Etta James, the Grammy-winning singer of the timeless classic "At Last," has been diagnosed with dementia and leukemia, the BBC reports. The 72-year-old James began suffering from major health problems (including a blood infection) in January 2010 and then battled an addiction to painkillers. Sadly, as we've seen in the struggle over the Michael Jackson estate, James' family is at odds over who should manage the singer's money now that her mental condition has left her unable to eat, dress, or sign documents on her own.

James left her power of attorney to her two sons Donto James and Sametto James in February 2008, but James' husband Artis Mills has filed papers in court that seek control of her finances. Hopefully, the ensuing battle over James' estate doesn't eclipse James' legacy itself, which boasts pretty much every accolade an artist can hope to achieve in the music industry: multiple Grammy wins including a Lifetime Achievement Award, induction in both the Rock and Roll and

Trish Keenan, the ethereal singer for U.K. electro band Broadcast, died this morning from pneumonia, a complication she suffered after contracting the H1N1 swine flu following a recent trip to Australia. Her manager confirmed the sad news for Spinner, and a statement on the Warp Records website reads, "This is an untimely tragic loss and we will miss Trish dearly -- a unique voice, an extraordinary talent and a beautiful human being."

The Amp used to sit near a colleague who was really fond of Broadcast's 2003 disc "Haha Sound," and we became fans of the band's groovy electro-pop. Most people got their first taste of the band covertly, tucked onto the soundtrack of 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" -- the trippy keyboards on "The Book Lovers" well captured the film's woozy '60s mod vibe. They went on to release three albums and, most recently, a collaboration with the Focus Group that came out in 2009. "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening hand-picked them to perform at

We thought Brandon Flowers taught every band on Earth a lesson when he boasted in 2006 that the Killers were in the middle of recording "one of the best albums in the past 20 years." (They were making "Sam's Town," which did not ultimately rank as one of the best albums of the past 10 -- or 25 years.) "There's nothing that touches this album. And that sounds like I'm being cocky, but I'm just so excited," he told MTV News.

You know what? We understand your excitement, Brandon Flowers! And other artists' enthusiasm when they're in the lab (or in some cases, the lavatory), slaving on something invested with feelings and pride and sweat and tears and all that. But while artists are wrapped up in making albums they are in a very dangerous zone -- they're emotional and exhausted (legitimately exhausted, Chuck Berry style), and prone to hyperbole.

Liam Gallagher's new Beady Eye disc? "The best record you'll hear for the next 50 years."

Coldplay's new album about OCD and Nazi fighters and

In what could be the strangest pairing between an old-school American crooner and a drug-addled British singer since Bing Crosby and David Bowie, the legendary Tony Bennett revealed to New York Post's Page Six that he's planning to team up with Amy Winehouse. "We're working on partnering up to record a duet together," Bennett said. "But it's still in the works." Translation: Given Winehouse's inability to stay upright long enough to record a follow-up to "Back to Black," this likely won't happen.

The planned duet ironically comes a few months after Bennett commented that young singers that abuse drugs are "sinning against their talents," but apparently, there's a mutual respect between the two artists: Winehouse went to see Bennett twice when the crooner performed in the U.K. recently, and Bennett likely approves of any young talent that keeps the 84-year-old musically relevant and in headlines.

We doubt anything comes of this pairing, and if it does it'll probably wind up on one of