HONOLULU - The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's cancelling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna broke her silence on Friday about the night her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attacked her, saying he had bitten her, put her in a headlock and left her bleeding and swollen.
NEW YORK - Art D'Lugoff, who owned the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, has died. He was 85.
LOS ANGELES - Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two gruelling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69.
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly Hills hotel on a late October afternoon. Decked out in a black leather vest and black leggings brightly accented by turquoise suede knee-high boo a hint of matching eyeliner, the Grammy Award-winning singer is surprised by the chilly blast before she ducks into a waiting black sport utility vehicle. Commenting on the wind's force, she laughs when it's suggested the quick dust-up is a forecast of the whirlwind activity cranking up on behalf of her latest studio album, "The Element of Freedom."