Blog Posts by Wendy Geller

Strait and Brooks in 2009 (Photo: Kevin Winter)History will be made! That's about all that can be said upon hearing the latest performers added to this year's Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast.

Are you ready for it--? Garth Brooks and George Strait will be taking the stage together!

The two megastars--who have never jointly performed--are making this appearance as a musical tribute to the late Dick Clark, who was the producer of the ACMs from 1979 all the way to his death in April 2012.

Too Short (Photo: Paul A. Hebert)Rapper Too Short found himself in no shortage of trouble Wednesday morning, when he was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with a DUI and felony narcotics possession.

Short (real name Todd Anthony Shaw) allegedly appeared to be under the influence when he was pulled over at around 3 a.m. in the morning for an unspecified traffic violation. According to the L.A. Times, local police noted that Short attempted to flee, but was quickly apprehended.

Rocker/popster Pink may come off as one tough cookie, but it turns out the singer has an endearing soft side when it comes to her youngest fans. At her show in Philadelphia Sunday night, the singer stopped her set to comfort a little girl crying in the audience.

Pink, who was in the middle of a song, noticed the distraught child, and told her guitar player to "hold on a second."

She called out: "Is everything okay right here? Is this little girl all right?"

Turns out the child was upset by a fight in the crowd. "Y'all are fighting around a little girl?" Pink--who is the mother of a nearly 2-year-old daughter--said incredulously.

She then walked to the edge of the stage, and offered the girl a stuffed frog toy and a Rice Krispy treat, telling her "you look beautiful!" Awww.

The youngster was too shy to come up and get the goodies, but those in front handed them back to her, to much cheers from the audience. See for yourselves:

Pink is currently on her Truth About Love tour. You can

Fergie (Photo: Mark Davis)Even rock stars take maternity leave from their jobs! It looks as if the Black Eyed Peas may possibly be arranging a temp to take lead lady Fergie's place--at least for a while, after she has her baby this year.

According to Perez Hilton, who exclusively broke the news, sources have suggested that the Grammy-winning group is quietly auditioning singers to fill Fergie's place in anticipation of her expected time off post-birth.

Levon Helm, the legendary Band member and beloved drummer/rock icon, left us last spring at the age of 71--but, as all legends do, he lives on in the hearts of his fans.

And, in the case of Helm, he had some quite famous fans. A star-studded collective of musicians from all genres gathered in New Jersey last October to pay tribute to Helm--the resulting concert raising money earmarked to keep Helm's Woodstock barn and studio in his family's possession. Some of the names involved included Roger Waters, My Morning Jacket, John Mayer, Joe Walsh, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Gregg Allman, Bruce Hornsby, Ray LaMontagne, John Hiatt, Grace Potter, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Marc Cohn, Jakob Dylan, Joan Osborne, and more.

Fans who were unable to attend the show can now see it in its entirety with the release of the Love For Levon DVD this week. We at Yahoo! Music have an exclusive clip for preview, featuring John Mayer and Ray LaMontagne performing "Tears Of Rage."

Lil Wayne (Photo: Jason Merritt)Lil Wayne has been released from the Los Angeles hospital he was admitted to last week following a seizure.

Wayne's label head, Mack Maine, tweeted to his followers on Monday evening that the rapper was officially out and on his way home. "God is great," he added.

Wayne's release comes six days after his admission to the facility, and three days after alarming reports circulated that he was near death--gossip that Wayne himself attempted to calm by tweeting "I’m good everybody" on Friday evening.

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Can't get enough Justin Bieber? Well, Beliebers, you're in luck--or, you just may be enraged. There's a new kid in town and he promises to offer even more of that unique JB vibe.

Young Danish lad Benjamin Lasnier looks like Justin, lip-syncs to Justin's music, and is rapidly gaining a following that may one day rival Justin's...at the rate he's attracting attention.

Lasnier started building his reputation in typical tween form. Last year, when he was just 12 years old, he joined Instagram and began posting a stream of selfies--lots of grins and wide-eyed poses for the iPhone. From the first picture, he attracted "likes," smitten comments--and followers.

Bow Wow (Photo: Prince Williams)Aspiring rappers, take note: If you want to use a stripper in your videos, be sure you compensate her fairly for her art. Or you may find yourself out a few wads of cash--like Bow Wow, who was just forced to pay a French porn star nearly $80k for ripping off her work.

The lady in question, Celine Tran (who works under the name "Katsuni"), filed suit against Bow Wow last July--claiming he helped himself without permission to footage of her exotic dancing, originally featured in a video by French band the Electronic Conspiracy.

She alleged he then splashed it all over his video for "Drank In My Cup," again without asking permission.

Bow Wow's response? Silence. So, according to TMZ, a federal judge ordered him to pay Tran $79,346.07 in damages and legal fees, plus yank the footage.