Beyonce will begin her tour next spring with international dates, coming back to the US in early summer in support of her as-yet-untitled new album which will be released November 18th.  She will release 2 new singles "If I Were A Boy" and "Single Ladies" this month - the video will begin airing later this month.

According to Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy's next album "Folie a Deux" will feature guest appearances by Lil Wayne, Pharrell and Blondie's Debbie Harry.

Lauren Conrad has slammed rumors that she hooked up with friend/ex-friend? Audrina Patridge's on/off boyfriend Justin Bobby saying "I would never hurt a friend like that!"

Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" has only been out since May, but he says he is already recording "Tha Carter IV" as well as a mixtape.

Word is the show Kanye West has been developing for HBO is "too hard-core" so the cable networks enthusiasm is waning.  A rep for HBO says she had no knowledge of the show's status, noting that the show has been in development for some time and adding, "Until it is actually shot or picked up as a pilot, we don't have any info."

On Wednesday, Jay-Z was awarded a Global Leadership Award by the United Nations at a gala in New York City. Jay-Z has done lots of work to bring clean water to Africa through the Water for Life campaign.

Russell Brand will have his very own show  on Comedy Central! It will tape in November (in the NYC) and is slated to air sometime in 2009. Here's what Russell Brand had to say about the new deal, "COMEDY CENTRAL is the home of 'South Park,' 'The Daily Show,' and 'The Sarah Silverman Program.' I am thrilled to have such esteemed neighbours - particularly Sarah whom I shall be constantly troubling for cups of sugar and milk, breast milk."

Shia LaBeouf, who crushed his hand recently in a car accident, suffered a cut below his eyebrow Tuesday while working on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."  He received stitches and went immediately back to work.  LaBeouf's hand injury has been written into the script for the sequel.

Britney Spears dropped by John Philip Sousa Middle School #142 in The Bronx on Wednesday to present a $10,000 check to be used as an endowment for the school's year-old music program.

Kim Kardashian was eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday night.  She and partner Mark Ballas headed into Tuesday's elimination show 9th out of 11 contestants (Rocco DiSpirito and Cloris Leachman received the lowest scores from the judges).  Still in the running:  Brooke Burke, Lance Bass, Warren Sapp, Rocco DiSpirito, Cloris Leachman, Cody Linley, Toni Braxton, Maurice Green, Susan Lucci and Misty May-Treanor.

Billboard Music Chart:
#1:  Metallica - Death Magnetic - 132,000 copies
#2:  Demi Lovato - Don't Forget - 89,000 copies
#3:  Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman - 83,000 copies
#4:  PCD - Doll Domination - 79,000 copies
#5"  Kings of Leon - Only by the Night - 74,000 copies

Janet Jackson was released from a Montreal hospital just two hours after she arrived.  It was still not clear why she was admitted.  She became "suddenly ill" and was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital on Monday night shortly before her scheduled concert in Montreal, which was canceled.  Jackson has delayed her Wednesday show in Boston and a Thursday performance in Philadelphia until further notice. She will resume her tour Saturday in Greensboro, N.C.

Paris Hilton is debuting eleasing a new single, "My BFF," on the same day the reality TV program "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" first airs on MTV.  Hilton said she co-wrote the song with her boyfriend Benji Madden of rock band Good Charlotte.  The song will become the show's theme song - Sixteen women and two men -- both gay -- were selected from some 300,000 applicants to compete for the honor of being Hilton's best buddy, accompanying her to red carpet events and simultaneously dodging and courting the paparazzi.

A life insurance company is balking at making a $10 million payout to Heath Ledger's nearly 3-year-old daughter Matilda saying it first wants to investigate whether Ledger died by suicide, which would allow the insurer not to pay. According to the coroner, Ledger died at age 28 from an accidental overdose

Travis Barker has been released from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia and is headed back to L.A. on a bus. Also DJ AM was among the mourners who attended a memorial service in Los Angeles Monday for Chris "Lil' Chris" Baker, who died in the Learjet crash that killed four and wounded two on Sept. 20 in Columbia, South Carolina. Baker is survived by his wife, Otillia Villar, and 2-year-old son, Sebastian.

Vanessa Hudgens has purchased a $2.75 million home in Studio City - the 5200 square-foot house has 6 bedrooms and 6.5 baths with a pool/spa and bbq island.

Weekend Movie Boxoffice:
#1:  Eagle Eye - $29.2 million
#2:  Nights in Rodanthe - $13.6 million
#3:  Lakeview Terrace - $7 million
#4:  Fireproof - $6.5 million
#5:  Burn After Reading - $6.1 million