Comedians will often talk about "the room" — how it feels, whether it's good or not, how to work it. Chris Rock played to a room Friday night that few comedians could...
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New York City symbolically banned use
of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign
that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip
hop music...
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It's official: David Bowie has entered his golden years.
The British rock legend, along with late comic genius Richard Pryor,
power rock trio Cream, country singer Merle...
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The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems
complete.
The songbird soared with eight
Grammy nominations
Thursday, including an Album of the...
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The producer of Friday's one-hour telethon to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims said no special precautions will be taken to edit out political statements — even though...
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Hurricane Katrina may be long gone, but the storm surrounding Kanye
West's controversial off-script rap lingers.
The hip-hop
star's impromptu anti-President Bush,...
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The last time rapper Kanye West
appeared on a TV show to raise money for Hurricane Katrina
victims, he accused U.S. President George W. Bush of racism.
This time, producers...
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Upcoming celebrity benefits to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
• Kevin Smith is holding an online auction on his Web site,...
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Sheryl Crow, the Dixie
Chicks, Randy Newman, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys and
Paul Simon will perform during Friday's Hurricane Katrina
benefit organized by the...
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Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno, Master P and Dave Matthews are contributing star power to relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
DeGeneres, a...
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Now! might be leaving its teens, but it can still mix it up
with a young hood.
After giving the series its seventh
number one bow last week, Now That's What I Call...
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R. Kelly is out of the closet and onto the charts.
Despite a litany of legal troubles, most involving his purported
penchant for videotaping sexual encounters, the R&B...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Usher is feeling the vibe.
The R&B singer leads the second annual Vibe Awards with five nominations. Right on his dancing heels is Alicia Keys, with four...
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As he tried to slip in a side door before a recent performance, Nelly got accosted by a fan waiting for his arrival.
Nothing unusual — except the fan just happened to...
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Make no mistake about it: Nelly is
not releasing a double album like his fellow hip-hoppers
OutKast and Jay-Z.
Instead, the St. Louis native is going the way of...
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Comedian Chris Rock is preparing to
release his first album in five years, "Never Scared,"
featuring a parody of OutKast's Grammy-winning anthem "Hey Ya!"
Due Aug. 31 via...
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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...
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Jada
Pinkett Smith and Britney
Spears are taking a trip to Europe together.
Smith
and her band, Wicked Wisdom, will be opening for the platinum pop
princess before...
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The third Projekt Revolution tour,
headlined by founders Linkin Park, will kick off July 23 at
Cincinnati's Riverbend Music Center and run through Sept. 5 in
Mountain View,...
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Performers like Rod Stewart and Alan Jackson , presenters like
Glen Campbell , Hall and Oates and the Smothers Brothers... gee, it's
hard to imagine why the broadcast...
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Rapper Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters said he still can't believe he was freed from jail Friday, more than 17 months after U.S. officials moved to deport the British-born music...
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Rapper Slick Rick is expected to be
released from Immigration and Naturalization Service detention
following a federal judge's ruling.
Judge Kimba Wood on Friday reversed...
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Sitting in a Florida jail cell, fighting his deportation, Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters counts the days. He ran out of fingers a long time ago. The Hip-Hop Hall of Fame...
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Producer Prince Paul, a member of the pioneering hip-hop group Stetsasonic, will release a new album, Politics Of The Business, on May 6. The set is a conscious parody of...
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Platinum-selling rapper Juvenile, born Terius Gray, has scheduled an unplugged appearance on an upcoming episode of HBO's Chris Rock Show. Juvenile recently cracked the top...
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Comic/ actor Chris Rock received plenty of publicity for his new HBO special, which aired last weekend. Today, DreamWorks Records will attempt to capitalize on the success...
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The 40th annual Grammy Awards has announced the first wave of live performances for its broadcast, set for February 25th from Radio City Music Hall.
Kenneth "Babyface"...
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Saturday Night Live alumnus, 1-800-COLLECT spokesman and recent MTV Video Music Awards host Chris Rock was a two-time surprise winner at last Sunday's Emmy Awards. Rock's...
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