Franklin Play the Bowl, McCartney Says No Dylan Collaboration, more

Aretha Franklin made her first appearance in 35 years at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl and the LA Times review says it was an evening filled with "plenty of oldies (a bravura I Never Loved a Man, a less-than-strong Chain of Fools), torchy turns, church blessings and self-deprecating jokes. Songs included Respect, Angel, Today I Sing the Blues, Ain't No Way and The Greatest Love of All.

Paul McCartney told the Daily Telegraph that he has no plans for a collaboration with Bob Dylan. "That's a newspaper thing. He just said some very complimentary things about me in some interviews and I love him.

"I think he's a great poet and writer so I've always admired him. I don't rule it out and I admire him. But we're not the kind of people who would ring each other up."

The O'Jays received the Lifetime Achievement Award at last night's BET Awards. Tevin Campbell, Trey Songz, Tyrese Gibson and Johnny Gill performed a medley of the group's songs followed by the presentation of the award by Don Cornelius. After telling the crowd "It's great to have a hit record, but it's more important to have a hit act," the group performed Let Me Make Love To You, For the Love of Money and Use Ta Be My Girl.

Dolly Parton will be releasing Dolly Live in London on CD & DVD in early November. Her Very Best of Dolly Parton album was recently certified Platinum in the U.K. for sales of over 300,000 copies.

Moon, the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie, took the Best Feature Film prize at this past weekend's Edinburgh Film Festival. The film stars Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey.

Television star and recording artist Gale Storm passed away on Saturday at the age of 87. On TV, she starred in My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. As a recording artist, she was known for performing sanitized pop versions of rock and R&B songs. Her hits included:

• I Hear You Knocking (1955/#2 Pop/#15 R&B)
• Never Leave Me (1955/#2 Pop)
• Ivory Tower (1956/#6 Pop)
• Memories Are Made of This (1956/#5 Pop)
• Teenage Prayer (1956/#6 Pop)
• Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956/#9 Pop)
• Dark Moon (1957/#4 Pop)