Christina Aguilera Reaches Target Audience (E! Online)

E! Online - Ain't no other retailer for Christina Aguilera.

Target scores Aguilera hits album exclusive (Reuters)
Reuters - Target and Target.com (http://www.target.com/) will be the sole retailers to carry Christina Aguilera's first greatest hits collection, "Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits," due November 11.

Rapper T.I. retains lead on singles chart (Reuters)

Reuters - A week after setting a new record with a 70-place leap to No. 1, rapper T.I. logged a second round atop Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday.

Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold (AP)

AP - A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector.

Lily Praises Po-po, Eviscerates Elton (E! Online)

E! Online - She may have had nothing but vitriol for cohost Elton John, but at Tuesday night's London-set GQ Men of the Year Awards, Lily Allen did have some kind words reserved for one British icon: the bobbies.

Slipknot Strangles Game's Shot at No. 1 (E! Online)

E! Online - Who knew The Game and Al Gore had so much in common?

Next U2 album pushed to early 2009 (Reuters)

Reuters - Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material.

NFL season kicks off with free NYC concert (AP)

AP - Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield are kicking off the NFL season with a free concert that's expected to draw thousands to Manhattan's Columbus Circle.

Q&A: Young Jeezy gets political with his new CD (AP)

AP - Young Jeezy may seem like an unlikely political commentator, given his status as a gangsta rapper. But on his new CD, "The Recession," he talks about more than just hustling, putting in his two cents about the economy, struggling times and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Britney Spears to raise curtain on MTV awards (Reuters)

Reuters - Britney Spears is to star at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, a year after a calamitous comeback performance at the same award ceremony. But this time the pop singer won't be performing.