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Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's...
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Carlos Kalmar, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra present love and fire at Strathmore
Marie Gullard
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Both romance and high energy are hallmarks in Saturday evening's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert at the Music Center at Strathmore. Under the baton of highly popular Spanish conductor Carlos Kalmar, the program features Prokofiev's Selections from "Romeo and Juliet," Narong Prangcharoen's...
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Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June. A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two shows and resume her touring schedule in July. Publicist David Brokaw provided no other details Tuesday. Franklin announced earlier this month that...
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Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns."...
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'GMA' host Roberts to write memoir about illness
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Roberts will tell the story of her battle with a life-threatening illness in a new memoir. Grand Central Publishing says the "Good Morning America" anchor will write the as-yet-untitled book for publication next April. The publisher announced Wednesday that Roberts will...
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Pop songwriters find excitement in stage musicals
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when most of the songs played on the radio came from Broadway. Now some popular hit makers like Cyndi Lauper and Sting are finding it still feels like home. "Look, they don't break your balls that much here," Lauper said of the experience of composing "Kinky...
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Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis....
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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. ___ DAMIAN LEWIS: FROM HOMELAND TO SCOTLAND "Homeland" without Sgt. Nicholas Brody? Damian Lewis says it's possible. The British actor has become an American television star playing...
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Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first. The 26-year-old country singer won the show's mirror ball trophy Tuesday. "This is amazing!" she beamed to her professional partner, Derek Hough. The pair earned two...
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Shooter Jennings presents 'The Other Life'
Nancy Dunham
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Shooter Jennings had the best relationship possible with his father, the late Waylon Jennings, but he has no need to try to reinvent himself in the country star's image. Certainly, the younger Jennings has more than dabbled in outlaw country lifestyle. He can be heard on the 2006 release "Live...
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