On October 7th Rise Against will release Appeal To Reason, the follow up to their breakthrough record, The Sufferer & The Witness which featured the anthemic smashes "Ready To Fall" and "Prayer of the Refugee."

With their new album, Rise Against returned to their team of producers, Bill Stevenson (NOFX, Evan Dando, Comeback Kid) and Jason Livermore and mixer Chris Lord Alge (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, AFI). The album's first single is the straightforward, four-chord heavy rocker "Re-Education (Through Labor)," which is currently being previewed at the band's official MySpace page ...

Happy Birthday to US Soccer team star Landon Donovan (1982), British actress Patsy Kensit (1968), Lemonheads singer Evan Dando (1967), rapper Grand Puba (1966), ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted (1963), actor Steven Weber (1962), actor Mykelti Williamson (1960), "Everybody Loves Raymond" actress Patricia Heaton (1958), comedic actress Catherine O'Hara (1954), "TJ Hooker" actor Adrian Zmed (1954), Cuban musician/producer Emilio Estefan, Jr. (1953), British singer Chris Rea (1951), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1950), Yes bassist Chris Squire (1948), singer Bobby Womack (1944), actr...

"I had a conversation with Minister Farrakhan, and he gave me some instructions on what I am and who I am. I'm a leader. I'm a prophet. I didn't know that until he told me." Snoop Dogg is inspired by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's wise words.

"The rest of the band are a bit younger than me, so they look alright. Then, in the middle of them, you just see this terrible rouged prostitute." Hugh Grant is convinced he looks terrible as an 80s pop star in new movie Music & Lyrics.

"I'm very girlie and very vain... I am, I love clothes and everything." Oscar nominee Dame Helen ...

The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando reformed the band to record its first album in eight years as a "reward" for his last few years of sobriety. Cult rocker Dando, who turns 40 next year, has found he now "likes being alive," following years of drug abuse.

He says, "When I started out, I was young, I was punk rock and I didn't care. I just wanted to mess around and have fun. You're only young once and I made the most of it. When I made it past 35 I thought, 'Actually, I kind of like being alive.' So that was when I started to change things. Now I'm about to turn 40 I want to do somethi...

Happy Birthday to US Soccer team star Landon Donovan (1982), British actress Patsy Kensit (1968), Lemonheads singer Evan Dando (1967), rapper Grand Puba (1966), ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted (1963), actor Steven Weber (1962), actor Mykelti Williamson (1960), "Everybody Loves Raymond" actress Patricia Heaton (1958), comedic actress Catherine O'Hara (1954), "TJ Hooker" actor Adrian Zmed (1954), Cuban musician/producer Emilio Estefan, Jr. (1953), British singer Chris Rea (1951), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1950), Yes bassist Chris Squire (1948), singer Bobby Womack (1944), actr...