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    Kelly Clarkson Releases Personal Anthem 'Catch My Breath' (listen)

    Keith Girard
    Kelly Clarkson calls her new single “Catch My Breath” a song that represents who she is and she dedicated to her fans, who have stuck by the artist since her win on “American Idol.” The single is off her upcoming Greatest Hits, Chapter 1 album. It debuts Nov. 19. “To celebrate the strength and longevity that my fans, friends, and family have supported me with I wrote this song ‘Catch my Breath’ with one of my best friends that has seen me through everything,” she said in a statement....
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    Taylor Swift Covers Rolling Stone's Hot List Issue (photo)

    Keith Girard
    Taylor Swift, has landed on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine’s yearly “hot issue.” Already the queen of country music, she’s fast becoming the queen of heartbreak. Swift spins her own special brand of teen angst over makeups, breakups and finding true love. Her music has catapulted her to the top of the charts and made her today’s biggest cross over artists. Despite the histrionics, fashion flamboyance and cooked up melodrama of other singers like Rihanna and Lady Gaga, Swift’s down-home sexuality and girly girl persona is proving to be just as captivating....
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    Taylor Swift Full Version of 'I Knew You Were Trouble' Out (Listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Taylor Swift’s full-version of her new single “I Knew You Were Trouble,” has gone viral on the Internet after it was released on iTunes at midnight. It looks like ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal takes another shot in the kisser for doing her wrong. She might as well dedicate her entire upcoming album “Red” to him, or at least give him a co-writing credit. Swift previewed the third single from the album yesterday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” It’s another broken heart song like her two previous releases from the album. ...
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    Howard Stern 30 Years On: Will Internet Radio Challenge Him?

    Winchester
    When did Howard Stern stop being a shock jock? Was it when it became a rather prescient judge on “America’s Got Talent?” Or, when he recently celebrated his 30th anniversary on radio in New York; he debuted Aug. 30 in 1982 on WNBC. With his move to satellite radio from terrestrial radio, naysayers claim he’s lost his edge. As for me, I’d listen to him anytime. Meanwhile, another new format, Internet radio, has emerged since Stern’s departure....
    BETWEEN THE LINES
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    Defaced Rothko at London’s Tate Raises Security Questions Anew

    Keith Girard
    A Mark Rothko painting defaced at London’s Tate Modern museum over the weekend once again raises questions about how to balance security against the desire to give the public the best experience possible while viewing priceless works of art. A man at the Tate was able to walk up to the Rothko’s untitled 1958 painting best known as “Black on Maroon” and mark a slogan on it in black paint. He was gone in a matter of minutes. The slogan “Vladimir Umanets ’12, a potential piece of yellowism,” doesn't seem to have a direct connection to Rothko or the work....
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    Chris Brown's Bizarre Video Love Letter to Rihanna, Karrueche (watch)

    Keith Girard
    Chris Brown is suffering from an embarrassment of riches, and he expresses himself in a new video. “I’m stressed out… when you share history with somebody, then you tend to fall in love with somebody else, it’s kinda difficult. Is there such thing as loving two people?” he asks. That’s a question for the ages. It’s probably been a dilemma since the dawn of humankind. I don’t know if that’s possible, but for me, I feel like that,” he says in the video, a 90-second meditation on “the real Chris Brown.”...
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    Miley Cyrus Soars With New Backyard Session Standard (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Miley Cyrus is showing growing maturity in her singing style with the release of another standard, “Look What They’ve Done With My Song, Ma.” It’s part of her “Backyard Sessions,” recorded over the summer, “BH,” i.e. before haircut. Cyrus, 19, sings backed by an acoustic band. The music is stripped down and she sails on the power of her voice and her emotional delivery. Miley recorded the songs during the early summer with Stacy Jones on drums, Mike Schmid on piano, Jamie Arentzen on guitar, Jaco Curaco on Guitar and Vashon Johnson on Bass. Paul Hager engineered the sound....
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    Priyanka Chopra Brings Bollywood to NFL With 'In My City' (listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Priyanka Chopra, the hot Indian singer, actor and writer is crashing the National Football league like an outside linebacker. She was just named the new face of Thursday Night NFL Football. The Bollywood beauty, 30, who is also a beauty queen, Miss India and Miss World 2000, before launching her singing and acting career, will be featured on the broadcast singing her song “In My City” featuring the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am. Unless you are a Bollywood fan, her film work may not be all that recognizable. So, check her out here!...
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    Taylor Swift Sees Red in New Song from Upcoming Album (listen)

    Keith Girard
    Taylor Swift is beating up on her ex-boyfriends again in the latest song from her upcoming album “Red.” Released today, the song, aptly titled “Red,” is about getting over a guy who treats you badly. Is this another jab at Jake Gyllenhaal? Taylor sings about the thrill of falling in love and likens it to driving a Maserati down a dead-end street. Ouch! You guessed it; the relationship ends abruptly in a major crack up....
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    Demi Lovato Back to Scene of Crime in South America for Show (watch)

    Keith Girard
    Demi Lovato must have had bitter-sweet feelings about returning to South America for Brazil’s Z Festival. She was touring South America in November 2010 when she slugged a dancer in a rage and landed in rehab. Lovato, then 18, was opening for the Jonas Brothers Band on their South American tour. The singer was furious after Jonas’s Dad, Kevin, found out about her late-night partying after a tour curfew. Lovato, now 20, believed dancer Alex “Shorty” Welch had “ratted” her out. She confronted Welch and turned violent....
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    Shemekia Copeland Gives Her Gritty Blues a Spin on ’33 1/3′

    Winchester
    Shemekia Copeland has released 33 1/3, a new album I’ve not been able to take off my player. She has already opened for The Rolling Stones, headlined the Chicago Blues Festival; and shared the stage with the likes of Eric Clapton and even performed at the White House. Take one-shot each of Ruth Brown, Etta James and Koko Taylor and mix it up with the bluest-best of Bonnie Raitt, and you have Shemekia Copeland....
    BLUES
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    Christina Aguilera Ramps Up Vamp in 'Your Body' Video (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Christina Aguilera goes back to her dirrty gurl X-Tina ways in what can only be described as ’80s trailer-tramp style in the new video for her song “Your Body.” Is a throwback anyway to make a comeback? Aguilera has been trying to find her footing in a comeback fueled by her dramically increased visibility on the hit show “The Voice,” where she’s a judge. Kristina released “Your Body” as the first single off her upcoming album Lotus....
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    Celine Dion, Usher To Perform at Whitney Houston Tribute

    Keith Girard
    Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Usher will headline a special tribute concert in memory of pop icon Whitney Houston, who died in February on the eve of the Grammy Awards from complications related to drug abuse. The one-hour CBS Entertainment special will tape Oct. 11 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. and air on CBS Nov. 16 at 10pm. It’s titled “We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston.” The special will include interviews and clips from Houston’s most memorable performances, including never-seen-before footage. During her career, the six-time Grammy winner sold more than 170 million albums, songs and videos....
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    Rihanna Soars Skyward in New Single ‘Diamonds (in the Sky)’ (listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Rihanna looks skyward for the inspiration for her latest song, “Diamonds (in the Sky).” It’s a love ballad with a thumping bass set against piano and synthesizers. She implores her lover to “shine bright like a diamond.” Almost every move the singer makes these days is interpreted by the trashier tabloids as some kind of gesture involving her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. It seems likely the same interpretation will be applied to this song. Although the title is also a play off The Beatles’ 1967 song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” The song was widely interpreted to be about the drug LSD, although The Beatles denied it. So maybe Rihanna is just singing to her blunt....
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    Taylor Swift's 'Begin Again' Laments Another Love Lost (listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Taylor Swift has released the second single “Begin Again,” from her upcoming album. It’s another haunting ballad about love gone bad that has been spawned by one of her soured relationships. The question is, which one? Swift, whose music is often inspired by her real-life relationships, is known for her songs that sting her ex-boyfriends for doing her wrong. Her first single off the album, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” touched off speculation, once again, over the target of her venomous putdown, with ex-flame Jake Gyllenhaal emerging as the odds on favorite....
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