GENESIS 1970-1975, a vinyl boxed set that contains five albums (on six discs) with lead singer Peter Gabriel.

New mother M.I.A. missed out on the Oscar telecast, and then missed out on the Oscar itself, as her fellow Slumdog Millionaire nominee A.R. Rahman took home the trophies for both Original Score and Original Song-- the latter for his Bollywood closing-credit number "Jai Ho". M.I.A. and Rahman's "O Saya" was considerd a longshot for the song award...

The self-proclaimed "old fart" had agreed to perform his award-nominated Wall-E song "Down To Earth" until he was told he'd have to cut it to one-minute and fit into an Oscar-song medley. Songwriters "work bloody hard and deserve (a bigger part in the ceremony)," he stated. We respect his protest, but Videogum's liveblog will proceed as schedule...

Peter Gabriel has pulled out of a scheduled performance at the forthcomingOscar ceremony, set to take place on February 22 at the Hollywood Kodak Theater.

Photo by Kathryn YuThe Oscar nominations have been announced, and the biggest surprise in the Best Original Song category isn't what has been nominated, but rather what hasn't."O...Saya", M.I.A.'s collaboration with composer A.R. Rahman from Slumdog Millionaire, garnered a nod, as "Jai Ho", another A.R. Rahman song from Slumdog, featuring Sukhvi...