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Coachella festival gets a new lease on life
Coachella 2010: Fest closes with the thrilling Gorillaz and the disastrous Sly Stone
Cheech and Chong haven't gone to pot
‘Bosom Buddies’ still close to Tom Hanks’ heart
Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert top 45th Academy of Country Music Awards
'Kick-Ass' opens somewhat soft but still may have plenty of kick
'Glee,' 'A Single Man' among winners at GLAAD Media Awards
‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’ doing well overseas, thanks to 3-D
L.A.-based musician sows religious unity with the sitar
Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia talk 'Idol' at the 'Dream' house

Coachella festival gets a new lease on life

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

California’s most celebrated music festival signs a long-term lease with the owner of the Empire Polo Fields. Improvements are promised.

California’s most celebrated music festival signs a long-term lease with the owner of the Empire Polo Fields. Improvements are promised.

Coachella 2010: Fest closes with the thrilling Gorillaz and the disastrous Sly Stone

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:33 AM PDT

The three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival came to a close just before midnight Sunday, bringing to an end a weekend that placed rock, dance, hip-hop and electronics on equal footing.

Cheech and Chong haven't gone to pot

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

At least not in the retirement sense. The comedians are on a mission with their "Get It Legal" tour.

In a puff of smoke, they were gone for 25 years. But on Tuesday (4/20 to fans of pot culture), Cheech and Chong, those aging icons of stoner comedy, will be everywhere — in theaters, video on demand, DVD, even on iTunes, PlayStations and Xboxes.

‘Bosom Buddies’ still close to Tom Hanks’ heart

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The Oscar-winner reunites with the cast of the 1980s series at TV Land awards show, which is airing next Sunday.

Before the two best-actor Oscars, the hit movies and other distinguished projects that catapulted him into Hollywood's elite ranks, Tom Hanks was an un-pretty woman.

Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert top 45th Academy of Country Music Awards

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:45 PM PDT

Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were also among the night's award recipients.

'Kick-Ass' opens somewhat soft but still may have plenty of kick

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:23 AM PDT

Even if "Kick-Ass" has so-so playability and ends up with $45 million to $60 million, it should be at least modestly profitable for Lionsgate.

'Glee,' 'A Single Man' among winners at GLAAD Media Awards

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 04:40 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Glee" has another reason to be happy.

‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’ doing well overseas, thanks to 3-D

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Americans like their 3-D, but it's foreigners who really love the new digital technology.

L.A.-based musician sows religious unity with the sitar

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Paul Livingstone, who has studied and performed with Ravi Shankar, combines Eastern tradition and Christianity in his playing. He has also brought together a diverse audience.

An eclectic group of people sat on floor cushions in a Los Feliz home earlier this month for a concert to mark famed sitar player Ravi Shankar's 90th birthday. In the same room where Shankar played in the 1960s sat atheists and believers, guests who were raised Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and evangelical Christian.