Indie Acts Gear Up For Festival Season (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rock festival season is underway, with Coachella and Bonnaroo already over, the Warped and Ozzfest tours traveling from coast to coast, and Chicago's Lollapalooza and New Jersey's All Points West events around the corner in early August.

Ashanti Hired to Pimp Her Own Fantasy Island (E! Online)

E! Online - Ashanti knows how to put on a tour. And she was born on Long Island.

Celebrity Birthdays (AP)
AP - Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2:

What's in a Name? Nas No. 1 (E! Online)

E! Online - The ABBA-channeling Meryl Streep apparently doesn't have the same street cred as Nas and Lil Wayne.

Pretenders pour "Concrete" into MP3s (Reuters)
Reuters - The Chrissie Hynde-led rock band the Pretenders will roll out their new album, "Break Up the Concrete," as one MP3 per week leading up to the September 23 release of the CD via Shangri-La Music.

Rapper 50 Cent says Taco Bell stole his endorsement (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and without paying him a fee.

That Was the Week That Was (AP)
AP - Entertainment highlights during the week of July 27-Aug. 2:

Texas Has the Jonas Brothers Feeling Neighborly (E! Online)

E! Online - The Jonas Brothers apparently figured that they literally needed an area the size of Texas to accommodate their massive fan base.

New Pink Primed for Release (E! Online)

E! Online - Pink has garnered her fair share of headlines over the past year, none of which have been for her music. Until now.

Courtney Not in Love With Sharing the Wealth? (E! Online)

E! Online - Courtney Love has been accused of leaving a hole in the books.