Monday Quick Hits 2!!

Rapper Charged With Raping Two Women- Seizure Killed Amy Winehouse?- Carrie Underwood Half Done- Gym Class Heroes- T.I. Fighting Prison- Cliff Robertson RIP- more

09/12/2011
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(BBC) A Brazilian-born rapper and former contestant on I'm a Celebrity has been charged with raping two women. Aggro Santos, 22, of Bickersteth Road, London, is accused of raping a woman in Chichester, West Sussex, on 7 May. more

(AP) Amy Winehouse's father says he believes she died after suffering a seizure related to alcohol detoxification and "there was nobody there to rescue her." Her family says toxicology reports indicated there was alcohol in her bloodstream but it was unclear whether this had contributed to her death at age 27. more

(Billboard) Carrie Underwood has revealed that she is halfway done with the follow-up to 2009's "Play On." "I've been writing quite a bit. And I've been in the studio a little bit. So I probably have about half an album done right now more

(BBC) Doris Day becomes the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album of new material, according to the Official Charts Company. more

(FMQB) T.I. is continuing to battle his case of questionable transportation to an Atlanta halfway house. His lawyer claims that no one told him that it was unacceptable to travel with anyone besides his wife. "Bureau of Prison officials did not specifically state at any time that T.I. was limited to being in the vehicle with his wife and no one else," T.I.'s attorney, Steve Sadow, told MTV News. more

(Billboard) "Papercut Chronicles II," Gym Class Heroes' long-awaited sequel to their 2005 breakout album, will be released on Oct. 25 after hanging in limbo without a street date for month. more

(BBC) Oscar-winning US actor Cliff Robertson, who portrayed John F Kennedy in the 1963 film PT-109, dies at the age of 88 more

(Billboard) ABC is going country with Reba McEntire. McEntire is attached to executive produce and star in Malibu Country, which has been sold as a put pilot at the Disney-owned network.more

(BBC) British actors Keira Knightley and Jude Law are to star in a film adaptation of Anna Karenina, it is announced. more

(Jam!) Cyndi Lauper mixed up the words to America's National Anthem during a live TV performance at the U.S. Open semifinals on Saturday. more