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From the beginning it seemed like sentiments were against the marriage between Usher Raymond and Tameka Foster Raymond. She was older than the 20-something-year-old singing sensation whose career has catapulted him into the realm of first name only fame. She was also married at the time they met and already the mother of three children
While shoulder pads and big hair are no longer part of the Bangles’ repertoire, those glorious harmonies remain. The ’80s band (whose members aren’t entirely sold on that description) recently powered through a set at Sirus XM Radio’s New York headquarters as part of the company’s “Artist Confidential” series.
Mandy Moore stepped onto the small stage at Amoeba Records in Hollywood with a quick wave. “Hi, shoppers,” she giggled somewhat self-consciously. The audience of several hundred, stuffed between the music racks at the landmark store, giggled back.
When Nina Temple was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2000, then aged 44, she quickly became depressed, barely venturing out of her house as she struggled to come to terms with living with the chronic condition. “I was thinking of all the things which I wished I’d done with my life and I wouldn’t be able to do. And then I started thinking about all the things that I still actually could do and singing was one of those,” Temple told CNN.
Summer is here, and that means so are summer jobs. While lots of young people find work as lifeguards or camp counselors, just as many are forced off the beaten path to find their first paychecks. Don’t worry if you get stuck with an odd job that might not totally dovetail with your life goals, though.
He burst on the music scene in the 1970s with the Commodores and then went on to a major solo career with hits such as "All Night Long" and "Hello." She made a name for herself on the TV series “The Simple Life,” which followed the exploits of her and fellow socialite Paris Hilton, and in the tabloids. Father-and-daughter Lionel and Nicole Richie have been making news for decades, but rarely together. In their first TV interview together in six years, they talked with CNN’s Larry King about their relationship; her time in rehab; Lionel’s first grandchild, Harlow; their growing family; and more.
Stories about Sly Stone usually start with the word "reclusive." Don’t call him that anymore, because the superstar who blended funk, rock, soul and psychedelic sounds in the 1960s and ’70s before disappearing from the scene in the ’80s is not in hiding, his youngest daughter said. Stone’s media shyness in recent decades earned him a comparison to the late billionaire recluse Howard Hughes, but he’s just been living his life and making his music out of the glare of great expectations that superstars suffer
"American Idol" viewers had a clear choice when it came down to the final decision: the low-key but sincere Kris Allen or the flamboyant and powerful Adam Lambert. The vote went for Allen, and Lambert told Ryan Seacrest on CNN’s “Larry King Live” that the outcome didn’t surprise him. There are no hard feelings, though
In a country accustomed to surprises from its government, Nicaraguans received another curiosity on May 15 when they awoke to find that the Central Bank, moving in the night as stealthily as the Tooth Fairy, had snuck a new legal tender into their economy while the markets were sound asleep.
Steven Van Zandt did not mince words. “I want to spend just a minute on a topic that never ever gets discussed in the music business — the music,” the Bruce Springsteen guitarist and “Sopranos” star said in a speech to the SXSW music and arts festival in March