Do the recently-announced returns of Blink 182, No Doubt, Faith No More et al have you hopeful for the miraculous revival of the original GN’R lineup? Look into your eyes and see an ounce of pain, Sweet Children o’ Mine, ’cause it ain’t happening.
In an interview with AOL’s Spinner.com, an ornery Axl Rose basically blames Slash, "complete with his addictions," for the demise of the band in the first place, though pretty much every other member gets ripped too (he ixnays 44-year-old Steven Adler, a current cast member of VH1′s Sober House, in part for "the nightmare of his mother." Jigga what? We want to meet this lady!)
But anyway, about Slash, here are the best nuggets from Axl: He calls him "a cancer" and "a whore for the limelight," says, "There’s zero possibility of me having anything to do with Slash other than by ambush, and that wouldn’t be pretty," and also, "He either should not have been in Guns to begin with or should have left after Lies…and the less anyone heard of him or his supporters, the better." Message received, Mr. Rose!
Would you go see Gn’R in their current just-Axl Chinese Democracy mode? Are you waiting for Velvet Revolver’s return when they announce the replacement for departed frontman Scott Weiland (who was known to take on Guns songs at shows, as well as old Stone Temple Pilots stuff)? Or are you just happy to play Appetite for Destruction in your basement and dream of Paradise (City) lost?
More Axl Rose:
Axl Speaks! Well, writes anyway!
Axl Rose’s 4,000-word rant: Can you make it through?
The Dr. Pepper free soda conspiracy
George Strait has been named the Academy of Country Music’s Artist of the Decade, and CBS will tape a tribute concert in Las Vegas on April 6 (the night after 
So, let’s talk about the Jonas Brothers (again) for a second. Now, whatever your feelings are on the band (and chances are highly likely you lean one way or the other), you do have to sort of sit back and be amazed at how they are able to promote themselves. For example, in honor of their 
Elvis Costello has a rep for sometimes being a tad prickly. But, the one occasion I interacted with the man, he couldn’t have been nicer.
I may not have seen all of this year’s Oscar-nominated movies, but I did see all the films that won the in major categories (I just barely squeaked by with a 1:35 p.m. showing of Milk on Sunday afternoon). How did you fare in your quest to see as many Academy-approved movies as possible before the ceremony (if you even had one)? If you skipped the telecast altogether, it’s okay — Enter the Fray is here to help. Read on for the week’s most commented-on posts (spoiler alert: Our Oscar liveblog comes in at No. 1).
Jennifer Hudson’s return to the spotlight came full circle with an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show this afternoon. After a month that featured show-stopping, much-talked about performances at the 
It’s a conversation I’ve had dozens of times with lots of different smart pals: When did you stop loving new Woody Allen movies? For me, it was after Mighty Aphrodite. I was lukewarm on Everyone Says I Love You, and from there through this past summer, I was on a local train through Bummertown, making all local stops, including Small Time Crooks (bleh) and Match Point (which I hated with the intensity of a million supernovas). Finally, fuh-hu-hu-hinally, there was Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and I was at long last able to experience joy again. Well, I was at least able to think "yay!" after a Woody Allen movie. But…it was a really sincere yay. 
