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LOS ANGELES (AP) — He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the “Dancing With the Stars” mirrorball trophy to his awards collection. The Green Bay Packers receiver won the ABC dance show Tuesday after wowing audiences and judges with his kickin’ country-themed freestyle routine. He and partner Peta Murgatroyd hoisted the glittery prize above [...]
(Reuters) – Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto harmonies and funky beats on smash hits such as “Stayin’ Alive” and “Jive Talkin’,” has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 62. The singer had colon and liver cancer and, despite [...]
(Reuters) – Energetic performances and heart-felt tributes took center stage at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, as Adele, LMFAO, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift came away top awards. British Grammy-winning singer Adele won 12 awards from 18 nominations for her juggernaut album “21,” including top artist, top female artist and top album. [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul,Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco. Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn’t comfortable embracing. “I grew up on rock ‘n’ roll,” Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to claim the title. [...]
NEW YORK — Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons says Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died at age 47. Calls and emails to representatives for the Beastie Boys were not immediately returned. Simmons’ Def Jam label released the Beastie Boys’ first album, “Licensed to Ill.” The cause [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — People magazine has named Beyonce as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman for 2012. The 30-year-old singer tops the magazine’s annual list of the “World’s Most Beautiful” in a special double issue. The announcement was made Wednesday. Commenting on her selection, Beyonce tells People: “I feel more beautiful than I’ve ever felt [...]
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Thousand reggae fans crowded aKingston park late Thursday to watch a screening of a documentary about Bob Marley, the charismatic icon of reggae music who brought the Jamaican musical genre to every corner of the globe. “Marley,” which will be released worldwide on Friday, premiered in his Caribbean homeland to high praise from Jamaicans [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock ‘n’ roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike. His identity as “the world’s oldest teenager” became strained in recent years, as time and infirmity caught up with [...]
Billboard – A digital recreation of late rapper 2pac Shakur was perhaps the most-discussed artist of last weekend’s Coachella Music Festival — and his stage time may continue past this Sunday’s repeat performance. According to a Wall Street Journal source, representatives for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, who headlined Sunday night’s festivities, intend to discuss [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s often been said that the scariest words in the English language were “Mike Wallace is here to see you.” The man who inspired that fear — through his aggressive interviewing style that could resemble a cross-examination — has died. The longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent was 93. A CBS spokesman says [...]
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