The actor-musician hybrid is a tricky thing. It's a road peppered with the long-decomposed carcasses of Russell Crowe, Eddie Murphy and heaven forbid, David Hasselhoff.

Brothers William and Jim Reid of The Jesus And Mary Chain only agreed to reunite the band after making a pact with one other to give up alcohol.

Kevin Costner will lead the Endymion Parade at Mardi Gras. The annual celebration will return to its traditional city route for the first time since Hurricane Katrina next year.

The king's ransom of influential and diverse U.K.-based indie pop & rock acts that emerged from Great Britain in the broad wake of '80s post-punk has never been chronicled with serious attention -- until now, and Rhino's vast 4-CD retrospective The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium does just that.

Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony's upcoming Cox Arena show in San Diego, California has been postponed due to the wildfires that have engulfed the city. Lopez and Anthony were scheduled to perform there on Wednesday night, but the show will now take place on November 10.

Cult rockers My Bloody Valentine are considering a reunion at next year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in California. After The Jesus And Mary Chain, Crowded House and Rage Against The Machine all kicked off reunions with performances at this year's Coachella,

"The Speedway Cafe in Salt Lake City. You know in Trainspotting, the worst toilet in Scotland? That was what it was like and unfortunately I had no choice to but to partake of its amenities, so to speak." The Jesus And Mary Chain rocker William Reid recalls his worst toilet story.

Cult rockers The Jesus And Mary Chain are to record their first album since 1998 following their recent reunion for a series of live performances. The group reformed in April for a performance at California's Coachella Festival, and things have been going so well the band members have now decided to hit the studio.

Cult rockers Ride have denied reports they are reforming for the first time in 11 years to play Canadian festival NXNE. Ride split in 1996 after eight years together and the band's management insists the British group's former members are too busy to reunite.

"The reason I did it was simple - I got to sing with The Jesus And Mary Chain, which is a band that I absolutely adore." Scarlett Johansson on why she performed onstage at the Coachella Festival in California last month.