Green Day Wins Two Kids Choice Awards (AP)
April 1, 2006
AP - Thousands cheered, hundreds were slimed and a lucky dozen or so claimed trophies at Saturday's raucous 19th annual Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards.
List of Kids Choice Winners (AP)
April 1, 2006AP - A list of winners from the 19th annual Kids Choice Awards:
Soprano Goes From Waitress to Met Debut (AP)
April 1, 2006
AP - In a rags-to-riches tale that should give struggling singers some food for thought, Erika Sunnegardh went from waitressing to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in just 18 months.
Record Label at Stake in Knight's No-Show (AP)
April 1, 2006
AP - Rap-music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight skipped a court-ordered appearance at a hearing about his assets Saturday, setting the stage for courts to take control of his Death Row Records label.
Roth Struggles After Replacing Stern (AP)
April 1, 2006
AP - David Lee Roth says he won't jump from his gig as a morning radio host. Roth, who replaced shock jock Howard Stern on seven stations in January, has struggled in making the move from rock star to radio host. But during his Friday show, the former Van Halen frontman vowed to stick with it — although he acknowledged that problems continue.
Hip-hop couple Russell Simmons and Kimora split (Reuters)
April 1, 2006
Reuters - Hip hop power couple Russell Simmons
and Kimora Lee Simmons, a model and head of the Baby Phat
fashion label, have separated after seven years of marriage,
Russell Simmons' agent said on Friday.
Russell Simmons, Kimora Lee Announce Split (AP)
April 1, 2006
AP - The marriage of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his model-turned-entrepreneur wife, Kimora Lee, has come to an end.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Chief Stepping Down (AP)
April 1, 2006AP - The president and chief executive officer of Jazz at Lincoln Center is stepping down, a little more than a year after being appointed to the position.
Country Great Jones Hospitalized, Recovering (E! Online)
April 1, 2006
E! Online - Even hard-livin' country music legends have to take it easy
once in a while.
Marsalis stirs up concert season, mixed feelings (Reuters)
April 1, 2006Reuters - Little did the jazz world know back in 1981 what a speeding locomotive and lightning rod Wynton Marsalis would become. Then, while a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, the 19-year-old trumpeter recorded his self-titled debut as leader on Columbia Records. Twenty-five years later, Marsalis is inarguably the most powerful figure in jazz as well as its most controversial statesman.
Gill's good works honored by country academy (Reuters)
April 1, 2006Reuters - Long known in the industry for his generous spirit and charitable work, Vince Gill will be named the winner of the Academy of Country Music's Home Depot Humanitarian Award, Billboard has learned.