In an upcoming documentary about the Kings Of Leon – the band confronts frontman Caleb Followill and his attitude about drinking. And perhaps more specifically drinking too much. To be fair, Caleb also lashes out at the rest of the band . . . so this sort of confrontation may just be the internal culture of Kings of Leon. Which makes sense because the band isn’t just LIKE a family . . . they ARE family. There’s no clip of Nathan’s rant, but “Rolling Stone” did post Caleb’s, where he reprimands the band in the studio for “not trying their hardest.” He ends it by saying, quote, “We are people’s favorite band . . . [effing] play like it.”
The documentary, “Talihina Sky: The Story of the Kings of Leon” airs on Showtime August 21st. It was created out of over 700 hours of footage, and is about the band’s rise to fame. For what it’s worth, the director . . . a longtime friend of the band . . . had this to say about the band’s current issues “I don’t think people realize how hard these kids work. One incident, and all the haters wanna start throwing rocks. It makes me wanna say, ‘Go [eff] yourself.’ One thing I hope comes out in the film is that these guys are ‘family first.’ They’re going to keep that focus in place. And they’re gonna be back, and back better than ever.”

A list of the top earning hip hop stars has just been released – and at the top – the Jigga man himself – Jay Z – pulled in 38 million dollars last year – and expect that to go way up for next year with the release of this new album and this tour – So between him and Beyonce – I think they’re doing okay. They’re making ends meet.
And just to really drive home how muh money there is in the entertainment world… You know how much Simon Cowell will pull in for his first season of the X Factor? Simon Cowell will make $75 million per season for “The X Factor” on Fox. Judge Paula Abdul will earn $2.5 million per season.

Gavin DeGraw has set a date to return to the Maroon 5 / Train tour. He plans to be back on stage for the August 24th gig Columbia, Maryland. That’s a little less than two weeks away. DeGraw is still recovering from a concussion, a broken nose and some other injuries after he got beat up in New York City early Monday morning . . . then clipped by a taxi. Police still don’t have any suspects. DeGraw was alone . . . and probably a little drunk . . . when he was attacked by three guys after he left a club in Manhattan. Police don’t believe robbery was a motive in the attack, and the guys who attacked him probably didn’t even know he was famous. DeGraw himself doesn’t remember much about the incident. We’ve heard it was possible that DeGraw got into an argument with the men. But a source tells “Us Weekly”, quote, “These guys jumped him out of nowhere. It’s weird because they didn’t take anything, I think they did it for sport.”