The next chapter in TV One's highly successful R&B Divas reality franchise unfolds with new series R&B DIVAS: LA. The series, following the lives and careers of Kelly Price, Chante Moore, Lil' Mo, Claudette Ortiz, Michel'le and Dawn Robinson, will begin production this month in Los Angeles with an anticipated premiere on TV One in Q3 2013.
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Just last night, Justin Timberlake gave a performance of his latest song, SUIT AND TIE, at The Grammys. Today, Timberlake is back with all new music with MIRRORS, which he just premiered on his YouTube channel earlier this afternoon. Check it out below!
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Big Black Delta will release their long awaited debut full-length album on April 9th on CD, download, and 12' vinyl via Masters of Bates. The self-titled offering features a collection of tracks fusing ambient electronic rock with uplifting melodies to create a sound that refuses to be denied.
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After 15 years of success with exclusive All-Star weekend events, Jacob York Presents will partner with Headliner Market Group of the ever popular LIV on Sundays and Obie the Promoter to host the 2013 All-Star Weekend Party Headquarters in Houston, TX.
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Music's Biggest Night, THE 55thANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, returned to Los Angeles' STAPLES Center on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. In case you missed it, check out some of the most memorable performances below!
by Tyler Peterson -
Beginning at 4 p.m., three hours before the main awards show, the pre-telecast ceremony announced awards in 70 additional categories, including Best Musical Theater Album. In other theatre-related news, Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) by T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams beat SMASH's Let Me Be Your Star by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman for Best Song Written For Visual Media .
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The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held tonight, Feb. 10, 2013, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live on CBS from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
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Beginning at 5 p.m. tonight, three hours before the main GRAMMY Awards show, the pre-telecast Ceremony will announce awards in 70 additional categories, including musical theater. It will be hosted by David Alan Grier, who is nominated for a Grammy for his performance in The Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS on Broadway.
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Unmissable BroadwayWorld reference included, last night's GLEE was a spectacular addition to the theme-show collective of FOX's hit musical comedy series thus far in its rich history, eighty-plus episodes in now in Season Four, with an exceptionally explosive episode directed by Paris Barclay and written by Brad Falchuk, 'Diva.' The leading ladies of legend acted as the foundation of the fodder for the fabulous episode - dramatically, musically, thematically and otherwise - with a music-heavy show featuring a plethora of memorable musical numbers and a generally fancy-free storyline ending in a shocking cliffhanger ending - Santana (Naya Rivera) moves to NYC to live with Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer), unbeknownst to them; suitcase in tow! Uh oh!
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Fresh off the big win, Jacoby Jones of the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens will make his late night debut on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," TOMORROW, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7. The star wide receiver will visit Kimmel to discuss setting a Super Bowl record and taking the Vince Lombardi Trophy home to Baltimore.
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Willow Smith, the 'Whip My Hair' tween hitmaker daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, has withdrawn from the forthcoming feature film remake of ANNIE. Charles Strouse, Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin's Tony Award-winning stage musical ANNIE has previously been filmed twice, the first time in 1982 with John Huston in the director's chair and later in a made-for-TV adaptation produced by Disney and helmed by CHICAGO director Rob Marshall in 1999.
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The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. It's the Midwinter Round-Up! We've got 'Peter Pan,' the Marriott's Lloyd Webber revue, the Mercury's R&H revue, Porchlight's 'Lady Day,' the Writers' 'Sweet Charity,' Heidi Kettenring in concert, 'Sunset Boulevard' and more!
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In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, ANNIE lyricist Martin Charnin discussed the various reincarnations of his 1970's hit Broadway musical. The self-proclaimed 'keeper' of the Annie flame revealed that while he was not very pleased with past adaptations of his work, he is looking forward to the upcoming reboot from producers Will and Jada Smith and Jay-Z.
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The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced the line-up today for two Public Forum Duets this February, kicking off the spring Public Forum season with an intense focus on music and the way it shapes our lives.
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As his brand new album, BELIEVE ACOUSTIC (released January 29 th) soars to a #1 Soundscan debut on first week sales of 211,000 units, RBMG/Island Def Jam Music Group global superstar Justin Bieber the #1 most-followed person on Twitter
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Hip-hop artist Fault'r has released the mixtape “The Mind Of A Runner.” The 15 track project, presented by Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotion is now available for download. The mixtape features Fault'r with appearances by Tranice, Roxanne, Anubis, Jay Derell, Chris Conley, and Chubbs Malone.
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L.A. singer-songwriter Laura Michelle is set to land a musical knockout blow with her premiere single, 'Chuck Norris,' a whimsical pop anthem about unleashing the Kung-Fu master that lies within us all. Co-written by Laura and Writer-Producer Jim McGorman, the single 'Chuck Norris' is available now on iTunes - the first song off of Laura's upcoming debut album, 'Novel with No End,' releasing spring 2013.
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On Monday's episode of "106 & PARK," Tyrese and Rev Run appear to promote their new book "Manology" and sit with Bow Wow and Shorty Da Prince on Man Cave, "106 & PARK's" male driven hot topics.
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Critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer, Miri Ben-Ari, launches 'The Beautiful Sound Tour' atThe Gramercy Theatre in New York on February 20th. Ben-Ari is known world-wide as a musical pioneer as every phrase of her unique sound -- a revolutionary fusion of classical, jazz, R&B and hip hop -- is a storied experience of her origins in Israel, life in New York City, and career that includes a string of honors. Miri has been named one of 25 “Remarkable Women” in 2011 by First Lady Michelle Obama, an “Apollo Legend”by the famed Apollo Theatre in New York City, is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nation Associations for Brazil, and is a recipient of theMLK Community Service Award by Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
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Opening at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, on April 23, 2013, 'Empire State' explores the constantly shifting realities and mythologies of New York City as a 'New Rome.'
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