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December 27, 2005 - Billboard reports that Eminem's retrospective 'Curtain Call' began a second week at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday, while 'American Idol' runner-up Bo Bice and country icon Johnny Cash were the only new entries in the top 10. 'Curtain Call' sold 323,700 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, taking its two-week haul to more than 765,000 copies. Read more.

December 27, 2005 - Moby is again lashing out at Eminem on his website's journal. "Misogyny is not funny," Moby wrote on December 6th. "It is not a joke. And it should not be treated lightly. And now we find out that a British man who is obsessed with Eminem killed a woman with a metal baseball bat and stuffed her body into a suitcase. Am I being 'too uptight' for not seeing the humor in this? Should I 'relax' and see the comedy in a misogynyst beating a woman to death? Before this British man brutally killed this woman, he was singing Eminem songs in a karaoke bar. Maybe there's no connection. Maybe there is. It's disgusting that we even have to ask that question. It's disgusting that people in the media and the press have celebrated and glamorized music and musicians who write lyrics that glorify misogyny and homophobia. There is nothing glamorous about homophobia and misogyny. Homophobia and misogyny are disgusting and vile and represent the worst and most atavistic elements of the human spirit." Moby added, "Any employee of a record company or journalist or radio programmer or MTV employee who has promoted and celebrated misogynystic or homophobic music should be ashamed. You have blood on your hands, and you should be deeply, deeply troubled at the culture that you've helped to create." Read more.

December 18, 2005 - Moby is again lashing out at Eminem on his website's journal. "Misogyny is not funny," Moby wrote on December 6th. "It is not a joke. And it should not be treated lightly. And now we find out that a British man who is obsessed with Eminem killed a woman with a metal baseball bat and stuffed her body into a suitcase. Am I being 'too uptight' for not seeing the humor in this? Should I 'relax' and see the comedy in a misogynyst beating a woman to death? Before this British man brutally killed this woman, he was singing Eminem songs in a karaoke bar. Maybe there's no connection. Maybe there is. It's disgusting that we even have to ask that question. It's disgusting that people in the media and the press have celebrated and glamorized music and musicians who write lyrics that glorify misogyny and homophobia. There is nothing glamorous about homophobia and misogyny. Homophobia and misogyny are disgusting and vile and represent the worst and most atavistic elements of the human spirit." Moby added, "Any employee of a record company or journalist or radio programmer or MTV employee who has promoted and celebrated misogynystic or homophobic music should be ashamed. You have blood on your hands, and you should be deeply, deeply troubled at the culture that you've helped to create." Read more.

December 18, 2005 - Eminem tells WKQI's Mojo in the Morning Show in Detroit on Tuesday that he is back together with his ex-wife Kim and may remarry. "We have reconciled and are probably going to remarry," Em said. The rapper also discussed his treatment for sleep medication dependency, which forced him to cancel his European tour. "When I went into rehab, I kind of went into it ... with the notion of 'I'm gonna get clean, I'm gonna get off this stuff before it gets too out of hand,'" he said. Listen to the entire interview here.

December 18, 2005 - Eminem's latest - and possibly last CD - 'Curtain Call - The Hits' was released in the UK on Friday (December 2). Watch a report, including remarks from an HMV spokesman, from TheAssociatedPress.

December 18, 2005 - Eminem is out with the video to his new single 'When I'm Gone', from the album 'Curtain Call: The Hits'. Watch it online at YahooMusic.

November 24, 2005 - Steppin' Out magazine caught up with Triumph The Insult Comic Dog for a Q&A and asked the pretend pooch what was the most misunderstood thing about him. "That wasn't me on Eminem's video ['Ass Like That'], that was a stand-in," he said. "No way would I let Eminem put his hand up my ass. That thing's been inside Mariah Carey." Read more.

November 24, 2005 - OK! magazine caught up with 50 Cent for a Q&A and asked if he worried people would compare his big-screen debut 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' with Eminem's '8 Mile'. "I don't mind," he said. "'8 Mile' was a huge success for him. I communicated with him to see what his take on... his experiences in making the film. He gave me some good tips, advice, and information I could use. He helps me on a lot of different levels; peole don't know. 'Cause personally, it's easy for your head to get big when you're having some success, but when you have good people around you, they'll keep you grounded."

November 6, 2005 - ContactMusic.com reports that Sir Bob Geldof was upset with Emimem for ignoring requests by U2 singer Bono to take part in Live 8 earlier this year. Geldof explained, "Bono called me while I was in Africa and said 'he's (Eminem) not calling me back. I've got these pictures of kids wearing Eminem and D-12 t-shirts and we got them sent off to Eminem's office but did we hear anything? It's sad.'" He added, "If people don't want to do anything, then it's cool, I'm ok with that, but I wouldn't mind if they got back to us." 

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