Kanye West … ‘I try to compete against the past’. Photograph: Charles Sykes/Rex Features Kanye West’s comeback media blitz continues apace, with the rapper announcing an album that aspires to the standard of James Cameron’s Avatar. West staged an impromptu video chat from his hotel room in Korea, showing off new clothes, new music and, [...]

Janis Joplin. Photograph: Elliott Landy/Redferns In Hollywood, the Janis Joplin story is a cinematic mirage. Like On The Road, Atlas Shrugged, and the remake of Barbarella, it’s been a cornerstone of “Development Hell”, chewed over so much that many wondered if it actually existed. There was the unauthorised Piece Of My Heart, which was to [...]

‘It blows my mind that Jimmy Page wanted to play with us’ … Aerosmith. Photograph: Andre Csillag / Rex Features/Andre Csillag/Rex Features Corinne Bailey Rae, singer There have been so many amazing moments in my career so far: coming off stage to find Prince had been in the audience, playing for Nelson Mandela, being introduced [...]

Wyclef Jean to run for Haiti president. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images Wyclef Jean, the former Fugees singer, will formally announce his candidacy for president of Haiti later today. In the eight months since Haiti’s devastating earthquakes, Jean has become a high-profile spokesman for the country, but recently claimed to have “no … political intentions”. After [...]