At first I thought this was a hoax, but apparently it isn't. Singer Katie Melua is attempting to break the record for the deepest underwater gig. She'll perform a comcert 90m below the surface of the North Sea on an oil rig. It must be true, because it's in The Guardian.

Ugly Betty is no Out of Practice. It's the highest-rating new show on American television this fall (that's autumn to us), which probably means we'll see it here sooner or later.
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"Musicians can run this state better than politicians. Hell - so could beauticians." So says musician and crime novelist Kinky Friedman, who is a candidate for governor of Texas. The man behind songs such as They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Any More is running with the simple slogan: "Why the hell not?"