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Washington Post

What's Happening With Ms. Jackson?
ABC News - 29 minutes ago
"Her music hasn't really evolved as she has aged as a person, said Jonathan Cohen, a senior editor at Billboard magazine. "She's still doing the sex kitten ...
Janet Delays Three More Shows Due To Illness Billboard
Janet Jackson postpones 4th show Orillia Packet & Times
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9/26: Former 99Xer Steve Barnes working on a local TV series
Steve Barnes, former morning host at 99X and Dave FM, is working on a locally produced and shot TV series called “High Rise.” Here are the details on the site: Michael Damian (CBS-The Young & The Restless) and Steve...


Shoutout to Lil Jon On New Deal, Plus DJ Shakim Gives Us Another ...
SOHH, Jersey City - 16 hours ago
Y'all already know that DJ Shakim is killin' it with the SOHH Atlanta 20 Music Mix. If you didn't know, Bow Wow's personal DJ and myself have teamed up to ...


The Armies of Armageddon
theTrumpet.com, OK - Oct 5, 2008
The Russia-Georgia conflict and Germany’s response is ten thousand times more important than the fall of the Berlin Wall! Here is why. ...

Julianne Hough To Perform At Peach Drop 2009
October just started and we’re already talking New Year’s Eve. “Dancing With The Stars’ ” Julianne Hough (above with Apolo Anton Ohno) has been picked to help Atlanta sing in 2009 at the 20th annual Peach Drop in Underground...

9/26: "Survivor: Gabon" recap with Marcus Lehman, "Office" recap
Gabon is in a real jungle. Monkeys, elephants, alliances, oh my! Emory med school grad and physician Marcus Lehman (right) is part of Kota. This clearly looks like a stronger team, led by physics teacher Bob (58) vs. Fang, led...


BBC News

Singer R Kelly seeks unpaid fees
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
Documents show that, after the arbitrator agreed with Mr Kelly's claims about Rowe Entertainment, Mr Rowe had disputed the decision but had then failed to ...
R. Kelly Sets Stage for Tour Damages E! Online
R. Kelly Awarded $3.4 Million For Performances On Last Year's ... MTV.com
R. Kelly Snaps Up $3.4 Mil. 'Double Up' Judgement Singersroom News
Contactmusic.com - MarketWatch
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Video Countdown To Janet's Arrival In Atlanta
In anticipation of part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson’s Rock Witchu Tour coming to Philips Arena Sunday, we’re going to post YouTube videos from her, to you, each day this week. Watch BELOW, and let us know if you’re planning to attend....


Sixshot.com

UNK - Keepin' the Hype
Sixshot.com, Switzerland - 23 hours ago
I think a lot of people mad cause they getting old right now as far as their music. I remember a lot of people saying that Atlanta and the south took over ...

10/5: Georgia Radio Hall of Fame inductees, Class of 2008
The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame inducted its second class of radio pros on Saturday night. Congratulations to all of you. The Braves announcing team of Skip Caray (right), Ernie Johnson and Pete Van Wieren. Technically, this award is only...



10/2: Parents Television Council files complaint with "Survivor" for Marcus Lehman's accidental nudity
A couple of days ago, I wrote that I thought the Parents Television Council, which spearheads most protests against curse words and nudity on broadcast TV, wouldn’t get all hot and bothered by CBS’s accidental exposure of Emory Med...

Judge Halts Anna Nicole Breast Surgery Tape
A judge in Los Angeles makes sure that the world will never see a videotape of Anna Nicole Smith's 1994 breast surgery.

Do You Need Supernanny? She's Looking For You & Your Family
ABC’s hit reality series "Supernanny" is coming to Atlanta.

9/26: Hot 107.9 confirms what we already knew: Rickey Smiley takes over mornings
At 8:30 a.m. this morning, Hot 107.9 finally confirmed a rumor that has been running rampant for weeks: comic Rickey Smiley from Birmingham is taking over the morning show in syndication. He starts October 6. So wipe another locally...

"100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs" Includes 9 Atlanta Acts
Is it better to come in at No. 99 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs” list than to not be included at all? We’ll let Atlanta’s Lil Jon (above) & The East Side Boyz (featuring the Ying Yang...


Obama or McCain: Who's performing better?
Los Angeles Times, CA - 11 hours ago
Matt Welch says the campaign has provided little substance but plenty of political entertainment. Kareem Crayton says the unusually long election season can ...

10/1: A talk with Billy Bush now on Q100
Billy Bush, seen daily at 7 p.m. on WAGA-TV as host of “Access Hollywood,” is trying to emulate Ryan Seacrest by dabbling in radio, too. Bush can now be heard on a syndicated nightly show on Q100 from 10...

Give Us Your Alan Jackson Review
"Georgia" entertainment - Google News While part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson’s scheduled “homecoming” this past weekend was postponed (until Oct. 19), Newnan’s own Alan Jackson did return to his home state Saturday, performing at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. Were you there? (See...


The daily pulse of the Atlanta hip-hop scene
SOHH, Jersey City - 21 hours ago
Paper Trail is a collection of classic music that's both reflective and compelling. It's a well rounded body of work, and easily my second favorite hip-hop ...

Fey, Queen Latifah Redo VP Debate On 'SNL'
Tina Fey's Palin said that if she was elected, she'd make her decisions by asking "what would a maverick do?"




R. Kelly seeks $3.4 million from tour promoter
The Associated Press - 5 hours ago
... filed court documents on Monday seeking a judge's confirmation of the award an arbitrator granted against Georgia-based Rowe Entertainment last month. ...


Arts festival to extend next year's season
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 5 hours ago
It will be performed by the Festival Orchestra, led by Atlanta Symphony Music Director Robert Spano and made up of musicians from Florida. ...


Local Musicians Make Music at Lambeau Field
FOX 11 Online, WI - Oct 5, 2008
Besides the actual football game, fans at Lambeau Field were treated to plenty of music from local musicians at Sunday's game against Atlanta. ...
Orchestra plays at Lambeau Field Green Bay Press Gazette
Area high school bands perform at Packers halftime Oshkosh Northwestern
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10/3: T-Boz rumored to be on "Celebrity Apprentice"
With “The Apprentice” series on its last legs, Donald Trump gave it one last lifeline last season with something called “Celebrity Apprentice,” ultimately won by Piers Morgan over Trace Adkins. It wasn’t half bad watching Gene Simmons spout “wisdom”...

Raphael Saadiq In Atlanta
Twenty-one years into the business (professionally), R&B singer-songwriter-musician Raphael Saadiq still performs with the vigor of a 21-year-old. As several women in the heavily-female crowd remarked, the clean-shaven and closely-shorn Grammy winner looks about 21. But wow, when he...


World briefing: Scotland Yard chief stepping down
Newsday, NY - Oct 3, 2008
Patrols by European Union monitors may help bring a sense of returning normalcy to the Russian-occupied swaths of Georgia, but for many Georgians they're ...

Video Countdown To Janet's Arrival In Atlanta - Day Five
For the fifth and final installment of this week’s video countdown to part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson’s “homecoming” Sunday at Philips Arena, a special treat. This YouTube post is from a California stop on her Rock Witchu Tour. Fair warning: If...

Criminal Records moving to a bigger locale
In this day and age of downloading and dwindling CD sales, most indie record stores are closing shop as well. Not Criminal Records, the now legendary Little Five Points store. It’s moving to a location with triple the space. The...

10/1: Huge ratings for the Dawgs/Alabama game
While scripted TV came back with a vengeance last week, the big Nielsen ratings numbers in Atlanta came courtesy of the Presidential debate, the Falcons game and the Bulldogs. University of Georgia’s painful loss to Alabama Saturday drew a higher-than-average...

Project Runway: One of these things does not like the others
The high: The designers revolt against the dastardly Kenley! The low: All the tears on the runway. It was heartbreaking to watch them crack under the stress. Last week I couldn’t take aim at Kenley, whose b**iness I suspected...

9/25: Rashan Ali, Emperor Searcy moved out of mornings
In late August, Hot 107.9 got rid of Griff, Maria More and E4Real for budgetary reasons. Rumors at the time was that Rickey Smiley would become the syndicated morning show while Rashan Ali and Emperor Searcy would take over mid-days...

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