By Jon Wiederhorn

(Ben A. Pruchnie, Getty Images; Jim Spellman, WireImage)The father of the late English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse is unimpressed by Beyoncé and Andre 3000’s cover of her song "Back to Black," which will appear on the soundtrack to "The Great Gatsby."

In an interview with the UK’s Daily Mail, Mitch Winehouse was critical of Beyoncé’s delivery. "I don’t think she brings anything to it," he said.

Winehouse, a London taxi driver, said he was never asked for permission for Beyoncé and OutKast member Andre 3000 to cover "Back to Black," but was paid "a lot of money" for the recording rights. "They have got to pay for the privilege, which is what they are doing," he said.

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If you ever wanted to walk on by -- or even step on -- the Backstreet Boys, you're in luck. The iconic '90s boy band got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday morning in front of hundreds of screaming fans. The star, the Walk of Fame's 2,495th, is located on the 7000 block of Hollywood Boulevard, near the Live Nation building.

Hollywood insiders know that these honors don't come out of the blue -- they're usually tied into some sort of milestone, upcoming album, tour or film. Sure enough our boys from the backstreets celebrated their 20th anniversary on Saturday with a special fan celebration in Hollywood where they previewed some songs from a new album, due later this year, as well as a trailer for a documentary about the band, that's due in 2014. Next month, the group will launch its latest world tour in China.

By Soren Baker
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Nicki Minaj collaborated extensively with rapper Gucci Mane in the early part of her career.

Now she hopes that the incarcerated rapper can redirect his life.

During a recent interview with Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9, Minaj said that even though she had not reached out to the troubled Georgia rapper who has been arrested several times and is currently behind bars on a probation violation, she wished that somebody would.

By Jon Wiederhorn

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Controversial Boston-based solo performer Amanda Palmer (formerly with the Dresden Dolls) has provoked a wave of both support and protest for "A Poem for Dzhokhar,” a post she wrote on her official website. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is one of two terrorists accused of committing the bombings at the Boston marathon that left three dead and over 170 injured (his brother Tamerlin was killed Friday in a shootout with police).

[Related: Boston Bombing Suspect Charged in Hospital Bed]

Palmer’s poem is composed of vaguely related sentences all of which begin with the words "You don’t know." Some of the lines are general and could relate to anyone; others are more specific to Tsarnaev’s acts and possible thoughts, such as, "You don’t know why you let that guy go without shooting him dead and stuffing him in some bushes between Cambridge and Watertown," and weird almost nonsensical phrases, including, “You don’t know how precious your iPhone battery time was until you’re hiding in the bottom of the boat."