Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his...
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Barbra Streisand can start watching the mailbox for her invitation to the White House, even if it comes a little earlier than she might've hoped. The singer, actress and...
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Barbra Streisand has pulled out of Israel's 60th anniversary celebration next month because of "personal obligations." Streisand was among the celebrities set to appear at...
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Barbra Streisand has canceled a planned performance in Israel for an event marking the Jewish state's 60th anniversary, citing personal obligations, her publicist said...
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Barbra Streisand has put her money where her heart is. The 66-year-old singer-actress has donated $5 million to endow a research and education program on women's heart...
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Barbra Streisand, who hedged her bets months ago with donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, has settled on one presidential candidate.
It's...
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Barbra Streisand told a sell-out Berlin
concert crowd on Saturday that she was delighted to perform in
Germany for the first time after turning down several
invitations in...
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Barbra Streisand needs people—just not of the Italian variety.
The legendary singer has announced plans to take a different sort of Roman holiday, that is, a holiday...
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Barbra Streisand appears to have misunderstood the phrase "when in Rome." It should not, as it happens, be followed by the words "alienate the whole of your fan...
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She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.
Remembering...
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Barbra Streisand welcomed Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) to her bluff-top Malibu estate for a fundraising dinner that took in $1.3 million for the Democratic...
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After posting one of the
highest-grossing concert tours of 2006, Nashville couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill plan to head back out on the road this
summer.
The husband and...
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Concert tours by the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and country duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were among the top-grossing tours in North America in 2006, helping drive...
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Pierre Delanoe, who wrote the lyrics for more than 5,000 songs for French artists from Edith Piaf to Johnny Hallyday, died Wednesday. He was 88.
Delanoe died of heart...
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Overcoming flying beverages, fans who didn't appreciate her Bush-bashing and initial worries about poor ticket sales, Barbra Streisand put up record-setting numbers at the...
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This birthday gift to
the grand old man of pop is probably the best thing of its sort
that you will ever see.
Nine Tony Bennett classics are heard in nine...
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At this point, it's not exactly news when Barbra Streisand lashes
out at the GOP. Lashing out at one of her fans, that's another story.
The legendary singer--and...
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It was an evening that elicited tears, standing ovations, raucous laughter and shouts of joy from the audience — and that was just in the first few minutes.
Yes,...
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Barbra Streisand opened her first
U.S. tour in 12 years on Wednesday with a polished show filled
with crowd-pleasing classics, more than a touch of nostalgia
and a healthy...
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Barbra Streisand opened her first
U.S. tour in 12 years on Wednesday with a polished show filled
with crowd-pleasing classics, more than a touch of nostalgia
and a healthy...
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Hundreds of stolen credit card numbers were used to purchase more than 1,000 Barbra Streisand concert tickets that were offered for sale on the Internet, Ticketmaster...
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People who need people are in luck. People who need tickets might
be screwed.
A host of Barbra Streisand fans will not be
singing a happy tune Tuesday in light of...
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Organizers of Barbra Streisand's first
U.S. tour in more than a decade warned on Tuesday that more
than 1,000 tickets had been invalidated because they had been
bought with...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
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New York's Hit Factory studio, which
closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by
John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted
into...
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Chaka Khan, Clint Black and Michael Bolton are among the pop stars who will be part of "Celebrity Duets," a new Fox TV show that pairs singers and celebrities trying to...
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Tony Bennett has recruited more than a dozen music heavyweights, including Bono, Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand, to sing on his new album, "Tony Bennett: Duets/An...
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Barbra Streisand announced Thursday that she will embark on a national concert tour this fall, her first in over a decade.
Streisand will play 20 concerts in U.S. cities...
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Here's one sure way to incite Barbra Streisand's wrath: Write a book about her.
Christopher Anderson has learned that with his recently published biography, "Barbra: The...
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To mark Kris Kristofferson's
upcoming 70th birthday, Nashville-based American Roots
Publishing will release "The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris
Kristofferson" June...
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For many fans of Barbra Streisand, the five-DVD set released Tuesday, "The Television Specials," has been the home-video Holy Grail.
Three of the five specials produced...
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Moving the Country Music Association awards show from Nashville to New York seemed to make as much sense as a Toby Keith-Barbra Streisand duet.
The awards, which air...
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How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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Fats Domino proved you can go home again. You just might not like
what you see.
The rock 'n' roll pioneer returned to his New
Orleans home Saturday for the first time...
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In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical...
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Disturbed has given Bon Jovi the fist.
While the
latter scored a career-best sales week, it wasn't enough to keep
Disturbed from landing its second straight number one....
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Those theft charges against Ray Charles's longtime sound man have
just hit road, jack.
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday threw
out a case alleging Terry Howard, the late...
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Raul Midon's debut album, "State of Mind," both defies genre classification and defines the main ingredient of his success.
Midon, a classically trained musician, is...
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Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb have
re-teamed for a collaborative album in the vein of their 1980
smash hit, "Guilty."
Although a track list for the new "Guilty...
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Kevin Sharp came out of the gate
swinging. His debut album on 143/Asylum Records, released in
1996, went gold. The first three of his six charting singles
went top five,...
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Luther
Vandross wasn't just a singer. He was a wedding
day. A
radio-show song dedication. A makeout session.
Vandross, whose
smooth voice earned him eight Grammys
...
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Grammy winner Luther Vandross, whose deep, lush voice on such hits as "Here and Now" and "Any Love" sold more than 25 million albums while providing the romantic backdrop...
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Laura Canales, who paved the way for women to infiltrate the genre of Texas border music known as Tejano, has died. She was 50.
Canales, a Kingsville native, had been...
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Barbra Streisand will release a new
album in September to be written and produced by Bee Gees
legend Barry Gibb, her publicist said on Friday.
The as-yet-untitled album...
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A Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Christie's auction house by a company that paid nearly $600,000 for an antique sideboard that was owned by Barbra...
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Maybe Mario Vazquez suspected the "American Idol" judges would be in a foul mood this week.
On Tuesday night's show, Randy Jackson managed to be as dismissive as Simon...
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Bail was reduced for a longtime sound engineer of the late Ray Charles following his arrest two weeks ago on allegations of stealing the singer's master recordings,...
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Born Feb. 15, 1905, Harold Arlen
would have been 100 this month. So an extensive centennial
celebration is in order for the composer of "Somewhere Over the
Rainbow," who...
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The American songbook would sound a whole lot different without the work of Harold Arlen, yet the man who composed "Over the Rainbow" and "Stormy Weather" is hardly a...
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Clive Davis can't help but dance.
Put on a record of one of his artists and his feet
automatically start to tap, then he'll get up from behind his
desk and groove.
With...
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The Hit Factory, one of New Yorks
largest and best-known recording facilities, will close within
a month.
The company will move its headquarters to its Miami
facility, the...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Sonic Youth, David Johansen, Andrew
W.K., Sean Lennon and Suicide's Alan Vega have joined the
lineup for an Oct. 8 New York show to benefit Cedars Sinai
Cancer Research...
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Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for such hit Broadway musicals as "Chicago" and "Cabaret" as well as the big-city anthem "New York, New York," has died of a heart...
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After an extended break from the
road, Neil Diamond has lined up a seven-date tour of Australia
and New Zealand for next spring.
The trek will kick off March 5 in the New...
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Bette Midler isn't ready to kiss off just yet.
The four-time Grammy winner announced a second leg of her Kiss My Brass! tour Tuesday. The additional dates will kick off...
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When Richard Marx first heard his
current single on the radio, it wasn't so much the song itself
that excited him. It's what the DJ said afterward.
"He says, 'That was...
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The Sony-BMG merger leaves four music "majors" with about 80 percent of the $32 billion global music market. They are:
_Universal Music Group: Artists include Sting,...
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A star-studded fundraising gala held last Thursday (June 24), which comedian Billy Crystal called "Woodstock for really, really rich people," kicked off the first of two...
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Comedian Billy Crystal called it "Woodstock for really, really rich people" as Hollywood's artists came out to raise $5 million to put Democrat John Kerry in the White...
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Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
will sing together for the first time in 24 years on Thursday,
bringing not flowers but millions of dollars for Democrat John
Kerry 's...
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The American Film Institute 's
upcoming TV special focuses on movie songs.
John Travolta hosts "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs:
America's Greatest Music in the Movies,"...
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Collectors took advantage of a rare opportunity Saturday when singer and actress Barbra Streisand put hundreds of items from her films and personal life on auction to...
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The 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame
Awards dinner June 10 in New York will be another star-studded
affair. But this year's ceremony, which honors songwriting
legends, also...
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Artists are coming out
in full force in support of Democratic presidential contender
Sen. John Kerry .
Two major concerts will be held next week -- one Monday in
Los...
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Hundreds of pieces of memorabilia from Barbra Streisand 's career will be auctioned off June 5, with proceeds going to charities that the Streisand Foundation...
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Can you hear me now? RepeatSeat
hopes so, as it introduces cell-phone tickets to U.S.
event-goers this year.
Teaming up with fellow ticketing firm U.K.-based...
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The city's best-known recording
facility, Polar Studios, is set to close its doors May 1 after
26 years in operation.
"For us, and many in the music world, it is the end...
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Bette Midler considered
withdrawing herself from this year's Grammy competition because
her tribute album "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney
Songbook" is nominated...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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Publishing executive John Rollins, who witnessed the infancy of Vibe and Spin magazines, had a revelation one day when he dropped a Buena Vista Social Club album into his CD...
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Sting, Sarah McLachlan , Eric Clapton
and Barbra Streisand are among the artists who have donated
songs to a new compilation aimed at raising funds for Save...
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Call it Revenge of the Nerd, Part II.
Geeky American
Idol runner-up Clay
Aiken proved to be second to none, holding the top spot for a second
straight week. For the...
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We're guessing even Simon is speechless right about now.
Five months after finishing
runner up to Ruben
Studdard on American
Idol by just 1 percent, Clay
Aiken has shown...
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The duet that Vince Gill recorded with Barbra Streisand a few years ago will finally see the light of day. Their song, "If You Ever Leave Me," along with duets with Bryan...
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A career-spanning collection of Barbra Streisand's classic duets--including a brand-new song recorded with Barry Manilow--is due out November 26 on Columbia Records.
Duets...
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Country newcomer Kellie Coffey has an impressive resume that includes singing demos for Randy Newman, recording songs for the Disney themeparks, and singing backup for...
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Barbra Streisand, the woman who personifies the term "diva," has announced that she will bid farewell to the concert stage. Streisand, 58, will give four final concerts --...
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The woman arrested when she was found in the home of former Beatle George Harrison has pleaded innocent to the charges against her. On Dec. 23, 27-year-old Cristin Keleher...
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Back in March 1994, Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails both reached new career heights when Superunknown and The Downward Spiral debuted at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, on...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
Today - Barbra Streisand talks about her new CD, marriage, politics, and her career (part 1 of 2).
Conan O'Brien - Musical...
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Record-setting revenues by Barbra Streisand and appearances by Sting and Andrea Bocelli are in the latest news on concerts planned for New Year's Eve.
Though a number of...
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A recently conducted British poll has named John Lennon the greatest pop singer ever, while an American survey named Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand the best male and...
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Barbra Streisand is running a fever but hopes to recover in time to perform at tonight's Grammy awards, her spokesman said Monday. Illness forced Streisand to cancel a...
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The 40th annual Grammy Awards has announced the first wave of live performances for its broadcast, set for February 25th from Radio City Music Hall.
Kenneth "Babyface"...
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Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion will perform their hit duet "Tell Him" at the 40th annual Grammy Awards February 25th, marking the first time they've performed it...
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Holiday recording sales are up 6% over last year at this time, led by the tremendous out-of-the-box sales of Garth Brooks's Sevens, according to national retail tracker...
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Charles Koppelman, the man who gave the world Vanilla Ice, Wilson Phillips and Jon Secada during his long career in the business, is set to resurface in the music business,...
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As the saying goes, it's not what you know, it's who you know. Those words rang true for songwriter Geron Davis, whose "On Holy Ground" appears on Barbra Streisand's...
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