Nearly 270 Michael Jackson tracks are packed into the exclusive iTunes digital anthologies (iTunes.com/MichaelJackson) The Indispensable Collection and The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection released June 29 by Epic/Legacy Recordings in collaboration with The Estate of Michael Jackson.
In this Feb. 3 photo, Beyonce performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, in New Orleans. The singer headlines at the 2013 Essence Music Festival, with other nightly concerts held in the Superdome to include, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Charlie Wilson, LL Cool J, New Edition, Emile Sande, Trey Songz, Janelle Monae and several others. The festival dates are July 4-7, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) by Chevel Johnson NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly two decades after Essence magazine launched a festival here to "party with a purpose" and celebrate Black culture, music and people, the Essence Fest may be facing some new competition. Like Essence this weekend, last weekend's BET Experience, held in Los Angeles, had Beyonce as a headliner. It also had panels discussing topics important to the community and spanned a three-day weekend — a format Essence until recently had used for years. But Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc., said the similarities end there.
Todd and Toni having a great time at Savoy Restaurant in the Strip are this week’s BEST DRESSED MALE AND FEMALE. This week I visited the Double Tree Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh, CJ’s in the Strip, Savoy Restaurant and Lounge in the Strip District, North Side Elks Lodge in the Hill District and Kenny’s Place in Uptown Pittsburgh. My first stop was at CJ’s in the Strip District where Sateia celebrated her birthday in grand style with family and friends, while DJ Mike “The Punisher” was on the 1’s and 2’s.
Thursday 4Happy 4th of JulyFlashes of Freedom EQT Pittsburgh presents the 2013 Three Rivers Regatta featuring the “Flashes of Freedom” Fireworks Fantasia at 9:35 p.m. at Point State Park, Downtown. The fireworks display is choreographer to an eclectic arrangement of music, dedicated to honor the men and women in uniform. For more information, visit www.threeriversregatta.net.
PAUL SMITH LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Smith, a jazz pianist, composer and arranger who worked with such greats as Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole and Dizzy Gillespie, has died at 91.
From left, Justin Timberlake, Charlie Wilson, Snoop Lion, and Pharrell Williams pose backstage at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, June 30, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Scott Kirkland/Invision/AP) by Chris TalbotAP Music Writer Charlie Wilson's red coat. Kendrick Lamar and Miguel. Nicki Minaj's chair. And just where did Chris Tucker go? There were a lot of memorable things about Sunday night's BET Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles that are worth talking about Monday morning. Here are five to reflect on:
Drake greets fans during the 2013 Much Music Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday June 16, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim) by Mesfin Fekadu AP Music Writer The BET Awards should be called the Drake Awards. The rapper-singer is up for 12 honors, including five nominations for video of the year, which has 10 nominees.
This publicity photo released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Sandra Bullock, left, as FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn, and Melissa McCarthy, as Boston Detective Shannon Mullins, in a scene from the film, "The Heat." (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox, Gemma La Mana) by Derrik J. LangAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy brought "The Heat" against Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx at the box office.
by Merecedes Howze "White House Down," starring Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum, was an action-packed story about a single father in his hopes to become a Secret Service agent. Because we know life’s biggest dreams aren’t handed to us, John Cale (Tatum) spent roughly 3 hours trapped inside the White House as he battled terrorists to protect President James Sawyer (Foxx) and his 11-year-old daughter, Emily (Joey King).
Actress Sandra Bullock attends "The Heat" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre on June 23, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) The Heat I saw the previews for Paul Feig’s The Heat and immediately assumed the film was Sandra Bullock’s last attempt to redeem herself in Miss Congeniality 3. Similar to Miss Congeniality 1 & 2, Bullock plays an uptight, over achieving FBI agent, Sarah Ashburn.
