Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Sam Smith to pay Tom Petty royalties on 'Stay With Me'

By Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY 12:56 p.m. EST January 26, 2015Sam Smith, shown in Los Angeles in December, has come to an agreement regarding "Stay With Me."(Photo: Kevin Mazur, WireImage)Sam Smith will be sharing his songwriting royalties for "Stay With Me" with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.Shortly after the British singer's single came out last April, sharp-eared listeners noticed a similarity between "Stay...
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'Birdman' takes big prize, diversity big moment at SAG Awards

Story highlightsViola Davis' speech, "Orange" showcase TV diversity at SAG Awards"Birdman" wins big prize for filmsOn the TV side, the winners included "Orange Is the New Black" -- a series about a women's prison, created by a woman, featuring a cast that includes a transgender performer -- and black actresses Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba. And the movie winners included Patricia Arquette, who won for a performance in "Boyhood"...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

'Birdman' takes big prize, diversity big moment at SAG Awards

Story highlightsViola Davis' speech, "Orange" showcase TV diversity at SAG Awards"Birdman" wins big prize for filmsOn the TV side, the winners included "Orange Is the New Black" -- a series about a women's prison, created by a woman, featuring a cast that includes a transgender performer -- and black actresses Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba. And the movie winners included Patricia Arquette, who won for a performance in "Boyhood"...
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Debbie Reynolds Wins the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award

Hollywood veteran Debbie Reynolds was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.In her career, which began in the 1950s, the 82-year-old Reynolds has been nominated for one Oscar, five Golden Globes and one Emmy. Her big break came when she starred alongside Gene Kelly in the 1952 classic Singin in the Rain, says People.G*d gave us talent, so were very fortunate,...
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Listen to Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney Team Up on ...

TIME Entertainment Music Listen to Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney Team Up on FourFiveSeconds Roc Nation Rihanna and Kanye West trade vocal duties, with Macca on acoustic guitar, on a surprisingly breezy new track At the iHeartRadio Summit on Jan. 21, Kanye West played an audience of mostly industry people a new duet with Rihanna and Paul McCartney the latter of whom we heard...
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With Historic Blizzard About to Bury Northeast, Weather Channel Takes Day Off...

When it comes to exactly why the Weather Channel exists, know this: It doesnt for a benign sunny day in June or a crisp autumn evening. It isnt on your dial because of April showers or May flowers or for a few flurries Christmas night. The Weather Channel exists for whatever that ominous blob is Im seeing on my phone right now. Said bloba huge noreasteris being described this way on my Weather Channel app via the following...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Attorney: Cubs great Ernie Banks died of heart attack

AP 5:18 p.m. EST January 25, 2015Ernie Banks, shown here before a 2003 game, died of a heart attack, a family attorney said Sunday.(Photo: TED S. WARREN, Associated Press)CHICAGO (AP) Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks died after a heart attack, an attorney representing the Hall of Famer's family said Sunday.With Banks' widow standing nearby at a news conference at a downtown hotel, Mark Bogen said Banks had...
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