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Austrian organizer of London Michael Jackson tribute in liquidation
VERONIKA OLEKSYN - December 18, 2009
VIENNA (AP) The Austrian company that was organizing a global Michael Jackson tribute in London said Friday it is being dissolved and will not be able to put on a star-studded show in honor of the King of Pop. The company now officially known as World Awards Media GmbH in Liquidation...
Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi marries attorney in lavish cathedral ceremony
By Associated Press - December 18, 2009
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) Pop diva Gloria Trevi has married a lawyer in a cathedral ceremony in her northern Mexican hometown. Trevi and attorney Armando Gomez exchanged vows Thursday in the Monterrey cathedral, which was decked with blue-and-white flowers and filled with other Mexican...
Daughter insists Loretta Lynn doing well after she cancels rest of 2009 shows because of flu
CAITLIN R. KING - December 17, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Country music legend Loretta Lynn is "feeling great" and planning a trip to her home in the Bahamas over the holidays, according to her daughter Patsy Lynn Russell. Reports have circulated on the Web about Lynn's declining health after she canceled her four...
Donated Lithuanian bust of eccentric rocker Frank Zappa finds home outside Baltimore library
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) It took more than a year, but Baltimore officials finally decided where to put a bust of rocker Frank Zappa that was given to the city by his fans in Lithuania. The eccentric musician's statue will be erected outside a public library. Zappa never visited...
Ashanti's mom tells NYC jury that obsessed fan from Indiana terrorized her
By Associated Press - December 18, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) A would-be rapper accused of sending crude and creepy text messages about Ashanti to the R&B star's parents says he thought his messages were welcome banter between future business partners. Devar Hurd told jurors at his New York City trial Friday he was just "sex...
King Sister Yvonne Burch dies at 89
By Associated Press - December 17, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Yvonne King Burch, who gained early fame as one of the singing King Sisters during the big band era before launching her entire extended musical clan into show business as the King Family, has died. She was 89. Mrs. Burch died in a Santa Barbara hospital...
Metallica frontman James Hetfield donates 330 acres near Calif. home for farmland preservation
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) Metallica frontman James Hetfield is donating 330 acres overlooking California's Lucas Valley for preservation as farmland. The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the donation Tuesday. It follows Hetfield's earlier gift to the county of more...
Singer Justin Timberlake closing new Memphis golf course for 6 months for renovations
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Justin Timberlake is closing his golf course for six months to make improvements just a half-year after opening it. The Mirimichi golf course will close from Jan. 15 to July 17 while its greens, bunkers and drainage are improved and its wetlands, wildflowers and...
Country singer Jimmy Wayne thankful for buying Hall & Oates album for $1 years ago
CAITLIN R. KING - December 16, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Jimmy Wayne has been waiting for years to record the Hall & Oates song "Sara Smile." So when the country singer finally did it, it was only fitting that he made it the title of his third album. "I ended up, when I moved to Nashville, getting a record deal singing...
Nick Jonas' band will perform as the house band for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards
ALICIA RANCILIO - December 16, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Nick Jonas is used to performing in front of screaming fans who know all the words to their favorite Jonas Brothers songs. Now his new band, Nick Jonas & The Administration, is getting ready to perform as the house band for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 15 in...
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