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    Rihanna Reads Indiana the Riot Act Over Religious ‘Freedom’ Law (video)

    Keith Girard
    Rihanna ventured into the heart of Indiana for the NCAA March Madness Festival and got right to the point. Schooled the Hoosier state audience for passing the explosive Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The measure caused an uproar because it has been widely interpreted as anti-gay. The Final Four pitted the Kentucky Wildcats against the Wisconsin Badgers and the Duke Blue Devils against the Michigan State Spartans....
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    Cynthia Lennon Dies; Wife of Beatle John Lennon, Before Bitter Divorce

    Keith Girard
    Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of late Beatle John Lennon, who went through a bitter divorce and estrangement from the acclaimed musician, died today (Apr. 1) after a bout with cancer. She was 75. Cynthia died at her home in Mallorca, Spain “following a short but brave battle with cancer,” according to a statement on a memorial Web site. “Her son Julian Lennon was at her bedside throughout. The family are thankful for your prayers. Please respect their privacy at this difficult time,” it said....
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    Nick Jonas Recycles ‘Chains’ in New Video from Wynwood Walls (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Nick Jonas picks Miami’s famed Wynwood Walls graffiti and street art center as the scene for a remake of a video for his song “Chains.” It has a Mardi Gras vibe, but oddly, Nick looks wildly out of place. While he’s surrounded by scantily clad partygoers in wild costumes, dancing in an urban street scene, Nick looks like he’s decked out in J Crew. At the very end of the video, he’s finally in party gear smeared with paint....
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    Ringo Starr: One Direction Singing Boys Who Dance; Not a Band (video)

    Keith Girard
    Ringo Starr, who became a rock and roll legend as drummer for The Beatles in the 1960s, has added his insights into the split between Zayn Malik and One Direction. They will survive, he says. Starr also delivered a bit of a backhand diss of the Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan. “I don’t think it will stop the band, he said, before quizzically adding,”They’re not really a band are they? They’re singing boys who dance."...
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    Zayn Malik New Single Out as More Tensions Surface Over 1D Split

    Keith Girard
    Zayn Malik, who split last week from boy band One Direction, reportedly has a new single out that was posted last night on SoundCloud amid new tensions between former bandmates and his producer Naughty Boy. Malik dropped out of the band’s Southeast Asia tour almost two weeks ago, citing “stress.” He quit the band shortly afterward....
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    Tad Smith Goes From Hoops to Loupes as New Sotheby’s Auction House CEO

    Keith Girard
    Tad Smith, who spent the past year as a sports and entertainment executive at Madison Square Garden, made a dramatic shift to the art world yesterday (Mar. 16) with his appointment as Chief Executive of Sotheby’s auction house in New York City. The move caught both the art and sports world by surprise. Smith, who will replace outgoing CEO William Ruprecht on March 31, ...
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    Iggy Azalea Clears the Air on Delayed Tour, Social Media Retreat (audio)

    Keith Girard
    Iggy Azalea’s new tour, her first ever in major arenas, isn’t disintegrating and she hasn’t quit social media in disgust, although she is sometimes disgusted by it, she revealed in a new interview today (Mar. 12) in Los Angeles. The Australian rapper, real name Amethyst Amelia Kelly, touched off a lot of wild rumors when the tour delay was announced two days ago. Speculation centered on disputes between the 24-year-old rapper and Def Jam Recordings on issues ranging from poor promotion to difficulty working with her. ...
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    Selena Gomez Dances Like She’s on Ecstasy Bender in Zedd’s New Video

    Keith Girard
    Selena Gomez puts collaborator and rumored boyfriend, Zedd, on the map with a sexy performance in his new “I Want You to Know” video. Zedd takes a cameo role while Selena turns club girl. The 22-year-old singer and actress dances like there’s no tomorrow, sashays through various club scenes and engages in a little self love. She also sings. Zedd, real name Anton Zaslavski is a classically trained Russian musician, music producer and rumored boyfriend....
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    Madonna’s Rebel Heart Proves She’s Still a Relevant Pop Queen, at 56

    Keith Girard
    Madonna, who has set music trends for the past 30 years, is back with a new album Rebel Heart, a mix of what she calls “rebellious, provocative” songs and sweeter ballads. But most of all it’s a statement, at 56, that she’s still relevant. Her 13 studio album follows 2012’s release MDNA, which proved she’s still a chart topper, hitting No. 1 on the pop charts. Her latest effort is also climbing the charts and is expected to hit No. 1 by the weekend....
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    Ariana Grande Goes Boom While Singing ‘Bang, Bang’ in Toronto (see!)

    Keith Girard
    Ariana Grande likes to wear kitty-cat ears during concerts, but she was anything but cat-like during a concert in Toronto, Canada over the weekend. She tripped and fell on stage during a number. Grande was apparently done in by her thigh-high boots with sky-hi heels. She was performing her hit song “Bang, Bang,” her her Jessie J and Nicki Minaj collaboration. She had walked out onto a narrow catwalk leading from the main stage....
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    Daryl Hall & John Oates Issue Live Dublin Show Encore on DVD, Blu-Ray

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    Daryl Hall and John Oates, the No. 1 selling duo in history, are giving fans another shot at their music with a new live set recorded in Dublin, Ireland last July and set to debut later this month on DVD and Blu-Ray. It’s their first release in six years. Better known simply as Hall & Oates, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, a fitting coda to a remarkable career. ...
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    Chris Brown Dumped by Karrueche Tran Over Shocking ‘Baby Drama’

    Keith Girard
    Chris Brown stepped out on Karrueche Tran more than once during their rocky relationship, but news that he has a nine-month-old child with sometime girlfriend Nia Gonzalez appears to be the final straw. She Tweeted her kiss-off this morning. “Listen. One can only take so much. The best of luck to Chris and his family. No baby drama for me,” she wrote. ...
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    Charli XCX Electrifies Katy Perry Prismatic Tour in Germany (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Charli XCX, the latest phemon out of the England, opened for Katy Perry in Munich, Germany last night (Mar. 2), and gave her Prismatic Tour an extra kick, which such songs as her hit “Break the Rules.” Charli, real name Charlotte Emma Aitchison, scored a breakout in the United States last summer with her No. 1 hit “Boom Clap.” The song was later added to the soundtrack to Shailene Woodley’s film, “The Fault in Our Stars.”...
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    Ariana Grande Featured on Cashmere Cat’s Haunting Tune ‘Adore’ (listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Ariana Grande lends her soaring vocals to a haunting new tune from Norwegian producer Cashmere Cat in an extension of a collaboration that began with her second studio album My Everything. Cashmere Cat, real name Magnus August Høiberg, is best known as a downtempo, abstract electronic music producer and DJ. In the United States, he's worked with Lana Del Rey, Jeremih, 2 Chainz, Miguel and most recently Kanye West. ...
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