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There have already been two sightings of the award winning singer and actress. The executive producer for the holiday special says Jennifer Hudson was chosen because she is one of the most generous artists he has ever worked with and she is spontaneously creative.

Liam Gallagher has stated that he will continue his musical career post-Oasis by starting a new band.

Calypso King of the World the Mighty Sparrow , right, with Baron .... IN CELEBRATION of Calypso History Month President George Maxwell Richards, hosted members of the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians' Organisation and other members of the calypso and soca fraternity last Thursday at President's House.

Henry David Thoreau wrote, 'If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.' According to Lois Jadunath Beckett, this is how her father, long-serving school teacher, George Carlyle Jadunath, tried to emulate this life, and so set an ...

Halloween, to be precise, including, as usual, some out-of-print obscurities recorded off vinyl.

NOTHING LIKE A DAME BY ELAINE C SMITH Mainstream, 352pp, A 17.99 A SHIRT BOX FULL OF SONGS BY BARBARA DICKSON Hachette Scotland, 320pp, A 18.99 IN THE introduction to her weighty autobiography, Elaine C Smith admits that as a young drama student desperate to break into musical theatre, she would often attend performances of Evita in London's West ...

In the spotlight: Elaine Paige, one of musical theatre's great leading ladies, is celebrating 40 years in show business.

Los Tres Ases had its start in 1953 as the house musicians for ~La Bandida bordello in Mexico City.

I like a man that can cook me a great dinner and never complains about it. I don't want to hear you complain.

When American rock band Mr Big broke up in 2002 amid reported acrimony between bass player Billy Sheehan and the rest of the band, nobody - least of all Sheehan himself - expected the band to get back to where they once belonged.

Hollywood nights goes Hollywood High as a new report says 'pot legalization' is scoring well in the latest polls.

DC super featherweight Ron "Teflon" Boyd will be involved in a six-round feature bout against Irvington, NJ knockout artist Francisco "The Phenom" Contreras on Saturday, October 10th at the Arena Theatre in Houston, TX.

Singer Lyn Snook may always have a song in her heart, but when she takes part in a concert on Saturday shea ll have a special reason for putting her heart into her song.

There was a moment, right before the concert started, when the overhead lights were turned off, and upon a white curtain hanging at the front of the stage was projected the shadows of the audience.

He'll take a serving of fava beans with that Chianti. Adam Brody had just one vision for the cutthroat crooner he plays in the horror comedy Jennifer's Body .

A rrogant as a queen, Jennifer sashays down her high school's corridor, black mane swishing over her midriff-exposing pink hoodie.

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There is an audio file attached to this story. Please login to listen. No it is not Gregory Abbott, that's Fiji's very own Roland Williams, with Abbot's Shake You Down, who has made it into the top 20 singers of the Maori Television's Homai Te Pakipaki television talent show.

It was standing-room only at the Muddy Waters Coffee Bar in West Ashley for Wednesday evening's at Palmetto Acoustic's Open Mic Acoustic Challenge .

Named by talented composer Armando Manzanero as "La Mujer Que Nacio Para Cantar" , Manoella Torres started getting radio play in the 1970s with a romantic and sensual song called "Acariciame." Captivated by the Latin-style bolero, the New York-born and Puerto Rican descendant artist became popular in Mexico, developing a successful career during ...