Business
The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas is Closing After 25 Years: Memories of Kevin Costner, The Eagles, and George Clooney
I just heard that the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is closing after almost exactly 25 years. I went to the...
Celebrity
Madonna Cancels 10th Show, in London: “I have injuries that have plagued me since the beginning of the tour”
Madonna has cancelled a performance of her "Madame X" show for the 10th time, in London scheduled for tonight. As I wrote over the...
Celebrity
P Diddy Speech Was Full of Errors and Omissions: The Grammys Have Always Respected Black Music, But Not Hip Hop Because of Foul Language,...
Sean P Diddy Puff Daddy Combs held forth Saturday night at Clive Davis's dinner for 50 minutes reviewing his life and career, as well...
awards
Kobe Bryant Death Throws the Already-Plagued Grammy Awards into Disarray at Staples Center
It's as if the Grammy Awards are jinxed. Eight years ago, Whitney Houston died on the eve of the show, at the Beverly Hilton...
Celebrity
Flashback 2009: Kobe Bryant Names His Favorite Actors, Actresses, and Predicts Tiger Woods’ Fate
Kobe Bryant's tragic death today in a helicopter crash reminds me of the pain we were all in when Yankees catcher Thurman Munson died...
Celebrity
Clive Davis’s Annual Star Studded Pre Grammy Dinner Tops Itself with Jay Z, Beyonce, Nancy Pelosi in Audience, Beck, Cyndi Lauper, Chance the Rapper...
The Grammys are in disarray, the Recording Academy is dealing with scandal, but Clive Davis's famous annual all star pre-Grammy gala went on last...
Celebrity
Aerosmith Rocks Out with Guests Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp at Musicares Dinner But Without Grammy Chief or Head of Charity Presiding
The phenomenal annual Musicares Person of the Year dinner on Grammy weekend has always felt like a community event-- even with 3,000 people jammed...
awards
Recording Academy Clarifies Voting Rules in Light of Allegations of Malfeasance
NARAS interim leader Harvey Mason, Jr. has sent out a memo to the members of the Recording Academy regarding possible voting improprieties.
Here it is:
"I’m...