Don Kirshner, who provided one of the early hip outlets for pop and rock music on television, has died. He was 76.
The music impresario and television producer died Monday of heart failure in Boca Raton, Fla., promoter Jack Wishna told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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He was the man behind and the host of the syndicated Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, which premiered in 1973 and ran until 1981. In many markets, it served as ...
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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have tied the knot, People reports.
Richie, 29, and Madden, 30, were wed Saturday in front of family and friends at the Beverly Hills estate of Richie's father, Lionel Richie. Benji Madden, Joel's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate, acted as best man, according to E! Online.
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Executive producers Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie unveiled the official video for "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" as part of NBC's broadcast of the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Friday.
Featuring more than 70 performers, including Celine Dion, Kanye West and Miley Cyrus, the remake marks the 25th anniversary of...
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More than 70 stars came together Monday to lend their voices to a remake of "We Are the World" to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti.
"Everybody left their ego at the door," Quincy Jones said, according to Reuters, referring to a sign he hung over the studio door during the 1985 recording of the original, which he co-produced.
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Twenty-five years after its original release, Quincy Jones is spearheading a new recording of "We Are the World" to raise money to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
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"It's the 25th anniversary and it's perfect timing," Jones told E! News. "It's not an accident, man. That's God. It will be 'We Are the World' for Haiti."
The original song, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and co-produced by Jones, benefitted African famine relief...
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