Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in vampire movie The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Photograph: Allstar/Summit Entertainment A teenage vampire is not the obvious choice of inspiration for a range of men’s underpants. But Robert Pattinson, or R Patz as the star of The Twilight Saga is known... 

Ayahuasca is traditionally taken in the presence of a shaman. Photograph: Reuters Have this generation’s crop of hippy-dippy indie artists found a new drug to match their music? Devendra Banhart, the Bees and Klaxons have in recent weeks namechecked ayahuasca, a so-called “plant... 

Beat that … Michael Jackson has dominated UK record sales since his death last year. Photograph: Barbara Gindl/EPA “Music industry up 5% in 2009″, “Music piracy crisis ‘over’ as industry revenues rise to £3.9bn”, “Consumer spend on live music... 

‘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,...