Country music icon Dolly Parton was
honored for her songwriting on Thursday at the Songwriters Hall
of Fame, where she made jokes about her famous big bust that
she quipped...
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Grammy Award-winning singer Freddy Fender, whose country and Hispanic-flavored music reached
across ethnic boundaries to find a broad audience, died of
cancer on Saturday at...
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Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who left Broadway to teach culture in one of America's poorest cities, has died....
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Entertainer Harry Belafonte, one of the Bush administration's harshest critics, compared the national Homeland Security department to the Gestapo and attacked the president...
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The American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" on Sunday and said millions of Americans support the socialist...
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American singer and activist Harry Belafonte praised the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday for providing cheap home heating oil to poverty-stricken...
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Jamie Foxx stepped into the spotlight at his latest movie premiere with more than the usual publicity drill in mind.
Don't let it happen, the actor urged — don't let...
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One of the many joys of Showtime's
suburban drugs comedy "Weeds" is hearing the opening theme
song, "Little Boxes," sung by its composer, Malvina Reynolds,
who did not start...
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MTV has added a dash of Caribbean flavor to its offerings with its new "Tempo" network set to debut next month in 500,000 households and some 20 markets across the...
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"Get Up, Stand Up: The
Story of Pop and Protest" suffers from a severe onslaught of
deja vu.
As Chuck D of Public Enemy guides us for two hours through
the many, many...
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Africa's best-loved diva Miriam
Makeba has kicked off her final world tour after half a century
as the voice against injustice on the continent, but vowed
never to stop...
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With the exception of the now-famous Kanye West outburst, celebrity-driven benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims have followed a familiar formula — musicians singing...
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In his 58 years, Silvio Rodriguez has watched wars come and go, ideologies blossom and wither, love emerge and evaporate. Yet even as the Cuban musician struggled with...
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Designed to raise consciousness about African poverty, the Live 8 concerts will feature some of black music's biggest stars — especially those representing...
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Tina Turner considers Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen "simply the best," and will perform at the 19th century author's bicentennial next week.
The singer...
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"We Are the World," the pioneering
all-star charity anthem that generated millions of dollars for
African famine relief 20 years ago, is returning to the world
stage -- this...
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When Harry Belafonte met the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s, he promised to always assist in his mission.
Thirty-seven years after King's death, the actor,...
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Bob Marley's 60th birthday will be
celebrated with a month-long program of events in Ethiopia in
February 2005.
The program, titled "Africa Unite," will be spearheaded...
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Call it the 1980s--Version 2.0.
With the 20th
anniversary of "We Are the World," the all-American, all-star charity
anthem of the charity-anthem era, looming, plans...
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The Greek Theater is celebrating
its anniversary in style.
In anticipation of its 75th concert season, the 6,162-seat
outdoor amphitheater underwent an $8 million...
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Acclaimed actor, singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte has been named a goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Hans Christian Andersen bicentennial...
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Acclaimed actor, singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte was named a goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Hans Christian Andersen bicentennial celebrations on...
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Harry Belafonte , the actor, singer and civil-rights activist, urged African nations on Monday to step up efforts to register all newborns, saying children without identity...
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Shakira
is ready to channel her inner Angelina.
The Latin Grammy-winning, Pepsi-pushing pop star is the
latest celebrity tapped as a United Nations goodwill ambassador....
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Shakira has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF , the United Nations children's agency said Friday. The 26-year-old singer is the youngest person and the first...
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As far as benefit concerts and albums go, Live Aid and "We Are The World" are among the biggest. Today the producers of those events will announce the details about "global...
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