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    Britney Spears Forgets to Lip-Sync As Track Plays in Vegas (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Britney Spears surprised fans when her voice boomed out of the sound systems during her Vegas show while she held the microphone at her side waving to the crowd. Oops! To say Britney is an automaton going through the motions may be an overstatement, but you have to wonder whether the price of admission to her Las Vegas residency is worth it....
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    Scott Shannon, Pioneering Radio Figure, Abruptly Departs WPLJ

    Winchester
    Scott Shannon, one of the founding fathers of New York pop music radio, abruptly announced his retirement last week in New York City. Is this another case of commercialism triumphing over independent programming? Could be. Shannon has been a pillar of New York radio since 1984 when he took New York’s Z100 radio station from “worst to first,” in a mere 73 days....
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    Mariah Carey Croons Topless in New ‘You’re Mine’ Video (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Mariah Carey released a new video for her newest single, “You’re Mine (Eternal)” and let’s cut right to the chase–she appears naked. The video is set in a rain forest and Mariah shows off her hot body. Since giving birth to twins in April 2011, Mariah has progressively shed weight and has returned to her svelte pre-pregnancy weight....
    R & B
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    George Clooney’s Monuments Men in Real Life Featured at The Met

    Keith Girard
    James J. Rorimer, one of art experts portrayed in George Clooney’s film “The Monuments Men,” will be featured in a new Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, highlighting his historic role saving priceless artworks during World War II. Rorimer became director of the Museum after the war. The film, starring Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray and John Goodman, is about museum directors, curators and art historians who go to war in search of plundered Nazi loot. ...
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    Ed Sheeran Leaps From Taylor Swift Opener to Major Star (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Before last night, Ed Sheeran was mostly known as Taylor Swift’s opening act, but his moving acoustic performance of The Beatles’ “In My Life,” on last night’s (Feb. 9) CBS’s tribute show, was nothing less than magical. The show included Stevie Wonder, a reunited Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, E.L.O.’s Jeff Lynne with Dave Grohl, Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, Katy Perry, John Legend, Alicia Keys, John Mayer and Keith Urban. Pharrell Williams, Brad Paisley, Imagine Dragons and Maroon 5 also covered classic Beatles songs....
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    Miley Cyrus Striptease Lands MTV in Hot Water, Again (photos, video)

    Keith Girard
    Miley Cyrus spiced up her MTV Unplugged special with a sexy striptease and some heavy grinding with Madonna, rousing the ire of parents’ groups, again, because the network caters largely to an impressionable teen audience. The event was supposed to be low key, with musicians playing acoustic instruments instead of jarring amplified guitars, keyboards and drums....
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    Selena Gomez Flaunts Boob-Baring Gown as Justin Bieber’s Busted

    Keith Girard
    Selena Gomez looked ravishing in a cleaving revealing gown as she keep up appearances at the Hollywood Stands Up To Cancer Event in Los Angeles, while ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber was facing a different kind of bust. Bieber, 19, was being booked in Toronto, Canada, for allegedly assaulting a limo driver as his loutish antics finally start to catch up with him....
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    Harry Styles Sends Gay Vibe in Midnight Memories Video (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Harry Styles and other One Direction boy-banders have been rumored to be gay. Harry has always been coy about it in a joking way, but their new video for “Midnight Memories” is fraught with gay vibes. The video opens with basement house party scene complete with a disco rainbow globe (How gay is that?)...
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    Selena Gomez: I’m Supporting Lorde, Even If She Does’t Like Me

    Keith Girard
    Selena Gomez was dissed mightily by New Zealand pop sensation Lorde along with several other singers, including Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. But Selena isn't getting mad, she’s killing her with kindness. Lorde, 17, was asked to comment about her contemporaries in a recent Rolling Stone interview and she didn't mince words....
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    Hilary Duff Sexy in Off-Shoulder Dress for MusiCares (photos!)

    Keith Girard
    Hilary Duff combined the right amount of sexy and elegance in an off-the-shoulder pantsuit at the 2014 MusiCares Person Of The Year Gala last night (Jan. 24). She’s a single lady now and looked fab flying solo. Duff, 26, split from her husband of three years Mike Comrie, 33, earlier this month. The decision was reportedly mutual....
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    Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Fest Hails 2013 as Year of the Comeback

    Winchester
    After 2013′s great musical comebacks from the likes of David Bowie, Elton John and Paul McCartney, I’ve been listening pretty much non-stop to an album that came out in 2013′s last quarter under the auspices of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival 2013. It was recorded in April of last year and features among others, John Mayer, Jeff Beck, the Allman Brothers, Buddy Guy, Keith Richards, Los Lobos, Robert Cray, Sonny Landreth, Steve Cropper and Vince Gill....
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