· Get ready for the return of the Osbournes. No, the former first family of reality TV is not moving back into their Hollywood mansion. Instead, they’re ganging up to star in an upcoming hour-long variety show for Fox that producers are likening to such 1970s cheesefests as “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour” and “Donny and Marie.”
· Just to prove he’s not mad at his old hometown, White Stripes/Raconteurs frontman Jack White has written a poem about Detroit. In the poem, “Courageous Dream’s Concern,” the now Nashville resident writes, “Detroit, you hold what one’s been seeking/ Holding off the coward-armies weakling/ Always rising from the ashes/ Not returning to the earth.”
· In other Motor City news, a Detroit resident filed suit against Eminem, seeking $25,000 in damages over claims that Em punched him while the pair were in the bathroom of the Eight Mile Road strip club Cheetah’s on the Strip in July of 2006.
· Duuuuuude! It totally, almost, nearly happened! Phish fans who attended the inaugural Rothbury Festival in Michigan over the weekend got an unexpected treat. Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman — three out of the four members of the band that may or may not be reuniting — got together onstage to cover the Beatles’ “She Said, She Said.”
· Sheryl Crow, Nelly, 3 Doors Down, Colbie Caillat, Army of Me, Clique Girlz and Kate Voegele are among the acts who will record exclusive songs for an AT&T-sponsored Olympics-themed album called Team USA.
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