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This year’s London Film Festival opens for business in October.

Jay-Z has hit out at the Occupy Wall Street Movement, accusing protestors of not being clear about what they want. When asked about last year's activity at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where activists set up camp as the campaign went global in more than 80 countries last year, he told the New York Times: "What’s the thing on the wall, what are you fighting for?"

Muse and their record label Warner Music are facing a $3.5 million (£2.2 million) lawsuit from a man who claims that they "ripped off" their 2009 track Exogenesis from his sci-fi rock opera of the same name. Charles Bolfrass filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan last week and has accused the band of stealing his "cinematic science-fiction rock opera" called 'Exogenesis', reports Courthouse News.

Thom Yorke unveiled new tracks from his Atoms For Peace project during a DJ set in Long Island, US, last night at the PS1 Warm Up summer concert series. Taking to the stage with producer Nigel Godrich, the duo performed new material, which you can watch videos for below, as well as sampling tracks including Azealia Banks' "212" and Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime", according Consequence of Sound. Last week, Atoms for Peace unveiled the first single to be taken from their forthcoming debut album, which is due in 2013.

Paul McCartney joined Damon Albarn on stage at the Africa Express show in London on Saturday night [September 8]. Appearing as a surprise special guest, the former Beatle first appeared playing bass on Rokia Traore's "Dounia", with former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones on mandolin, before playing Wings' "Coming Up" and "Goodnight Tonight" with the Blur front man, Tony Allen and Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals among others.

Leonard Cohen played two shows at London's Wembley Arena over this last weekend [September 8 and 9]. On Saturday, the singer songwriter played an epic set of over three hours, taking to the stage just before 8pm (BST) and finishing up around 11.30pm, with a short interval in the middle of the show.

The internet has been hit with speculation after Led Zeppelin posted a cryptic status update on their official Facebook page on Saturday [September 8], the day after a Led Zeppelin Twitter account launched. Fans have been speculating what the picture of the word 'five' - written in same typeface as the Led Zeppelin logo for the Houses Of The Holy album – means, with many guessing that it could be a reference to an up-coming release of their 2007 O2 reunion concert on DVD. A Twitter account also went live on Friday [September 7], with a simple "Hello".

Thom Yorke has spoken about his Atoms For Peace project, following the release of their debut single 'Default' yesterday, which you can listen to below. Yorke features in the group alongside longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and Red Hot Chili Pepper's Flea as well as drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco. Yorke said in a statement: "You may have heard that I have a new project called Atoms for Peace. The name comes from some shows of The Eraser that happened a couple of years ago with Mauro, Joey, Nigel and Flea."

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has revealed that he is writing an autobiography, which he has described as "a spiritual memoir". The singer, whose band released their new studio album Oceania in June, has said that though his book isn't "a rock 'n' roll autobiography", it does contain "plenty of sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll'". Speaking to Billboard, Corgan also confirmed that the band are already working on the follow-up to Oceania and he has said he hopes to have it out by December 2013.

Dr. Dre has been named as the richest hip hop artist in the world. The rapper, producer and founder of the popular Beats by Dre headphones and speaker line has topped Forbes' Cash Kings 2012: Hip Hop list, with pre-tax earnings of $110 million. Dre beat Diddy into second place, earning less than half of Dre's total in the past year and raking in just $45 million. Jay-Z came in third place, earning $38 million and his The Throne partner Kanye West wasn't far behind, with $35 million.