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Adele notches up two Ivor Novello songwriting awards LONDON (Reuters) – British singer Adele won two Ivor Novello awards for songwriting on Thursday, adding to a lengthening list of musical accolades, but she lost out in the best album and song categories. The 24-year-old chart queen picked up two coveted Ivor Novello prizes for...
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Britney is back – and so are the brickbats LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Britney Spears hasn’t even taken her seat as the new judge of “The X Factor,” but the pop icon is already getting a lesson in the media glare of live, talent show television. Spears had barely wrapped up an appearance in...
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Cowell vows to “kick butt” with new “Factor” stars NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Britney Spears and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato officially joined the U.S. version of “The X Factor” on Monday, leading creator Simon Cowell to pledge the second season would “seriously kick butt” when it returns in September. Spears, 30,...
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Whitney Houston’s daughter stars in reality TV series LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Whitney Houston’s teenage daughter will star in a reality TV show that follows the family of the “I Will Always Love You” singer as they cope with her sudden death earlier this year. The Lifetime channel said on Friday that Bobbi Kristina...
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Hollie Cavanagh couldn’t make ‘Idol’ fans love her NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hollie Cavanagh was sent home from top-rated TV talent show “American Idol” on Thursday night after singing “I Can’t Make You Love Me” – a song choice that proved prophetic. Cavanagh closed out the show by performing Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb,” remaining...
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Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch dies of cancer, aged 47 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys who captivated fans with their brash style in early hits like “Fight for Your Right (To Party),” died on Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 47. Yauch,...
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Gotye aims to avoid being somebody we used to know LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Australian singer Gotye has conquered the United States with his heartfelt pop tune “Somebody That I Used To Know,” but even as it hits No. 1 on singles charts, he is eager to become someone fans will always know for...
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Review: “Smash” soundtrack comes up skimpy LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – There’s an old adage that goes “Leave ‘em wanting more,” and although that may not be a specifically Broadway or TV adage, it’s been adopted for the “Smash” soundtrack album, which solves the problem of whether to fill the disc up with pop covers...
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Wainwright tries pop’s mainstream with new album NEW YORK (Reuters) – After writing an opera, recreating Judy Garland’s classic Carnegie Hall show and performing one concert tour dressed, in his words, as a crazed feathered ghost, Rufus Wainwright is edging toward pop’s mainstream. The experimental singer-songwriter has teamed with popular British DJ and music...
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Jack White knocks Adele off top of UK album charts LONDON (Reuters) – Former White Stripes frontman Jack White’s debut solo album ‘Blunderbuss’ knocked Adele’s ’21′ off the top of Britain’s charts on Sunday, and Carly Rae Jepsen managed to keep a new single from Calvin Harris from the No. 1 spot. Soul singer-songwriter...
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