Singer/actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is recovering after undergoing emergency brain surgery to fix a small hemorrhage.

Rappers 50 Cent and Kanye West are not just doing battle in record stores this week (each with much-hyped new albums). The pair will also face off in a presidential-style debate on cable network BET on Tuesday night.

R&B singer R. Kelly’s trial on charges related to child pornography has been delayed once again, from September 17th until the spring of 2008. Foxy Brown, on the other hand, had no such luck: she’s headed to jail for a year on a probation violation after fighting with two New York manicurists. And Kid Rock faces up to six months in jail for fighting rocker Tommy Lee behind the scenes at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Speaking of justice, and the VMA’s, electronic duo Justice did not take home any awards at last night’s VMA ceremony. Neither did Kanye West, despite being nominated five times. He wasn’t too happy about that. Justin Timberlake and Rihanna each won twice.

It’s the prize that really pays off: The Klaxons‘ Mercury Music Prize win last week has driven sales of their album (”Myths of the Near Future”) up close to 500% in the UK. The band is about to begin writing their second album.

The on-again, off-again reunion of all four Blur members in the recording studio is apparently on again, with bassist Alex James telling NME that guitarist Graham Coxon will rejoin the other three members in the studio next month. If they do, the band will be working on their first album since 2003’s “Think Tank” (which did not include Coxon).

Also headed back to the studio this fall: No Doubt, who reportedly will be returning to a ska-flavored sound.