Los Angeles, CA (WFN) -- Fans of Tom Waits won't have to wait much longer for a new album. The singer will release his new CD, "Real Gone," on October 5 and, for the first time in his recording career, he doesn't play piano.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Willie Nelson is temporarily replacing Cupid as the go-to guy for romance. The dating website, True.com, is using Nelson's annual 4th of July picnic to introduce online daters who have been proven to be compatible by a website quiz.

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles teenager's plan to produce a bootleg copy of "Spider-Man 2" was foiled Wednesday when a movie theater projectionist wearing night vision goggles spotted the 16-year-old with his camcorder in the audience. The L.A. District Attorney is reviewing the case right now to decide whether to punish the teen under a new law that makes it illegal to carry a recording device into a movie theater.

CAGLIARI, Sardinia -- Model Naomi Campbell nearly caused a stampede on a beach on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia when a crowd of almost 4000 men gathered to catch a glimpse of her in her bikini. The supermodel was shooting an ad for an Italian cell phone company, and security guards had to call in police to keep the thousands of gawking men behind metal barriers.

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