New York, NY -- Sean Penn is going from "Dead Man Walking" to "Dylan Man Talking." Penn has just signed to narrate the audiobook of "Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One," the singer's autobiography, which is scheduled to be published on October 12.

NEW YORK -- The popular internet parody of "This Is Your Land" that satirizes John Kerry and George W. Bush will soon be coming to a record store near you. Koch Records is releasing the tune as a CD single on October 5.

NEW YORK -- Mary-Kate Olsen's eating disorder is weighing heavily on her twin sis, Ashley. Popbitch.com reports the two recently were fitted for clothes at the Calvin Klein showroom in New York and overheard a PR flack declaring that it was a "nightmare" that Ashley now looked fat next to her post-rehab, post-anorexia twin and that she'd make the designer's clothes look terrible. Eyewitnesses says Ashley ran to the elevator in tears.

LOS ANGELES -- Punk fans are feeling the "Blitzkrieg Bop" now that Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone has died. Ramone -- born John Cummings -- died Wednesday (Sep. 15) after a five-year bout with prostate cancer. He was 55. Ramone's death means that drummer Tommy Ramone is the only surviving original member of the pioneering punk band.

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