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Spears garners third MTV award nod
A year after her calamitous comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears has garnered a third nomination for this year's show, but it remained unclear whether she would dare a repeat appearance.
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Reuters Entertainment Summary
Britney Spears garners third MTV award nomination LOS ANGELES - A year after her calamitous comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears has garnered a third nomination for this year's show, but it remained unclear whether she would dare a repeat appearance. MTV, which has been rolling out nominations for various categories in recent weeks, named Spears ...
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LL Cool J sees more music projects in his future
By Karen Jacobs
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Britney Spears garners third MTV award nomination
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after her calamitous comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears has garnered a third nomination for this year's show, but it remained unclear whether she would dare a repeat appearance.
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Vince Gill, others behind top music venue in Fullerton
Ronnie Wood, and members of Cheryl Crow and Tom Petty's bands are among those on board for 'new concept' concert hall.
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Mourning a Club Fixture, and an Internet Pioneer
Cal Chamberlain lived his life at the intersection of Manhattan?s art, fashion, music and technology scenes. His death is still a mystery.
New York Times |
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Get Organized: A game plan for the school year
Here are suggestions for organization that should help the new school year get off on the right foot at home and eliminate the chaos that frequently creeps in at this time
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Music festival to remain at Mather
The Strawberry Music Festivals will remain at Camp Mather for at least five more years, according to terms reached in San Francisco.
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Music producer Jerry Wexler dies at 91
LOS ANGELES - Legendary music producer Jerry Wexler, who coined the term "rhythm and blues" and shaped the careers of stars such as Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, has died aged 91, a record company said Friday.
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The Courier News Index
A 24-YEAR-OLD Glasgow man is expected to appear at Perth Sheriff Court on Monday in connection with a stabbing at the T in the Park music festival last month.
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Today's events
Wines of Note, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Greeley Country Club, 4500 10th St. Benefits the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets: Westlake Spirits, (970) 330-8466 or UCCC Ticket Office, (970) 356-5000. $60/$70 at the door.
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Weekend events
Skate/BMX rally; Lollipopalooza; Rouzerfest; Dog wash/flealess market/yard sale; Music by the Lake; Chicago blues; Bluegrass music; African-American Culture & Heritage Festival; Fairplay Days; Hagerstown Municipal Band; U.S. Navy Cruisers; The Rohrersville Band
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Verizon Wireless activates new cell site in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Verizon Wireless claims that with the added capacity, customers can use their wireless phones to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; download music, games and ring tones; and view high-quality videos while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.
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Britney Spears garners third MTV award nod
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after her calamitous comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears has garnered a third nomination for this year's show, but it remained unclear whether she would dare a repeat appearance.
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Brooke Hogan Covers Sly and the Family Stone
This one definitely fits in the category of tabloid pop. Brooke Hogan, daughter of TV wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is putting out new music ahead of an anticipated second...
About.com |
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Music at the fair
Eleven-year-old Hannah Jane Robbins of Elm Creek, right, entertains with the song, "Orange Blossom Special," before the gospel show and Galaxy of Stars talent search at the Chase County Fair Thursday morning in Imperial.
McCook Daily Gazette |
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John Mayer: Genetic Mutant Super Spy [Facts]
According to a tipster, before he became the well-known singer/songwriter/ladykiller that he is today, John Mayer was a Secret Service agent involved in a plot to assassinate President Bush and also...
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SPIN's Week in Review, August 11-15
When the sun sets in New York City these days, and the constant flow of perspiration stops just momentarily, what resembles a cool breeze just might roll through hinting at the season ahead. But don't be fooled: This summer’s festival circuit is in full swing and SPIN.com has the highlights from last weekend's full-on blitz of Virgin Mobile Fest, All Points West, New American Music Union, and ...
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Madonna - Like A Prayer Is Top Madonna Song
MADONNA's number one hit LIKE A PRAYER has topped a new poll of her ultimate tracks. The superstar turns 50 on Saturday (16Aug08) and a group of experts at British ...
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Jerry Wexler, 91; influential music producer coined 'rhythm and blues'
The Atlantic Records producer helped Aretha Franklin to stardom and worked with Bob Dylan and other leading artists. Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues" before helping shape that music into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and '60s, died this morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91. ...
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Music Review: Raine Maida - The Hunters Lullaby
Raine Maida tries so hard that it comes across as a fraught manoeuvre to prove his street cred. Raine Maida gets all cozy and wistful on his solo album, The Hunters Lullaby. The lead singer of alt-rock group Our Lady Peace has gone down the road of many before him and turned to the solo project to reveal his inner workings, making for a yawning, diverse, and often pompous voyage.Shots of Maida ...
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A&E Calendar
MUSIC FREMONTLatin jazz band "Incendio" is appearing at Mission Coffee Roasting Co. at 7 tonight. "Incendio's" sound, influenced by world music, is a mixture of Spanish guitar, Celtic, Middle-Eastern, Cuban and smooth jazz.
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Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91
Jerry Wexler not only coined the phrase rhythm and blues, the legendary music producer was one of the key architects of the genre. He revolutionized popular music with seminal, superstar-making recordings of acts such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and others. But the genius of Wexler, who died Friday at his Sarasota home at 91, was not limited to just one style of music.
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Music producer Jerry Wexler dead at 91
Famed music producer Jerry Wexler reportedly has died at his home in Siesta Key, Fla., at age 91.The Bronx, N.Y. native started his career as a writer for Billboard magazine in the late 1940s. It was there that he coined the phrase rhythm and blues as a replacement for the term race records used to chart such music at the time, Billboard.com said Friday. He stayed at Billboard until 1951, then ...
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Hear: Still stuck in the ’80s
WHAT do Cyndi Lauper and Orson Welles have in common? They both started out on top and went steadily downhill from there. Lauper’s seminal multi-million selling 1983 solo debut, She’s So Unusual hit the charts with all the aplomb of a falling grand piano.
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