Reuters People News Summary
Following is a summary of current people news briefs.
Stones, Dylan, McCartney confirmed for festival
Rock music royalty will be coming together for a three-day California music festival in October, with tickets scheduled to go on sale next week. The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are among the six acts performing at the Desert Trip festival, taking place in Indio, a Southern California town about 130 miles east of Los Angeles, also the location of the annual Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals. The festival, held between Oct 7-9 this year, will also feature Neil Young, The Who, and Roger Waters.
Drake joins Forbes list of top five richest hip-hop stars
Rapper Aubrey "Drake" Graham became the newest member of The Forbes Five club of hip-hop's wealthiest artists on Monday with a net worth of $60 million, according to Forbes. The annual list has regularly included rap artists Bryan "Birdman" Williams, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Hulk Hogan seeks second slam of Gawker over racist comments leak
Hulk Hogan accused Gawker of leaking his racist remarks in a lawsuit filed in Florida on Monday involving a secretly-recorded sex tape of the wrestling celebrity, who recently won $140 million in damages against the media website in a related case. Hogan's new lawsuit said New York-based Gawker helped to make public a conversation from the consensual sexual encounter, which he says was recorded without his knowledge a decade ago.
Beyonce's 'Lemonade' tops Billboard, Prince reigns on album chart
R&B star Beyonce stormed to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart with her surprise visual concept album "Lemonade," while late singer Prince's music dominated the chart as fans continued to remember his legacy through his music. "Lemonade," the sixth solo album by Beyonce, sold 485,000 albums, more than 900,000 songs and was streamed 115 million times, totaling 653,000 units according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
Planned 'Star Wars' museum seeking 'locations outside of Chicago'
Filmmaker George Lucas is seeking a city other than Chicago to host his planned "Star Wars" museum after two years of waging a legal fight for a lakefront project site opposed by a local conservation group, his wife said on Tuesday. Lucas' apparent decision to give up on Chicago came as top city officials failed to reach a compromise with the group Friends of the Parks on an alternative location for the proposed museum.
Still no will found for Prince as Minnesota court opens probate process
Lawyers charged with untangling the multimillion-dollar estate of music superstar Prince said on Monday they still have not located a will that could avert a years-long dispute over his fortune but have not stopped looking. Six siblings or half-siblings of Prince, who was found dead at age 57 at his home in suburban Minneapolis on April 21, were listed as heirs in court documents filed in Carver County District Court in Chaska, Minnesota, where a brief hearing was held before Judge Kevin Eide.
