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Singer Ricky Martin says he has completed his coming out gay memoir

Singer Ricky Martin says he has completed his coming out gay memoir.

“OK, after working for more than a year on my book, I can finally say it's finished!!!” Martin tweeted Thursdays to his 1.3 million followers.

Martin has previously credited writing the book for this ...

Who will be judged fit to be the 'Idol' judges next season? How will the audience judge them?

Don't call it "American Idol." Call it "Extreme Makeover: 'Idol' Edition." The composition of the "Idol" judges' panel seems to be changing by the minute, in flux like a lunch counter during the noon rush. Everyone but Larry King and Kate ...

A Thai court on Friday extended bail granted to Russian conductor Mikhail Pletnev, who has been charged with raping a 14-year-old boy, his lawyer said. Pletnev, artistic director of the Russian National Orchestra, denies the accusation, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in jail. He was released in early July after posting 300,000 baht (9,300 ...

While audiences at Broadway's "West Side Story" thrill to the on-stage drama, musicians in the orchestra pit are fighting a battle every bit as vicious as the Sharks-Jets rivalry. This is gang warfare of a high-minded sort, pitting some of New York's best live musicians against a synthesizer they fear will usurp the job of playing Leonard Bernstein ...

Black Eyed Peas 'I Gotta Feeling' hits 6 million download mark; will.i.am talks new album

The Black Eyed Peas have more proof of the ubiquity of "I Gotta Feeling." Their No. 1 hit has become the first song to reach the 6 million mark in digital downloads. The milestone was announced Friday and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan. For ...

Controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday that he shares Elton John's view on gay marriage

Controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday that he shares Elton John's view on gay marriage.

John made headlines earlier in the week when he snubbed a boycott of Arizona and performed in Tucson. Gay groups the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and ...

Switching lanes: Rascal Flatts' new album to be released by Big Machine Records in November

Rascal Flatts has a new home. The country music titans will release their new album, "Nothing Like This," on Big Machine Records on Nov. 16. Big Machine also is the home of Taylor Swift, giving the independent label two of country music's most bankable ...

Eminem leads U.S. album chart for fifth week

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Eminem ruled the U.S. pop album chart for a fifth week on Wednesday, fending off a strong debut from fellow rapper Rick Ross. Eminem's "Recovery" sold 187,000 copies during the week ended July 25, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its total stands at almost 1.7 million. Ross' fourth album "Teflon Don" followed at No ...

Forget New York, welcome to Newport: online parody of Jay-Z hit puts Wales on musical map

An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday. The video "Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)," a comic tribute to ...

Belfast eagerly awaits George Best, the musical

BELFAST (Reuters) - A musical about the colorful and ultimately tragic life of Northern Irish soccer hero George Best will open in Belfast on Friday, paying tribute to one of sport's biggest icons. Best, whose mercurial talent and pop star looks vaulted him to the pinnacle of celebrity in Britain's Swinging Sixties, succumbed to years of heavy drinking in ...

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