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First Lady Michelle Obama hosted 150 middle and high school jazz students in the East Wing on Monday for Jazz Studio, where teens participated in workshops led by famous jazz musicians such as the Marsalis family.
Jazz Studio is part one of a new White House music series that will continue later this year, focusing [...]

A “shoe-gate” situation is brewing in the White House.
Several outlets are making a big deal about the $540 sneakers worn by Michelle Obama on Wednesday while volunteering at a Washington D.C. food bank for the homeless.
“They’re “certainly not a reflection of the poor economy,” quipped FOX News’ Noelle Watters, host of iMag [...]

Barack Obama’s inauguration was clearly an important day for many people — including Jamie Foxx.
The actor-musician-comedian says it was during the president’s inauguration festivities when he asked fellow Oscar-winners Ron Howard and Forest Whitaker to join him for his latest music video, “Blame It.” Not only has the song become a No. 1 R&B smash, [...]

We saw Beyonce play Etta James. We probably won’t soon see the singing divas duet.
The 71-year-old singer says in an audio clip that surfaced online Thursday that she would “whip” Beyonce for singing “her song” “At Last” at an inaugural ball for President Barack Obama.
“The great Beyonce … I can’t stand Beyonce,” James said in [...]

Hip-hop star KANYE WEST has launched a scathing attack on fans who spread fake rumours about him on the internet - urging web users to stop trying to “destroy” him.
The Stronger hitmaker was recently at the centre of bizarre internet gossip, with several websites claiming he had spoken about possibly making a porn movie.
The rumour [...]

Halle Berry began “frantically screaming” when her dress got caught in an escalator on Tuesday (20.01.09). The brunette beauty was on her way to the Western Ball to celebrate US President Barack Obama’s inauguration when her flowing frock

got stuck, causing widespread “panic”. A source said: “Halle was on her way to the ball, but she [...]

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The calls began to flood Luke Song’s hat shop not long after Aretha Franklin finished belting out “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Franklin, who wore a gray felt custom-designed hat from Mr. Song Millinery, has inadvertently caused an economic boom for the South Korean immigrant’s store.
Song said he wasn’t prepared for [...]

Young Jeezy, LL Cool J, Russell Simmons, T.I. and hey… even Don King showed up at the Hip Hop Summit Action Network’s Inaugural Ball to celebrate Hip Hop’s role in the election and Barack Obama’s inauguration.

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winner Jennifer Hudson has not belted out a tune since the tragic deaths of her mother, brother and nephew in late October last year. Hudson fans around the world got excited when the New York Post reported that the “Idol” star was set to sing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Inauguration ceremony next week, [...]

We know that Jennifer Hudson will perform at a pre-Grammy event in Los Angeles next month but will she  take the stage for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration as well?
According to Page Six:
Oscar winner and former “American Idol” star Jennifer Hudson hasn’t been able to perform since her mother, sister and nephew were brutally murdered in [...]

Tyler Perry and Mary J. Blige are among the luminaries BET plans to celebrate at their second annual BET Honors.
The successful filmmaker and the R&B queen are set to join Magic Johnson, dance pioneer Judith Jamison, style guru B. Smith and South Carolina Congressman James E. Clyburn on Jan. 17.
The awards will air on the [...]

It was announced this week that Grammy Award winners Dionne Warwick andLudacris will chair and host the American Music Inaugural Balls on Jan. 20, 2009 – the evening President Elect Barack Obama gets sworn into office.Considered the largest celebration of its type, with upwards to 6,000 guests in attendance, the event will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park in [...]

Jay-Z has released a new song–apparently to celebrate Barack Obama’s election as U.S. president.
The Kanye West-produced track “We Made History” has appeared online in the aftermath of the election, although it is believed that the song is set to feature on Jay-Z’s forthcoming album The Blueprint 3.
Synth-driven and featuring singer Tony Williams, the song finds [...]