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'It is putting us at risk': East Coast Music Awards chair says boycott may hurt event

'It is putting us at risk': East Coast Music Awards chair says boycott may hurt event

A heated conflict over the direction of the East Coast Music Awards could threaten to destroy the organization that runs it, warns one of its top leaders.
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Polish leader offers actor Jesse Eisenberg military training to 'land the new James Bond role'

Polish leader offers actor Jesse Eisenberg military training to 'land the new James Bond role'

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister has made a tongue-in-cheek offer to U.S. actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, who recently gained Polish citizenship, to give him military training that would land him “the new James Bond role.
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Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90

Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Nessen, a veteran broadcast journalist who was press secretary for President Gerald Ford and sought to restore the integrity that the position had lost during the Nixon administration, has died. He was 90.
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Hip-hop artist Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty ahead of May sex trafficking trial

Hip-hop artist Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty ahead of May sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returned to federal court in New York City on Friday, pleading not guilty to the latest version of an indictment charging him with two decades of sex trafficking crimes.
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Memorial service held for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone

Memorial service held for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone

AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — Musical artists and loved ones on Friday mourned Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, who was killed in a car crash earlier this month.
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Voice of America ending contracts with Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse

Voice of America ending contracts with Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse

The government agency that runs the Voice of America has moved to terminate contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse, and told its journalists Friday to stop using material from the wire services.
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Visa fee hikes and delays hinder international artists from touring the United States

Visa fee hikes and delays hinder international artists from touring the United States

NEW YORK (AP) — In New York City, spirited badge-holders and independent music fans wove in and out of 150-person capacity clubs filled with groups from around the globe.
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Broadway's Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt and Kelli O’Hara star on album

Broadway's Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt and Kelli O’Hara star on album

NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Salonga stepped onto a Manhattan stage last spring and sang something unusual for her — “Edelweiss” from the musical “The Sound of Music,” a song usually performed by the paternal Captain von Trapp.
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Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide.
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Author Brendan DuBois sentenced to prison for possession of child sexual abuse material

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A bestselling mystery writer has been sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child sexual abuse material. Brendan DuBois, 65, was indicted by a county grand jury last year.
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