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Stealth Festival to Rock Kabul with Musical Explosion

Afghans are used to having their days broken by a burst of gunfire or the boom of an explosion. But the barrage of drumming, bass beats and amped-up guitar solos that will hit the city next week may stop many in their tracks.
Actress Claire Danes poses on the red carpet before the European premiere of "The King's Speech" in Leicester Square

Claire Danes Switches Gears for Homeland TV Drama

Since her role as a brooding teen-ager on the critically acclaimed 1990s TV drama, My So-Called Life, actress Claire Danes has played everything from Shakespeare's Juliet to autistic animal scientist Temple Grandin.
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Sylvia Robinson, 'Mother of Hip-Hop,' Dies

Sylvia Robinson, best known to be the mastermind behind the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” the first hip-hop single to become a commercial hit, died Thursday at age 75.
U.S. rapper T-Pain performs during the MTV Africa Music Awards in Lagos

T-Pain Puts His Own Effect into New 'T-Pain Mic'

Rapper T-Pain is known for using the Auto-Tune pitch corrector, which disguises off-key singing and allows for perfectly tuned vocals, and for all those who want to sound like him, he has a microphone for you.
British singer Elton John performs during his concert in Istanbul

Elton John Brings 'Million Dollar Piano' to Vegas

Singer Elton John opened his new Las Vegas act at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, tickling the ivories on his new million dollar piano nicknamed Blossom that lit up to reflect the mood of each song.
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Bodyguard Says Jackson Doctor Removed Medicine

Michael Jackson's doctor asked a bodyguard to grab vials of medicine and a saline bag from the singer's bedroom on the morning he died, a Los Angeles court heard on Thursday in the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray.

Bob Dylan Accused of Plagiarism in Painting Exhibit

Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has been accused of plagiarism for a series of paintings in his New York exhibit, suspected to have been copied from well-known photographs rather than inspired from his travels.

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