Today's round up of quick music news stories

MIA has teamed up with famed Indian producer A.R. Rahman on several tracks for the forthcoming soundtrack to 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

Because producing half of the records being produced in this wild world of ours simply isn't enough for some exceptionally talented people, Timbaland has set his sights on the world of Tinseltown. Tim will executive produce a film called Vinyl, which Billboard.com reports is "the story of five young women facing life-altering decisions about the...

Coldplay's previously reported, Jay-Z-featuring remix of "Lost!", from the UK band's recent Viva La Vida LP, has surfaced, apparently thanks to Ryan Seacrest. It's not really such an odd pairing, given that hip-hop has been trying this kind of bombastic, festival-ready stuff for a little while now, most recently on tracks like T.I.'s Timbaland/T...

Chris Cornell & Timbaland are giving fans the chance to come to an instore meet and greet in several Verizon Wireless outlets.