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Carly Rae Jepsen, Djokovic on for Ashe Kids Day
Tennis is calling Carly Rae Jepsen. The "Call Me Maybe" singer has been tapped for the Annual Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the U.S. Open. She'll join The ...
Lady Antebellum speaks on Springsteen silencing
The members of Lady Antebellum say they are disappointed that Bruce Springsteen was silenced at his Saturday night gig at London's Hyde Park.
Richardson to rejoin The Backstreet Boys on 'GMA'
ABC's "Good Morning America" will host Kevin Richardson's reunion performance with The Backstreet Boys. The quartet will appear on the morning show's ...
Funk Brothers bass player Bob Babbitt dies at 74
Prominent Motown studio musician and Funk Brothers member Bob Babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the Temptations hit "Ball of Confusion" and ...
1st female country superstar Kitty Wells dies
Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn. She was THE pioneer, the first female singer with enough ...
Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies at age 71
British rocker Jon Lord, the keyboardist whose powerful, driving tones helped turn Deep Purple and Whitesnake into two of the most popular hard rock ...
Source: Mariah Carey in the mix for 'Idol'
"American Idol" may be getting a worldwide idol as a judge — Mariah Carey. A person familiar with the show's negotiations say Carey is being pursued ...
With 'Idol' behind her, Lopez eyes more films
Jennifer Lopez was part of the all-star cast that helped lead "Ice Age: Continental Drift" to the top of the box office over the weekend, and the ...
French party to sue Madonna over swastika image
France's far-right National Front said Sunday that it plans to sue Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image ...
Who will replace Lopez, Tyler on 'American Idol'?
Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Mary J. Blige are among the heady names being tossed around as potential judges for "American Idol" after Steven Tyler ...
Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday celebrated in Okla.
Folk singer and native Oklahoman Woody Guthrie was "probably not one of the favorite sons" when he was alive, a state senator said. But Guthrie's ...
Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years on stage
It's only rock 'n' roll, but the Rolling Stones definitely like it. The band celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first gig at a bash in London ...
Singer Helen Reddy comes out of retirement
Helen Reddy failed to take her own advice for the last few years — she did not "Keep on Singing," to quote the title of her 1974 hit. Ten years ago, ...
2 accused of extorting Wonder ordered to trial
A judge ordered Stevie Wonder's cousin to stand trial on an extortion charge after hearing testimony that the man and his girlfriend attempted to sell ...
2012 Essence Fest crowd down 2 percent to 413,000
The 2012 Essence Music Festival drew 413,000 people to New Orleans for the four-day event held over the Fourth of July weekend. That's down two ...
Austrian piano virtuoso enjoys life on-off stage
To watch and hear Rudolf Buchbinder in concert is to experience the totality of perfect phrasing, magnificent technique and an unparalleled love of ...
Ownership of Dylan's historic guitar in dispute
Bob Dylan and historians at PBS are in a dispute over the whereabouts of an electric guitar that the singer plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival ...
Star dancer born into war grows up to inspire
Michaela DePrince was little more than a toddler when she saw her first ballerina — an image in a magazine page blown against the gate of the ...
Wynonna Judd sues ex-stepfather over mortgage
Country singer Wynonna Judd has sued her former stepfather over an unpaid mortgage dating to 1994, but his lawyer says the money was a gift, not a ...
Courtney Love's rep denies ex-assistant's claims
Courtney Love's publicist is disputing claims by the rocker's former assistant that she is owed unpaid wages and was subjected to unethical requests ...
Developer getting loan for horses on Newton estate
Amid a court battle over their stalled development plan, a company planning to turn entertainer Wayne Newton's Las Vegas estate property into a ...
Jailed reggae star Buju Banton wants new trial
Jailed reggae star Buju Banton wants a new trial in U.S. federal court. Last month, the federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld the Jamaican singer's ...
Luke Bryan sorry for All-Star national anthem
Luke Bryan is saying sorry for his performance during Major League Baseball's All-Star game. The country singer admits that he did check the lyrics ...
Gladys Knight to be judge on new singing series
Move over Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez, a veteran singing diva is joining the ranks of judges on reality TV: Gladys Knight. BET's sister ...
Judge seeks audit of Chris Brown's community work
A judge ordered an audit of Chris Brown's community service progress Tuesday after a prosecutor handling his felony assault case cited a possible ...