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Music icon Paul Simon has been chosen to receive Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. The singer will share the honor with cellist Yo-Yo Ma after they were selected by the Royal Swedish Academ...
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Seventies supergroup ABBA are to release their first new song in 18 years after stumbling upon a lost recording while making plans for the reissue of their final album "The Visitors." "From a Twin...
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ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus was thrilled by a new ruling by the European Union that will see the copyright on sound recordings extended from 50 to 70 years. "Now I won't have to see ABBA being used i...
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Prom Elections are in full swing and New Directions is filling in for Air Supply as the house band. While most of the club is pretty psyched about the news, but our beloved Mercedes is hung up on t...
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Punk icon Patti Smith has been selected to receive Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. The rocker will share the honor, which is handed out by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, with the Kro...
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One thing that basketball courts and ballrooms have in common are the hardwood floors, and with March Madness in full swing, it's time to dance! Whether you're excited for the NCAA Tournament (aka...
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Amanda Seyfried is adamant a Mamma Mia! sequel will never make it to the big screen because script writers have nowhere to take the story. The ABBA stage show became a box office phenomenon when ...
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News suggesting ABBA star Agnetha Faltskog is keen to reunite with her "Mamma Mia!" bandmates for a series of special concerts have sent Britain's bookmakers into a frenzy. Oddsmakers at William H...
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Colin Firth is eager to shed his serious movie image - he'd love to play "a transvestite or a stripper" on the big screen. The British actor shot to fame in a 1990s TV adaption of Jane Austen's ...
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Meryl Streep joined in the celebrations at Emily Blunt's recent wedding by teaming up with the bride and groom's moms to sing ABBA songs. Blunt tied the knot with actor John Krasinski in a lavish ...
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Music mogul Harvey Goldsmith almost missed out on the one-off Led Zeppelin reunion he helped stage in 2007 - because his father-in-law died as the supergroup were about to take the stage. The Brit...
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Amanda Seyfried has shown her cheeky sense of humor - the actress has a crude slang term for female genitalia tattooed on her left foot. The Mamma Mia! actress stunned reporters at the London pre...
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With the movie version of Mamma Mia! a hit and the musical becoming a high-selling show around the world, ABBA is eying a return to the stage for the first time in 20 years.
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Tom Hanks and his production partner Gary Goetzman want to turn Green Day's "American Idiot" album into a new movie. The concept album has already been turned into a hit stage musical and now Han...
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British rockers Genesis, The Stooges and ABBA have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the class of 2010. The ceremony at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Monday night opened...
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Fuse continues to be the rock music mecca this month with an extensive lineup of classic rock programming. As “Rock Monster March” rolls along, this weekend fans can view concert footage from form...
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Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried are game for a "Mamma Mia!" movie sequel - as long as it includes ABBA duo Bjorn Ulvaeus And Benny Andersson. Seyfried, who played Streep's daughter in the movie mu...
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Multi-platinum recording artist Mika will release his sophomore album, "The Boy Who Knew Too Much", on September 22nd via Casablanca/Universal Republic Records. Produced by Mika and Greg Wells (Ka...
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Mamma Mia! star Amanda Seyfried has hinted her romance with Dominic Cooper is over - in the same week the British actor was linked to his co-star in West End play Phaedra. The pair fell for eac...
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Like Corrine Bailey Rae sang, "Go put your records on." The song of the same title is the perfect piece of advice for summer. Sunday marks the official first day of summer, and in case you need som...
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Former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel has been awarded Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. The star shares the honor, which is handed out by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, with Venezue...
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Rhino Presents Career-Spanning Boxed Set (3CD/DVD) Featuring Newly Remastered Versions of All The Band's Singles on Two Discs, a CD of Vintage Live Performances, And a DVD of Rare Live BBC Performa...
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Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends was the world's best-selling album in 2008, according to newly-released statistics. The hit release beat AC/DC's Black Ice and the soundtrack to m...
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It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the m...
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Mamma Mia! The Movie is out on DVD today, check out these bonus clips from the film, including outtakes, behinde the scenes and more; and sing along to ABBA's classic hit, "Dancing Queen!" ...
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Two-time Oscar® winner Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) and Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day) lead an all-star cast in the most infectiously fun movie of the year, Mamma Mia! The Movie, coming t...
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Acclaimed British songwriter Tim Rice is to be honored with the 2,375th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Oscar winner Rice will be inducted into the famous Tinseltown landmark by Disney Studios ...
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This Friday, Sir Ian Fleming's James Bond is back in theaters. Daniel Craig has brought a brute anger to the role that has not quite been seen before. In the very least, as we learned in the 2006 v...
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It continues to be a stellar year for soprano Sarah Brightman, who recently captivated the world with her stunning performance at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 World Olympics. Brightman ...
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Former ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus has kept hold of $12 million after winning a court case against Sweden's national tax authority. The star was victorious in his appeal against his native country's ta...
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