After years of playing on each other’s projects, The E Family came together to produce this ultimate, long overdue and highly anticipated labor of love, Now & Forever. Available in stores on September 20, 2011 on Sheila E’s Stiletto Flats Music through Waterfront Entertainment (Fontana / Universal), Now & Forever pays homage to their collective diversity of styles, influences and experiences.

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The Musical Family Dynasty Pete Escovedo, Sheila E., Juan Escovedo and Peter Michael Escovedo Wil...

Opera heavyweight Placido Domingo has vowed to wage war on music piracy after he was named chairman of an influential trade group representing record labels.

The iconic Spanish tenor, 70, was announced as chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) at a London ceremony on Tuesday.

Among his early challenges is the need to combat music piracy, with Domingo conceding that illegal file-sharing could damage the future careers of new music stars.

He says, "The rights of these artists need protecting. On my own, I might not have done anything. But when the (...

Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem were inducted into Spain's Walk of Fame on Monday as part of the organization's opening ceremony.

The Vicky Cristina Barcelona stars showed up to the Calle Martin de los Heros area in Madrid to be honored at the Street of Stars.

The couple took it in turns to pose in front of their own sidewalk plaque, while other celebrities inducted include actor Antonio Banderas, singer Julio Iglesias, tenor Placido Domingo and director Pedro Almodovar.

It is the second street honor for Cruz this year - in April she unveiled her star on the Hollywood Wal...

Spanish opera star Placido Domingo has returned to work in Los Angeles, just weeks after undergoing surgery for cancer.

The tenor, 69, went under the knife at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital earlier this month to have a cancerous polyp removed from his colon.

He has been spending his time recuperating in Barcelona, Spain and more recently Acapulco, Mexico, but he flew to California on Thursday where he resumed his post as director of the Los Angeles Opera Company.

Domingo's first job will be organising rehearsals for a production of Simon Boccanegra at Italy's La Scala in April, re...

Here's our round up of some the hot new music releases during the 'March Madness' festivities. Don't' forget to share your own personal new music raves just released!

Pearl Jam / Ten

Pearl Jam, one of the biggest music acts from the Grunge music era, has released a tenth anniversary deluxe/collector's edition of band's Ten album. The reissue comes as two disc set, plus DVD, including bonus exclusive tracks, performances, and memorabilia.

The-Dream / Love VS Money

Well known as one of the producers behind Rihanna's "Umbrella" fame, The-Dream is now ...

Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo are to perform together on Sunday for the first time since the death of their Three Tenors tourmate Luciano Pavarotti last year.

The opera singers will pay tribute to the late maestro at a special show held by the Italian tenor's widow Nicoletta Mantovani and Princess Haya Of Jordan in Petra, Jordan this weekend.

Andrea Bocelli and rocker Sting are also due to play at the two-day event, which will mark what would have been his 73rd birthday on Sunday.

But the event will reach a climax when Carreras and Domingo take to the stage to celebrate t...

"I have so much fun and it's so challenging to be the Governor and to be a public servant. I love my job and I don't miss anything about the movies at all." Arnold Schwarzenegger has no plans to revive his movie career.

"I have a few more roles booked, including (ones in) 2012." Tenor Placido Domingo laughs off reports he's planning to retire from opera when he turns 70 in 2011.

"One day God will give me kids of my own, but to take a kid and to give her the opportunity to have a life, that's priceless." R&B star Wyclef Jean on the joys of adopting. The former Fugees singer has an...

Concord Records recently released A Swingin' Christmas, an album of yuletide hits sung by multi-platinum Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Michael Bolton with the bang of a big band orchestra behind him. Originally released last year (exclusively at Target), this beautiful and inspirational holiday collection adds two brand-new tracks: "Silent Night" and "Joy To The World."

A Swingin' Christmas sees Bolton bringing new life to a host of holiday chestnuts, including "Walkin' In A Winter Wonderland," "Let It Snow" and "White Christmas," making it a must-have for the holiday season. The fu...

Justin Timberlake will be jetting off to Abu Dhabi for his first Middle Eastern concert in December. The singer's show at the Emirates Palace Hotel on December 6 will be his first in the United Arab Emirates and the final concert on his FutureSex/LoveSounds tour.

Sheeraz Hasan, the founder of www.Dubai.TV, says, "The concert will take lace in the grounds of the hotel in front of a predicted crowd of 10,000. He'll be accompanied by a gang of dancers and an 11-piece band."

Tickets for the once-in-a-lifetime concert will go on sale on Thursday.

Abu Dhabi is fast becoming the ...

On November 8, 1519 the Spanish Conqueror Hernando Cortés and his small army rode into the Aztec capital of the vast Mexican Empire, where they were welcomed by the Emperor Moctezuma. Within two years, the Aztec civilization was in a state of orphanage, the survivors having lost their families, homes, language, temples... and Gods.

A boldly imaginative and deeply affecting story of faith and courage, The Other Conquest is written and directed by Salvador Carrasco and produced by Alvaro Domingo. Legendary tenor Plácido Domingo is executive producer and is featured on the soundtrack sin...

Rocker/photographer Bryan Adams and opera star Placido Domingo have teamed up to turn the volume up for the hearing impaired. Domingo appears in a new Adams photo, taken to highlight a new initiative to help research into deafness.

Cupping his hand over his left ear for the picture, the tenor says, "Life is full of sounds. For 500 million people it's not."

The print ads featuring the Adams photograph are part of the Hear The World initiative by hearing aid firm Phonak, which supports projects focused on helping hearing impaired people globally.

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Former Frasier stars Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde-Pierce and John Mahoney are to reunite as a family again on an upcoming episode of cartoon series The Simpsons. The trio heads a gang of stars who will be making animated guest appearances on the 19th season of the cult show.

These include opera star Placido Domingo, 2008 Oscars host Jon Stewart and Lionel Richie, who will feature in the premiere episode on September 23rd.

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The funeral service for Luciano Pavarotti has begun in his hometown of Modena, Italy, with singers Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and U2 rocker Bono among the stars in attendance.

The Italian maestro, who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 71 on Thursday, will be laid to rest in a cemetary close to his family home, following the rememberance service at Modena Cathedral on Saturday.

Blind tenor Andrea Bocelli is expected to perform the hymn Panis Angelicus at the funeral service, which is being conducted by the Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bert...

Tributes have poured in for Luciano Pavarotti after he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 71 on Thursday.

Fellow tenor, Placido Domingo, conceded he would miss Pavarotti's sense of humor and his voice most.

He said, "I always admired the God-given glory of his voice - that unmistakable special timbre from the bottom up to the very top of the tenor range. I also loved his wonderful sense of humor and on several occasions of our concerts with Jose Carreras - the so-called Three Tenors concerts - we had trouble remembering that we were giving a concert before a payi...

British singer Amy Winehouse has reportedly agreed to make a guest appearance on a forthcoming episode of animated TV series The Simpsons. The Rehab singer will follow in the footsteps of stars including The White Stripes, Aerosmith and Paul McCartney with a cameo on the show.

Earlier this week, Spanish tenor Placido Domingo confirmed he'll be the latest celebrity to appear on The Simpsons, in an episode titled The Homer Of Seville in which the opera great takes singing lessons from Homer Simpson.

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Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has confirmed he'll be the latest celebrity making a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of animated TV series The Simpsons. In the episode, called The Homer Of Seville, the opera great takes singing lessons from Homer Simpson.

Domingo's spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer says, "He's had such a wonderful time doing it... He had a ball."

The episode is scheduled to air on September 30.

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Geffen Records is proud to present the debut EP from Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera, Mystic River, The Day After Tomorrow, Poseidon).

"This music is who I am," says 20-year-old Emmy Rossum of her self-titled debut on Geffen Records. "In the movies, I've always felt like one piece of the puzzle. But this is all me. It's my baby. I get to write, direct and star. And that's the most fulfilling thing. It's everything I've always wanted to do. This music is so close to me. It's something new… You can't categorize it."

With a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Christ...

Jon Stewart, Jack Black, Lionel Richie, Stephen Colbert, Matt Dillon, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney are among the upcoming guest voices on the 19th season of The Simpsons airing Sundays (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Homer is flying high in the season premiere episode, "He Loves To Fly And He D'ohs," airing Sunday, Sept. 23 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT). After Homer saves Mr. Burns from drowning in a mall fountain, Burns thanks him by taking him on a whirlwind trip to Chicago on his private plane. Homer is smitten with the luxury jet and all the perks that come with it, inclu...

Bosses at family movie studio Disney have gone Latino for a new animated feature called South Of The Border. Drew Barrymore will voice a pampered American-bred Chihuahua, who gets lost in Mexico and seeks the help of local hounds to find her way back.

The movie features the vocal talents of Latino stars like Salma Hayek, Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Spanish opera great Placido Domingo.

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Opera star Placido Domingo's seven-year-old movie epic The Other Conquest is to be re-released in US cinemas to mark Mexico's national day Cinco de Mayo. The film, about the ancient Aztec tribe's efforts to preserve its culture in the wake of the Spanish invasion in the early 16th century, was released to limited cinemas in 2000 and grossed an estimated $3 million.

But, following the success of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto movie, Domingo and his fellow producers have decided the time is right to re-release their film.

Domingo also appears on the movie's soundtrack, performing an aria t...