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Concert offers music to make a wish come true
Natrona County High School students have combined good music and inexpensive fun for a great cause. Nicolas Martinez, senior class vice president, and Ian Gibson, student body vice president, are working doubly hard to make a child’s wish come true.
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18 arrests as 40,000 enjoy Big Day Out
Eighteen people were arrested for drug-related offences at the Big Day Out concert at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse on Monday. More than 40,000 music fans watched acts including veteran Neil Young, Prodigy and Sneaky Sound System at the annual Australia Day event.
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Physicist Sumner Davis has died at 84
Physicist Sumner P. Davis, a beloved teacher, classical optical spectroscopist and avid glider pilot, died Dec. 31, 2008, in El Cerrito after a brief illness. He was 84.
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Prerecorded music at inauguration causes flap
NEW YORK (AP) - To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, here we go again.
The Telegraph |
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Michael Jackson to develop "Thriller" musical
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson will help develop his ground-breaking "Thriller" video into a musical theatre production, producers said on Monday.
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Four Stories: Body Parts
Four Stories Body Parts: Tales of the head, the heart, and everything in between with Jaime Clarke, Jeannie Greeley, Ron Maclean, Terri Trespicio The Enormous Room (569 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge) 7-9pm (music starts @ 6) Free! We've been neglecting the events of our friends at Four Stories for too long. It took a zombie -esque "Body Parts" theme to bring us back into the ...
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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' planned for the stage
(AP:NEW YORK) "Thriller" a Broadway musical? Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson's iconic music-video spoof of horror films. The show will include songs from two of the pop king's best-selling albums, "Thriller" and "Off the Wall."
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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' planned for the stage
"Thriller" a Broadway musical?
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Entertainment Headlines
US pop star Michael Jackson will help develop his ground-breaking Thriller video into a musical theater production, producers said.
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Zombies over Broadway! It's 'Thriller the Musical'
'Cause this is Thriller Thriller matinee? It looks like the zombies of Michael Jacksons legendary album and hit single "Thriller"are shifting dayside and trading the graveyard for Broadway.
New York Daily News |
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Producer plans to bring Thriller to Broadway
James Nederlander says he bought the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and the zombie-fest music video that made the song a hit.
Crain's New York Business |
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Lil’ Wayne Teams Up With AT&T To Bring Fans World Debut Performance of New Single via Facebook on January 27
Lil Wayne is teaming up with AT&T to release a new song via social media for the first time. Fans can catch the live world debut performance of his hotly anticipated new single, “Prom Queen,” from his upcoming new album Rebirth on two AT&T Facebook pages at 9:40 p.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 27 (12:40 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 28).
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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' planned for the stage
NEW YORK -- "Thriller" a Broadway musical? Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson's iconic music-video spoof of horror films.
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Pay up, Amy! Wino's hubby wants half
In the midst of a divorce, Amy Winehouse may have her own music used against her. The 24-year-old's incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil claims a love letter Winehouse wrote to him confessing her undying love and her promise to devote songs to him proves he's entitled to half her wealth.
New York Daily News |
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Exeter natives finalists in $10K music competition
Two Exeter natives are inching toward $10,000, but they need your help to get there.
Exeter News-Letter |
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Death Cab videos disappear from band's site, thanks to label
Warner Music has been keeping itself very busy as of late by sending YouTube takedown notices for videos it believes are unauthorized, and its zeal has now caused a bit of embarrassment for one of its own artists. The band Death Cab for Cutie had posted several of its videos--found via YouTube--to its official website, but fans found over the weekend that they couldn't watch them... due ...
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iLife '09 shipping tomorrow
Apple issued a press release stating that iLife '09 – a major upgrade to Apple's multimedia suite – will be available beginning tomorrow (27 January). CUPERTINO, California—January 26, 2009—Apple® today announced that iLife® ’09 will be available tomorrow, January 27, and features major upgrades to iPhoto®, iMovie® and GarageBand®, with breakthrough new ways to organize and manage photos, create ...
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Yuen'To's Music Balloon speaker is fabulous, price tag is ferocious
If you like cute, puffy things, enjoy subjecting strangers to your obscure tastes in music, and have tons of excess cash to burn on nigh-useless gadgets, get a load of this! It's the Yuen'To Music Ball, aka the Music Balloon, a rechargeable auxiliary mono speaker for any portable audio device. It offers a meager .7-watts of power, lasts a measly 2 hours on a charge, yet costs a massive ...
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UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News
'Slumdog,' Penn, Streep win SAG awards ... '30 Rock' wins big at SAG awards ... Rourke to take part in 'Wrestlemania' ... 'Thriller' stage musical in the works ... News from United Press International.
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U.S. claims victory in WTO complaint on China piracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States claimed victory on Monday in a groundbreaking World Trade Organization case against China for failing to protect and enforce copyrights and trademarks on a wide range of goods.
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Franz Ferdinand in first big 2009 UK album release
LONDON, (Reuters) - Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand's new record "Tonight" hits the shelves on Monday to mixed reviews of what the band agrees is a shift towards synthesizers and dance pop.
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Playlist Rewind: Scott Weiland and Big Bang TV at TLA
There are always questions that arise when a tour like this one rolls into town—one headlined by a charismatic frontman once at the top of the rock charts who has since struggled because of drug addiction and problems with the law. One who has sold tens of millions of albums with his original band, but whose subsequent efforts have fallen short of that success. Questions about whether that ...
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'High School Musical' sequel: High School Opera?
Andrea Bocelli's conductor puts on O.C. show with local high school kids.
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Retrial in former Napa woman's death enters final act
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly six years after a glamorous actress who grew up in Napa County was shot to death in the foyer of his storied castle, music legend Phil Spector’s long, strange voyage through the justice system is nearing what could be its final act — his lawyer’s presentation of what happened on that fateful night.
Napa Valley Register |
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Yusuf Islam, the former Cat Stevens, records charity song to raise money for Gaza children
JERUSALEM (AP) — The musician formerly known as Cat Stevens released a charity song on Monday to help the children of Gaza.
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