NEW YORK (AP) — Carly Smithson progressed on "American Idol" Thursday amid controversy over her professional past. Smithson, 24, has made headlines for having a pre-"Idol" career: The Irish crooner recorded a debut album, 2001's "Ultimate High," for MCA Records. It flopped — after the label spent more than $2 million trying to sell it.
The show's gimmick has always been to pluck talented young hopefuls from obscurity and make them into recording artists.
Bruno Mars is deep into his residency at Dolby Live and has opened the Pinky Ring. And this is just the start.
“X Rocks” was knocked off stage during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, so long ago that the Las Vegas casino it calls home changed names.
Celine Dion received a rousing reception from the crowd and cello great Hauser at his sold-out Las Vegas show.
Jerry Lewis bought the Scotch 80s home in 1982 as his primary residence until his death in August 2017.
The lofty prices run counter to industry trends, where acts have cut prices to foster sales.
The famous downtown Las Vegas music festival is turning into a two-night affair in its first year of sole ownership by Rolling Stone.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur’s killing, still faces a court hearing before he is set free on $750,000 bail.
On a Vegas weeknight, Lady Gaga’s “Jazz + Piano” show returned to Park MGM, and Flavor Flav joined Brian Newman on stage at NoMad Library.
Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88.
“I think of things on the scale of ‘Should I be bothered by this or not?’ and most things are not high on that list,” the star of the upcoming “Wondla” says.
