LOS ANGELES (AP) — Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa and Soundgarden will be among the newly minted members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Saturday night’s induction ceremony. From Chubby Checker to the White Stripes, artists representing every decade from the 1950s to the 2000s will be inducted as part of the hall’s [...] Read More »
1 minute agoBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Jiménez, who once served as Escobar’s personal photographer, recalls taking the picture from only four meters (13 [...] Read More »
9 hours agoPARIS (AP) — Protesters repeatedly disrupted a concert by the Israel Philharmonic orchestra in Paris, brandishing flares and sounding alarms that caused brief panic in the crowd and led musicians to leave the stage. Authorities said four people were detained. Pro-Palestinian activists also demonstrated outside Thursday night’s performance at the Paris Philharmonic concert hall, the [...] Read More »
11 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) — The 2026 Grammy Award nominees are here, and who else but Kendrick Lamar leads this year’s crop with nine nods on the strength of 2024’s “GNX?” It’s an exciting lineup, but like every year, there were a few artists who made the coveted list Friday and a few who didn’t. Snubs [...] Read More »
12 hours agoTORONTO — Justin Bieber’s seventh studio album “Swag” has put him among the top Canadian Grammy contenders this year. The Stratford, Ont.-raised pop superstar picked up a nod for album of the year, as well as best pop vocal album for the project. Its track “Daises” earned a best pop solo performance nomination while another [...] Read More »
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