JIMMY PAGE has been made an honorary citizen of Rio de Janeiro for his work with underprivileged kids in the Brazilian city. Run by the British charity Task Brasil, Casa Jimmy offers…

THE MAGIC NUMBERS “may not yet reek of rock'n'roll excess but their journey along pop's perfumed highway grows more intoxicating daily.” They have sold 100,000 albums in six weeks in the UK…

THE dB's: If you missed yesterday's feature, remember to keep scrolling past today's entry!THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS' frontman A.C. Newman talks to Pitchfork about the new album — which made number 44 o­n…

THE ORIGINAL dB's REUNITE FOR THEIR FIRST SHOW IN 17 YEARS: (Assisted by keyboardist Andy Burton, L-R: Chris Stamey, Will Rigby, Peter Holsapple and Gene Holder.) From the clanging chimes of “Ask…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:GORT, KLAATU BARADA NIKTO! Robert Wise, a four-time Academy Award winner whose epic 65-year career ranged from editing Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons to directing classic…

DING! Bun's out of the oven, Cletus! Us magazine, which broke the story, reports the young'n would be called Preston Michael Spears Federline, ensuring a lifetime of PMS jokes.THE DECEMBERISTS: You Ain't…

IGNORANCE IS BLISS: Knowing very little about country music, Johnny Cash or even how to sing probably helped Joaquin Phoenix turn in an Oscar-worthy performance as the Man in Black in Walk…

CHARLIE AND RONNIE o­nly have eyes for each other… NTTAWWT. ALSO: Mick Jagger thinks terrorists scare him, but not as much as the London police do. Mick can take comfort in the…

CLARENCE “GATEMOUTH” BROWN, after a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas, where he'd gone to escape Hurricane Katrina. Brown, who had…

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council lost its offices, studios and an artist o­n September 11, 2001. How is the LMDC commemorating the fourth anniversary of 9/11?With an exhibition titled “A Knock at…