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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. BET announced Tuesday that India.Arie and Ciara will join the former "American Idol" judges as performers at the June 30 show. Previously announced performers include Chris Brown, Miguel, R. Kelly and Kendrick Lamar. Rapper-singer Drake leads with ...
Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John at Songwriters Hall
Sting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snippets of Foreigner's hits when introducing the band and Smokey Robinson debuted part of a new song he wrote about Berry Gordy. The 44th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony was full of star power that included Alison Krauss, Aerosmith's ...
'Idol' taps veteran of Swedish edition as new boss
One day after dismissing its longtime production pair, "American Idol" has a new executive producer. Freemantle Media has named Per Blankens to head the troubled Fox singing competition. The company said Monday that he has been the showrunner for the Swedish edition of "Idol" for more than five years. On ...
2 longtime producers leave 'American Idol'
Add two more departures to the "American Idol" post-season tally. Fox said Sunday that longtime executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick are exiting the singing contest. The 12th season ended in May with a record low-rated finale. The producers follow judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Randy Jackson out ...
SHE IS SUCH A DOLL
c.2013 New York Times News Service “Doll got mysterious, beautiful deep-set eyes — so keep watching to see how you can do that, too.” In her lightly accented English, the speaker, Venus Palermo (VenusAngelic on the Web), is giving makeup tips to her YouTube fans (some 30,000 subscribers to date), ...
A MINIMALIST CONCERT? WELL, MAYBE LESS SHOWY
c.2013 New York Times News Service It’s a familiar but risky business strategy: underpromise and overdeliver. The lineup for the 20th edition of Hot 97’s Summer Jam seemed like a certain undersell, a curiously superstar-free collection of largely B- and C-listers, rookies and sophomores. No Jay-Z, no Drake, no Lil ...
Surprises, rap's new class take over Summer Jam XX
New York City radio station Hot 97 celebrated its 20th annual Summer Jam concert with young rappers who are dominating the charts, a respected veteran hip-hop group and a slew of surprises. Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey and Lil Kim were among the guest stars of Sunday's ...
PEACE TALKS PRECEDE SUMMER JAM
c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW YORK — For 20 years, Hot 97’s Summer Jam has been one of the largest and most influential hip-hop concerts in the country, a wild stadium-sized party where bitter disagreements between artists are often aired, surprise guests are expected and the latest trends ...
WITH IMPRINTS AND TIE-INS, STREET LIT IS GAINING MUSCLE
c.2013 New York Times News Service He tells stories of the street in hip-hop songs. Now he’s putting them down on paper in a different genre: the novella. Albert Johnson, better known as Prodigy, and a member of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, plans to release a book titled “H.N.I.C.” ...
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. IT'S FREEDOM FOR ARIZONA WOMAN Yanira Maldonado is released from a Mexican jail after security footage found she made no attempt to smuggle drugs on a U.S.-bound bus. 2. SYRIA SAID TO ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
US woman facing drug charge released in Mexico, after court reviews case NOGALES, Mexico (AP) — An Arizona woman held in a Mexico jail for a week on a drug-smuggling charge was freed after a court reviewed her case, including key security footage, and dismissed the allegations. Yanira Maldonado, 42, ...
10 Things to Know for Friday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. A MYSTERY INVOLVING RUSSIAN MISSILES Assad is vague on whether Syria has received a shipment of the sophisticated S-300 air defense systems. 2. AUTHORITIES FIND LINKS BETWEEN THREATENING LETTERS A suspicious letter ...
Minaj, Carey not returning to 'American Idol'
Nicki Minaj is following Mariah Carey out the door on "American Idol." The hip-hop diva posted Thursday on Twitter that it was "time to focus on the music," just a few hours after Carey announced she wasn't coming back to the Fox talent competition so that she could focus on ...
Nicki Minaj not returning to 'American Idol'
Nicki Minaj is following Mariah Carey out the door on "American Idol." The hip-hop diva announced Thursday on Twitter that it is "time to focus on the music." Fox and "Idol" producer FremantleMedia say in a statement that they wish her the best. Minaj became a new judge on the ...
Mariah Carey not returning to 'American Idol'
Mariah Carey says she isn't returning to "American Idol." The pop star's publicity firm, PMK BNC, tweeted Thursday that Carey isn't returning to the Fox series and is planning a world tour because of the success of her new single, "Beautiful." Carey became a new judge on "Idol" last year ...
Urban announces new album as he waits on 'Idol'
Keith Urban is no different than the rest of us: He has no idea what's going on with "American Idol." "I have no official information of anything," the 45-year-old country singer-guitarist said. "I'm pretty much in the same boat as everybody else here with the rumors that have been floating ...
With hits, Demi Lovato radio-ready with 4th album
Before achieving back-to-back radio hits with "Give Your Heart a Break" and "Heart Attack," Demi Lovato wondered why she had yet to find her breakthrough on the radio. She knew she had a big voice, and had found success as a Disney Channel star, but something was off. "I had ...
Ratings show 'Idol' decline
For the past decade, the "American Idol" season finale has been one of television's biggest events of the year. Now it's not even TV's biggest event of the week. The Nielsen company estimated that 14.3 million people watched Candice Glover's victory over Kree Harrison in last week's final episode of ...
Review: French Montana debuts with enjoyable album
French Montana, "Excuse My French" (Bad Boy/Maybach Music/Interscope Records) On his debut album, "Excuse My French," French Montana lives up to the hype mostly generated by his mentors Diddy and Rick Ross, who executive-produced his project. The Moroccan-born, Bronx, N.Y.-raised rapper isn't much of a lyricist, but Montana has a ...
Obama doubts rapper Nicki Minaj's apparent Romney endorsement
In an interview on Orlando radio station Power 95.3, President Barack Obama weighed in on whether rapper Nicki Minaj really was endorsing Republican presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney. During the program (about 6 minutes into the interview), the hosts of the "Obie and Lil'Shawn" show directed the conversation to Minaj and ...
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