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Drake leads BET Awards with 12 nominations; Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz score 8 each
NEW YORK, N.Y. – He started from the bottom, but now he’s on top at the BET Awards: Drake has 12 nominations. BET announced the nominees Tuesday. Rappers Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz are up for 8 awards each. Drake is nominated three times for the top prize, video of the year. His hit, “Started
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Hit single “Northern Touch” still notorious 15 years after tearing up charts
TORONTO – The chorus of one of Canada’s most famous rap songs almost didn’t happen. As Toronto’s Choclair, Thrust and Kardinal Offishall put the finishing touches on the highly popular single “Northern Touch” in the summer of 1997, Offishall struggled with constant sneezing. “I think this might have been the first year that I actually
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For “Great Gatsby” director Baz Luhrmann, the Cannes Film Festival is birthplace of his talent
CANNES, France – Baz Luhrmann might never have gone on to direct “The Great Gatsby” — or anything else, for that matter — if not for the Cannes Film Festival. “No Cannes, no me sitting here with you,” Luhrmann said in a recent interview. When Luhrmann opens the 66th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with
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‘Saturday Night Live’ player Bill Hader to exit this weekend after 8 seasons
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Bill Hader is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after an eight-year run. His spokesman confirms that the 34-year-old comedian will depart “SNL” after this weekend’s season finale. Hader joined the NBC sketch-comedy show in 2005 and has since made his mark with a range of impersonations including Al Pacino, Vincent Price, James
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US hedge fund wants part of Sony’s entertainment business sold, Sony says it’s not for sale
TOKYO – A U.S. hedge fund has proposed that Sony Corp. sell up to 20 per cent of its entertainment business and use the money to strengthen its ailing electronics unit, drawing a quick rejection from the Japanese consumer conglomerate. In a May 14 letter to Sony President Kazuo Hirai, first published in The New
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Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy
The Oscar-winning actress has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that makes it very likely she’ll get breast cancer.
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Guitar-playing astronaut bows out of space station with music video of Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It’s believed to be the first music video made in space, according to NASA. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s personalized rendition
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Tucson Jazz Institute band wins Essentially Ellington high school band competition
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Two first-time contestants have taken the top prizes at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 18th annual Essentially Ellington high school jazz band competition. At a Sunday night concert at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the first-place trophy and $5,000 award were presented by JALC artistic director Wynton Marsalis to the Tucson Jazz Institute’s
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Fox bets big on 11 new shows including J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama, its first miniseries
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Fox, facing the ebbing ratings power of “American Idol,” is betting big on its first miniseries and shows from heavyweight producers Seth MacFarlane and J.J. Abrams to invigorate its schedule. The network is making its largest original-programming investment yet with a crop of 11 new series along with the miniseries from
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US news veteran Barbara Walters to announce her retirement
ABC says until she retires next summer, Walters will continue to anchor and report for the network, anchor specials, and appear on “The View.” She will remain executive producer of “The View.”
