Who Wants Jessie's Girl? Now 18, Top 40 Radio, and Two Decades Later, Rick Springfield (PR Web)
With a faithful update of Rick Springfields Jessies Girl, which hit #1 the first week in August 1981, Cincinnati-based pop/rock band Frickin A is gunning for a repeat 24 years later. The second single from the bands album Big EgosNo Ideas on Toucan Cove/Alert Entertainment has been causing a commotion since December. [PRWEB Feb 16, 2005]
From One ``American Idol'' to Another: Fantasia Barrino Shares Audition Tips with Barbie and Friends (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
With hundreds of successful careers, four chart-topping movies, and a smash hit CD, Barbie doll now has sights set on winning the title of the next "American Idol." Kicking off New York Toy Fair today, Barbie and 15 lucky girlfriends received insightful audition tips from real-life "American Idol" winner, Fantasia Barrino, at a special event at the New York City Mattel Toy Fair Showroom.
American Idol Star Kimberley Locke to Wed (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Curb recording artist, KIMBERLEY LOCKE, who rose to fame when she was named the second runner-up and the Last-Girl-Standing on season two of the Fox TV series, "American Idol," has announced her wedding engagement to high school sweetheart, Don Campbell.
Events (Piedmonter)
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY -- The museum is designed to discover, preserve, interpret and share the cultural and historical experiences of African Americans in California and the West. In addition, there is a three-panel mural on permanent display.
Learning to be Outspoken (The New Zealand Herald)
The nice lad from Everything But the Girl is here to pop a cap in your ass. He used to be such a polite guy, making the seductive beats and music to go with the whispy vocals of Tracey Thorn - his real life partner and mother to their three "music mad" children.
Rai: Larger than life but down to earth (USA Today)
Bollywood's biggest superstar, Aishwarya Rai, is making her U.S. movie debut in the musical Bride & Prejudice, now playing in New York and L.A. The film itself has earned mixed reviews, but critics have noticed the singing, dancing actress, with People praising "the lovely Rai" for being "a live wire."
Beyonce Will Perform At Oscars, Destiny Bares All (Yahoo! Music via Yahoo! News)
Beyonce will be singing two more Oscar-nominated songs at the Academy Awards--in addition to her previously announced duet with Josh Groban. Beyonce will perform "Look to Your Path" from Les Choristes, accompanied by the American Boychoir, and "Learn to Be Lonely" from the Phantom Of The Opera at the event on February 27. Billboard.com reports that there was speculation actress Minnie Driver
Calling Preteens with a Barbie Phone (BusinessWeek)
Mattel hopes its doll-themed prepaid cell phone -- a real working one -- will be a hit with girls and turn its classic toy hip again
Atlanta act makes impact on country charts (Nashville City Paper)
Sugarland’s lead vocalist Jennifer Nettles remembers getting some hometown assistance during one of the country trio’s firstgigs in Nashville. “We were playing a showcase at 12th and Porter and it was a pretty critical time for us,” Nettles said.
Daniel Trevino, Houston lawyer (Houston Chronicle)
Daniel Kidder Trevino Jr., a Houston lawyer, former assistant state attorney general, entrepreneur and co-founder of a local TV station, died Saturday of complications from diabetes. He was 79.
