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DJ Pauly D (right) has signed a record deal with 50 Cent's G-Note label, which focuses on dance and pop music. The "Jersey Shore" star has been in music since he was 15 and opened for Britney Spears' recent tour a few times. (Associated Press)
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Bob Marley performs at a reggae festival in Paris in 1980. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Amy Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janis (second from left) Winehouse, meet Callum Miller; his mother, Jane Morgan; and grandmother, Victoria Morgan, at a children's hospice that received a grant from the Amy Winehouse Foundation. (The Amy Winehouse Foundation via Associated Press)
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Author and activist Michael Eric Dyson (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Opposition leader Janez Jansa casts his ballot as his wife, Urska Bacovnik, looks on at a polling station in Velenje, Slovenia, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (AP Photo)
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A Russian soldier casts his ballot as others stand in line at a polling station in Moscow on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.)
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**FILE** Herman Cain speaks Dec. 2, 2011, to campaign supporters in Rock Hill, S.C. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain hugs a supporter at a campaign event on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Rock Hill, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)
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Michael Fassbender delivers an intense, committed performance as a man with a crippling sexual compulsion in director Steve McQueen's "Shame." (Fox Searchlight Films via Associated Press)
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YOUR TAX DOLLARS? This Internet screen grab of an episode of "Diary of a Single Mom" features a guest appearance by actor Billy Dee Williams. (pic.tv)
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Kanye West leads the Grammy-nominated field with seven. His "All of the Lights" has been nominated for song of the year. (Associated Press)
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Mike Huckabee promises "no 'gotcha' stuff" when he hosts a live forum Saturday night for six of the Republican presidential candidates. (Associated Press)
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Neil Diamond "won" the first-ever worst-actor Golden Raspberry Award, for "The Jazz Singer." That's more than balanced by 115 million records sold and eight No. 1 singles - and a Golden Globe nomination, for "The Jazz Singer. " (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Broadway's Barbara Cook may blush when remembering her part in 1988's "Carrie: The Musical," but why give it a moment's thought? She's hit high note after high note in her career and resigned from "Carrie" after opening night.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins has lived up to the ambitious title of his legendary 1956 album "The Saxophone Colossus." Among his many serious honors is a humorous one: inspiring a "Simpsons" character called Bleeding Gums Murphy.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Cellist Yo-Yo Ma (right) appears with violinist Itzhak Perlman at the Capitol during President Obama's inauguration in January 2009. Because of freezing outdoor temperatures, television viewers heard prerecorded music from Mr. Ma's string quartet.
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Cast members from the National Tour of the Jersey Boys sing for the crowd during The National Christmas Tree Lighting 2011 on The Elipse in Washington, DC, Thursday, December 1, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Concert: Andrea Bocelli Italian singer Andrea Bocelli never could see well, and went fully blind at the age of 12. You wouldn't know it from listening to him sing, however. Like the blind man in Raymond Carver's Cathedral, Bocelli is as much a lover as any man who can see, and you can hear it in his voice. It's a tenor that hovers above genre and accompaniment, whether he's partnering with a pop star or a symphony orchestra. Critics, particularly The NYT's Anthony Tommasini, has suggested that Bocelli is actually a poor man's opera singer. "The basic color of Mr. Bocelli's voice is warm and pleasant, but he lacks the technique to support and project his sound. His sustained notes wobble. His soft high notes are painfully weak. Inadequate breath control often forces him to clip off notes prematurely at the end of phrases." And while it's true that he's no Pavarotti, this listener says that Pavarotti's thunderous tenor--which put the MORE in amore--frightened more hearts than it melted. Dec. 2 at the Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. Phone: 202-628-3200. Web: www.verizoncenter.com
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Tori Amos will feature selections from her most recent album — "Night of Hunters" — on Monday night (Dec. 5) at DAR Constitution Hall.
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Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., speaks Wednesday about the purchase of the Omaha World-Herald newspaper by the holding company. The deal requires approval of the World-Herald's shareholders. (Omaha World-Herald via Associated Press)
