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The 2013 Billboard Music Awards
Stars float down the red carpet in Las Vegas to make their way into a performance-filled event.
Ray Manzarek, keyboardist of the Doors, dies at 74
HIs chance meeting with Jim Morrison on Venice Beach in 1965 gave rise to the influential rock band.
The-Dream thumbs his nose at dance-pop superstardom
On his new album, ‘IV Play,’ the R&B star sticks to his strength: gaudy, intricately constructed slow jams.
Carole King set to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
First woman honoree joins Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Bacharach/David.
Ang Lee backs out of directing ‘Tyrant’ pilot on FX
It would have been his TV directorial debut, but ‘felt he didn’t have gas left in the tank’ after busy year.
CBS pre-empts ‘Mike & Molly’ season finale due to Tornado storyline
A repeat broadcast will run in the time period
NBC debuts sci-fi drama in same time slot as CBS’s summer series ‘Dome’
“Dome” will debut June 24 at 10 p.m.; “Siberia” will launch the following Monday.
Deborah Turness named president of NBC News
She becomes first woman to run a network news division in the United States,
Seth MacFarlane confirms he won’t host Oscars again
That should put TV critics at ease, who hated his performance this year.
Cellist gives the tales behind the tunes at recital
Cellist Zuill Bailey’s stories become a big part of his performance.
Billboard Music Awards: 5 talked about moments
Five top moments from the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.
Khaled Hosseini’s exquisite ‘And the Mountains Echoed’
The bestselling author of “The Kite Runner” returns with another powerful story about Afghanistan.
Billboard Music Awards fashion
Style seen at the show was disjointed, ranging from expect from Taylor Swift to Ke$ha's revealing mini.
‘Minotaur,’ by Benjamin Tammuz
A man becomes obsessed with a teenage girl, but does that obsession lead him to murder?
Luke Bryan masters the two sidesof his persona at WMZQ Fest
Country star switches with ease between the flirtatious partier and the devoted lover during Virginia concert.
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Preview of “Eveningland,” a collaborative work by D.C.-based contemporary dance company Christopher K. Morgan & Artists and New York’s Skybetter and Associates.
Arachne Aerial Arts and In-Flight Theater: ‘For That Which Returns’
Preview of “For That Which Returns,” an aerial performance based on the myth of Demeter and Persephone.
Other Desert Cities at Arena Stage
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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in ‘Move: from the inside out’
Snippets of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble members in Ray Mercer’s “Move: from the inside out.”
Asanga Domask’s ‘Nruthya Manjarie’
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