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Madonna attends the world premiere of "Madonna: The MDNA Tour" at the Paris Theatre on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in New York.

Madonna premieres tour film, talks secret project

Madonna said there were days when she was exhausted during her recent "MDNA" world tour, but she decided to press on. 7 minutes ago

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Long lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered

Tony Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago. But the tape of that memorable collaboration between two American jazz masters lay forgotten in a record label's vaults until its discovery by an archivist just weeks after Brubeck's death in December...

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Happy-sad ï¿½ that's the hallmark of She & Him

LOS ANGELES - On a Tuesday afternoon in the basement studios of Capitol Records, She & Him were recording a volley of live tracks for a few radio station sessions. Singer Zooey Deschanel finished an umpteenth take of the duo's single "I Could've Been Your Girl," and she felt that something was sounding...
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Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90.

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Q&A with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra leader Wynton Marsalis

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is acknowledged as one of the top big bands in the world. Its leader is nine-time Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter / composer Wynton Marsalis, who for much of his 30-plus-year career has been both hailed as the public face of traditional jazz...
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Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj to perform at BET Awards

Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj will take the stage at the BET Awards.
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Lil Wayne: I'm not stepping on US flag in video

Lil Wayne says he wasn't intentionally stepping on the American flag when shooting his latest video.
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Review: Kanye West eerie, erratic on 'Yeezus'

Kanye West, "Yeezus" (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)
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Empire of the Sun deliver the goods on 2nd album

Empire of the Sun, "Ice on the Dune" (Astralwerks)
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Romanian pop star claims manager beat her up

Romanian prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating a popular singer's claim that she was beaten up by her manager-boyfriend after a dispute over money, prompting a rare debate about domestic violence in this conservative East European nation.
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Review: Lonely Island whack it out of the park

The Lonely Island, "The Wack Album" (Republic Records)