NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Megan Fox and U2 will give "Saturday Night Live" an attention-getting season opener when it returns on Sept. 26.

Produced by David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Regina Spektor, Sublime), Shattered features songs from Matisyahu's forthcoming album, recorded and mixed in Jamaica, New York, Los Angeles, and Virginia.

Singer/songwriter Regina Spektor is "feeling much better" just days after collapsing before her scheduled performance in Nashville, Tennessee. Spektor was forced to pull out of the concert at the Ryman Auditorium after a "severe inner-ear infection caused a sudden case of vertigo."

Singer/songwriter Regina Spektor was rushed to hospital on Wednesday night after collapsing shortly before her scheduled performance in Nashville, Tennessee.

John Cusack is so impressed by the talents of musician Regina Spektor he wants to cast her in his next movie. The star confesses he is a big fan of the Russian-born singer's music and is hoping to persuade her to star in a future film.

For the second season in a row, a diverse slate of artists have recorded special renditions of "Little Boxes," the theme song of Showtime's award-winning comedy series Weeds.

MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - There are those who say the American rock festival is a pointless venture. That they all feature the same bands, that since summer is touring season you can see most of those bands in any major city anyway - without the inconvenience of mud, dust or dehydration.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mercurial singer-songwriter Cat Power has become the first woman to win the Shortlist Music Prize, beating out finalists that included Tom Waits and Regina Spektor.

In an historic effort to mobilize activism around the human rights atrocities occurring in Darfur, Sudan, more than 50 international recording artists and over 30 record labels have united behind "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur."

Beirut, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Cat Power, Tom Waits and Regina Spektor make up half of the finalists for this year's Shortlist Music Prize. The top 10 albums were narrowed down from an initial list of 61 for the prizegiving, which will take place in Los Angeles at a date and venue to be decided.