LAS VEGAS (AP) – R&B diva Mary J. Blige and country star Kenny Chesney nabbed early awards at the annual Billboard Awards Monday night.Blige, who was nominated for five major-category awards, was named R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the year and Chesney won male country artist of the year at the two-hour live show from the MGM […]

On her 2004 solo debut, “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.,” Gwen Stefani mined ’80s pop, a love of Japanese culture, a bit of funk and kitschy cool to make an effervescent album chock full of mindless fun.On her new album, “The Sweet Escape,” she gets even more mindless – but unfortunately, it’s not nearly as fun. […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Lance Bass and his boyfriend, Reichen Lehmkuhl, have called it quits, People magazine reported on its Web site Monday.Bass’ publicist, Ken Sunshine, didn’t respond to a message from The Associated Press. The AP was trying to locate a representative for Lehmkuhl.Bass, who was part of the boy band ‘N Sync, revealed […]

ARTIST: Chris Brown MALE ARTIST: Chris Brown FEMALE ARTIST: Rihanna ARTIST-DUO/GROUP: Nickelback NEW ARTIST: Chris Brown FEMALE BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM ARTIST: Carrie Underwood HOT 100 ARTISTS-DUO/GROUP: Nickelback HOT 100 SONG: Mary J. Blige, “Be Without You” FEMALE HOT 100 ARTIST: Rihanna POP 100 ARTIST: Rihanna R&B/HIP-HOP ARTIST: Mary J. Blige R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUM: Mary J. Blige, […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Paul McCartney’s lyrics. Jimi Hendrix’s guitar. Bob Dylan’s personal poems and love letters. Memorabilia from some of the most influential musicians of the 20th century was hitting the auction block Monday. McCartney’s original handwritten working lyrics for the 1968 Beatles’ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” had a presale estimate of $200,000 to $300,000 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – From Hollywood to Dollywood, Motown to Broadway, a select group of stars from the film, stage and music worlds received recognition on Sunday for a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts.Movie director Steven Spielberg, singers Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and conductor Zubin Mehta attended a White […]

In a small workshop at Cottage City, on Montgomery square, Charles E. Alden, an inventor, has devised and perfected a wireless telephone which bids fair to create as much of a stir among students of science as did wireless telegraphy when that modern invention became known to the world. 50 Years Ago, 1956 Navy scientists […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – A sport utility vehicle carrying Lane Garrison of TV’s “Prison Break” and three teenagers struck a tree, killing a 17-year-old boy, police said.Two 15-year-old girls inside the vehicle were also injured, one critically, during the late Saturday night accident, police said. Garrison, 26, had minor injuries.The vehicle jumped a curb […]

Today Dec. 4: DRESDEN, a country western line and partner dance will be held at 7 p.m. at Dresden Masonic Hall, Route. 127. $3/$4 622-4884Dec. 4: FARMINGTON, “The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terrorism,” will be shown at 7 p.m. at UMF Thomas Auditorium. Donations 652-2377Dec. 4: GORHAM, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble will perform […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A dancing penguin and the world’s deadliest spy have settled in for a long stay at the top of the box office.The animated penguin tale “Happy Feet” was the No. 1 movie for the third straight weekend, posting ticket sales of $17 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Also for the […]