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Twyla Tharp's Sinatra-inspired 'Come Fly Away' heads to Broadway in March
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Meet Broadway's latest musical-theater duo: choreographer Twyla Tharp and Frank Sinatra. "Come Fly Away" is a dance musical conceived, choreographed and directed by Tharp. Producer James L. Nederlander said Monday that it will open March 25 at the Marquis Theatre, with...
Burt Bacharach postpones performances as he recovers from New Year's Eve back surgery
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) A publicist says Burt Bacharach is postponing several concerts as he recovers from back surgery. Publicist Linda Dozoretz says the 81-year-old composer is recovering at a hospital after the New Year's Eve surgery. Dozoretz says Bacharach's prognosis is...
SC's Spoleto festival embraces renovated theater for the 2-week celebration of the arts
By Associated Press - January 4, 2010
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) The Spoleto Festival USA plans to celebrate the reopening of a nearly 300-year old South Carolina theater with a production that was the first opera ever performed in the American colonies. Charleston's Dock Street Theatre should be ready to open by the time the...
Rap producer Shawty Redd in jail, accused of killing man at his home near Atlanta
By Associated Press - January 2, 2010
McDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) Music producer Demetrius Lee Stewart, known as Shawty Redd, is being held in a suburban Atlanta jail on a murder charge. Henry County Police Capt. Jason Bolton says Stewart was arrested Friday morning. Stewart is accused of shooting 35-year-old Damon...
Muslims, Hindus crank up volume in stereotype-smashing 'Taqwacore' punk rock bands
RUSSELL CONTRERAS - January 3, 2010
WAYLAND, Mass. (AP) Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Johann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But in the basement cluttered with wires, old concert fliers and drawings 25-year-old Arjun Ray is fighting distortion from his electric guitar....
Elton John says he's helping Eminem fight drug problems; says rapper doing well
By Associated Press - January 2, 2010
LONDON (AP) Elton John says he has been helping American rapper Eminen fight drug problems for more than a year. John says Eminem is succeeding in his well-publicized battle against substance abuse. John told BBC Radio Saturday that as a recovered drug abuser he is happy...
Reports: Berlusconi working on new love songs as he recovers from attack
By Associated Press - January 1, 2010
ROME (AP) Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has returned to an old passion of his while recovering from last month's attack at a rally: writing Neapolitan love songs, news reports said. Berlusconi also made his first public appearance since the Dec. 13 attack, going to a shopping mall...
Diddy's clothing line sues over lingering scaffold at flagship store on NYC's Fifth Avenue
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) The company behind Sean "Diddy" Combs' clothing line says it has a looming problem at its flagship New York City store a scaffold that has been hanging over the shop for more than three years. The company behind the rap impresario's Sean John label sued its Manhattan...
Irish singer Van Morrison blames Web hacker for false claim of new baby
SANDY COHEN - January 1, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) Reclusive Irish singer Van Morrison said Thursday that a computer hacker planted a false report on his Web site claiming he had fathered a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new partner. The false report was disseminated Monday by a Los Angeles-based publicist for...
Correction: Van Morrison story
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) In a Dec. 28 story, The Associated Press, relying on information from Van Morrison's Hollywood-based publicist and his official Web site, reported erroneously that the Irish singer had a new baby boy with a woman identified as "his wife, GiGi." Morrison said Thursday...
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