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Jessica Sanchez Steps into the Spotlight on "Glee" Season Finale
Adam Rose/FOX We caught a glimpse of her in last week’s episode, but American Idol season 11 finalist Jessica Sanchez is front and center on the Glee season finale, airing Thursday. She plays Frida Romero, the “secret weapon” of a rival school’s glee club, the Hoosierdaddies — get it? Who’s Your Daddy?
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No Winner for $260M Powerball Jackpot
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While a few Powerball lottery players came out winning Wednesday night, no one was able to snatch the estimated $260 million jackpot. The winning numbers from Wednesday’s drawing were 13, 14, 17, 43, 54, and the Powerball was 15. Jackpot hopefuls will have their next chance at claiming the top prize on Saturday night, when a new drawing will take place. The Powerball jackpot is now estimated to be worth $320 million
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Lisa Vanderpump Doesn’t Think She’ll Last on "Dancing with the Stars"
ABC/Craig Sjodin (NEW YORK) — Reality star Lisa Vanderpump of Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules is among the new celebrity contestants set to hit the ballroom floor and compete in the 16th season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars . Vanderpump Rules ‘ castmate, Stassi Schroeder, a server at Sur, the restaurant featured on the series, tells ABC News Radio Vanderpump thinks she’ll be voted out early. “I thought…she would do amazing, but she keeps talking herself down,” Schroeder says. “She’s like convincing me that she’s not going to do well. She’s like, ‘I’m only going to last one week, maybe two, if I’m lucky if my fans come out and vote for me.’” Still, the Sur server doesn’t believe the self-deprecating Brit, and feels “she’ll last a while.” Schroeder’s on-again off-again boyfriend, Jason “Jax” Taylor, feels the same way
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LBJ Loved His Letters to Lady Bird
PhotoQuest/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — This Valentine’s Day, try writing a love letter. It worked for former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who wrote 90 letters to his soon-to-be wife Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor to woo her into marriage. The more than half-century old snail mail exchanges between the late president and his wife have been released in their entirety on the National Archives website devoted to his life.
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Bruce Springsteen Releases Video for ‘Rocky Ground’
The second video from Bruce Springsteen‘s new album, ‘Wrecking Ball‘ has been released. It’s the emotional centerpiece of the album, ‘Rocky Ground,’ which is a bit of a sonic departure for Springsteen. As opposed to the surging, angry sound of the first single, ‘We Take Care of Our Own,’ ‘Rocky Ground’ is mournful and reflective. It’s built around a drum loop and a 1942 field recording by famed archivist Alan
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Neil Young Releases Preview Excerpt from ‘Waging Heavy Peace’ Book
Neil Young‘s long-awaited memoir, ‘Waging Heavy Peace,’ won’t be released until October 2, 2012, but he has released a few pages to give readers a glimpse of what we can expect. The excerpt finds Young showing how his love of electric trains, music and technology collide in his world. Beginning with the receipt of a gift of a model switcher that Lionel Trains, which Young owns a small share, used
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David Bowie Announces ‘Ziggy Stardust’ Video Contest
Calling all filmmakers and David Bowie fans! In celebration of the 40th anniverary of the release of Bowie’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars’ album, Genero TV has created a special contest. Create a music video for the album’s title track and upload it to Genero’s site by June 8. The winner will receive $4,000, with the video published on Genero’s site. They will
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Def Leppard to Release Re-Recorded Versions of Two Classic Songs
With ‘Rock of Ages’ set to open in theaters everywhere on June 15, Def Leppard has recorded new versions of the two songs by the band featured in the film, ‘Rock of Ages’ and ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me,’ which they will release on iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers on June 4. It does prompt the question of why the band would do this when the originals, with their
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Elton John "Doing Well" After Being Hospitalized
Earlier this week, Elton John was hospitalized for a serious respiratory infection that caused him to cancel four performances of his ‘Million Dollar Piano’ show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. However, a spokesperson has said that the 65-year old singer is on the road to recovery. According to ET Online, John is “at home and doing well” after his brief stay at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital,
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Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs to Tour in 2012 as the Dukes of September Rhythm Revue
Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs, will tour again this summer as the Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. The three most recently went out on the road together in 2010, where they drew from both their respective catalogs and the R&B and soul that they grew up loving. The Dukes of September is an extension of the New York Rock & Soul Revue shows the rock legends put together