Los Angeles  - Rapper Kanye West wants to be the new Elvis, but he'd also settle for the Beatles or Jimi Hendrix.

That's the goal the super-ambitious rapper announced after he was named favourite male rap/hip-hop artist at the American Music Awards late Sunday night and his CD, Graduation, won favorite rap/hip-hop album.

"It's our responsibility as musicians to keep pushing each other," West said. "We will be the new Beatles, the new (Jimi) Hendrix. I want to be Elvis."

But he faces stiff competition from the likes of Chris Brown, who was the big winner at the awards. Brown, 19, was named artist of the year, as well as favourite male artist in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories.

New York, Nov 24 : The authors of the best-selling book ‘The Rules’ have some guidelines for heartbroken Jennifer Aniston.

The ‘Friends’ star Aniston recently opened up about her ex Brad Pitt, and his “uncool” partner Angelina Jolie.

The authors advise Aniston how to cope up with her on/off relationship with John Mayer or talk about Brad Pitt.

"Breaking up is never easy, but it doesn''t have to be humiliating," the New York Post quoted Ellen Fein, who wrote the book with Sherrie Schneider, as saying.

Washington, Nov 24 : Kanye West has urged his fellow music artists to work extremely hard to become as legendary as The Beatles.

At the 2008 American Music Awards on Nov23, 08, the rapper took the stage to accept his award for Favourite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, reports Contactmusic.

While receiving the award, he said: "I want to thank everybody who accepted me trying to break new boundaries in music. I wake up in the morning and just think about what stereotypes I want to break and we push the envelope with the last album, with Stronger, with records they thought wouldn''t play on urban radio.

London, Nov 24: Pop princess Britney Spears will be playing her smallest gig ever in the UK on November 29.

The Toxic singer will be making a brief appearance at G-A-Y after jetting into the country for one night only to perform on The X Factor.

The theme for the evening at the legendary London club, now at Heaven in Charing Cross, will be based totally on Spears.

According to a source, who is close to the delicate negotiations over her appearance, there was a lot of hard work involved in the planning of the gig.

Washington, Nov 24: Brit pop singer Leona Lewis has revealed that she would like to follow in the footsteps of American R&B singer Beyonce Knowles.

Lewis, who finds Knowles to be an inspiration, is also keen to explore an acting career just like the Destiny’s Child member.

“Beyonce is great, so lovely and down to earth and talented. She''s inspiring,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Washington, November 24 : The Golden Globe Awards, which suffered a disruption in 2008 and had to adopt another approach for its broadcast, seems set to repeat its cutting act for a second time in a row.

The awards, which generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the Oscars and the Grammy Awards, may face hampering of the spotlight again owing to a probable strike by the Screen Actors Guild.