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Ready to take on iTunes, Napster, the music sharing system that started it all, on Tuesday launched its first MP3 music store, free of restrictive digital rights management protection  to compete head-to-head with Apple’s iTunes. Napster is only the second MP3 music store to offer storewide DRM-free tracks (which can play on any gadget). Amazon was the first. For much of the decade, major record labels refused to license their music for downloading as MP3s. But steep annual declines in CD sales and the growing dominance of Apple Inc.'s iPod music players and its iTunes Music Store led the labels to ease that position last year to remain competitive. With its MP3 store Napster’s music can now ...

Last week, country star and hottie Shania Twain announced that she was divorcing her husband of 14 years. Now we may now why: her husband, music producer Robert “Mutt” Lange, was having an affair with Marie-Anne Thiébaud, who managed the couple's chateau in Switzerland. Shania's husband denied the cheating claims saying, "It's absolutely not the reason [for the separation]." Lange had told People Magazine that the two simply had “just a growing apart, that’s all.” But now the magazine is reportingon source as saying: “Mutt and Marie-Anne left their spouses for each other and are still in a relationship.” Dude, this Swiss chick better be really, really hot, because you blew it with one ...

Kiefer Sutherland is officially divorced. A divorce judgment was filed Friday for the "24" actor and wife Elizabeth Kelly Winn, according to court documents. Sutherland, 41, filed for divorce from his wife of nearly eight years in 2004, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple have no children together. The question is what took so long? The two actually first separated nine years ago. Last January, Sutherland was released from a Glendale jail after serving 48 days on a drunken driving charge. Sutherland pleaded no contest in October to driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of 0.08 percent. He was sentenced to 30 days, as well as 18 days for violating probation stemming from a 2004 drunken-driving ...

You can tell Lance According is truly a mainstream celebrity because he keeps bagging all these Hollywood types. Now, reportedly, actress Kate Hudson and Armstrong have been “secretly dating” for several weeks. Hudson recently announced her split from boyfriend Owen Wilson. She and Wilson rekindled their romance earlier this year. News of their breakup hit the media last week, but insiders say they had actually split several weeks ago. “Kate and Lance have been dating for a couple of weeks. She thought it was really funny when people were writing recently that she was engaged to Owen, because the reality was that they had split again and she was secretly seeing Lance,” says the source. “She and Lance ...

Cowboys QB Tony Romo and singer/actress Jessica Simpson reportedly cuddled and kissed during Ashlee Simpson's wedding Saturday amid reports that the couple had split. According to People magazine, Jessica and Romo were spotted together on Friday in Los Angeles, and again at Ashlee's rehearsal dinner. "They were very cozy and cute together," a source told the magazine. Jessica "was in an amazing mood and so happy her sister was getting married." The singer and the NFL star have not been photographed together in weeks, fueling reports that they had broken up. Jessica's rep has maintained that the two are still an item. This is already so old! It's probably just a ploy to keep Jess somewhat ...

Nintendo released its hit video game Wii Fit in the U.S. on Monday. It is forecast to be the next blockbuster game after last month's "Grand Theft Auto 4" Wii Fit, which costs $89.99, is currently sold out in preorder sales on Amazon.com and the Web sites of retailers GameStop and Wal-Mart Stores, while Best Buy's Web site lists it as "coming soon." And really, the May 19 date is when all the games ship out. So any store likely won’t have it until Wednesday. Wii Fit allows you to break a sweat in front of your TV to 40 fitness activities including strength training, aerobics, yoga, skiing, and snowboarding. The game's activities all take place ...

MGM could be bringing back the Cold War. "Red Dawn," John Milius' 1984 tale of a group of American rebels fighting Soviet forces, is a candidate for a remake, studio officials revealed this weekend in Cannes. They also confirmed that 1987's "Robocop" could resurface in a new version. Man, this just proves that there are now original ideas in Hollywood anymore. At least remake the Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or one of those types! Actually, the first Robocop was quite good.

George Takei, the original Sulu from "Star Trek," announced over the weekend that he and his longtime partner Brad Altman will tie the knot this summer. The announcement comes on the heels of the California Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage is legal there. "Our California dream is reality," he wrote on his Web site. "At long last, the barrier to full marriage rights for same-sex couples has been torn down." Takei, who also had a role on "Heroes" last year, first came out in 2005 in order to talk against a veto by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of a same-sex marriage law. Well, isn’t that just swell. Captain Kirk would kick this guy's ass. Now ...

"Entertainment Tonight" reports that Britney Spears and Mel Gibson are vacationing together in Costa Rica. But it’s not like that: Gibson invited Spears and her dad Jamie to join him as guests at his Costa Rican home. And Mel’s wife, Robin, is also there. "They're just going away for a few days to relax," an insider downplays to People. Britney and Mel once were neighbors in Malibu and were spotted together in March at a Russian restaurant in L.A. "He understands what she's going through," a source told OK!. "And he certainly has advice on how to not let it destroy your life."

Ashley Olsen (if I have to tell you who that is, well, just stop reading) is reportedly dating ‘National Treasure’ star Justin Bartha. The pair sparked the rumors after they were spotted having a romantic dinner at New York restaurant Olsen was most recently linked to seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. Bartha split with his girlfriend Lydia Hearst last year. Bartha, 29, and Olsen, 21, were holding hands throughout dinner. The New York Post’s Page Six says friends of Olsen are a little concerned over her interest in the actor. "He's a little bit psycho-y," said one source who knows Bartha. "He's a really cute, nice guy, but he was always jumping ...