Look for Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax Dreamgirls album to top the
The Consumer Electronics Show got underway in
Ben Stiller’s A Night at the Museum once again topped the movie box office with $24 million, followed by Will Smith’s Pursuit of Happyness ($13m), Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men ($10.3m), Hilary Swank’s Freedom Writers ($9.7m), Dreamgirls ($8.8m), the animated Shrek spinoff Happily N’Ever After ($6.8m), Charlotte’s Web ($6.6m), Robert DeNiro’s The Good Shepherd ($6.5m), surprise hit Rocky Balboa ($6.3m) and We Are Marshall ($5.1m).
For a N.Y. Times story on former
For the Times story on
The N.Y. Times’ Kelefa Sanneh raves about the
The Times weighs in on I’m from Rolling Stone, the new MTV reality show about six reporters vying for a gig at the counterculture bible here.
Geoff Boucher remembers James Brown’s famed MC Danny Ray and some other songs which pay tribute to the Godfather in the L.A. Times here.
L.A Times’ Brit correspondent Phil Sutcliffe weighs in with his latest crop of touts from across the pond, including Lily Allen, Bellowhead, David Ford, Unkle Bob and Klashnekoff here.
ON THIS
In 1966: ABC aired the last ever episode of pop music program Shindig! The Kinks and The Who were the final acts.
In 1973: Yoko Ono released Approximately Infinite Universe, a double album whose highlights included songs like "I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window."
In 1974: Kiss drummed up some press by performing a “dress rehearsal” shortly after signing to Casablanca Records.
In 1975: Tickets for three Led Zeppelin concerts at
In 1979: The Canadian government declared Rush the country’s official “Ambassadors of Music.”
In 1979: Sara Carter, of the famed Carter Family of country singers, died at age 79.
In 1991: Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark, an original member of the band, died in
In 2000: A photographer was arrested on charges of stalking Barbra Streisand and James Brolin.
In 2004: Sheryl Crow, U2's The Edge, Alicia Keys and Ben Affleck appeared at the Consumer Electronics Show in
In 2004: On what would have been Elvis Presley's 69th birthday, it was announced that he was the biggest-selling solo artist in American history. His label RCA said Presley had sold 117.5 million albums as of that date.
In 2004: Former Spice Girl Mel C said she would release CDs through her own label after being dropped by Virgin Records.
In 2005: Rapper Nas married R&B singer Kelis in
In 2006: During a visit to
THE COUNT: COACHELLA, FROM THE COUCH
The coziest way to experience the fest (4/18a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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