilty on a gun possession charge in a 2007 incident.