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Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far)
NPR - SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014 2:53 P.M.
NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music (so far) and kept the race tight. In the end, Animal Collective edged out every other artist in both the Best Album category, and for Best Song. Artists like Grizzly Bear, The Decemberists and Neko Case weren't far behind. One thing was clear: 2009 has been one of the strongest years for new music in recent memory.
A Banjo And A Trombone Make Paper Bird's Vintage Sounds
NPR - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 1 P.M.
Paper Bird, an indie-pop bluegrass group out of Boulder, Colo., talk about their new release A Sky Underground, which mixes banjo, trombone, and a host of other instruments to create a vintage sound that wouldn't be out of place coming from an antique radio.
Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 11:10 A.M.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said....
Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 4:36 A.M.
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders - and tattoos - exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts....
Music For Sting's Favorite Season
NPR - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 2:53 A.M.
For the former Police frontman, the winter months are a time for imagination and reflection. His new album, If on a Winter's Night, takes traditional songs from his native British Isles as its starting point. Here, he performs one of them and speaks with Scott Simon.
Honolulu Symphony cancels remaining 2009 concerts
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 9:12 P.M.
HONOLULU (AP) -- The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations....
Rihanna: Chris Brown 'had no soul in his eyes'
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 8:04 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his eyes."...
Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michael's estate
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 5:22 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch....
Broadway finds its 'Spider-Man' in Reeve Carney
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 3:59 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway has found its Spider-Man - rock singer Reeve Carney....
Aaron Diehl On Piano Jazz
NPR - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1:43 P.M.
Pianist Aaron Diehl is a fresh graduate of The Juilliard School of Music, but he's most assuredly an up-and-coming force in jazz. Dubbed "The Real Diehl" by Wynton Marsalis, Diehl displays brilliant technique and a truly creative approach to music, whether he's interpreting Tatum, Ellington or Mozart. He joins Marian McPartland on "Afternoon in Paris" and "One Morning in May."
A&E: Reality show about Jacksons premieres Dec. 13
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 12:18 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. EST....
Jill Hennessy On Mountain Stage
NPR - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11:52 A.M.
Most people know her from the television shows Crossing Jordan and Law & Order. But on Mountain Stage, actor Jill Hennessy shares her first love, music, performing songs from her album, Ghost In My Head.
Judge OKs plea deal for 'Girls Gone Wild' founder
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11:35 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers....
Augusten Burroughs shares his holiday stories
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11:34 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don't live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been "hideous."...
Phoenix: Jagged Pop For Francophiles
NPR - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 9:38 A.M.
The four friends in Phoenix started out playing Hank Williams and Prince covers in area bars, but eventually landed a slot as a backing band for Air. Nearly a decade later, Phoenix has propelled itself into international renown. Its latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, blends catchy pop songwriting with a heavier rock sound.
Christopher O'Riley: Reliving A Love For Ravel
NPR - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 8 A.M.
Ravel's piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin harkens back to old music and old friends. Pianist Christopher O'Riley renews his love for the piece, which captivated him as a young conservatory student. Watch him perform the opening "Prelude."
Calle 13 wins 5 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 6:41 A.M.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories....
Latin singer Alejandro Sanz searches for paradise
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 6:38 A.M.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Whenever Latin pop sensation Alejandro Sanz writes music, he sets off on a "long mental journey" to find inspiration. But when Alicia Keys surprised the singer at a party in New York by joining him in an impromptu jam session, Sanz knew then that he'd found his muse....
New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 4:26 A.M.
"Woodrow Wilson" (Knopf, 704 pages, $35), By John Milton Cooper Jr.: Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that all of his preparation for office was in the domestic sphere and it would be "an irony of fate" if his administration were to be consumed by concerns over foreign policy....
Elton John on mend, resuming tour dates
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 4:24 A.M.
LONDON (AP) -- Elton John has been released from a London hospital after being treated for flu and an E. coli bacterial infection....
Estelle, Ludacris pay tribute to late Otis Redding
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:17 P.M.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Grammy-winning singer Estelle remembered when she used to strut in the living room when she was younger, singing many of soul legend Otis Redding's classic songs like "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay."...
Losing It All For Love: Dvorak's 'Rusalka'
NPR - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 9 P.M.
In Dvorak's dream-like opera, a little mermaid abandons immortality for love, but her ultimate sacrifice goes unrewarded. Soprano Ana Maria Martinez stars as Rusalka in a production from the 2009 Glyndebourne Festival.
Tom Hanks, others screen 'Beyond All Boundaries'
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 8:35 P.M.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film "Beyond All Boundaries" held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans....
Winfrey takes gospel singer Winans off her show
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:49 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is removing gospel singer BeBe Winans from her show's "karaoke challenge" until charges against him for allegedly pushing his ex-wife to the ground are resolved....
The Story of 'Rusalka'
NPR - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:04 P.M.
Dvorak's dream-like opera tells the story of a water nymph who gives up everything for love, only to have her sacrifice go unrewarded.
Suicide prevention groups protest `The Office'
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:32 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some suicide prevention groups aren't laughing over a scene in "The Office" where Steve Carell's character tries to scare young children by struggling in a hangman's noose....
Outrage over wall blocking free U2 Berlin concert
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:26 P.M.
BERLIN (AP) -- Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, playing its classic singles and a duet with Jay-Z even as the show was obscured from public view by a nearly 6-1/2-foot (two-meter) high metal barrier....
Out Of Paul Simon's Shadow, A Son Rises
NPR - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 1:59 P.M.
With the help of legendary Nashville session musicians and a little paternal assistance from Paul Simon, Harper Simon has just released his solo debut. But don't be fooled by his pedigree: The younger musician has his own sound.
Maria Schneider Orchestra In Concert
NPR - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:08 P.M.
It all began on Monday nights at the Visiones club in Greenwich Village, where a newcomer from Minnesota was leading a handsome band. Here, the Maria Schneider Orchestra spans 15 years of original, paradigm-shifting music at the 2009 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center.
Green Day to play at Carson Daly's New Year's Eve
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:46 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Green Day already has New Year's Eve plans: They'll be ringing in 2010 with Carson Daly....
Killers slay audiences with live show experience
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:07 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- When the Killers started out, they wanted to raise a ruckus like their favorite rock stars did on the road: Frontman Brandon Flowers heard of the legendary exploits of Led Zeppelin and David Bowie and wanted to emulate those experiences....
Gary Jules On Mountain Stage
NPR - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 9:13 A.M.
With songs featured in Donnie Darko and Grey's Anatomy, Jules has found popularity without conventional radio airplay. Here, he performs songs from his 2006 self-titled album and his upcoming release to Mountain Stage.
La Roux: Full-Throated Ardor, Calibrated To Please
NPR - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 8:08 A.M.
La Roux is a British pop duo — 21-year-old singer Elly Jackson and synth player-producer Ben Langmaid — with a style that blends passionate vocals with strict mechanical beats. The pair's self-titled debut album went No. 1 in England and Europe this year, and now it's out stateside. Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews.
Comedian Mo'Nique gets serious in 'Precious'
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 7:20 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mo'Nique likes to laugh. A lot....
Kristina Train: No Crying Over 'Spilt Milk'
NPR - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:54 A.M.
Train possesses a singing voice from another era, but her speaking voice is surprisingly youthful and down-to-earth — a compelling combination, to be sure. Hear the singer-songwriter in a session from WFUV.
Sundance takes a hike with screenings around US
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:12 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is going on the road for one night next winter....
Group urges CW stations not to air 'Gossip Girl'
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:24 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- On-air promos for a sexual threesome on an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl" have spurred the Parents Television Council to ask affiliates of the CW network to pre-empt the show....
Latin Grammys honors Mexican icon Juan Gabriel
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:48 A.M.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Latin music world celebrated 100 million records sold, 1,500 songs written and 30 years of recording, all by one artist, Mexico's beloved Juan Gabriel....
New York City Opera Rises From Turmoil
NPR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 9:15 P.M.
A longtime scrappy alternative to the plush Metropolitan Opera, City Opera struggles to make a comeback with a new general manager, a renovated theater and a shorter but smarter season of operas.
Chris Brown is unsure about his image
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 3:24 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris Brown says he is unsure about how the public perceives him since he attacked Rihanna....
An Irrepressible Tribute To Charlie Poole
NPR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:45 P.M.
The hard-living Poole sold 102,000 copies of a song in 1931. His work has been covered by the likes of Jerry Garcia, The Chieftains and Tom T. Hall. Nevertheless, Poole remains obscure. Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III means to change that with a two-CD tribute to Poole called High Wide & Handsome.
Dancers gather to honor Patrick Swayze
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:10 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Before Patrick Swayze was a film actor, a TV actor and People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive," he was a dancer....
Alison Brown On Mountain Stage
NPR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:26 P.M.
The Grammy-winning banjo player has collaborated with Allison Krauss and Michelle Shocked. Now, she brings her own acoustic jazz band to Mountain Stage to play songs from her latest album.
Berlin Wall drives wedge through LA art community
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:04 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Call it the Irony Curtain....
New reality cooking show for chef Gordon Ramsay
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 12:43 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has some new people to yell at. The verbally abusive star of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" has signed a deal with Fox for a second show. Tentatively called "Masterchef," it will feature Ramsay trying to turn people who have no experience in the food industry into expert cooks. Not surprisingly, producers say Ramsay won't be afraid to tell the would-be cooks the cold, hard truth about their work....
Weird Al's Ode To The Trashmen
NPR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 12:42 P.M.
According to Weird Al, not only were The Trashmen arguably the best surf band ever to come out of Minneapolis, but with their 1964 hit "Surfin' Bird," they distilled rock music to its essence.
Palin book tour to start Nov. 18
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 11:43 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sarah Palin's book tour is a gift for her base....
Founder of San Diego Comic-Con dies at 76
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 11:29 A.M.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76....
Are We Eavesdropping On Rihanna And Chris Brown?
NPR - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 10:06 A.M.
Back in February, Rihanna and her boyfriend, fellow pop star Chris Brown, got into an altercation as they were heading to perform at the Grammy Awards. In late August, he was sentenced to five years' probation for felony assault. Today, it might be possible to pick up on how Brown and Rihanna are doing via their music.
John Lithgow's serial killer soars on 'Dexter'
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 10:04 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- John Lithgow was going to pass on the chance to play serial killer vs. serial killer on "Dexter," with an Italian vacation, cruise and his son's wedding awaiting him....
Jude Law's 'Hamlet' goes from red to black
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 9:43 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jude Law and his fellow cast mates in Broadway's production of "Hamlet" have no reason to be melancholy: They are an official hit....
Brad Pitt looking for new motorbike after LA crash
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 9:13 A.M.
TOKYO (AP) -- Brad Pitt says he is in the market for a new motorcycle....
Tom Hanks-produced '4-D' film comes to WWII Museum
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 8:23 A.M.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday....
Sarah Palin promises more cities on book tour
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 6:33 A.M.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is promising to visit more cities than a conventional book tour when her memoir "Going Rogue" is published later this month....
Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 5:07 A.M.
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel - the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir....
TV host Mario Lopez to host Miss America pageant
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 5:01 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Here comes Mario Lopez as the Miss America pageant host....
Zhang says 'Blood Simple' has shades of Chow
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:48 A.M.
HONG KONG (AP) -- Zhang Yimou says his first movie in three years has shades of comedian Stephen Chow's outlandish humor and marks the first time the "Raise the Red Lantern" director shot in digital format....
`Dancing with the Stars' celeb slate slimmed by 2
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 7:46 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos have been booted from the ballroom....
Price moves up and down for new Grisham book
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 6:42 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a weird day in the book price wars....
Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 5:55 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars....
Kirstie Alley to star in A&E reality series
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 4:27 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kirstie Alley is going to star in a new A&E reality "docu-series" about her life as a single mom and her efforts to lose weight. The network has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the untitled series from "American Idol" producer FremantleMedia North America. The show will follow the actress at home with her teenage children, at work and as she launches a new weight-loss program....
Warrant details alleged burglars' celeb loot
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 1:50 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police seized dozens of diamond rings, high-end shoes, bags, guns and drugs from the homes of three people suspected of burglarizing celebrities' Los Angeles residences, search warrant records show....
Roc Raida: A Grandmaster Gone
NPR - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 1:47 P.M.
In the last few months, DJ AM died of an apparent drug overdose, while a heart attack took the life of New York radio pioneer Mr. Magic. But the least publicized in a tragic and eerily timed trilogy of DJ deaths was that of Anthony Williams, better known as Grandmaster Roc Raida.
John Grisham's short stories long on characters
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 1:21 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham....
Rod Stewart realizes dream recording with Smokey
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 1:09 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. On his new album, "Soulbook," he gets a chance to pay tribute to his childhood idols in song - and even gets a chance to sing with one of them on the CD....
R&B Singer Monica 'Still Standing' After Tragedy, Struggles
NPR - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 12:29 P.M.
R&B; songstress Monica made a strong debut as a teenager in 1995 with the album Ms. Thang. But the Atlanta-born singer's life and career took a devastating turn after she witnessed her boyfriend commit suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Monica is staging a comeback with a new life and a new album. The Grammy-award winning singer talks to host Michel Martin about motherhood, faith, music and her new reality TV show "Still Standing."
Chris Smither On Mountain Stage
NPR - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 12:25 P.M.
The blues songwriter brings his deft guitar work and matter-of-fact lyrics to this edition of Mountain Stage. Here, he performs songs from his latest album, Time Stand Still.
World Series helps Fox score a ratings home run
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 12:21 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The World Series gave the Fox network world-class ratings last week as the New York Yankees squared off against the Philadelphia Phillies in four much-watched games....
Review: `Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 11:46 A.M.
A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."...
Debbie Allen Loved Jackson's 'This Is It'
NPR - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 11:44 A.M.
The movie about Michael Jackson's preparation for a series of concerts in London, This Is It, mixes rehearsal footage with production elements from the planned shows. Dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen loved the film.
French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss dies
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 9:54 A.M.
PARIS (AP) -- Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100....
Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 9:20 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?...
Sportscaster must pay ex-wife $916,000 a year
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 8:42 A.M.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz must pay $916,000 yearly in alimony and child support to his ex-wife and give up their Connecticut home under terms of a newly issued divorce decree....
Adam Arkin relishes new `Sons of Anarchy' role
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 8:39 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Adam Arkin signed on for "Sons of Anarchy," he didn't have reservations about his role as a slick white separatist or the FX drama's dark heart....
E! to launch Asian version of flagship news show
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 8:37 A.M.
HONG KONG (AP) -- One of America's best-known entertainment news shows is launching an Asian edition....
Swiss court to assess Polanski bail appeal
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 8:31 A.M.
GENEVA (AP) -- Roman Polanski has re-appealed to the Swiss courts to be released from prison on bail, officials said Tuesday, the latest step in the director's protracted legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States....
Chirac's memoirs show restraint on Sarkozy
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 8:30 A.M.
PARIS (AP) -- Former French President Jacques Chirac released his memoir Tuesday, calling his successor Nicolas Sarkozy "nervous, in a hurry, ready for action" - comments notable for their restraint given the two men's tense relations....
Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 8:12 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list....
Guy Clark: A Folk Icon Looks Forward
NPR - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 7:57 A.M.
Throughout the '60s and early '70s, Clark lived as something of an itinerant musician and luthier. Eventually settling in Nashville in the '70s, he emerged as an refreshing new songwriter. Clark's songs are largely narrative, inspired by the storytelling poems of Robert Frost and Stephen Vincent Benet. Hear him perform a session from World Cafe.
ABC to air Rihanna interviews on assault
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 4:34 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The first interview with Rihanna about Chris Brown's assault on her is airing this week on ABC....
Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 4:22 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination....
Review: `Precious' is great American cinema
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 4:06 A.M.
As Hollywood closed specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, as studios focus more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters, cinema fans have rightly wondered, who's left to make great American movies?...
Placido Domingo: How Low Can You Go?
NPR - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 3:18 A.M.
One of the most soaring voices in the world has taken a dive, but we don't mean that unkindly. This fall in Berlin, Placido Domingo, the great tenor, is singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra as a baritone. It's a testament to his ambitious spirit.
Oral arguments scheduled in Polanski's CA appeal
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 5:09 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski's attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not....
Theater takes Gosselaar out of his comfort zone
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 4:56 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mark-Paul Gosselaar is a self-professed theater novice and not afraid to admit it....
Man charged with stalking Ryan Seacrest
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 3:32 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors brought felony charges Monday against an Army reservist who allegedly stalked Ryan Seacrest, including showing up at the "American Idol" host's studio and attacking one of his bodyguards....
George Jones: new country music needs a new name
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 3:12 P.M.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones isn't a big fan of where the genre has moved in recent years....
Mel Gibson and his girlfriend welcome a baby girl
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 2:14 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mel Gibson and his girlfriend are welcoming the birth of the couple's first child - making the Oscar-winner a father for the eighth time....
Slings? Arrows? Nay: Bard thrives in Oregon
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 2:08 P.M.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- With the recession cutting back travel and entertainment spending, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival was anticipating a tough 2009 season - so much so that it cut the budget $1 million and actors tripled-up on roles....
50 Great Voices: Help Us Choose
NPR - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 1:17 P.M.
In January 2010, NPR will launch a year-long exploration of 50 great voices in recorded history. The series isn't an attempt to catalog the so-called "greatest" singers. Instead, we hope to discover and re-discover awe-inspiring vocalists from around the world and across time. We asked you to nominate artists for the series and we received thousands of options. NPR and a panel of experts are in the process of whittling them down to about 100 singers — a mix of familiar names and surprising discoveries. Explore some of the nominated voices below, choose five favorites you think should be included in the final 50 and tell us why.
Indigo Girls On Mountain Stage
NPR - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 1:12 P.M.
Indigo Girls' Amy Ray and Emily Saliers got their start in Georgia and found major-label success in the early 1990s. On their latest release, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug, they stay true to the artistic vision that first made them stars.
Carrie Underwood looks for something different
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 11:52 A.M.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Pop-country has made superstars out of acts like Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it....
Leno says he'd return to 'Tonight' if NBC asked
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 10:16 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Prime-time newcomer Jay Leno says he would have rather stayed put at "The Tonight Show" - and if NBC offered him that job again, he'd take it....
Ex-con charged in 4 fatal shootings in 'Mayberry'
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 9:24 A.M.
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) -- Police arrested a convicted kidnapper early Monday in the fatal shooting of four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show."...
Guest DJ Kyp Malone
NPR - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 9:05 A.M.
Kyp Malone is best known as the guitarist and singer for TV On The Radio. But this fall, he released his debut solo album under the name Rain Machine. Rain Machine's eponymous record sounds an awful lot like the work of TV On The Radio, but the songs are a lot quieter and relatively spare. On this edition of All Songs Considered Malone sits in as guest DJ to talk about his Rain Machine project, and to share some of his favorite music by other artists.
Broadway faces a busy, if uneasy fall season
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 8:37 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The abrupt closing Sunday of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" after only nine performances has cast a brief, uneasy shadow over Broadway's fall season, ironically one of the busiest in years....
TNT picks up NBC's axed police drama 'Southland'
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 8:05 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cable network TNT says it has rescued the shot-down NBC cop drama "Southland" and will bring it back in the new year....
Singers In The Rain: Jazz Amid The Deluge
NPR - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 7:50 A.M.
It's early November, and for many in America, that means that when we go outside, we're likely to get wet. Whether we're dodging sprinkles, showers or downpours, November is part of a rainy season. Hear five songs from vocalists inspired by rain, including Gene Kelly, Patricia Barber and Mahalia Jackson.
Exclusive First Listen: Norah Jones
NPR - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 7:44 A.M.
Jones' new album, The Fall, maintains her jazzy, sultry sound while pushing into more contemporary pop territory. It's a different direction for the singer, but suitable for old fans and newcomers alike. Hear The Fall in its entirety.
Lissie Maurus: Songs For Solitude
NPR - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 7:01 A.M.
Shifting from upbeat tunes to soft-spoken country, hints of '60s soul and subtle pop, Maurus' sweet and rustic voice ties each track together seamlessly. Hear two songs from her upcoming debut EP, Why You Runnin', on World Cafe: Next.
