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Sheryl Crow's latest album, called C'mon, C'mon, did pretty well last year, but lately it's been slumping. It has fallen to just 84th place on the Billboard charts. Sheryl has tried everything to keep interest up. She's done a duet with bad-boy Kid Rock. She's wearing shorter skirts and tighter shirts. Nothing has worked -- her album keeps sinking. Younger pop stars like Avril Lavigne and Norah Jones just sell better, that's all. So Sheryl has found another way to get noticed: She has denounced the coming war in Iraq. First Sheryl went on Good Morning America, wearing a T-shirt...

The backlash against politically strident stars is building. "We, the undersigned, stand against wealthy Hollywood celebrities abusing their status to speak for us," declares an Internet petition launched by Citizens Against Celebrity Pundits. The Web site claims to have the backing of more than 50,000 people who agree that Barbra Streisand, Tim Robbins, Rob Reiner and other Bush-bashers, do not "have a clear understanding of how we live, what we fear and what we support." The site is obviously meant to lampoon Artists United to Win Without War and other celeb manifestoes. But not everyone is laughing. Reps at the...