Nelly Furtado holds No.1 for sixth week
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" featuring Timbaland holds the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the sixth week.
Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" rose to the No. 2 spot with Cassie's "Me & U" coming in at No. 3, Billboard.com reported Thursday.
Beyonce's "Deja Vu" makes a huge leap into the top 10 sitting at No. 4 while Fergie's "London Bridge" also rockets up to No. 5.
The Pussycat Dolls' "Buttons" featuring Snoop Dogg falls to No. 6, Yung Joc's "It's Goin' Down" drops to No. 7 and Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" holds on at No. 8.
The Fray's "Over My Head (Cable Car)" warms the No. 9 spot and Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" featuring Wyclef rounds out the top tier at No. 10.
Madonna to help Malawi orphans
LILONGWE, Malawi, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Pop diva and activist Madonna is turning her attention to the estimated 1 million orphans in the Southeast African country of Malawi.
Malawi is a Pennsylvania-sized country that is known for four things: tobacco, drought, AIDS and malaria, Time magazine reported Thursday. The country also has a functioning democracy and little conflict.
Madonna has committed to raising at least $3 million to fund programs aimed at helping orphans in Malawi, which number about 1 million out of a population of 12 million.
She has already opened an orphan care center, which will feed and educate as many as 1,000 children a day, Time said.
"For the last few years, now that I have children and now that I have what I consider to be a better perspective on life, I have felt responsible for the children of the world," said Madonna, "I've been doing bits and bobs about it and I suppose I was looking for a big, big project I could sink my teeth into."
Lawsuit filed over 'Beats by Dr. Dre'
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Rapper Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine have filed suit against a Delaware company over an agreement they had regarding "Beats by Dr. Dre" headphones.
The lawsuit alleges that SLS International, Jibe Audio, Pentgram Design Inc. and Steve Lamar failed to honor an agreement they had with "The Chronic" musician and Iovine to "manufacture, market and distribute a line of headphones" with the given marketing title, TMZ.com said.
The suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, also alleges that the named parties made plans to distribute the trademark headphones through a different company.
The Web site reported that the two musical heavyweights' lawsuit is requesting an injunction on any future distribution or sales of the "Beats" headphones, along with financial compensation in the form of "at least" $1 million.
Willis files suit against childhood friend
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Bruce Willis has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against a former employee and childhood friend who allegedly attempted to blackmail the actor.
People magazine reported that the "12 Monkeys" actor filed a civil extortion complaint Tuesday against his former friend Bruce DiMattia, claiming DiMattia had threatened to disseminate private information and memorabilia that Willis has confided to him.
Willis had previously hired his childhood friend to organize his family memorabilia, but upon termination of his employment DiMattia responded with threats of a tell-all manuscript and further exploitation of the memorabilia, the lawsuit alleges.
The suit also alleges that DiMattia has refused to move out of one of Willis' homes and to return portions of the family items.
The 51-year-old actor is seeking over $1 million from DiMattia, and either the return of his property or compensation in the form of a minimum of $50,000, TMZ.com said.
