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Playbill.com Tony Blog: The Tony Awards Press Room
Playbill.com senior editor Andrew Gans is now blogging live from Radio City Music Hall and giving a first-hand account of all the goings-on in the Tony Awards press room.
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Azuli are one of the most respected names in dance music... Read more For any home and office handyman jobs, the squad will take...... Read more
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New York City street yields surprise Tony nominee meeting
So, it's early Friday evening, two day before the Tonys -- the biggest show in town -- and I'm walking along 46th Street on my way to pick up tickets for "In the Heights," the new musical by the wildly talented songwriter and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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"Heights" And "Strange" Vie For Top Tonys
Two shows created by Broadway newcomers, are set to battle Sunday for the top prize of best musical as the 2008 Tony Awards honors the theater season.
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Tenn. went extra mile to land 'Hannah Montana' movie
"Hannah Montana: The Movie" almost didn't come to Tennessee at all, but the state Film, Entertainment and Music Commission and its executive director enticed Disney with incentives that could be worth more than $3 million.
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Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd
Kanye West's late night performance at Bonnaroo was delayed nearly two hours, angering the festival crowd who responded by chanting "Kanye sucks" and pelting the empty stage with glow sticks.
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Jazzman Svensson dies in scuba accident
Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson has died in a scuba diving accident, his manager says.
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Music returns to Unit 6
CHRISMAN – The opportunity to learn a musical instrument is coming back to Chrisman schools.
Paris Beacon |
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Concert Fund Dries Up
The Music Performance Fund, a record industry-backed charity dedicated to staging free concerts, is running out of money, the Los Angeles Times reported this weekend. For six decades, the fund received 0.2% of all revenue from records, tapes, and compact discs, following an agreement negotiated in 1944 to end a long labor dispute between musicians and record companies. During the early 1980s, a ...
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Samba Great Clementino Dies
The Brazilian samba singer Jose Bispo Clementino dos Santos, better known in his native country as Jamelao, died Saturday at the age of 95, according to a report by the BBC. Clementino's career lasted more than five decades, during which he sang in dozens of carnivals and recorded more than 20 records. With his smooth, melodic voice, Clementino was a pillar of Mangueira, one of the most ...
The New York Sun |
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EMI?s New Boss Sees Cracks in Music World
The take-over of the music company EMI, a cherished icon in Britain, by the private equity financier Guy Hands has been a chaotic culture clash.
New York Times |
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Pearl Jam - Emotion Rain For Bonnaroo As Pearl Jam Stun With Three-hour Set
PEARL JAM and MY MORNING JACKET thrilled crowds at the Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival in Tennessee over a humid, rain-soaked weekend (13-15Jun08) with epic three-hour performances.
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Man Declares Himself Eddy Arnolds Son
A man in California has come forward purporting to be the son of late music legend EDDY ARNOLD - and is seeking a DNA test to prove it.
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Bob Marley - Fascinating Fact 5457
Reggae star STEPHEN MARLEY paid a Father's Day weekend tribute to his late dad BOB MARLEY by performing a medley of the reggae icon's hits during his set at the Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival in Tennessee.
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Swedish jazzman Svensson dies in scuba accident
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson, who helped break genre boundaries and attracted a young audience outside the traditional jazz scene, died in a scuba diving accident on Saturday, his manager said.
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Swedish jazzman Svensson dies in scuba accident
Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson, who helped break genre boundaries and attracted a young audience outside the traditional jazz scene, died in a scuba diving accident on Saturday, his manager said.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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France-Based zSlide Introduces White-Label Media Manager
Digital media distribution is done a number of ways now. Through channels such as iTunes; streaming music and video services, like Hulu; and through producers’ own websites, to name a few. For some time there has also been the option to co-brand a media player. Deals arranged between Miro and businesses like Revision3 and Deutsche Welle [...]
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That's a wrap
The curtain closed on the 10th annual Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck on Sunday, June 15. With hundreds of film enthusiasts attending more than 60 films, five seminars, a NewMedia TV Sidebar, and an opening night street party complete with live music and fireworks, organizers of the all-volunteer nonprofit festival were happy.
The Holland Sentinel |
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Qld Music Festival scoping for new ideas
The newly appointed artistic director of the Queensland Music Festival hits the road this week to seek new ideas for event.
ABC via Yahoo!7 News |
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News briefs from around Kentucky at 5:58 p.m. EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee used more than $3 million in incentives to lure Walt Disney Pictures to film "Hannah Montana: The Movie" in the state. The state Film, Entertainment and Music Commission and its executive director, Perry Gibson, enticed Disney with the money to keep the company from taking the $28 million production about Miley Cyrus's alter-ego to Louisiana to shoot, The ...
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