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Kanye West Makes a Fool of Himself Interrupting MTV Awards
At least the shocker this year was related to music. The MTV Video Music Awards are always willfully chaotic, keeping alive the myth of pop as the provenance of rebels by placing a bunch of moderately edgy celebrities within a festive environment and fueling the mood with sexy performances, off-color jokes and “incidents" that are often ...
Jay Leno: Television is Dying
Jay Leno's new show is surrounded by drama TV insiders hope NBC's cut-rate alternative to scripted content fails. When “The Jay Leno Show" premieres tonight in its 10 p.m. weeknight slot, a fair number of industry insiders -- and not just rival executives -- will be rooting for it to flop. Jay Leno knows how to ...
USC Thornton School of Music Receives Major Gifts on 125th Anniversary
As it celebrates its 125th anniversary this academic year, the USC Thornton School of Music said it has recently received some pretty significant birthday presents in the form of money and one very famous piano. Among the pecuniary donations is a $1.25-million gift from Ruth Ross, which the school said will be used to augment the ...
Pierre Cossette Father of the Grammy Awards Telecast Dies
Pierre Cossette, the avuncular old-school talent agent, manager, music mogul and Broadway producer often called the father of the Grammy Awards telecast for persuading nervous TV executives to put “longhairs with high heels and makeup" on a live national broadcast in 1971, died Friday. He was 85. Cossette, who had suffered in recent years with congestive ...
Peter Erskine, Alan Pasqua and Darek Oles Play in Red Carpet Jazz Series Upstairs at Vitello's Studio City
Peter plays with his current band with Alan Pasqua and Darek Oles. Whatta TRIO! Upstairs at Vitello's is becoming known as “one of LA's best listening rooms". This combination will present a stellar evening for music aficionados on Wednesday September 16, 2009 in Studio City. Reservations 818-769-0905 concert 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. 4349 Tujunga Avenue, ...
Solvang Jazz Festival Announces Justo Almario as Special Guest
Grammy award winning, multi-instrumentalist Justo Almario joins top, international talent at fall weekend Festival Solvang, California, August 27, 2009 The Universal Guild for Jazz and Progressive Music is pleased to announce that world-renowned, Grammy award winning, multi-instrumentalist Justo Almario will join this year's stellar Solvang Jazz Festival lineup. Almario will perform two shows with the Eugene ...
Natalie Cole at the Bowl
Natalie Cole at the Bowl: 'Healthy and whole and 100%' You got the feeling Wednesday night that Natalie Cole couldnt have been happier to be pulling into the Hollywood Bowl nearly two months late for her gig. I never thought Id be standing here healthy, whole and 100% again, the 59-year-old singer told the crowd, which ...
Army Archerd Dies at 87; Variety Columnist Watched over Hollywood for Half a Century.
Reporter known for being a trusted figure who stood apart from the industry broke the story of Rock Hudson's battle with AIDS. Army Archerd, a prolific reporter who chronicled the personal and professional lives of Hollywood stars and moguls for more than half a century from his columnist's perch at Daily Variety, and rocked the entertainment ...
Drum! Magazine Traps Travis Barker's Fly Kit in Sept. Issue
Travis Barker is receiving rave reviews for his new “fly” drum kit, which MTV described in a July 29 report as “gravity-defying and head-spinning.” DRUM! Magazine, one of Enter Music Publishing's hip, drum/percussion magazines, however, had the scoop when DRUM! contributing photographer, Robert Downs, was invited to the Forum in Los Angeles on July 21 for ...
Jay Leno: When You're Innocent, Because of All the Secrecy, No One Shakes Your Hand and Says, 'Welcome Back into the Fold,
The Writers Guild Cleared Jay Leno, but Now Must Indict Itself Few issues during the November 2007/February 2008 writers strike stirred as much anger and emotion as whether Writers Guild, West, member Jay Leno violated the unions strike rules during his return to hosting The Tonight Show. The WGAws investigation into Leno was conducted with utmost ...
