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The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook.
Drake leads the list of nominations for the upcoming 2013 BET Awards, which the network revealed Tuesday.

Husband-wife duo Shovels & Rope is the top nominee for this year's Americana Honors & Awards, but longtime favorites Buddy Miller and Emmylou Harris lurk nearby.

Michael Jackson appeared "a little loopy" after visits with his longtime dermatologist and was considering using a teleprompter to help him perform some of his songs during his ill-fated comeback concerts, a choreographer who worked one-on-one with the pop superstar told a jury Tuesday.

A defamation lawsuit filed by the founder of the rock group Boston against the ex-wife of the band's late lead singer was reinstated Tuesday by the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

The lead singer of the Grammy-winning Tejano group La Mafia has suffered head wounds in an unprovoked attack outside a Houston club.

He started from the bottom, but now he's on top at the BET Awards: Drake has 12 nominations.

"Celebrity Apprentice" finalist Trace Adkins has an apprentice of his own.

Eve, "Lip Lock" (From The Rib/RED)

Vampire Weekend, "Modern Vampires of the City" (XL Recordings)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Modern Vampires of the City" (XL Recordings) 3 1/2 stars

Beyonce is canceling her Tuesday concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion.
Rapper Gucci Mane has pleaded not guilty to an assault charge stemming from an altercation with a fan at a downtown Atlanta nightclub.

Aretha Franklin has canceled appearances in Chicago and Connecticut later this month under a doctor's recommendation.

A choreographer who worked one-on-one with Michael Jackson says the entertainer appeared "a little loopy" after visits with his longtime dermatologist in the weeks before his death.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Modern Vampires of the City" (XL, 3 1/2 stars)

"New Orleans," PJ Morton (Young Money Entertainment)

Trace Adkins, "Love Will ." (Show Dog/Universal)
Two first-time contestants have taken the top prizes at Jazz at Lincoln Center's 18th annual Essentially Ellington high school jazz band competition.

George Strait, "Love Is Everything" (MCA Nashville)