entertainment - "music"

AP - Gnarls Barkley, 'The Odd Couple' (Atlantic Records)

Neil Aspinall, a close friend of the Beatles and the man who ran the Apple music empire, has died, his family said today.

Neil Aspinall, a friend of the Beatles and chief executive of the Apple music empire, dies aged 66.

AP - Counting Crows, 'Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings' (Geffen).

Bob Marley's family have declined to license the reggae great's music to a biopic based on wife Rita'as book, claiming the film would conflict with a Martin Scorsese-directed documentary expected in 2010.

In case the nude photos and pregnancy rumors didn't tip you off to its return, The Hills is back on tonight. It will finish off its extended third season of eight episodes starting at 10 p.m. ET.At the end of last season, Heidi and Spencer's relationship was close to over (they've since revealed what's happening with their relationship) and Lauren and Whitney head to Paris to work for Teen Vogue, a job we now know they will eventually leave. In addition, Lauren grapples with her relationship with Brody Jenner, and Kristin may return. Beyond that, we can expect lots of establishing shots, music, and, if we're lucky, the occasional spoken phrase.In its review of the third season, The new york Times calls the show a 'pseudo-improvised reality series,' and that's probably the best description possible for a show that's so obviously staged. The Times' Ginia Bellafante points out that '[t]he theme of ambition permeates the new season,' following the way 'Heidi has emerged as a kind of fe

Legit News: season to include 'Spring Awakening,' '9 to 5' -- 'Minsky's,' a new musical from the 'Drowsy Chaperone' creative team based on the 1968 film 'The Night They Raided Minsky's,' will receive its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theater early next year.

Music News: Composer won Oscars for 'Brokeback,' 'Babel' -- Gustavo Santaolalla, who won back-to-back Oscars for his scores to 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Babel,' will receive the BMI Icon award at BMI's 15th annual Latin Awards on June 12.,

Congo Square, a ground-breaking new work written by Wynton Marsalis with Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addy, is now available on DVD. The musical work debuted in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans in the spring of 2006 before a wildly enthusiastic audience in Congo Square (inside Louis Armstrong Park). The Congo Square DVD performance was shot on the opening night of the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival has been released by Shanachie Entertainment.The concert came at the end of the second national tour of the music. The music...

The noted bandleader helped bring Cuban music to the United States, as well as becoming an influential figure in American rhythm and blues......