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 Rihanna Steps Out 
 With New Guy 

Sources spy singer smooching with Canadian rapper

May 21, 09 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna may have finally rolled Chris Brown into the guttter, People reports. The singer was spotted at a New York City bowling alley with Canadian hip-hop artist Aubrey "Drake" Graham. Rihanna was "absolutely glowing" and the new pair were stealing kisses all evening until they left together at... More »

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celebrity • singer • Rihanna • Chris Brown • Aubrey Graham

 Winehouse 
 Documentary 
 in the Works 

Singer promises 'revealing look at her complicated life' on the way

May 20, 09 1:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse's troubled life is the subject of an upcoming documentary from Israeli-American interviewer Daphne Barak, People reports. "In honest-to-goodness Amy style, the doc will be a truthful and revealing look at her complicated life," according to Winehouse's MySpace page. The documentary is being filmed at Winehouse's... More »

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documentary • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • singer

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse collapsed yesterday in St. Lucia and had to spend the night in the hospital, the BBC reports. Her spokesman said she was “running around” with children and fainted from dehydration. The singer—who earlier won restrictions against paparazzi near her London home—is slated to play a... More »

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entertainment • music • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • singer • hospitalization • dehydration

 Susan Boyle 
 Dyes Hair, 
 Dons Make-Up 

New look also includes new wardrobe

Apr 24, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s Got Talent judges can talk all they want about keeping their frumpy-chic new star just the way she is for the finals. Susan Boyle isn't having any of it: The YouTube sensation got a $50 dye job, haircut and straightening yesterday, turning her frowsy gray locks brown and... More »

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reality TV • YouTube • singer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • makeover

10-Year-Old Boyle Demo Tape Goes Viral

Recording surfaces as audition vid hits 93.5M views, setting record

Apr 23, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream rendition setting a YouTube record, a decade-old demo of her singing Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly has become a new viral hit. The former—from the Britain's Got Talent audition that blasted Boyle to fame—has been viewed 93.5 million times on... More »

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entertainment • YouTube • singer • viral video • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

OPINION

 To Complete 
 Fairy Tale, 
 Boyle Needs 
 a Makeover 

Ugly duckling has to become a swan, fashion writer argues

Apr 21, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s politically correct to say frumpy singing sensation Susan Boyle doesn’t need a makeover. But honestly? Of course she does, writes Washington Post fashion guru Robin Givhan. If Boyle stays the same, it’ll “unravel the centuries-long tradition of fairy tales.” Sure, Boyle won us... More »

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entertainment • fashion • music industry • singer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • makeover

 Boyle Makeover Hotly Debated 


Apr 18, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Should she or shouldn't she? Susan Boyle's new fans can't help debating whether the 47-year-old singer who wowed the world in her performance on Britain's Got Talent last weekend should shed the frumpy style that made her sensational voice so surprising. She "needs to stay exactly as she is... More »

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entertainment • singer • Jerry Springer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Amanda Holden

Susan Boyle Sings for King, '99 CD Surfaces

Judge apologizes
for sniggering, invites her for dinner

Apr 18, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan were reunited (remotely) on Larry King's show last night, where Morgan predicted a worldwide chart-topping CD within the year for the woman he called a Rocky Balboa. Morgan also apologized to the 48-year-old Scottish singer—"We thought you were going... More »

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entertainment • Larry King • singer • voice talent • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Piers Morgan

 11M YouTube Hits? 
 'Awesome': UK Sensation 

Boyle breaks into early-morning song in interview

Apr 16, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Since leaving Simon Cowell speechless, sweet-voiced Susan Boyle has earned the ultimate Internet honor: Her Britain’s Got Talent audition has gone viral with 11 million hits. “It’s awesome,” Boyle told CBS’ Early Show today. The youngest of nine children, Boyle has been living alone since her... More »

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entertainment • Simon Cowell • singer • voice talent • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

German Singer Arrested for Spreading HIV

Star accused of having unprotected sex while aware she had virus

Apr 15, 09 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A singer in Germany's biggest girl band has been arrested on suspicion of having unprotected sex while aware she was HIV-positive, the BBC reports. Prosecutors suspect that No Angels singer Nadja Benaissa had unsafe sex with three men after she knew she was infected, at least one of whom now... More »

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Germany • HIV • infection • singer • unprotected sex

(Newser) - Britain's newest celebrity singer doesn't fit the stereotype, and even Simon Cowell is mightily impressed. Susan Boyle, 48, amazed the nation with her turn on the show Britain's Got Talent, ABC News reports. Boyle is more likely to be described as frumpy than glamorous, and when she appeared on stage,... More »

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entertainment • Simon Cowell • singer • voice talent • Susan Boyle

(Newser) - This must be the week for reports of legendary singers' marriage trouble. A day after BruceSpringsteen is accused of infidelity, Billy Joel is in the spotlight. The National Enquirer has set gossip blogs buzzing with word that the singer's 27-year-old wife has struck up a suspicious relationship with Israeli fashion... More »

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adultery • Bruce Springsteen • singer • Billy Joel • Katie Lee Joel • Yigal Azrouel

Carrie Underwood Grabs
Top Country Music Honors

Rascal Flatts, Jake Owen also take home trophies

Apr 6, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A teary-eyed Carrie Underwood clinched two top prizes at yesterday's Academy of Country Music Awards presentation. The American Idol alum was only the seventh woman in the show's 44-year history to win the Top Entertainer honor. Underwood also took home the Top Female Vocalist trophy, while Brad Paisley won the... More »

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award show • country music • singer • Carrie Underwood • female artists • Academy of Country Music Awards

COMMENTARY

 James Joyce 
 Beat Britney to 
 the Dirty Pun 

Many artists have snuck in 'If you see Kay' line

Mar 19, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears' not-so-subtle pun in her single "If U Seek Amy" (say it fast) may seem devilishly naughty, but completely original it is not. Many musicians have used the similarly racy "If you see Kay" line—from blues pianist Memphis Slim to Norwegian punk band Turbonegro—which was... More »

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Britney Spears • pop music • James Joyce • singer • William Shakespeare • cursing

(Newser) - Mandy Moore and rocker Ryan Adams married yesterday at a small ceremony in Savannah, Ga., reports Perez Hilton. The 24-year-old actress confirmed her engagement to Adams, 34, just last month; they’d been dating about a year. In the April issue of Marie Claire, the License to Wed star calls... More »

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wedding • singer • celebrity marriage • actress • Ryan Adams • Mandy Moore

OPINION

 Britney Cracks Whip in Circus 

Big Top performance in Big Easy launches singer's first tour in 5 years

Mar 4, 09 3:31 AM CST
(Newser) - "Don't call it a comeback quite yet," warns Chuck Arnold in People as Britney Spears bumped and grinded her way back into fans' hearts last night during the New Orleans launch of her first concert tour in five years. And though neither her voice, moves, or physique... More »

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Britney Spears • New Orleans • concert • singer • circus • comeback • concert tour

(Newser) - Neil Young puts down his guitar and picks up his pen today on behalf of family farmers. In an essay in the Boston Globe, Young argues that tight credit, declining prices, natural disasters, and the overall economic gloom has many of them on the brink. The situation is as dire... More »

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agriculture • singer • Neil Young • bailout • farmers

 Obamas Honor Stevie Wonder 

Soul legend gets lifetime achievement award, White House concert

Feb 26, 09 1:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The First Couple last night honored Stevie Wonder with an award, a White House concert and an acknowledgment of the role his music has played in their relationship, reports ABC News. The president presented the Motown legend with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song lifetime achievement award. Guests, including Paul... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • singer • Stevie Wonder • Motown • President Obama

 Rihanna: 
 I Remain Strong 

Statement comes on her 21st birthday

Feb 21, 09 5:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna has spoken publicly for the first time since her assault, assuring fans in a statement that "she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support," reports People. Her rep said the singer won't comment on the assault at the police's request. Rihanna turned... More »

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Los Angeles • celebrity • birthday • singer • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown

 First Rihanna Photo Emerges 


Feb 19, 09 9:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The first photo of Rihanna from the night of her assault has apparently surfaced. The gossip site TMZ released a police photo that shows a woman's bruised face, with bad swelling around one eye. Rihanna hasn't commented publicly since the Feb. 8 assault and is recuperating in her native Barbados,... More »

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singer • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown

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