Arts and culture

Four Latin jazz artists have sued the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).  Ben Lapidus, Mark Levine, Eugene Marlow and Bobby Sanabria filed the lawsuit in New York?s Supreme Court.  In it, they claim the elimination of their Grammy Award category will cause ?irreparable injury to the members of the Recording Academy.?  NARAS President/CEO Neil Portnow said, ?It?s unfortunate that resources and time will be spent in this sort of a bureaucratic way rather than in other ways that would be more productive to everybody concerned.  The wonderful thing about our awards process is that it?s designed to be a fluid process because it?s an evolutionary art form where music changes.?  Last April, Portnow and several members of NARAS held a press conference to announce the elimination of 31 categories.  They said all artists would still be eligible to submit recordings for Grammy Award consideration, but they would be grouped into other … [Read more...] about Katy Perry Makes Billboard History; ‘Glee Live! 3D’ Hits Movie Theaters Soon

Rajput, originally from Patna, Bihar, made his Bollywood debut in the film “Kai Po Che” (I have cut) in 2013. He notably portrayed former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the film “M.S. Dhoni” in 2016. … [Read more...] about Bollywood Actor Found Dead in Mumbai Home

Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts and the Zac Brown Band will headline the 2011 Wisconsin Country Thunder festival.  The four-day event begins on July 21 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.  Also appearing at the festival are Darius Rucker, the Charlie Daniels Band, Josh Turner, Sara Evans and Edens Edge, among others.Look Who's Going On Tour! … [Read more...] about Bieber Perfume a Best-Seller; Glee Leads Emmy Nominations

Heard did not appear at the Southport Magistrates Court in Queensland state Monday for the latest hearing. A court official, who would not be quoted by name because of government policy, said the case was adjourned until Dec. 15. The official could not comment on what else had taken place during Monday's court hearing. … [Read more...] about Johnny Depp’s Wife Pleads Not Guilty to Smuggling Dogs into Australia

"The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted," the letter explains. "While we have come to expect this on the radical right, censoriousness is also spreading more widely in our culture: an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty. We uphold the value of robust and even caustic counter-speech from all quarters. But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought." … [Read more...] about Tensions among Vox employees erupt on Twitter after journalist signs ‘cancel culture’ letter