NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Call it unique artistic vision or simply creative chutzpah, but few artists would feature such disparate duet partners as Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Spanish vocalist Fernando Lima and Kiss’ Paul Stanley on the same album.
Yet that’s exactly what mega-selling English soprano Sarah Brightman does on “Symphony,” which arrives in stores […]

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A funeral will be held this morning for Rae Louise Hayward, described by friends and family as a spirit and force behind an East Bay effort to provide greater exposure to up-and-coming African American artists.
Ms. Hayward of Pinole died of cancer on Jan. 3 at age 57.
The service will be at 11 a.m. […]

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Big Brother Celebrity Hijack - Davina here to stay
16 January 2008 - Big Brother Celebrity Hijack presenter Davina McCall claims rumours she has been offered a job in America are untrue.
Speaking on Richard and Judy on Tuesday evening, Davina - who has presented the show for eight years - said that tabloid gossip she was […]

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I’m a Celebrity - Cerys Matthews´ drink danger
16 January 2008 - Cerys Matthews’ friends have pleaded with the star to stop drinking.
The former Catatonia singer found love with fellow ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ contestant Marc Bannerman last year, but friends are worried Marc is a bad influence on Cerys - who […]

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The list of celebrity couples announcing that they are expecting seems to have multiplied over the last few weeks. The newest celebrity announcing an upcoming arrival is Playboy’s Miss March 2005, Jillian Grace. Grace asserts that David Spade of Saturday Night Live and Just Shoot Me fame is the father of her unborn child. People […]

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Olive Ejang Tebug
In a few weeks Mary Mandi, the Cameroonian Gospel singer from Kumba, will launch her sixth album. In this exclusive interview, Mandi tells The Post that she uses her music to promote Cameroonian culture. She also talks about her recent album, the Cameroon music world, her aspirations and much more.
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Kelly, never the idle IdolSarah Walters8/ 1/2008
SITTING in the miserable Manchester drizzle, it’s hard to empathise with the enthusiastic Kelly Clarkson as she proclaims a love for the city unrivalled even by its own residents.”God, I love Manchester,” howls Kelly, her Texan accent still plump and pronounced. “Manchester always comes out for us, it is […]

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For me, it was the saddest break-up I went through last year. Jay-Z and Def Jam parted ways. What would become of Hova? Actually, I wasn’t too worried about that - the winner is always Hov. But what would happen to music if Jay wasn’t in the game (at least in an executive capacity)? I […]

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ACTRESS Nicole Kidman has revealed she is pregnant, reportedlywithdrawing from a film project to protect her unborn child.
Less than 18 months into her marriage to country singer KeithUrban, the 40-year-old confirmed the long-rumoured pregnancythrough her publicist Wendy Day.
“The couple are thrilled,” Ms Day said in a statement. “Foryears I’ve seen speculation and for years it’s […]

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Only the most hardened of cynics could deny that 2007 was a healthy year for music. That this state of relative artistic prosperity came commensurate with the inevitable collapse of the record industry seems at first surprising, but upon reflection, far less so. After all, that collapse involves the industry’s inability to reconcile itself to […]

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