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The Grammys Have Never Won a Top Program Emmy: Could This Be the Year?

The Grammy telecast where Bad Bunny made history with his album of the year win is competing with the superstar's Super Bowl halftime show.

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Tom Cruise Must Save the World from a Disaster of His Own Making in Digger Trailer: Watch

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the upcoming prestige comedy hits theaters this October. Tom Cruise Must Save the World from a Disaster of His Own Making in Digger Trailer: Watch Liz Shannon Miller

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Mastodon Launch New Album With Josh Homme-Assisted Single

“Snakes for Dinner” leads Marrow Deep, the band’s first album since the death of Brent Hinds

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Jay-Z Joined by Eminem, Rihanna, Pharrell, and More at Yankee Stadium

Other special guests on the three-night run included Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Usher and Nas

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"Michael" Surpasses "Bohemian Rhapsody" as Highest-Grossing Music Biopic

It becomes the first biopic to top $1 billion in worldwide grosses.

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Pitbull’s Bald Cap Stunt Earns Guinness World Record

What began as a fun inside joke among Mr. Worldwide's biggest fans is now in the record books.

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Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium Run Featured Star Performers and Record Sales

Featuring Pharrell, Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and record-breaking ticket sales

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“I sat on that song for two decades. I knew that I got something special”: The powerful anthem by Five Finger Death Punch and the dramatic video that shook America

“When you have a piece that you know can be brilliant, everything matters. If you nail it, this is a legacy piece”

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Pitbull Sets Guinness World Record With Largest Gathering of Bald Caps at BST Hyde Park Show: ‘We Did it Baldies! Dale!’

What began as a fun inside joke among Mr. Worldwide's biggest fans is now in the record books.

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Watch Jay-Z bring out Eminem, Rihanna, and Pharrell at Yankee Stadium nights two and three

Other special guests on the three-night run included Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Usher and Nas

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“As an 8-year-old, I was like, ‘My 5-year-old sister is better than me at guitar? How is this even possible?’ She was like a savant”: Este Haim on how sibling rivalry, parental persuasion, Princess Peach and Tina Weymouth led her to the bass guitar

"I was moping around, like, ‘I don't have any talent. What is my place in the world?’ At eight years old! Existential crisis. So my dad was like, ‘I got an idea’”

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Ivors Academy presses Irish government to protect songwriters

The debates about AI and musicians rumble on in parliaments around the world – including Ireland this week. Tomorrow (14 July) a motion filed by politician Aengus Ó Snodaigh will be debated in the country’s Dáil (assembly).

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"She's a very determined young lady who has pushed herself and keeps going”: Meet the Northern Irish teenager who passed her Grade 8 piano – one handed

Freya Terris injured her right hand two years ago

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Michael' Tops Music Biopic Rankings

It becomes the first biopic to top $1 billion in worldwide grosses.

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Bonnie Tyler Dies at 75

The Welsh singer of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and Footloose hit “Holding Out for a Hero” died after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery

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Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium Run Featured Major Guests and Record Sales

Featuring Pharrell, Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and record-breaking ticket sales

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Sam Neill, Indelible Star of Jurassic Park, Dead at 78

Neill portrayed Dr. Alan Grant in three of the franchise's films Sam Neill, Indelible Star of Jurassic Park, Dead at 78 Alex Young

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DiMA, Suno and Deezer respond to AI-music labelling proposal

On Friday we reported on the announcement by a group of music-industry bodies of a new system for labelling wholly AI-generated music as well as ‘AI-assisted’ music.

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Garbage don kilts as Nicola Sturgeon pays tribute to the band at their last ever Scottish gig

The Former First Minister of Scotland said watching Shirley Manson perform "at the peak of her powers was a privilege"

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Andy Burnham Ranks His Favorite Bands, Including Oasis and The Smiths

He also included Courteeners in his ranking, shortly after the band backed his Labour leadership bid and said that he has done “a fantastic job in Manchester”