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21 min ago | Seattle Times

Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

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Related Topix: Bonnie Tyler, Sweden, World News, Entertainment

4 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is a illustrious piece of art

Baz Luhrmann's film The Great Gatsby has the turbulent emotions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Australia, Comedy Movies, Biography Movies, Moulin Rouge, Musical Movies, Baz Luhrmann, F. Scott Fitzgerald

8 hrs ago | CTV

Paul McCartney to kick off North American tour in Orlando

The massive production, which requires 31 trucks' worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechnics, and state of the art video displays, according to the website of the former Beatles star.

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Related Topix: The Beatles

12 hrs ago | KIPR-FM Little Rock

"Billboard" Music Awards Air Live from Vegas Sunday

Star-studded collaborations are on tap for Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Country, Hot Chicks, Taylor Swift, Dance, Pitbull, Hip-Hop, The Up, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, New-Wave, Maroon 5

17 hrs ago | ACC TOP 40

Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift Featured on "Rock 'n Royalty" Special Saturday Night

Some of music's biggest names will be spotlighted Saturday night on a special edition of ABC's 20/20. Called Rock 'n Royalty: Billboard's All-Stars , the show will be anchored by Barbara Walters , and feature the best and most memorable moments from ABC interviews conducted throughout the years with a variety of pop and country superstars.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, Country, Hot Chicks

21 hrs ago | TwinCities

George Michael injured in another car crash

In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, British singer George Michael performs at a concert to raise money for AIDS charity Sidaction, during the Symphonica tour at Palais Garnier Opera house in Paris, France.

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Related Topix: George Michael, France, World News, Entertainment

Fri May 17, 2013

Oxford Times

Denmark tipped to win Eurovision

The Danish entry Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest is now 4/6 odds on to win the show - way ahead of other entrants.

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Related Topix: Bonnie Tyler, Sweden, World News,

Merced Sun-Star

'The Voice' brings back Aguilera, Cee Lo Green

The NBC singing contest said Friday that Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will return for "The Voice" Season 5, joining Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

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Related Topix: The Voice, Entertainment, Cee Lo Green, Hip-Hop, Dance, Hot Chicks, Christina Aguilera, Culver City, CA

Seattle Times

Obama to host concert honoring Carole King

The White House says Obama will present the award to King during a concert Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Carole King, Entertainment

WHDH

Tim McGraw recasts ACM's TV special, airing Sunday

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.

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Related Topix: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Entertainment

EQ Magazine

Bruce Botnick Records "Jack Reacher" Score with Sanken CO-100K Mics

Renowned recording engineer/producer Bruce Botnick recorded the orchestral score of Tom Cruise's "Jack Reacher" with five Sanken CO-100K microphones.

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Related Topix: Jack Reacher, Celebrities, Tom Cruise, The Doors, The Rolling Stones

WFIE-TV Evansville

Candice Glover wins 'American Idol'

The booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., looked stunned when "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest announced she bested the soulful 22-year-old country singer Harrison from Woodville, Texas.

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Related Topix: St. Helena Island, SC, Harrison

Thu May 16, 2013

92.9 Y93

Demi Lovato: The Real Deal on her roller-coaster relationship with Selena Gomez

While chatting with MTV News , the "X Factor" judge was asked about fellow Disney darling Selena Gomez, to whom Lovato was once quite close.

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KMIZ

Robson: Michael Jackson was 'a pedophile'

A dancer-choreographer befriended by Michael Jackson when he was a child now calls the late pop icon "a pedophile and a child sexual abuser." Wade Robson, who is seeking money from Jackson's estate for alleged child sex abuse, talked about his claims Thursday on NBC's "Today" show.

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Related Topix: Dance, Black Entertainment, Michael Jackson, Today, Entertainment, Television, Matt Lauer

WHDH

CW to air iHeartRadio Music Festival next season

The CW network is bringing a popular radio music series to television and is going heavy on escapist fare in its new programming for next season.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, The Vampire Diaries, Television, The Originals, Joseph Morgan, Grey's Anatomy, Comedy, Drama, The Tomorrow People

Denver Post

The Enterprise crew talks about 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

From the very beginning of "Star Trek," some 700-plus TV episodes and 12 films ago, the voyages of the Enterprise have been all about the ensemble.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

JAM! Showbiz

Shakira leaving NBC's 'The Voice'

Pop singer Shakira will leave NBC's television singing competition program The Voice after only one season as a judge in order to spend more time with her family.

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Related Topix: The Voice, Entertainment, Television, Shakira, Dance, Hot Chicks, Christina Aguilera

WHDH

With 5th album, rockers Phoenix continue to rise

Phoenix frontman and singer Thomas Mars says their new album "Bankrupt!" was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented success of their Grammy-winning 2009 album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix." "At that time, we started talking about success and not music," Mars said.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, Entertainment

Wed May 15, 2013

KMCX-FM Ogallala

Taylor Swift fan arrested for swimming to singer's beach house

An obsessed Taylor Swift fan was arrested near the singer's Rhode Island beach home early this morning after allegedly SWIMMING up to her pad, TMZ has learned.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Taylor Swift, Country, Hot Chicks

104.5 KKMY-FM

Kree Harrison & Candice Glover face off in final 'Idol' performance

It's down to the final two on Fox's "American Idol." Tonight Kree Harrison and Candice Glover face off in their final performances before host Ryan Seacrest announces the winner on the season finale Thursday.

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Related Topix: Game Show, American Idol, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Dance, Black Entertainment, Mariah Carey