By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON | Wed May 16, 2012 1:21am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the face of it, Universal Music Group’s bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world’s leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal’s star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British [...]

AT MONDAY’S news conference announcing Jay-Z’s Budweiser music festival, a fan shouted out, “You’re the best, Hov!” “I agree,” he said. I don’t. Not to sound like an old fogy, but hits of his such as “99 Problems” may be catchy, but I can’t get with all the b-words and other misogynistic lyrics in Jay-Z’s [...]

CLEVELAND — Ohio’s first casino opened Monday night with long lines of gamblers ready to roll the dice, a glitzy music video instead of a traditional ribbon cutting and a taste of Las Vegas with two bare-midriff showgirls wearing plumed hats and sequined tops. The video was projected on the facade of the Horseshoe Casino [...]

The network is looking to bring back favorites from the 14 editions of “Dancing With the Stars,” its most popular show. Paul Lee, president of the ABC Entertainment Group, offered no hints on who would be dancing again. In addition to the new shows, ABC is renewing six freshman series from the current season. “Missing” [...]

In the warm months of 2012, it seems, what you’ll really need is an order of foie gras doughnuts. You’re probably going to want to save room for a pork belly shawarma taco, too, and maybe a duck hot dog with pickled cabbage and black garlic, and perhaps a few bites of house-made Thai sausage. [...]

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Lucian Grainge and Scott Braun couldn’t be more different. Grainge, the 51-year-old chairman of Universal Music Group, speaks with a genial English accent and was recently named a commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Braun, the 30-year-old manager of Justin Bieber, calls himself Scooter and has an accent northeast of Queens, [...]

By Hedy Weiss Theater Critic/hweiss@suntimes.com May 14, 2012 4:06PM Reprints ‘Night’ time: Jonathan Weir is Fredrik Egerman and Shannon Cochran portrays Desiree Armfeldt in “A Little Night Music.” ‘A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC’ HIGHLYRECOMMENDED ? Through July 8 ? Writers’ Theater, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe ? Tickets, $45-$65 ? (847) 242-6000; www.writerstheatre.org Updated: May 14, 2012 [...]

Barack Obama channel’s Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together.’ Mitt Romney leans on K’naan’s ‘Wavin’ Flag.’ If there’s a politician, there’s a song ready to blare. Like less charismatic hip-hop artists, politicians routinely repurpose other people’s songs. And like a great many rappers over the last several decades, they’ve often done it without permission. As we [...]

With Mayor Nutter as his opening act, hip-hop mogul and rapper Jay-Z stood atop the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps. His theme: Made in America, the music festival – announced Monday morning – that will take over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Labor Day weekend. Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, was saying he [...]