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The director will capture the live Broadway musical for air.

Broadway's fiscally-challenged 'Passing Strange' is about to get a boost from Spike Lee. The award-winning director plans to film the critically-acclaimed musical for a cable network, according to Variety.

Music producer Rodney Jerkins likes Heidi Montag's chances as a singer if she gets the right people around her. Needless to say, Rodney the hitmaker thinks he's one of the right people in...

The Broadway sensation makes a star-studded transition to the screen with this musical starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth. With the frothy pop hits of ABBA as a soundtrack, this romantic comedy follows a mother (Streep) as she prepares for the wedding of her daughter (Amanda Seyfried).

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has paid tribute to the medium who inspired his song 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK....

Film News: Director shooting Broadway show for cable -- Spike Lee will film the Broadway tuner 'Passing Strange.' Helmer will shoot three perfs -- two with auds and one without -- of the critically lauded but sales-challenged musical, according to online reports that surfaced over the holiday weekend.

London, UK - The clearest evidence of Baaba Maal's remarkable shows comes with 'Baaba Maal on the Road' a selection of live performances collated from concerts around the world over the past ten years. Although Maal's music has embraced everything from electric bands to 70-piece orchestras, it is his intimate acoustic performances which, for many, properly encompass the very real contagious nature of Maal's work. It is this raw emotional edge that is showcased on the eight tracks featured on this album. Included are live versions of a few of the finest songs in Maal's repertoire plus three collectors items a song called Iyango' which has never been recorded before, together with 'Farba', a tune that's appeared only on an Africa-...

Music reviews: Steadfast in his determination to chart his own path and avoid being typecast by the record biz, Todd Rundgren debuted a forthcoming album in its entirety before a largely unsuspecting aud Wednesday night.

Camp Korey, a weeklong camp for children with serious illnesses and disabilities, is opening for its first session July 21. The Washington Wines Festival, taking place July 11-13, boasts Grammy-winning entertainers to benefit the camp.

Brad Paisley gets Andy Griffith to be in his music video ... and more.