Daily Archives: March 12, 2008

War Against Web Tops Music Biz “screw-ups” List

The talent scout who turned down the Beatles has long been credited with committing the music industry’s biggest gaffe. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['JscvDNGDJHM-']=’&U=13be5joe4%2fN%3dJscvDNGDJHM-%2fC%3d617533.12402337.12793661.6065055%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5275022′; But Dick Rowe’s billion-dollar boo-boo has been beaten to the top spot on Blender magazine’s list of the “20 biggest record company screw-ups of all time” by the failure of record [...]

Mariah Fills in For Sick Janet on `SNL’

“Saturday Night Live” has replaced a flu-ridden Janet Jackson with another diva: Mariah Carey. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['GW1_CtGDJHM-']=’&U=13bt6m41a%2fN%3dGW1_CtGDJHM-%2fC%3d617533.12402337.12793661.6065055%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5275022′; Carey, 37, will fill in for Jackson on the March 15 “SNL” telecast, NBC announced Wednesday.
Jackson, 41, was scheduled to perform live Saturday night in support of her latest album, “Discipline,” which was released last month. [...]

Jackson Gets Flu, Bails From `SNL’ Show

Janet Jackson has dropped out of her upcoming “Saturday Night Live” performance because she has the flu, the singer’s representative said Tuesday. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['onAxCNGDJHM-']=’&U=13b5vlqp1%2fN%3donAxCNGDJHM-%2fC%3d617533.12402337.12793661.6065055%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5275022′; “Janet did go to the hospital last night due to the fact she’s been suffering from this flu that’s kicked a lot of people’s behinds,” publicist Patti Webster [...]

R&B Singer India.Arie Eyes Broadway Bow

Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter India.Arie will star in the first Broadway revival of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['dfaJBdGDJHM-']=’&U=13b7vmsr0%2fN%3ddfaJBdGDJHM-%2fC%3d571921.12335019.12731671.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5246808′; Often described as a choreopoem, the play presents the stories of seven women of color from the African Diaspora. No other cast members have been chosen, nor [...]

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