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Vegetarian Paul McCartney promotes 'Meat-Free Mondays' to EU, celebrates people power
ROBERT WIELAARD - December 3, 2009
BRUSSELS (AP) Paul McCartney took his "Meat-Free Mondays" campaign to the European Parliament on Thursday, saying the power to halt global warming lies as much with individuals as with their governments. McCartney met in Brussels with Rajendra K. Pachauri, head of the U.N.'s global...
Swift screams with joy over Grammy nods, says being recognized is 'ultimate honor'
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY - December 3, 2009
Taylor gives her reaction to receiving eight Grammy nominations
Musicians overjoyed at 52nd annual Grammy nominations
The Associated Press - December 2, 2009
Heard at the 52nd annual Grammy nominations: ___ "This is very surreal for me. I'm not used to this. I've been gone for eight years. I've been throwing out my trash, buying my milk and living in basic obscurity." R&B crooner Maxwell backstage on his six nominations...
Grammy nominations in top categories
The Associated Press - December 2, 2009
Nominees announced Wednesday in top categories for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: "Halo," Beyonce; "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas; "Use Somebody," Kings Of Leon; "Poker Face," Lady Gaga; "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift. Album of the Year: "I...
CEO of Country Music Association since 2007 has resigned, no reason given in statement
By Associated Press - December 3, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The CEO of the Nashville-based Country Music Association has resigned effective immediately. The association announced the resignation of Tammy Genovese in a news release Wednesday. No reason was given for her departure. Genovese began her career...
Jack Cooke, longtime bluegrass musician with Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys, dies at 72
By Associated Press - December 2, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A longtime bluegrass bass player and singer with Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys has died. Jack Cooke was 72. According to a press release Wednesday from Morris Public Relations, Cooke died Tuesday at a hospital in his hometown of Norton, Va., after...
UN chief names pop star Stevie Wonder a UN Messenger of Peace
EDITH M. LEDERER - December 3, 2009
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Pop star Stevie Wonder had a hotter debut Thursday as a U.N. peace envoy than he expected. The singer-songwriter was in the middle of his acceptance speech as a prestigious Messenger of Peace and advocate for the world's estimated 650 million people with...
Music Review: Priscilla Renea showcases insightful storytelling on debut CD "Jukebox"
JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - December 2, 2009
Priscilla Renea, "Jukebox" (Capitol) Priscilla Renea is a prime example of how to get discovered through YouTube.com: She got noticed by getting millions of clicks on the site, generating fans with her airy vocals and singing some of music's most likable songs. But Renea...
Croatian conductor Vjekoslav Sutej, who made career in US, Austria, Italy, dies at 58
By Associated Press - December 2, 2009
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) Croatian conductor Vjekoslav Sutej, who led orchestras in the United States, Italy and Spain and worked with Placido Domingo and Montserrat Caballe, died on Wednesday. He was 58. Sutej had been diagnosed last year with leukemia and died in a clinic in Croatia's...
Judge dismisses Dixie Chicks libel suit filed over Natalie Maines' comments on child murders
BY JILL ZEMAN BLEED - December 2, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Dixie Chicks can't be sued for libel by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys killed in Arkansas 15 years ago because singer Natalie Maines based her statements on legal documents she believed were true, a federal judge ruled. The band was sued by...
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