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Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Prince, Bruno Mars ready for Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas
They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they’re competing at the Billboard Music Awards. Today’s biggest stars — from Taylor Swift to fun. to Maroon 5 — are the key finalists at Sunday’s awards show, airing live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Those acts are up for 11
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‘Trek’ does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes; ‘Iron Man 3′ tops $1B worldwide
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – “Star Trek: Into Darkness” has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it’s not setting any light-speed records with a debut that’s lower than the studio’s expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009′s “Star Trek,” which opened
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Spoleto Festival USA offers largest program for 37th season; performances to start Friday
CHARLESTON, S.C. – From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city. The internationally known arts festival, founded by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, will open
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USA Today founder Neuharth honoured as man who never forgot South Dakota roots
VERMILLION, S.D. – Colleagues and friends paying tribute to USA Today founder Al Neuharth are remembering him not as a driven media giant but as a loyal South Dakotan who never forgot his roots. Neuharth’s autobiography was titled “Confessions of an S.O.B.,” but close friend Jack Marsh — president of the Al Neuharth Media Center
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Helen Mirren’s ‘The Audience’ in London to be shown at a New Jersey nursing home for actors
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A special audience will get to see Helen Mirren onstage next month in London in the play “The Audience” — some retired show business veterans in a New Jersey nursing home. The live cinema event company BY Experience said Friday it will show a live performance of Peter Morgan’s play with
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‘American Idol’ finale audience drops to record low
Preliminary figures show Candice Glover’s victory over Kree Harrison was watched by 14.2 million viewers. That’s a 34 per cent drop from last year’s finale.
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K’naan working on new songs after deriding 2012 album for chasing U.S. fame
TORONTO – Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan says lingering disappointment over his last album is pushing him to write and release a new batch of songs. The “Wavin’ Flag” musician says he’s found renewed focus to “be honest” in his work, after playing it too safe with 2012′s “Country, God or the Girl.” K’naan says from Los
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‘Hamlet’ headlines Bard on the Beach lineup
This summer, you can see Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, and Elizabeth Rex at the annual Shakespeare Festival in Vanier Park.
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Michael B. Jordan finally front and centre in ‘Fruitvale Station’
CANNES, France – Before “Fruitvale Station,” Michael B. Jordan was glimpsed sporadically in supporting roles on TV shows like “The Wire” and “Friday Night Lights,” and in films like “Chronicle” and “Red Tails.” That changes emphatically with “Fruitvale Station,” a Sundance hit that premiered Thursday night at the Cannes Film Festival. In the film, he
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Tim McGraw recasts Academy of Country Music’s annual TV special, to air Sunday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When the producers of the Academy of Country Music’s annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program’s format. “They were tribute shows and I certainly didn’t want anything to do with that,” the 46-year-old McGraw said with a laugh. “I wasn’t
