Category Archives: Music & Arts

Jazz icon Miles Davis gets block named in his honor

Jazz icon Miles Davis gets block named in his honor

Don Hunstein/AP Musician Miles Davis is shown during recording session in 1959 for ‘Kind of Blue.’ The block that was the longtime home to a jazz legend was finall renamed in his honor on Wednesday. Officials renamed a stretch of W. 77th St. “Miles Davis Way” Wednesday, resolving a lengthy battle for the jazz impresario’s neighbor, Shirley Zafirau, who fought ...

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Katy Perry joins John Mayer on stage for ‘Who You Love’ duet

Katy Perry joins John Mayer on stage for ‘Who You Love’ duet

Kevin Mazur/WireImage John Mayer and Katy Perry perform at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on Tuesday in New York City. John Mayer and Katy Perry spread their love the Brooklyn way on Tuesday. Perry joined her beau on the last night of his “Paradise Valley” U.S. tour to sing their “Who You Love” duet on stage at New York’s Barclays Center. ...

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Justin Bieber tells fans ‘I’m retiring’ on L.A. radio show

Justin Bieber tells fans ‘I’m retiring’ on L.A. radio show

Splash News/Splash News Get a close look, Beliebers – Justin is shunning the spotlight at only 19 as he says he’ll retire after his next album, due out next week. Sorry Beliebers — Justin is calling it quits. The 19-year-old superstar went on Power 106, a Los Angeles hip hop station, and said his next album, “Journals,” will be his ...

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Country singer Chris Cagle arrested on DWI charge

Country singer Chris Cagle arrested on DWI charge

JOHN RUSSELL/AP Country music artist Chris Cagle was pulled over after running a red light. GREENVILLE, Texas — Country singer Chris Cagle has been arrested in Texas on a driving while intoxicated charge. The Texas Department of Public Safety says Cagle was arrested early Sunday near Greenville, 50 miles northeast of Dallas. The agency says the 45-year-old entertainer was pulled ...

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Kiss, Nirvana storm the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Kiss, Nirvana storm the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/Getty Images Though long vilified by critics, Kiss (L-R) Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley have finally been rewarded for their populist brand of three chord rock — with a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gets a strong Noo Yawk accent this year. Its induction ceremony will ...

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See IT: Film gives feeling of traveling through space

See IT: Film gives feeling of traveling through space

David Peterson/via Vimeo The time-lapse video ‘captues’ the view of moving through space while at the International Space Station. David Peterson dreams of flying in space, so he created a film to simulate the view. The filmmaker from Brisbane, Australia, made “The World Outside My Window — Time-Lapses of Earth from the ISS,” which uses pictures from NASA to create ...

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Pink Floyd veteran compares Israel to Nazis

Pink Floyd veteran compares Israel to Nazis

Marcus Golejewski/Geisler-Fotopr Roger Waters has been criticized over comments he recently made comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. Former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters has caused an outcry after comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. In a recent interview, the veteran rocker said that Israeli treatment of the Palestinians was comparable with went happened in Europe during the 1930s. “The parallels ...

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KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s house damaged in fire

KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s house damaged in fire

SABO, ROBERT/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s new York home went up in flames. A suburban New York house owned by former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley has gone up in flames. The Journal News reports that firefighters were called to the stone house in the town of Yorktown Heights late Saturday morning. The home was heavily damaged, ...

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‘BEYONCE’ album review: Pop’s warrior shows new side

‘BEYONCE’ album review: Pop’s warrior shows new side

TANNEN MAURY/EPA Beyonce, pictured performing during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLVII, dropped a surprise album on her fans Thursday night – but what isn’t as shocking is how good it is. Beyonce — one of pop’s most exposed star — has somehow found a way to show us yet another side. In her new CD, the emphatically named ...

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Lindsay Lohan introduces Miley Cyrus at Jingle Ball

Lindsay Lohan introduces Miley Cyrus at Jingle Ball

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Actress Lindsay Lohan introduces Miley Cyrus at Z100’s Jingle Ball 2013. Lindsay Lohan had a ball at the Jingle Ball on Friday night when she introduced pop star Miley Cyrus. Wearing thigh-high leather boots, the 27-year-old star took the microphone ahead of Cyrus’ twerking finale. RELATED: BARRON HILTON LAWYER CONTACTS POLICE OVER ALLEGED ATTACK Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Miley Cyrus ...

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