Former Beatles, Stones manager Allen Klein dies

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:34:19 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Infamous record label owner Allen Klein, who played a key role in the demise of the Beatles and also nabbed control of some of the Rolling Stones' best-known songs, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said. He was 77.

Michael Jackson book a headache for Jackie O

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:22:08 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson crossed swords with a lot of people when he was alive, but perhaps none more important than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Fans overlook Michael Jackson's dark side

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:34:47 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Just as people choose to forget that Elvis Presley was a bloated drug addict when he died, so Michael Jackson is now the subject of posthumous veneration that overlooks the dark side of his life.

Massive demand for Jackson memorial tickets

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:34:13 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.

"End of the Line" film rings alarm on fish supply

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:12:45 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If sushi lovers think the price of their favorite raw fish is too high already, then new documentary "The End of the Line" may shock them with its argument that the real cost may be some species' extinction.

"Slumdog" child star moves into new Mumbai home

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:34:32 -0500

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A child star of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" moved into his new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb Saturday, a far cry from his family's former dwelling -- a shanty by the railway tracks.

R&B singer Maxwell ends seven-year break

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:10 -0500

NEW YORK (Billboard) - A vanishing act has become practically de rigueur for R&B musicians of a certain caliber. Many make a mega-hit album or two, collect Grammy Awards and critical accolades -- and then disappear.

Stone Temple Pilots accentuate old faves

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:38:27 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For a reunited band bent on having a future, Stone Temple Pilots spent most of its House of Blues show Wednesday visiting the past -- the distant past.

Potter is back: box office big bucks assured

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:55:34 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - Boy wizard Harry Potter is back in cinemas later this month with the sixth installment of the movie franchise, and another box office bonanza looks assured for the Warner Bros. studio.

Prince booked to return to Montreux jazz festival

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:42:53 -0500

GENEVA (Reuters) - Prince will return to the Montreux stage, closing out the famed jazz festival on July 18, with high-priced tickets expected to be snapped up quickly, organizers said on Friday.