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Eurovision song winner crowned
Denmark, widely tipped to win the annual music competition, took the honours ahead of the 25 other finalists in a glittering ceremony watched by millions across Europe with their ...
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Web giants likely to battle for music fans’ attention
From Napster to Pandora, from the iPod to the iPhone, technology innovation has made music easier to find and cheaper to buy than ever before. At the same time, it has destabilized the music business and left artists -- at least those not named Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift -- fearing for their ...
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Kanye West Debuts New Music Video on 66 Buildings Worldwide
recently, you know he's been debuting new music sporadically over the past month in anticipation of his sixth studio album. But this time, he's taken it up a notch.After debuting music at the Met Gala and during ...
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Twin Cities music loses friend and force in Sue McLean
Sue McLean in her Minneapolis office in 2010. On the wall behind her are guitars signed by Jack Johnson, left and Joe Bonamassa. (Pioneer Press file photo: Scott Takushi) Sue McLean, the pre-eminent Twin Cities music promoter who brought talent to the Basilica Block Party, the Minnesota Zoo and the Live at the Guthrie Series, died of cancer Friday, May 17, at her home in Minneapolis. She was ...
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Rolf Harris thanks fans for support at concert
England Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has received standing ovations at his first performance since it was reported that he had been questioned by police over alleged sexual offences.Harris made no direct reference to the allegations he is facing, but alluded to his situation several times during the show in Bristol in south-west England."You've got no idea what this ...
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Obama Morehouse College Visit Shines Spotlight On Historically Black Colleges And Universities
ATLANTA - When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities – a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress. The so-called HBCUs educate a hugely disproportionate share of low-income ...
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Cannes THR and Jimmy Choo Honor Fan Bingbing at Martinez Fete
's first ever International Artist of the Year award. The event, originally planned for the Mouton Cadet Wine Bar atop the Palais des Festivals, was moved indoors due to the heavy rain that plagued Cannes all of ...
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Athletes in the spotlight Nikki Matz Robbie Miller
Claim to fame: Miller led Freeport to its first Class AA playoff victory in 15 years. He went 4 for 4 at the plate with a triple. The senior also brought in three runs to aid in the 9-4 win over ...
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Miley Cyrus Swatted Singer Targeted by Dangerous Pranksters a Second Time
May 18, 2013 7:36 pm Actress and singer Miley Cyrus has been swatted for a second time on Friday afternoon, after police received reports that a serious situation was taking place at her residence in Los ...
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Billy Joel Song Helps N.H. Residents Spread Word About One Fund Boston
DERRY, N.H. (CBS) — Pat Garrett, a personal trainer in Derry, was working the day of the Boston Marathon. In the middle of the afternoon, he saw there had been a flurry of calls to his cell phone, which he said is kind of unusual. Pat said he finally picked up the phone, and saw a message from his daughter that caught his attention. ';Prior to answering my friend’s phone call, ...
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Denmark wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Dina Garipova of Russia is fifth
MAL?O, Sweden, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - Emilie de Forest of Denmark has won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Swedish Malmo on Sunday morning. Her song "Only Teardrops" was considered to be the best both by TV viewers and the contest’s professional ...
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Sex drugs and fast cars The legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing
Even if you have not the faintest interest in motorsport, or Formula One - that shiny Babylon of sponsors and sleaze - the lure of James Hunt is hard to resist. Handsome, brave, articulate, he had a reputation for living as fast off the track as on. For a film director, there could be no better sporting hero. No wonder, then, that Ron Howard, the Oscar-winning director of Frost/Nixon and Apollo ...
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Ireland finish last in Eurovision final
There was disappointment for Ireland's Ryan Dolan at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo tonight.The Strabane native, singing 'Only Love Survives', came last out of the 26 competitors with five points, including a modest "une pointe" from the ...
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Toulon hang on to win Heineken Cup
Clermont Auvergne 15 Toulon 16Toulon survived a late Clermont surge to win the Heineken Cup victory at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin today.Jonny Wilkinson kicked three penalties and landed the decisive conversion to Delon Armitage's try as Toulon rallied from 15-6 down to clinch their first major trophy in over two decades.Clermont Auvergne dominated the first half and appeared to take ...
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Pedestrian struck killed by bus at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
A bus struck and killed a pedestrian at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Saturday afternoon.The Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the private charter bus hit the person on Terminal Drive outside the lower level of Terminal 4.BSO Fire Recue personnel responded to the crash and declared the pedestrian dead at the scene. 10 passengers on the bus were not ...
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Australian films test the market in Cannes
ALMOST directly across the road from the manic scenes of the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, a banner unfurled on the fourth floor of a modest building reads simply: "Australia". No, it's not a fan tribute to Baz Luhrmann's festival opener The Great Gatsby, or a holiday-goer's show of national pride. For two weeks this is the headquarters and heartbeat of the Australian film ...
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Cannes Hollywood Finds Global Business Partners at Festival
In her latest Film Files column, Sharon Swart visits Worldview Entertainment's bash and Gaumont's windy party, where WME agent Jerome Duboz says: "the market feels ...
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No winner of Lotto jackpot
There was no winner of tonight's Lotto jackpot, but two players won the Lotto Plus 1 EUR350,000 jackpot. The winning Lotto Plus 1 tickets were sold in the South and in the West. There was no winner of the Lotto Plus 2 top prize.Wednesday's main Lotto jackpot is now heading for EUR6m.More than 42,000 players won ...
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Corrie wins big at soap awards
'Coronation Street' dominated the British Soap Awards tonight scooping eight out of 16 awards including Best Soap.Meanwhile, 'EastEnders' left the ceremony in Manchester almost empty handed, with just a Lifetime Achievement award for Adam Woodyatt, who has played Ian Beale since the soap began.ITV soap Corrie proved a hit with fans taking home three out of five of the ...
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Weekend Reading Internet Crime Sleuths Celebrity Psychics Eurovision’s Hope
The Internet is supposedly the great leveler—a universal space without regard for physical boundaries or strata. This claim is half-illustrated ...
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Singer Miley Cyrus swatted again
STUDIO CITY - Singer Miley Cyrus was not home when Los Angeles police arrived, guns drawn, after getting a 911 call of a non-existent crime underway, a police officer said today. The latest "swatting" caper was called in to a 911 operator at 8:40 p.m. Friday, said a Los Angeles police officer at the North Hollywood station. Swatting is the tricking of an emergency service response ...
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Laois end long wait for Leinster semis berth
Laois 1-16 Antrim 0-13Antrim's miserable run in the Leinster SHC continued at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise when they were sent crashing out of the provincial title race by an improving Laois side.Antrim have only won two games since they joined the Leinster championship in 2009 and were today bidding to win two in the same season for the first time.But having defeated Westmeath in the ...
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Spaniards Song Brings YouTube Fame ... And Maybe A Job
homemade video , Enzo Vizcano looks like a busker, strumming away on his ukulele and singing as he roams a Barcelona metro car. But the lyrics of this song are a bit unusual. "I've got a bachelor's degree. And a postgrad diploma too I worked in a call center and as a cashier I'm the king of Microsoft Word!" he croons. This unemployed journalism grad isn't ...
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Cosmonauts Wish Russian Singer Success in Eurovision Final
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin wished singer Dina Garipova success and victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. "Our hearts ache ...
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ABBA in the air as 26 countries fight for Eurovision glory
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L-R) pose during the arrival party for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Malmo Arena Hall in Malmo May 18, ...
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