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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: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Lady Gaga, Science and Technology, Music
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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: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment Events, Lady Gaga, Science and Technology
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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: Iceland, Elton John, Lady Gaga, The Simpsons (tv program), Katy Perry
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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: Adultery, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Jason Clarke, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Music
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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: Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Music, Entertainment
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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: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Entertainment Events, Music, Disc Jockeys, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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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: England, Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor, Honda Center, Madison Square Garden
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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: Rebecca Minkoff, Miranda Kerr, Kobe Bryant, Urban Outfitters Incorporated, Orlando Bloom
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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: Linkin Park (music group), Willie Nelson, Fleetwood Mac (music group), Van Halen (music group), Television
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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: Spider-Man (fictional character), Crime, Law and Justice, Music, Justice System, Judges
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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...
Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Social Issues, HIV, Vaccines, Poverty
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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: Eurythmics (music group), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Academy Awards, Advertising, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (tv program)
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