Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and says she probably contracted the liver disease from drug use more than 30 years ago. "The...
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Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday. Hepatitis C is a liver disease spread through contact...
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Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:
Patti LaBelle, "Miss Patti's Christmas" (Def Soul)
When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as...
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Sure, NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset
Strip" is struggling in the ratings. But that is not stopping
record labels and artist managers from pursuing ways to get
their acts on...
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Barry Manilow became one of the world's best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he's more likely to rely on other people's...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Can a voice from the grave earn a
Grammy?
That question is swirling around music circles this week as
nomination ballots for the upcoming Grammy Awards -- the
industry's...
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Eight-time Grammy Award winner
Natalie Cole is going back to her roots -- to the singer she
was before her multiplatinum "Unforgettable: With Love" album.
That 1991 set...
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Ray Charles and Count Basie never
recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries
posthumously.
The CD, "Ray Sings, Basie Swings," featuring Charles'
vocals...
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Ray Charles and Count Basie never
recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries
posthumously.
The CD, "Ray Sings, Basie Swings," featuring Charles'
vocals...
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When his "Modern Times"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old
Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
Dylan benefited from...
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Somewhere in her
evolution, Natalie Cole grew a bit confusing.
A pop-savvy brand of strong-female soul ballads and the
ultra-positive "This Will Be" gave her instant cred...
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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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Matchbox twenty frontman Rob Thomas makes Billboard 200 history this week, becoming the
first male artist from a pop or rock group since the chart's
inception in 1955 to bow...
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If it's not in the Billboard charts,
it's not a hit -- or so the conventional wisdom goes.
But what about a boxed set that can't be bought in record
stores but has sold...
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Whitney Houston has a problem.
The "I Get So Emotional"
diva's comeback from years of personal drama and a stalled musical
career was seemingly derailed Wednesday, when...
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Sharon Stone's new basic instinct: helping victims of the tsunami
disaster.
The actress is ready to her best "We Are the World"
rendition, joining forces with socialite...
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Sharon Stone and Denise Rich are producing a song to benefit victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster in Asia.
The "Basic Instinct" actress and the socialite-songwriter are...
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Grammy Award-winning
producer/songwriter David Foster has signed a deal with Fox for
his own reality series, which the network will start airing
later this year.
Foster's...
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Capitol/EMI is hoping to
introduce a new generation of fans to the music of legendary
crooner Nat "King" Cole with a new CD and DVD.
Timed to coincide with the 40th...
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Never one to rest on his laurels,
Elvis Costello has a variety of projects on the horizon,
including a 10-inch vinyl EP of previously unreleased
recordings, two DVDs and a...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares' annual
pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said
Wednesday.
The...
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Every year, recording artists and
their labels pull together holiday music releases in hopes of
striking perennial silver and gold, and 2004 can be considered
a banner year...
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The Hallmark name is synonymous
with card shopping, but it has also turned into a successful
music retailer during the holiday season.
This year James Taylor joins a long...
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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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Stevie Wonder, Usher and Norah Jones
are among the artists who will celebrate Ray Charles at an
October tribute concert that will be taped for later broadcast
on...
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary
of the death of crooner Nat King Cole, Capitol/EMI is preparing
the worldwide release of a new song compilation and a
documentary in...
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It worked for David Hasselhoff .
Whitney Houston's
taking her show on the road, traveling abroad to find an unjaded and
adoring audience for her pop tunes.
...
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The seemingly never-ending saga of Bobby and Whitney is, well,
not ending anytime soon.
A judge in Atlanta has ordered
Bobby Brown to turn himself into authorities by...
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Harlem's Apollo Theater is in the
spotlight as it celebrates its 70th anniversary.
The NBC special celebrating the venue airs June 19, and a
reissued book offers an...
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Courtney Love , Wilco's Jeff Tweedy,
Whitney Houston , Kelly Osbourne , Jo Dee Messina , Scott Weiland .
The list goes on.
All are creative rock or pop stars and veterans...
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The cartoon ogre tale "Shrek 2," Tom Hanks ' crime comedy "The Ladykillers" and Michael Moore 's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a scathing attack on the White House, were among films...
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A trio of the world's top pop
stars are on a mission in Cannes -- teaching the younger
generation to fall in love with the songs of Cole Porter.
Sheryl Crow , Alanis...
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Whitney
Houston wants to sing with somebody.
The erratic
songbird will join Natalie
Cole and Dionne
Warwick on tour this summer starting in Germany in July.
"We're...
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Quincy Jones is finalizing plans for his all-star We Are The Future concert, May 16, at the Circus Maximus in Rome. And he says the event, which will raise money to aid...
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As a child, Denzel Washington would go to the Apollo Theater to check out his favorite performers.
"I actually sat out in the audience a few times with my mother,"...
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Grammy award-winning singer Natalie Cole has filed for divorce from Kenneth Dupree, her husband of just over two years.
Cole, 53, cited irreconcilable differences in...
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Grammy award-winning singer Natalie Cole has filed for divorce from Kenneth Dupree, her husband of just over two years.
Cole, 53, cited irreconcilable differences in...
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Grammy Awards won by Peabo Bryson for "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World" will be auctioned Friday and Saturday to help pay his $1.2 million tax debt.
The...
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Natalie Cole will headline Avon's inaugural fundraising concert at New York's Lincoln Center next week, celebrating the cosmetic giant's 10th year of the Avon Breast Cancer...
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Natalie Cole, K.D. Lang, Lee Ann Womack, Michelle Branch, and Diana Krall have signed on to be part of an upcoming Patsy Cline tribute album. Each of the platinum-selling...
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Trisha Yearwood will be heading to Italy in June, the only country singer invited to participate in a star-studded concert benefiting the children's charity War Child.
The...
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