AP - Soprano Leontyne Price, conductor James Levine, composer Carlisle Floyd and administrator Richard Gaddes will be the initial recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors.

">Price, Levine, Floyd, Gaddes to get NEA honors (AP)

AP - Another Britney Spears fender-bender, another instant online video.

">Paparazzi snap Britney Spears as she rear-ends SUV (AP)

AP - Madonna's bid to adopt a Malawian toddler she found in an orphanage in 2006 is likely to be approved in court this week, her lawyer said Tuesday.

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AP - Ludacris returned to his alma mater, stepped into a gymnasium — and saw a mural that included his likeness.

">Ludacris returns to his alma mater in Atlanta (AP)

AP - A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.

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Reuters - "The Sound of Music," one of Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as a hotel in July.

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E! Online - Paris and Nicole spending the summer traveling across the country together in a rented caravan...Where have we heard that one before?

">Good Charlotte Good 'n' Ready for Summer Tour (E! Online)

Reuters - Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and wounding an acquaintance after discovering money was missing from her purse after a night out in Manhattan.

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E! Online - Still no word of a honeymoon, but newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are planning a big blowout tonight.

">Mariah and Nick's Roller-Coaster Romance (E! Online)

Reuters - Actor Joaquin Phoenix, who played Johnny Cash on the big screen, is cutting an album with Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess, Billboard.com has learned. But whether the set will be released remains unclear.

">Joaquin Phoenix a perfectionist in recording studio (Reuters)

E! Online - Remy Ma will be spending more than just her honeymoon in the clink.

">Remy Ma Gets Eight Years (E! Online)

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">"First Blood" Classic Returns to the Big Screen for One Night Only Dramatic Event Featuring Special Theatre-Only Stallone Interview

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">Ralph Tresvant Celebrates 25th Anniversary with New Single, 'It Must Be You,' as He Prepares for New CD and Up Close and Personal U.S. Tour Later This Year

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">The New Towneplace Suites by Marriott - Dancing Phenom David Elsewhere Choreographs His Way through the Long Term Stay Hotel Designed for 'Real Living'

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">Optek Music Systems, Inc. Releases M-Player Software for Macintosh

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">Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jude Johnstone's song "Hold On" is on Emmylou Harris' new album "All I Intended To Be"

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">ResortQuest Outer Banks Sponsors the 11th Annual Outer Banks Beach Music Festival

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">The Woodwind & Brasswind Offers Thousands of Musical Instruments and Equipment at Discounted Prices During Clearance Sale

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">ARC Music Tracks Feature in New Indiana Jones Movie - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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">Local Musician Victor Simonson Stops by Churches While on National Tour

www.viagogo.co.uk), has been named the official premium and secondary ticketing partner on Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour in Europe, excluding Germany and Italy. (PRWeb May 10, 2008)

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">viagogo Named Official Premium and Secondary Ticketing Partner on Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" Tour in Europe

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">Bonnie MacLeod Premieres Jazz Songs of Paul Turner on 24 May 2008 in Cambridge, MA

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">And The Final 14 Bands Are…

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">Omni Communications Group Advances To National Addy Awards Competition

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">Discounts on new musical equipment from Soundcraft, Mackie, QSC, Pioneer and X2 Digital Wireless are available at Music123

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">Harmony Central Launches User Review Categories for Drum/Percussion Products

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">Wolfgang's Vault Brings Classic Live Rock & Roll to the UK

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">GreenandMore.com Launches iPod Recycling Program -- Turn Old iPods into Store Credit

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">L.I.F.T. Will Host Concerts at Nimitz Middle School

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">Avenue A | Razorfish Partners with Pangea Day, a Global Film Event

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">BRS Media's dotFM Announces the Newest Station to Discover the Power of a Web Address ending in .FM!

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">CultureMob Expands Local Events Discovery Site to Include Greater Denver and Portland Markets

www.spiralfrog.com), the free ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced it was honored at the prestigious 12th annual Long Island Software and Technology Network's Long Island Software Awards (LISA) ceremony held in Garden City, NY. SpiralFrog received the LISA 2008 Award for High Quality Software Engineering. (PRWeb May 8, 2008)

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">SpiralFrog Honored at the Long Island Software Awards: Music Service Wins LISA 2008 Award for High Quality Software Engineering

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">Grace Digital Launches New Line of Outdoor Wireless Speakers