Blog Posts by Craig Rosen

Photo: Kevin WinterThe Jackson family may have found the smoking gun they've been looking for. Yesterday in their wrongful death trial against AEG Live, a top executive for the concert promotion firm admitted that he wrote an email that stated the company employed the doctor involved in Michael Jackson's death.

AEG Live Co-CEO Paul Gongaware had a hard time recalling the email, but ultimately admitted that he said Dr. Conrad Murray was an employee of AEG.

That's a huge blow for AEG, since Murray has already been convicted and is doing time for involuntary manslaughter. It would seem that a jury would simply have to connect the dots and find the concert promoter liable in the wrongful death of Jackson, and be on the hook to pay the Jackson family for damages estimated to be more than $1 billion.

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Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is never at a loss for words and now he's opened up about his band's new deal with Cash Money Records. The label recently released the band's comeback single, "Ready to Go," featuring Cash Money chief Lil Wayne.

The interesting thing about the band's new deal, which was announced in February, is that its releases will still be distributed by Universal, which also distributed its former label, Interscope. In an interview with Spin, Durst says although the same corporate parent may be in the mix, the band feels good about its new label deal.

Andre 3000 ( Photo: D Dipasupil)The mother of Andre "3000" Benjamin, Sharon Benjamin-Hodo, has died, Billboard confirms.

Andre, one half of the hit-making duo OutKast, referenced his mother in that group's biggest hit, the 2003 chart-topping, Grammy-winner "Hey Ya!," with the lyrics, "Thank God for Mom and Dad / For sticking to together / Like we don't know how."

Photo: Ethan MillerLeave it to Bieber. The "Baby" singer was allegedly speeding in his Calabasas, Calif. neighborhood again over the weekend, but this time he ticked off the wrong neighbor.

Former NFL star and current ESPN commentator Keyshawn Johnson saw the Bieb driving recklessly in his Ferrari over the weekend, so he chased him down in his Prius – yes, that's right, the big man cares about the environment.

According to TMZ, Johnson was leaving a party when the Bieb blew by him in his Ferrari. Keyshawn had a child with him in his Prius, so he dropped the youngster off at his home and then went after the singer.

Johnson reportedly parked right up behind Justin's Ferrari and got out of the car to talk to Bieber about his driving style, but this time the Bieb didn't act like a tough guy, as he has in previous confrontations with neighbors over his driving. Instead, he ran inside his house and wouldn't come out, TMZ reports. At least two people called the cops on Bieber, who reportedly "appeared stoned."

Funny thing is that Johnson isn't the only NFL great to take

Photo: Jeffrey MayerNicki Minaj and Hot 97 New York air personality Peter Rosenberg have finally buried the hatchet and settled their long-brewing beef. It began last year when Rosenberg dissed her track "Starships," prompting Nicki to bail on her scheduled appearance at the radio station's 2012 Summer Jam festival.

Before the Pink Barbie even spoke a word during her appearance Tuesday on the Hot 97 morning show, Rosenberg greased the wheels by saying his association with Minaj has made him more popular and admitting that "Starships" was played at this wedding. He then apologized, explaining that he never had any "ill feelings about" Minaj as "a human being," he was just expressing his "distaste for the song" and hyping up the festival crowd.

We didn't see this coming. The Stone Temple Pilots filed suit against Scott Weiland Friday and are asking for a judge to stop him for using the band's name and songs.

We expected legal action to result from the band's tiff, but thought Weiland would be the one to fire the first shot, since he was "terminated" in February. Then STP turned up last weekend at KROQ's 21st Annual Weenie Roast as surprise guests with a surprise new lead singer, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington.

STP perform with Bennington (Photo: C Flanigan)Weiland finally broke his silence on the matter on Friday in an open letter on his website, saying his old band's performance with Bennington was a "surprise" and it "hurt," and his former bandmates were misleading the band's millions of fans by calling their collaboration with Bennington Stone Temple Pilots.

Strangely, the band makes some of the same points in their lawsuit about the group's name as Weiland did in his letter. The group's other members — brothers guitarist Dean and bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz — claim they own the rights to the band's name, songs, copyrights and trademarks and Weiland has no right to play the band's music in his solo shows.

Photo: Tim MosenfelderScott Weiland has spoken. Nearly a week after his bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots took the stage for a surprise appearance at KROQ's 21st Annual Wennie Roast with a surprise new singer — Linkin Parks' Chester Bennington — the band's apparent former frontman has issued a statement.

"Like everybody else out there, I read about my band, Stone Temple Pilots, and their recent performance this past weekend with a new singer. To tell you the truth, it took me by surprise. And it hurt," Weiland writes. "But the band that played last weekend was not Stone Temple Pilots and it was wrong of them to present themselves as that."

Ray J and model Luba (Photo: John Ricard)Let's face it: Kim Kardashian owes a lot of her success to Ray J. It was the sex tape she made with Brandy's little brother that put her on the map, so can you really blame Ray J for playing the Kim K. card to try to reignite his career?

In his latest attempt to get more bang out of his former flame, Ray brought the Kim K. lookalike, who appears in his video for his controversial Kanye-baiting single "I Hit It First," with him for an appearance Wednesday on BET's "106 & Park."