Mick Jagger is to make a film with Martin Scorsese, it has been announced.

The Rolling Stones legend and acclaimed director, who won his first Oscar earlier this week, will collaborate on The Long Play.

The movie is understood to be about two friends and their lives in rock music, reports the BBC.

Justin Hawkins is competing to appear at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, it has emerged.

Hawkins, who quit the Darkness last year after entering rehab for drug addiction, is understood to be planning a solo career.

Mel C is blocking the reunion of the Spice Girls, group's former manager, Simon Fuller, has claimed.

Fuller says they are planning to return "with a big bang," which will include a world tour but no new material.

However, Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm is apparently uncertain about getting involved while she continues to pursue a solo career.

Fuller commented: "All of the girls are up for it and the reunion will definitely happen in the next 18 months. The only person showing any reluctance is Mel C.

Britney Spears is not on suicide watch, her manager has insisted.

The troubled pop star is understood to have entered rehab for a third time in a week last Wednesday, after very publicly shaving her head.

Over the weekend, pictures of her apparently attacking a car with an umbrella were published in the global media, prompting further fears about her mental health.

Guns N' Roses have put back their new album, Chinese Democracy, although the group remains confident of an imminent release.

The long-awaited record was recently scheduled to come out in March, a considerable number of years since being originally mooted.

However, this deadline now looks set to pass, although a posting on their official website suggests the album is definitely nearing completion.

Bobby Brown paid $19,000 in late child support and court fees and was freed after spending three nights in the Norfolk County jail.

Brown, who was released Wednesday night, was scheduled to appear Thursday in Norfolk Probate and Family Court, a familiar place for the 38-year-old singer, who has a long history of failing to pay support on time.

A judge had ordered Brown held in the county jail in Dedham until he made the payments after he was arrested while watching his daughter's cheerleading competition at Attleboro High School.

A million-dollar record deal for an up-and-coming rap artist was put in jeopardy when a Baltimore County judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest, an attorney for the singer said.

Circuit Judge Patrick Stringer issued a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of Kevin Barnes, 22, for failure to appear in connection with a 2001 robbery.

Barnes, who calls himself Young City onstage, was 16 when he allegedly approached a couple near Eastpoint Mall, flashed a BB gun and took $90. He was arrested at the scene and made early court appearances, but eventually assumed the charges had been dropped, his lawyer told the court.

Foxy Brown pleaded guilty Thursday to a probation violation for leaving New York without permission.

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson said Brown's sentence will continue the six months' probation she is already serving. But Jackson warned that if there are any other probation infractions, "I'm reserving the right to resentence you to jail for one year."

Paul McCartney and his estranged wife, Heather Mills McCartney, appeared in London's High Court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing in their divorce case.

Mills McCartney, 38, said nothing as she arrived at the courthouse for the closed door session. The 64-year-old former Beatle arrived at the court's backdoor soon after.

"American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks needs his Soul Patrol to step up.

Forty years ago, the Doors' Jim Morrison seduced Hollywood with his wild moves and wilder poetry. On Wednesday, the rock band cemented its legendary status with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek, 68, and guitarist Robby Krieger, 61, showed up minus drummer John Densmore for the dedication of the walk's 2,325th star.

The parade of Police sellouts continues, with shows in Denver, Seattle and Oakland selling out over the weekend, and Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., selling out today (Feb. 26).

A prospective Van Halen tour with original frontman David Lee Roth has derailed. Sources tell that the decision to postpone the outing indefinitely was not due to any internal strife among band members.