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The city’s West Side has a new retail, residential and commercial anchor, bringing high-end shopping, luxury living and the new headquarters of Time Warner Corp. to a corner overlooking Central Park. The $1.7 billion Time Warner Center, a 2.8 million-square-foot complex at Columbus Circle, was to open to the public on Thursday after a black-tie gala Wednesday night. The two-tower center, which sits at the southwest corner of the park, includes a 40-store retail facility, five world-class restaurants, a new facility for Jazz at Lincoln Center and a 59,000-square-foot Whole Foods supermarket. There also is the opulent Mandarin Oriental hotel… Read more »

Britney Spears is no longer an aspiring actress – having already starred in “Crossroads” – but for her next film role the singer is going to recall the days she was just starting out. Spears has signed on to star in and produce an adaptation of author Tobi Tobin’s “Door to Door,” in which she’ll play an ambitious teenager who tries to make it in Hollywood.. The story’s narrator, like the author, is named Tobi. She leaves her small hometown of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, at the age of 17 to model in New York. Unsuccessful there, she finds her way… Read more »

Running on a bum right knee and after just two months of training, hip-hop entrepreneur Sean “P. Diddy” Combs completed the grueling New York City Marathon, raising $2 million for children – double what he had planned. “Never in my life have I ever experienced anything as crazy as this,” Combs said Sunday at a news conference. “It was a beautiful experience.” Combs’ official race time was 4:14:54. It was his first marathon. The producer-rapper said he had raised $2 million since announcing in September that he would run. The money will be divided among two children’s charities and New… Read more »

This fall sees Broken Social Scene embarking on their most ambitious tour yet, playing 38 dates in four countries in just over two months. The tour sees Social Scene playing in places they’ve not yet ventured, including the US west coast, mid-west, throughout the UK, Halifax and Paris. Broken Social Scene’s sophomore album You Forgot It In People continues to receive heaps of praise from critics and fans alike. September 8th marks the official UK release of You Forgot It In People via Arts&Crafts/Vertigo; the third country to do so after Canada and the US. A limited edition double-vinyl version… Read more »

Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. have nothing to worry about, but a university known more for churning out engineers than hit music is starting its own record label. Drexel University’s MAD Dragon Records expects to put out its first CD – a compilation of eight or nine bands – next year. The student-run label will be an integral part of Drexel’s fledgling music industry program, which in only three years has grown from eight students to more than 150. Students will be in charge of artist development, production, recording, marketing, contracts and distribution, while MAD Dragon musicians – also students… Read more »

The Lynyrd Skynyrd/Sammy Hagar “Party Of A Lifetime” tour has come to an end, as Skynyrd has pulled out of the remaining dates due to guitarist Gary Rossington’s health. Rossington had open-heart surgery in February and was cleared to tour in support of their new album Vicious Cycle. However, Skynyrd dropped some shows in recent days because of Rossington’s medical fatigue, and they’ve now scrapped the rest of the coheadlining tour, after Rossington was diagnosed as having suffered a mild seizure. Rossington has been ordered to take three weeks off to recuperate, and he and Skynyrd should be ready to… Read more »

Sammy Hagar is lending moral support to New York City’s firefighters, who are being targeted in an effort to help the city’s ongoing fiscal crisis. Hagar and his band, the Waboritas, will play a free show on Monday (May 19) at noon in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan. The event has been organized by the Uniformed Firefighters Association, which is protesting Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to close eight firehouses across the city to save money. In a statement, Hagar said, “I figured it was time to make some serious noise, just in case the Mayor hadn’t heard… Read more »

The suspect who was dubbed the “Eminem” bank robber by New Jersey police was arrested on Thursday (February 27) due in part to the unusual reversible jacket and wool hat that earned him his nickname. Michael R. Hasuga, 44, of Belleville, New Jersey, is believed to be the bank robber that federal agents and New Jersey authorities have been trying to apprehend for months, and the same suspect that was featured on the Newark FBI’s Most Wanted List. Hasuga was captured by an alert police officer who was staking out the Valley National Bank in Belleville. Hasuga waited in line… Read more »

The upcoming Nirvana collection, much-hyped due to the inclusion of the previously unreleased “You Know You’re Right,” will feature 14 songs overall, according to the Universal Music sales catalog. The album arrives October 29. Tracks include the song responsible for the former Seattle band’s breakout success, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and three others from the album Nevermind. Five songs from the In Utero era are also featured while three others date back to the band’s pre-Geffen Sub Pop days. A cover of David Bowie (news)’s “The Man Who Sold The World” is also featured. The Complete Track Listing Is: You… Read more »

Hobbits ruled, Kelly Osbourne came out and Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar showed off their pipes when the 2002 MTV Movie Awards were handed out Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium. The event will be broadcast Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with MTV News’ pre-show coverage kicking off at 8:30 p.m. Peter Jackson’s adaptation of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” took home the night’s most prized pile of golden popcorn, nabbing Best Movie. However, Nicole Kidman walked away from the Shrine as the night’s big winner, grabbing trophies for Best Female Performance and Best… Read more »