NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) " Blake Shelton isn't the only person Miranda Lambert is texting these days " she's also been chatting it up with breakthrough singer Meghan Trainor.The country star, who will perform with the "All About...
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Tuesday, 11 November 2014
'Dancing with the Stars' set to go on tour
NEW YORK (AP) " "Dancing with the Stars" is packing up its ballroom and hitting the road.The long-running ABC television dance competition show, which pairs celebrities with professional dancers, is launching a 33-city tour called...
Mexican wrestling, reimagined, comes to weekly TV
LOS ANGELES (AP) " It was a meltingly hot October day outside the East Los Angeles warehouse converted to a wrestling ring. Inside, things were about to get equally torrid.In match after match, as about 200 fans cheered and whooped,...
US court: Anna Nicole Smith manager can be retried
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Anna Nicole Smith's manager can be retried on conspiracy charges related to obtaining prescription drugs for use by the model, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.The decision returns the case to a criminal...
Lena Dunham disputes abuse allegations
NEW YORK (AP) " Lena Dunham was in a "rage spiral" as she disputed a writer's contention that she sexually abused her little sister.In a recent essay for the conservative National Review Online, Kevin D. Williamson cited a passage...
Elvis Presley retrospective to open in London
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) " Tickets go on sale this week for an exhibition of more than 300 artifacts associated with Elvis Presley in what organizers say is the largest retrospective of the late rock and roll icon ever mounted in Europe.Elvis...
Brandy Clark enjoying big buzz ahead of CMAs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) " The year's most buzzed about new country artist is one most country fans may never heard on the radio.Brandy Clark, an openly gay artist who sings, among other things, about pot-smoking housewives, had almost...
Review: Richard Ford brings back Frank Bascombe
"Let Me Be Frank With You" (Ecco), by Richard FordWhen the final novel in the Frank Bascombe trilogy was published in 2007, its author made it plain that a fourth book about the introspective sportswriter-turned-real estate broker...
Bette Midler on covering TLC and touring again
NEW YORK (AP) " The Divine Miss M is hitting the road next summer, but this time you might want to call her The Divinely Green Miss M.Bette Midler's plans for a 22-city North American tour to promote her new CD "It's The Girls!"...
Jay Leno back on 'Tonight' for a night
NEW YORK (AP) " Jay Leno is coming back to the "Tonight" show " at least for one night.The show's former host will be a guest on Jimmy Fallon's version of "Tonight" on Friday. It will be the first time he's been back at the NBC...
Sesame Street marks 45th birthday
NEW YORK (AP) " You don't get to be the longest-running children's show in TV history by doing the same thing over and over. So even though parents who grew up watching "Sesame Street" can still see old favorites like Big Bird, things...
Homeland renewed, despite lukewarm reviews
TV spy thriller Homeland has been renewed for a fifth season, premium cable broadcaster Showtime has confirmed.The network also announcing a second season for extramarital drama The Affair.The renewal for Homeland comes despite...
Lauryn Hill 45 minutes late, twice, at Voodoo Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) " Singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill was 45 minutes late " twice " at the Voodoo Experience music festival in New Orleans.On the festival's biggest stage, she arrived late Saturday and when her scheduled time ran out...
Static-X frontman Wayne Static dead at age 48
NEW YORK (AP) " Wayne Static, the frontman for the metal band Static-X, has died at age 48.Morgan Renken, who worked with Static and the band for 15 years, says Static died Saturday. She declined to give the location or the cause...
Daredevil set for Chicago skyscraper crossings
CHICAGO (AP) " The tightrope is waiting for Nik Wallenda in Chicago.The 35-year-old high-wire artist " great-grandson of Karl Wallenda of the famous Flying Wallendas circus family " plans to perform two nail-biting walks that will...
Jazz clarinetist Acker Bilk dead at 85
LONDON (AP) " English clarinet player Acker Bilk, who beat the Beatles and other British rockers to the top of the U.S. music charts with the instrumental "Stranger on the Shore," has died at the age of 85.Manager Pamela Sutton...
Jazz clarinetist Acker Bilk dead at 85
LONDON (AP) " A representative for British jazz clarinetist Acker Bilk says he has died at age 85.Pamela Sutton said that Bilk, a chart-topping artist in the 1960s with "Stranger on the Shore," died Sunday in a hospital in Bath...
Eliza Dushku's handbag stolen in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) " Eliza Dushku got a rude welcoming to Providence when arriving for Rhode Island Comic Con.Police say thieves stole the actress's Louis Vuitton handbag as she was checking into a hotel early Saturday.Dushku...
'Nightcrawler,' 'Ouija' tie for box office lead
NEW YORK (AP) " In a scary close finish, the Jake Gyllenhaal crime thriller "Nightcrawler" and the board-game adaptation "Ouija" tied for first at the box office with $10.9 million each over the Halloween weekend.That was according...
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