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Corinne Bailey Rae's husband found dead

LEEDS, England, March 24 (UPI) -- Jason Rae, the 31-year-old husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae, has been found dead in an apartment in Leeds, England.

Bailey Rae, 29, met her saxophonist husband when she worked as a coat room attendant at a jazz club in Leeds. The couple married in 2001, People.com said.

A spokesman for the West Yorkshire Police told the BBC that officers found Rae Saturday afternoon after they were called to a residence in Leeds.

A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs in connection with the case. He has since been released on bail, police said.

Results of an autopsy were inconclusive and police are awaiting the results of toxicology tests before determining the cause of Rae's death, the BBC reported.

Rae had been scheduled to perform with his band The Haggis Horns in Leeds Sunday, however, the show was canceled, People.com said.

Navaira undergoes emergency brain surgery

HOUSTON, March 24 (UPI) -- Famed Tejano singer-songwriter Emilio Navaira III underwent emergency brain surgery after he was critically injured in a tour bus smashup in Houston.

Bellaire police said the bus carrying Navaira and his band Rio crashed into traffic barrels near the Southwest Freeway early Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

Navaira, 45, was one of eight people hurt in the accident.

The Grammy Award-winning recording artist was listed in critical condition and receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of Memorial Hermann Hospital, the report said.

Police told KPRC they haven't determined who was driving the bus.

Two other people involved in the accident were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, then treated and released.

The other five victims were taken to Ben Taub Hospital where two were listed in critical condition, police said.

Marley kin won't license music for movie

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 24 (UPI) -- Bob Marley's family said that, in keeping with its longstanding policy, it won't license the late Jamaican singer's music for an upcoming bio-picture.

The family doesn't license Marley's music for any film or television production in which an actor portrays the reggae icon. The Marleys said this will include the upcoming Weinstein Co. adaptation of Rita Marley's memoir "No Woman No Cry."

"When I sold the film rights to my book the contract did not include any rights to use my husband's music," Rita Marley, Bob Marley's wife, said in a statement. "Though I am the head of the Marley family, each decision is made democratically amongst all of us, I requested an exception be made for my book to be turned into a movie, but that request was declined."

The family has, however, agreed to license his music for a Martin Scorsese-directed Marley documentary, which is a co-production between the family's Tuff Gong Pictures and Steve Bing's Shangri La.

"We believe that this project is the best way to represent our father's life from his perspective and any other film project pertaining to our father will be empty without his music to support it," Ziggy Marley said.

Gandolfini boards 'Pelham' production

LOS ANGELES, March 24 (UPI) -- Television star James Gandolfini reportedly has signed on to play the mayor of New York City in the upcoming remake of the thriller "The Taking of Pelham 123."

Gandolfini is best known for his Emmy Award-winning portrayal of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano on the HBO drama "The Sopranos."

He will play a supporting role in "Pelham," which co-stars Denzel Washington and John Travolta, and which is being directed by Tony Scott, Variety.com said.

Gandolfini previously played a gangster in Scott's 1993 film "True Romance."

In "Pelham," he will play the mayor of New York City who is dealing with the fact a subway car filled with passengers has been taken hostage by a gang of criminals, the trade paper said.