In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, rapper Jay-Z performs at the grand reopening of the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
NEW YORK — Jay-Z isn’t performing at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, but he is planning to make a big splash on the eve of the event.
The rapper, one [...]

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Comedian and nationally syndicated radio host Steve Harvey says he’s putting all jokes aside and sending out a serious message to women looking for a man. Slated to hit bookstores Jan. 27, his first book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy and [...]

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In a Nov. 16, 2008 file photo Rihanna performs during a concert suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines. Rihanna will shun skimpy outfits when she performs in Malaysia in February, the concert’s organizers said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
By SEAN YOONG
Associated Press Writer
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia –
The good girl gone bad has promised to [...]

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In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo, actor Will Smith attends the premiere of “The Day The Earth Stood Still” in New York. Smith has been voted the top money-making star of 2008 in Quigley Publishing Company’s annual poll. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
By The Associated Press
No name on the marquee was more pleasing to theater [...]

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An incredible array of Soulful R&B and Smooth Jazz artist combine for a twist on The Holiday Classics. Angie Stone, JOE, Maysa, and Phil Perry have set a new standard for holiday urban soul. Visit: www.souloftheholidays.com for more information.

 
This direct-to-CD/DVD music compilation captures the “essence and soul” of classic holiday favorites that have stood the [...]

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Allyson Wilson
FOX 5 Reporter
More than 3,000 were expected to attend the annual Go-Go Awards Show at the D.C. Convention Center Sunday night.
This year, organizers combined a message of non-violence with the usual concerts and the awards ceremony. A stigma of violence has been attached to the homegrown DC music style after several violent incidents at [...]

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By Marcus A. Williams
If the economic hardships aren’t affording you the opportunity to travel this holiday season – don’t worry, because a very well respected jazz orchestra is bringing some New Orleans flavor to Washington, DC for the holidays.
In 2002, the Grammy-nominated trumpeter, composer and the Cultural Ambassador for the City of New Orleans, Irvin [...]

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Dec. 9, 2008, 12 a.m. -  Talk radio show host Robert “Rob” Redding Jr. will extend his nationally-syndicated program, named after his award-winning Web site Redding News Review, into Sunday nights starting Dec. 14.Redding’s brand new three-hour radio show will air from 7 to 10 p.m. ET - just before Premiere’s [...]

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The multi-talented singer, pianist and songwriter John Legend knows what it takes to stay on top in today’s music industry, and that’s quite evident with the release of his new CD, Evolver. The five-time Grammy Award-winner sat down with Jet magazine during his current tour to talk about how this new [...]

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