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Five-time Grammy-winner Faith Hill makes her Hollywood Bowl debut with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and fellow Grammy-winner, conductor David Campbell, for a special evening of music from the iconic performer?s multi-platinum recording career, Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18, at 8:30 p.m. The first half of the concert, performed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (HBO), features an unexpected mix of movie scores and other eclectic selections chosen by Campbell and Hill. No strangers to each other, Hill and Campbell?s previous collaborations include her 2002 release, Cry, Christmas CD, Joy to the World, and Hill?s recording of the Oscar-nominated ?There You?ll Be,? from the Pearl Harbor soundtrack, arranged and conducted by Campbell. For the second half of the concert, Hill joins the orchestra to delight the audience with some of her best-loved No. 1 hits from her multi-platinum career, including ?Breathe,? ?This Kiss,? ?The Way You Love Me,? ?Cry? and ?Piece of My Heart.?

The Guardian can disclose the identity of a second person to whom the News of the World's owners have paid secret damages, following the hacking of her phone. She is Jo Armstrong, a legal adviser at the Professional Footballers Association.The emergence of a second victim whose silence was effectively purchased in a sealed legal settlement, comes as News International, the tabloid's owner, issued a statement after three days near-silence, about the hacking allegations disclosed by the Guardian.Denying any systematic corporate policy of illegal behaviour, News International confirmed it had paid damages to Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, who sued them for hacking into messages on his mobile phone.The Murdoch organisation's statement said after the Clive Goodman case 'the only other evidence connecting News of the World reporters to information gained as a result of accessing a person's voicemail emerged in April last year,

The new Bollywood sensation Shruti Haasan is all set to pay tribute to the King of pop music Michael Jackson by organizing a live music event in Chennai.

"Soul Power" is an extravagantly entertaining documentary, assembled by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte from a trove of hundreds of hours of footage.

International News: Warner Bros. TV sells rights to Spanish network -- Warner Bros. Television has sold local adaptation rights to reality TV format 'High School Reunion' to Spanish broadcast network Telecinco.

International News: Japanese entrepreneur owes $15.7 million for fraud -- The court-ordered damages continue to mount up against Takafumi Horie, the once high-flying Japanese entrepreneur convicted of fraud in his attempted hostile takeover of mighty Fuji TV.

The Dubliners have become as much a legend in Ireland as many of heroes they sing about. The seemingly immortal group entered the music scene during a boom in the public's interest in popular ballads. Source: Seraphim William DavidsonPublished: Jul 10, 2009

International News: Actors head to L'Aquila for activism, marketing -- Even at the heavyweight G-8 summit, there's nothing like a bit of star power to focus attention. While climate change and inclusiveness were front and center as the confab of key world leaders got under way last week in L'Aquila, Italy, George Clooney and Bill Murray swooped in July 9 with a mix of humanitarian activism and movie marketing.

The Dublin City Ramblers are one of Ireland's most enduring musical establishments. The group found its beginning during the Irish ballad boom of the 1960's when Patsy Watchorn, Sean and Matt McGuiness and Pat Cummins began playing together. Source: Seraphim William DavidsonPublished: Jul 10, 2009

We cannot compel anyone to answer questions, points out Press Complaints Commission insiderThe Press Complaints Commission is likely to wait to see whether new evidence of journalistic malpractice emerges from the Commons culture select committee inquiry before deciding what action to take over the News of the World phone-hacking allegations.However, the PCC said today it had already approached the Information Commissioner's office and the Guardian, which revealed on Wednesday that NI paid out £1m to make legal settlements with three individuals whose mobile phones were hacked into on behalf of reporters at the News of the World.The commission has said that it would investigate any 'further transgressions' at the paper 'without delay'.Senior sources at the commission concede that they cannot compel senior managers at News International, which owns the News of the World, to answer questions about fresh allegations of impropriety at the paper. 'We cannot subpoena people or documents,' sa