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Dr. Dre calls $70-million USC pledge a high point of his career
Hip-hop star Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine are scheduled to announce Wednesday a $70-million donation to USC for a new academy that they say will give students new facilities and the tools they need to break into the rapidly changing music...
Tags: Technology, Black Eyed Peas (music group), Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Science
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Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine to give $70 million to USC for new academy
Hip-hop star Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to USC for a new academy that they say will give students the tools they need to break into the rapidly changing music industry. Scheduled to be announced by Dre (whose given...
Tags: Technology, Black Eyed Peas (music group), Entertainment Events, Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Sigur Ros to get animated for 'The Simpsons'
Sigur Rós members are adding themselves to the long list of musicians who have gotten drawn into the crazy world of “The Simpsons.” The Icelandic art rock outfit will guest star in and compose music for the long-running animated Fox sitcom....
Tags: Paul McCartney, Entertainment, Music Industry, Katy Perry, The Simpsons (tv program)
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Baz Luhrmann wants to 'reveal' more of 'The Great Gatsby'
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is widely recognized as a literary masterwork. Yet as even the book's editor, Maxwell Perkins, said to Fitzgerald about a draft of the 1925 novel, the title character "is somewhat vague." Hazy doesn't work in...
Tags: Movies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Arts and Culture, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Apple celebrates iTunes' 10-year anniversary with a tuneful timeline
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of iTunes, Apple has put together an entertaining multimedia timeline of the digital music store. The iTunes' formal birthday isn't until Sunday, but the timeline, which is called "A Decade of iTunes," is online now...
Tags: Entertainment, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Music
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It wouldn't be Coachella without the parties
While the main body of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival lies on the Empire Polo Field, a connected, but far-flung grouping of parties act as a titillating extension of the main event. In order to get your party on in the most organized and...
Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Entertainment, Disc Jockeys, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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Rolling Stones unveil 2013 world tour
In the better-late-than-never department, the Rolling Stones on Wednesday announced a 2013 tour, as close to a full-fledged 50th anniversary "50 and Counting" tour as "the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band” could muster, opening in May in Los...
Tags: Charlie Watts, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Services and Shopping, AEG, Mick Taylor
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Heidi Klum comes to the rescue in Hawaii
Heidi Klum, on vacation in Hawaii, and her boyfriend and father saved her 7-year-old son and two nannies when they were caught in a riptide on Sunday at a beach in Oahu. (It's a good thing Klum stays in shape. She even launched a line of workout clothes,...
Tags: Heidi Klum, Kobe Bryant, Sports Illustrated, Orlando Bloom, Rebecca Minkoff
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to air live on AXS TV
Music fans who can’t make it to New Orleans this year will for the first time be able to check in live on the proceedings at the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, courtesy of a new deal struck between the festival and the AXS TV cable...
Tags: Pitbull (music artist), Gary Clark Jr., Willie Nelson, Fleetwood Mac (music group), Billy Joel
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'Spider-Man' legal battle with Julie Taymor gets new trial date
The expected legal settlement between the producers of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and director Julie Taymor has failed to materialize, leading a federal judge in New York to set a new trial date for the ongoing battle. Judge...
Tags: Trials, Entertainment, Music Theater, Spider-Man (fictional character), Broadway Theater
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TED 2013: 'Factivist' Bono projects poverty rate of zero by 2030
Bono said during his talk Tuesday at the TED conference in Long Beach that he was asked by TED organizer Chris Anderson to give an overview of the last 10 years of anti-poverty efforts. But the U2 lead singer and international activist was more interested...
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Hollywood executives predict technology-fueled changes
During Grammy week, when musicians take center stage, Universal Music Group Chairman Lucian Grainge is attracting a fair amount of attention as well. Billboard magazine placed Grainge at the top its Power 100 list -- thanks in part to his...
Tags: Movies, Corporate Officers, Netflix Inc., Sony Corp., Eurythmics (music group)
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