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Whenever she could, Bebel Gilberto happily left words behind as she performed at Hiro Ballroom on Wednesday night.

On Radio 2, the Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating was sitting in for Steve Wright, playing a set of "the greatest love songs that didn't make it" to number one .

How do the first-week sales of Adam Lambert's "For Your Entertainment" stack up against past "American Idol" runners-up? Very well.

Boogie Night will star The Real Thing, Ultimate Earth Wind and Fire, George McCrae and Odyssey on stage and the disco will continue after the live show is over.

A relative unknown at her solo debut, the now classic "Tanto Tempo," was released in 2000, Gilberto, 43, is now a bona fide international superstar who tours all too infrequently.

It's easy to get a package of processed turkey at the store to turn into sandwiches.

Brazilian pop singer Bebel Gilberto is probably known more in the U.S. for her collaborations than for her solo work, even though she is a native New Yorker.

Tom Stoppard's smart, provocative plays are magnets for audiences who crave theater that sparks both thought and emotion -- and for artists who relish the bottomless challenge of bringing the playwright's rich worlds to life.

The duo turn the disco track into a vaguely South American-influenced number with much more percussion.

Samuel Clemens put it best - Sacred Cows make the best hamburger. With that thought in mind I went looking for appropriate sound bytes, music and satire concerning some of the more powerful beliefs that reside within the present Amerikan culture.

Bebel Gilberto slipped into the American imagination with Tanto Tempo in 2000 and has refused to leave.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 5:57 p.m. A Fall Carnival will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Salvation Army, 239 Third Avenue East.

For years, he has revealed alternative uses for brand-name products in his books and on television shows like "The View" and "Good Morning America." But now Green is on a mission to share "75 Amazing Uses for Coca-Cola" with anyone who wants his report - absolutely free.

Director Mike Nichols will be feted by the American Film Institute next summer with a life achievement award .

As an Idoloonie, the fallow period from June-December has traditionally been a time for ennui,A heartbreak, and disappointment.

The new Manhattan Theatre Club revival of the 1927 George S. Kaufman - Edna Ferber comedy " The Royal Family " has the critics bowing down .

Ita TMs no accident that Vanessa Williams looks like that. She works at it. And that focus has earned her accolades such as People magazinea TMs "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and Harpers Bazaar's "Americaa TMs 10 Most Beautiful Women." The legendary beauty stopped by the Sun Sentinel newspaper for a quick Q&A as she was concluding a media ...

The countdown moves into the 30s with genre runners-up in the album slots, a Memphis single, and the best band of the '90s greeting a new decade with aplomb.

West Auckland Youth Takes Out Singing Contest - " On Maori Television Roland Williams sang way beyond his years, a tune released almost 20 years before he was born, to take top honours on Friday night in the live grand final of Maori Television's West Auckland Youth Takes Out Singing Contest - " On Maori Television Roland Williams sang way beyond ...

Three stories underline an unsettled issue discussed in an earlier post : what is the administration up to in Afghanistan.