Sheryl Crow puts Fleetwood Mac rumors to rest

Sheryl Crow is putting the "Rumours" to rest:She's not making a record with or joiningFleetwood Mac — not anytime soon at least.

"No, that was those 'Rumours' — to quote the album," she joked Wednesday, referring to the group's 1977 hit album.

"I'm a huge fan and have a great relationship with Stevie (Nicks), and actually with all of them. I just absolutely adore them," Crow said during a question-and-answer session with college students in Nashville as part of a Grammy Foundation event.

"I think their next album may be while I'm on the road. Hopefully in the future we'll have some kind of collaboration, but not at this time," she said.

Crow, 46, reportedly told the AOL music Web site Spinner.com last spring that she and the band "definitely have plans for collaborating in the future, and we'll see what happens."

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With Alison Krauss touring this summer with Robert Plant, the guys in her band,Union Station, had some time to kill, like enough to read biographies of all 43 presidents and maybe paint their houses and their neighbors' houses, too.

But guitarist-singer Dan Tyminski kept right on making music. He released a solo album, put a band together and hit the road. His group,the Dan Tyminski Band,performed Friday at the RockyGrass festival in Lyons, Colo.

"It's a little different for me," Tyminski told The Associated Press recently. "I like what I do with Alison, so I don't have to sing song after song. The workload is bigger for sure. But I enjoy the stuff we're playing and the people I'm playing with."

Tyminski's second solo disc, "Wheels," came out in June. It's more traditional than the material he does with Krauss, and he says it's given him a chance to reconnect with the bluegrass festivals he played early in his career.

"That was my early training ground, mostly in the Northeast," said Tyminski, who was born and raised in Vermont. "It's easier for this band to do the festivals. With Union Station anymore, for the past few years just loading itself is extensive. We've grown to the point that it can no longer be contained on most bluegrass stages."

Fellow Union Station alum Barry Bales (bass) plays in Tyminski's band. The two other members of Union Station — Jerry Douglas (dobro) and Ron Block (banjo) — are also keeping busy. Douglas has a solo album out in August, while Block has been playing shows with bluegrass prodigy Sierra Hull.

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Country singerChris Caglehas beenfound not guiltyof domestic violence after his girlfriend refused to testify against him.

Cagle and Jennifer Tant were both charged with domestic violence after police said they got into a drunken fight May 28.

Tant invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself Thursday in Davidson County General Sessions Court in Nashville. Her case was dismissed after prosecutors chose not to go forward.

Cagle, 39, declined to comment after the verdict. His attorney, Bill Ramsey, said in a statement that the charge never should have been brought.

Cagle is still scheduled to stand trial Sept. 23 in Tucson, Ariz., on a misdemeanor assault charge. He is accused of striking a man after a benefit concert.

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Two 14-week-old Americanbald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrusand her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, were released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

The American Eagle Foundation has released more than 90 eagles from Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park in East Tennessee since the 1990s. The eagles were named Tennessee (after the Cyrus' home state) and Hope (Miley's given middle name before she had it legally changed this year).

The bald eagle, once on the brink of extinction, was taken off the endangered-species list last year.

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MTV is staking its brand on a lesser-known one: Russell Brand.

The British actor and comedian will host this year's Video Music Awards,set to air live from Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Sept. 7.

Brand recently co-starred in the Judd Apatow-produced comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and the Reese Witherspoon-produced fairy tale "Penelope." He is currently filming the Adam Sandler comedy "Bedtime Stories," slated for release later this year.

Previous VMA hosts include Jack Black, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Foxx.

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"American Idol" judgeSimon Cowellis the baddest, evilest dude on reality TV. So say scores of Americans who have voted Cowell the favorite reality TV villain in America. Cowell drew 39 percent of the vote in the AOL Television reality survey, which attracted more than 1.3 million votes.

TV fans also voted "Idol" as the best reality show on American TV. But, alas, voters gave their thumbs-down to "Idol" judge Paula Abdul, who was dubbed the worst reality judge by 42 percent of voters.