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From left, Boss Baby, voiced by Alec Baldwin, tries to convince Tim, voiced by Miles Bakshi, that they must cooperate in DreamWorks Animations The Boss Baby. (DreamWorks Animation)

‘Smurfs’ and ‘Going in Style’ are no match for ‘Boss Baby’ and ‘Beauty’ at box office

April 18, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Luckily, the box-office beating “The Boss Baby” and “Beauty and the Beast” put on Sony’s new release “Smurfs: The Lost Village” couldn’t make the animated gnomes any more...

Netflix Acquires Global Rights to Jonathan Demme’s Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids

September 13, 2016

Beverly Hills, Calif, September 9, 2016 - Starting on October 12, 2016, Netflix will offer its members the chance to spend a night with Justin Timberlake. The entertainment streaming company...

Keith Urban is photographed at The Family Fang premiere on April 16, 2016 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.  (Abel Fermin/Rex Shutterstock/Zuma Press/TNS)

Keith Urban takes a leap with new album ‘Ripcord’ while keeping a strong grip on his fan base

June 25, 2016

Recording last year in New York, Keith Urban pulled out his trusty ganjo — a six-string version of a banjo that’s a hybrid with a guitar — and began to pick. He was at a recording studio collaborating...

Beyonce backstage at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, February 10, 2013. Beyonce is up for Album of the Year in this years Grammy Awards.  (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

With ‘Lemonade,’ Beyonce shows she doesn’t need Hollywood one bit

May 16, 2016

There was a time when Beyonce wanted to be a movie star. That was, after all, the traditional trajectory for pop singers who were bursting at the seams of music stardom — especially “divas.” Break...

The 1975 performs at the mtvU Woodie Awards during SXSW in Austin, Texas, in 2014. (Manuel Nauta/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/TNS)

Living large with the U.K. band the 1975

By Mikael Wood March 1, 2016

Los Angeles Times (TNS) The video is remarkable, a true window into its subject’s soul. Posted last year on TMZ, the two-minute clip shows Matthew Healy, frontman of the popular British band the 1975,...

Rapper G-Eazy interacts with the crowd while guest performing with Kehlani at the Austin City Limits music festival on Oct. 4, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Daniel DeSlover/Zuma Press/TNS)

Rapper G-Eazy’s career a dream come true

January 20, 2016

By Dan Hyman Chicago Tribune (TNS) By all accounts, G-Eazy has had an excellent past couple years: the San Francisco rapper’s 2014 major-label debut album, “These Things Happen,” landed at No....

File photo dated March 20, 1987 of David Bowie, who has died following an 18-month battle with cancer. (PA Wire/Zuma Press/TNS)

David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ is likely to hit No. 1

January 13, 2016

By Mikael Wood Los Angeles Times (TNS) Will David Bowie’s last album be his first to top the Billboard 200? That’s looking likely, according to the trade magazine, which said that Bowie’s “Blackstar”...

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‘Damn Country Music’ review: Tim McGraw diversifies

January 12, 2016

By Glenn Gamboa Newsday (TNS) Tim McGraw doesn’t follow country trends. Sure, he keeps up-to-date production-wise. But on “Damn Country Music” (McGraw Music/Big Machine), his 14th studio album,...

Adele’s ‘25’ hit the stratosphere in 2015, eclipsing news of music streaming gains

January 12, 2016

By Randy Lewis Los Angeles Times (TNS) The story of the year in the music industry should have been music streaming, as consumers almost doubled their use of streaming services in 2015. But then along...

Do We Really Need Another Festival? Nope

May 7, 2015

By Randall Roberts Los Angeles Times (TNS) In what’s become a kind of seasonal migration, the country’s most successful musical acts are heading to the highways to take their art to the people....

Rhiannon Giddens: A Folk Star’s Breakout Moment

Rhiannon Giddens: A Folk Star’s Breakout Moment

April 30, 2015

By Jon Bream Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS) She is named after a Welsh mythological spirit. She calls a guy named T Bone her “fairy godfather.” And she just led a singalong at the White House...

Music Review: Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Is Dense, Difficult, Grandiose

Music Review: Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Is Dense, Difficult, Grandiose

March 19, 2015

By Randall Roberts Los Angeles Times (TNS) So soon after its unexpected issue late Sunday, “To Pimp a Butterfly,” the new record by Compton-raised rapper and lyricist Kendrick Lamar, is still settling...

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