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Motown gala 'means everything' to founder Berry Gordy
JEFF KAROUB - November 21, 2009
DETROIT (AP) Hundreds have gathered to salute Detroit-style royalty the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock. Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin and Kid Rock not to mention Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder are in downtown Detroit...
Sheryl Crow joins call for federal government to end wild horse roundups
By Associated Press - November 21, 2009
RENO, Nev. (AP) Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt wild horse roundups in the West, branding them as inhumane and unnecessary. The Grammy Award-winning singer is asking President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to scrap a...
Police shut down Justin Bieber appearance at NY mall after losing control of tween crowd
By Associated Press - November 22, 2009
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber (BEE'-ber) after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild. Nassau County police say girls and adults in the crowd of nearly 3,000 started pushing and shoving as they...
Motown sound returns to where it began 50 years ago with founder, 'family,' famous friends
JEFF KAROUB - November 22, 2009
DETROIT (AP) Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock. Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin, Kid Rock and Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder,...
Michael Jackson's gleaming glove sells for $350K, plus tax, at NYC auction
VERENA DOBNIK - November 22, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 plus tax on Saturday. Winning bidder Hoffman Ma of Hong Kong will pay $420,000, including taxes and fees, for the rhinestone-studded, modified...
Assault, harassment charges dismissed against singer John Rich over spat at nightclub
By Associated Press - November 22, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A Nashville judge has dismissed assault and harassment charges against country music singer John Rich. Rich and other witnesses testified Friday before Judge John Aaron Holt that he did not punch aspiring singer Jared Ashley at a private nightclub in March 2008....
Q&A: Rapper Wale recruits Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele to convey emotions on debut CD
MESFIN FEKADU - November 20, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Wale wanted to infuse his debut album with a woman's touch, so the rapper recruited singing divas like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan to get that feeling across. "I need a woman to help me convey the message because they're more emotional and...
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Former Metropolitan soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom dies in native Sweden, aged 82
By Associated Press - November 20, 2009
STOCKHOLM (AP) Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says. Olow says Soderstrom died in Stockholm early Friday morning of complications from a stroke. Soderstrom, who was 82, made her debut in 1947 at the...
