Kansas City Star: Entertainment
- Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 09:19 AMEminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Criteria Recording Studios founder Emerman dies
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 09:50 AMMack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - KC Symphony board leadership shifts as Helzberg moves to emeritus status
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:08 PMAfter guiding the transformation of the Kansas City Symphony for 18 years, Shirley Helzberg steps down as board chair, hands reins to board member William M. Lyons.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - '3 Geezers' gets old
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:56 PMIn the raunchy comedy "3 Geezers!" J.K. Simmons plays an actor who prepares for a role by hanging out with the residents of a nursing home. But he quickly discovers he's the butt of their ribald pranks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Metheney, Zorn fathom distinctive languages
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:09 PMAt first glance, Pat Metheny and John Zorn might seem to come from different planets. Lee's Summit native Metheny, 58, is a guitarist whose music has resonated broadly throughout jazz and instrumental pop.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Annotated 'Harry Potter' 1st edition on auction
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 11:10 AMA first edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations is going on sale in a charity auction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman on Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him'
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 01:04 PMAn 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Red carpet photos from the Billboard Music Awards
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 05:42 PMAnother day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." Check out the red carpet photos.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to | Take your kids to see One Direction
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMThe sound of several thousand preteen and teenage girls screaming is a different punishment. It's one note. And it's everywhere.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - KC firm T2 Studios puts digital graphics in high gear for events
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 01:00 AMIn the last few years, the Kansas City-based video production firm T2 Studios and its so-called Experience Lab have gained a growing reputation for creating what are called immersion experiences.
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- Teen star Zendaya finishes 1st on `Dancing' finals
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 09:59 AMFour finalists are vying for the "Dancing With the Stars" title, and just one point separates the top two contestants.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CBS pulls comedy season-ender because of tornado
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 09:34 PMCBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of "Mike & Molly" off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 05:20 PMRay Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to: Climb a tree
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMThey use ropes and comfy safety harnesses, and teach climbers safety calls to alert those below of falling objects. (If you hear 'Headache!' don't look up.)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to: Ride a new (upside-down!) wooden coaster
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMThe sounds of cracking whips and stampeding horses launched us click-clacking up the first hill. That's when the panic set in.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Barbra Streisand to receive honorary PhD in Israel
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 11:39 AMA leading Israeli university says it will present singer Barbra Streisand with an honorary Ph.D. when she visits Israel next month.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A summer of dares
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 12:25 PMWe're mere days away from Memorial Day weekend and another summer in Kansas City. What do you have planned? How about skydiving? Maybe tree climbing? We found 15 ways to break out of your Kansas City summer rut.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to | Go to every Royals home game
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMWatching baseball for a living is a pretty sweet deal -- until you realize you can't stop. Want to catch a movie tonight? Forget it; you'll be at the ballpark.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to | Take a break from hygiene
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMBy Day 2 of your trip to the lake, the veneer of sweat, dead skin, lake water detritus and dried ketchup (blood?) serves as a perfectly functional and 'natural' sunscreen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Taylor Swift a big winner so far at Billboard Music Awards
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 05:42 PMTaylor Swift is red hot. The singer, who is nominated for 11 Billboard Music Awards, was the show's early leader with seven wins, including top country artist, country song for "We Are Never Getting Back Together" and country album for "Red."
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- Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:05 AMCarol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation's top humor prize on Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rowland, Rubio joining Cowell's show
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 09:49 PMSimon Cowell has added former Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland and Latin artist Paulina Rubio to the cast of his competition show "The X Factor."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Seth MacFarlane won't return as 2014 Oscar host
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:45 PMSeth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Singer Miguel lands on fan at Billboard Music Awards
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 01:26 PMTwo things singer Miguel didn't land at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards: an award for "Top R&B Song" and an attempted jump from one stage to another. The singer's high-energy performance of "Adorn" was amplified Sunday by the unsuccessful jump when his leg caught the face of a fan, her head slamming onto the stage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to: Ride a roller coaster
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMI know it's real when the seat belt buckles and the lap bar comes down. I'm locked in a four-passenger car set on a track spanning 1,345 feet. There's no turning back, but my back is turned.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-NFL WR Johnson arrested on probation violation
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 11:14 AMFormer NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 12:35 PMIndian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word - "Bollywood" - remains controversial.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to | Expand your horizons
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMBe willing to scrap your original idea when the landscape catches fire. That's what happened to us one afternoon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dare to | Sample Shakespeare and Fringe Fest
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:00 AMI've seen R-rated sex farces, a solo re-enactment of 'The Seven Samurai,' a musical about growing up in Kansas, clown shows, and stunt shows consisting of nothing but sword fights.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 09:34 AMThe Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of a self-destructive, feline-toting musician.
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