New York, NY (WFN) -- Don't tell the Backstreet Boys, but boy bands are over. That's the proclamation from hip hop producer Timbaland, who just so happens to be working with 'N Sync-ster Justin Timberlake on a solo album. Timbaland tells the "New York Daily News" he thinks Timberlake will have no problem shedding his boy band image and -- quote -- "The stuff I did for him is Michael Jackson all over again."

LOS ANGELES -- Ron Howard is giving his dad a belated Father's Day gift with the DVD version of" A Beautiful Mind:" He's adding a scene featuring his father, Rance, opposite Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer that he cut from the theatrical release.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Slipknot unmasked! The singer and guitarist from Slipknot have revived their pre-Slipknot band, Stone Sour and will release the band's debut record Sept. 10. But the bigger story just may be that the guys, Corey Taylor and James Root, will tour unmasked for the first time to support the album.

MIAMI -- Rosie O'Donnell says her crusade to allow Florida gays to adopt children is already coming back to bite her. She says she's had one invitation to speak at a convention taken back because the event's planners feared it would attract protestors.

LONDON -- Rock band Oasis defeats the British army? It's true. The British army recently announced that they have withdrawn a recruitment video which featured two of the band's songs after the Gallagher brothers refused to give permission to use them.

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