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Scott Campbell/Getty Images Susan Boyle in her dressing room at the Music Hall on July 4 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Susan Boyle revealed she has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. The Scottish singer who shot to worldwide fame in 2009 with her jaw-dropping performance on “Britain’s Got Talent” was diagnosed last year but has now decided to reveal her news publicly ...

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. Final Nominations List 56th Annual GRAMMY® Awards For recordings released during the Eligibility Year October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013 Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties. General Field Category 1 – Record Of The Year (Award to the Artist and to ...

Matt Baron / BEImages Madonna and her daughter Lourdes Leon, 17, who plays the rebellious Betty Rizzo in LaGuardia High School’s production of ‘Grease.’ Madonna’s teen daughter Lourdes smoked cigarettes, chugged wine and got boy crazy in front of hundreds of people on Friday. But it was all just an act. Madonna texts during the intermission of a production of ...

Christie’s Auction House/AP; TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images The Fender Stratocaster a young Bob Dylan played at the historic 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Like Elvis’ no-hips-allowed appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” or the Beatles’ arrival in America, or Woodstock, it is considered one of the milestone moments in rock history: Bob Dylan going electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. On ...

Peter, Paul and Mary did a stellar take on Gordon Lightfoot’s “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane.” Folk songs strum through the new Coen Brothers movie “Inside Llewyn Davis,” but the film winds up missing its essential milieu. Certainly, there are worthy songs on the accompanying soundtrack — some stemming from the original Village scene it means to depict. They include ...

Ambrogio Maestri has the title role and Stephanie Blythe plays Mrs. Quickly in Verdi’s ‘Falstaff.’ A lovable knight is having a new day. Starting Friday, Verdi’s comic masterpiece, “Falstaff,” gets its first Metropolitan Opera production since 1964, with James Levine wielding the baton and rubber-faced Ambrogio Maestri in the blustery title role. Toronto-born director Robert Carsen’s vision of the 1893 ...

Ip, Michael/Freelance NYDN Earl Moodie is the manager at Moodies Records, a neighborhood favorite that sells plenty of Jamaican records and CDs. It’s moving six blocks south to 3777 White Plains Road near 219th St. next Monday. This Edenwald fixture refuses to go down as a one-hit wonder. Moodies Record and Tape has been a musical mecca for more than ...

Susan Watts/New York Daily News Madison Square Garden announces Billy Joel as the arena’s first-ever music franchise alongside the Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. Exactly how much Billy Joel does New York want? We’ll soon find out since Joel and the Garden announced Tuesday that, starting in January, The Piano Man will begin playing one show a month, for “as long ...

Shizuo Kambayashi/AP You’re not seeing double! Lady Gaga (right) and a life-size doll of the flamboyant pop star are all the rage in Tokyo. Lady Gaga is no longer one of a kind. The pop star unveiled life-size “Gagadolls,” bearing her blond likeness and wearing her flamboyant outfits, at an event in Tokyo Sunday. PHOTOS: STARS IN TARTAN The silicon ...

Matt Kent/Redferns via Getty Images RZA met Paul Walker on the set of ‘Brick Mansion’ and they became friends who shared stories about their art and fatherhood. He wrote ‘Destiny Bends’ in dedication to Walker’s life and tragic passing. The outpouring of grief over Paul Walker’s death is a true testament to how many lives the 40-year-old actor touched. Wu-Tang ...