Friday, May 14, 2010

Police: TV chef solicited homeless in murder plot

Police: TV chef solicited homeless in murder plot


Police: TV chef solicited homeless in murder plot

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:33 PM PDT

AP - California police say the former host of a Food Network show is accused of soliciting homeless people to commit a murder.


Gap Gala Gown Auction

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:01 PM PDT

The Gap's head designer promotes a benefit for the Met's American Woman exhibit.


'Gossip Girl's' Lovable Maid

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:01 PM PDT

Actress Zuzanna Szadkowski discusses the season finale of her hit show.


Lena Horne, Who Moved Barriers and Emotions, Is Remembered - New York Times

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:00 PM PDT


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Lena Horne, Who Moved Barriers and Emotions, Is Remembered
New York Times
To thousands of black soldiers in World War II, she was, as one put it on Friday, "our pinup girl." To a priest who met her on the sidelines of a party later in her life, she was a shy woman who maintained "a private sphere. ...
Horne recalled as conflicted, inspired entertainerThe Associated Press
Lena Horne Funeral Attended By Family, Famous FriendsMTV.com
Lena Horne Honored By Congress, Remembered At MemorialBillboard
NPR -New York Daily News -NY1
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Fund-raising sites offer new options to musicians (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:26 PM PDT

Reuters - As record labels embrace new platforms to create direct-to-fan releases, they're changing how the industry thinks of websites usually associated with unsigned or emerging artists.


Virginia native becomes an in-demand producer at 22 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:17 PM PDT

Reuters - For someone who wasn't much interested in making pop music, Benjamin Levin, better known as Benny Blanco, has quickly earned his place atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.


International songwriters find warm welcome in Japan (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:56 PM PDT

Reuters - With its Japanese lyrics and delicate backing track, Yuki's "Onaji Te" sounds like a typically sentimental J-pop ballad.


Hit show "Glee" spreads the joy with stage tour (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:41 PM PDT

Reuters - It's six hours into the taping of the "Glee" season finale and the audience at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California -- made up of Facebook and Twitter fans of the show, some of whom have flown in from across the country just for the taping -- is getting restless.


Chicago suburbs honor their own 'American Idol' (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:53 PM PDT

American Idol finalist Lee Dewyze is overwhelmed by the cheers of fans  during a hometown parade in his honor  Friday, May 14, 2010 in Mount Prospect, Ill.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A parade with cheerleaders and a high school marching band helped welcome "American Idol" finalist Lee Dewyze back to his suburban Chicago hometown Friday. He later sang to tens of thousands of people at a nearby concert.



Hit show "Glee" spreads the joy with stage tour (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:41 PM PDT

Reuters - It's six hours into the taping of the "Glee" season finale and the audience at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California -- made up of Facebook and Twitter fans of the show, some of whom have flown in from across the country just for the taping -- is getting restless.


The gavel drops on 'Law and Order'

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:42 PM PDT

NBC cancels 'Law and Order' after 20 seasons. The series finale will air May 24th. (May 14)


Jakob Dylan releases second solo CD

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:49 PM PDT

Bob Dylan's son talks about the songs on his haunting sounding new album he calls simply, 'Women & Country.' (May 14)


Cheryl Hines reality show picked up by NBC

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:24 PM PDT

NBC just wrapped up its fall 2010 orders by picking up a reality show called School Pride from Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Denise Cramsey (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition). The feel-good series will give communities the chance to fix up their aging schools and was inspired by a similar (though untelevised) effort in Compton, Calif., in which the locals spruced up


Roman Polanski hit by fresh sex allegations (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:10 PM PDT

Fugitive film-maker Roman Polanski, seen here in 2007, was hit by fresh allegations of sexual misconduct here Friday by a woman who claims the director AFP - Fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski was hit by fresh sex crime allegations by a British actress who claimed the director "forced himself" upon her just after her 16th birthday.



Music stars pay tribute to producer's love of jazz (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Arif Mardin may not be a household name, but he worked with more than a few familiar faces who are.


Band of Horses opens "Arms" to indie, major labels (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Reuters - When Band of Horses' deal with Seattle indie label Sub Pop came to an end, its members found themselves with a familiar dilemma and two choices.


Swedish music publisher strikes gold with Nervo (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:28 PM PDT

Reuters - International success is proving as easy as two plus two for Swedish startup Razor Boy Music Publishing.


LA DA meets actress who claims Polanski sex abuse

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:35 PM PDT

AP - Los Angeles County prosecutors have met with a British actress who claims she was sexually abused by director Roman Polanski in his Paris apartment when she was 16 — years before she appeared in one of his movies.


LA DA meets actress who claims Polanski sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:35 PM PDT

British actress Charlotte Lewis is shown during a news conference  in Los Angeles Friday, May 14, 2010. Lewis alleges that director Roman Polanski sexually victimized her in Paris when she was 16.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Los Angeles County prosecutors have met with a British actress who claims she was sexually abused by director Roman Polanski in his Paris apartment when she was 16 — years before she appeared in one of his movies.



Minimalist drama "Here and There" right on target (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Having passed below the radar despite winning two significant awards at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, Darko Lungulov's "Here and There" deserves all the attention it can get for its limited release. Beautifully executed, the semi-autobiographical film is set between the director's adopted New York and his native Belgrade, Serbia.


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