AP - Mar 3, 2009
Celebrity can be an interesting thing when distilled to no more than 140 characters. As the micro-blogging platform Twitter.com has gone mainstream, an increasing number of celebrities have opened up...
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When Shirlee Ellis Amos died in 2003, singer/songwriter Shawn Amos discovered a whole new side to the woman he called mom. Working under the stage moniker Shirl-ee May, Amos mother was a club singer and...
More »AP - Sep 18, 2005
Everybody loved Raymond one more time at the Emmys, honoring the show Sunday as best comedy series for its final season and denying the prize to newcomer Desperate Housewives. But another first-year hit...
More »AP - Sep 6, 2005
The Emmy Awards will be singing a different tune at this month s ceremony, and it could be a classic. In an American Idol -style competition, stars and singers ranging from William Shatner to Donald Trump...
More »Reuters - Mar 11, 2005
Jeff Daniels was in town to do radio and perform at Jim Caruso s popular Cast Party, the Monday night open-mic gathering at Birdland for Broadway show people. (Theaters are traditionally dark Monday...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »Reuters - Oct 22, 2004
There is a temptation to joke that William Shatner has gone where no artist has gone before with his new album Has Been. But the forever Star Trek star has, in fact, previously recorded his inimitable...
More »AP - Oct 15, 2004
Just in time for Halloween comes a CD from a guy more likely to inspire a holiday costume than a musical following William Shatner . The one-time James T. Kirk of Star Trek fame has released an...
More »Reuters - Sep 12, 2004
As the release of a new album approaches, most artists begin to wax philosophical about art, life and the messages they hope to convey with their music. In discussing his new album, What I Do (Arista...
More »Reuters - Jun 23, 2004
Ben Folds is pushing back the release date of his next solo album to early 2005 in order to give Star Trek veteran William Shatner s upcoming collection, Has Been, his full attention. The set is being...
More »Reuters - May 29, 2004
It feels like the joker overthrew the kingdom, Toby Keith commented backstage after winning the entertainer of the year award at the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. During the event, which...
More »AP - Apr 22, 2004
Toby Keith took home three awards Wednesday in Country Music Television s Flameworthy Video Music Awards show, including video of the year for his patriotic song American Soldier. This is a very...
More »AP - Apr 21, 2004
Winners of Country Music Television s Flame Worthy Video Music Awards: _ Breakthrough Video of the Year: Dierks Bentley, What Was I Thinkin . _ Cameo of the Year: Jason Alexander , Jim Belushi, Little...
More »AP - Apr 12, 2004
Pitching it as the New Millennium Sonny and Cher Show, ABC aired The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour on Sunday. In what was billed as their first-ever TV special, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson (who already...
More »USRN - Oct 23, 1998
(10/23/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - Several interesting collaborations have been announced in the last few months. There s the teaming of R. Kelly & Celine Dion and the Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston duet, but the...
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