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| Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71 Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 05:14 PM PDT  By Jonathan Allen and Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering songwriter and musician behind the influential rock band Velvet Underground, which fused art and music in collaboration with artist Andy Warhol, died on Sunday at the age of 71, his literary agent said. Reed, best recognized by mainstream audiences for his 1972 solo hit "Walk on the Wild Side," died at the Long Island home he shared with his wife, Laurie Anderson, following complications from a liver transplant he underwent earlier this year, his agent, Andrew Wylie, said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fleetwood Mac's John McVie has cancer, band cancels part of world tour Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 02:27 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Fleetwood Mac bass guitarist John McVie has been diagnosed with cancer and the rock group has canceled the Australian and New Zealand leg of its world tour so that he can undergo treatment, the band said on Sunday. The band, known for such 1970s hits as "Don't Stop" and "Dreams," had just completed the European segment of the tour. It was to make 14 stops in Australia and New Zealand, the group said in a statement on its website. McVie, 67, "is now scheduled to be in treatment for cancer during that period of time," the statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| New U.S. TV network fuses news, satire for young Hispanics Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 02:24 PM PDT  By Lisa Richwine and David Adams LOS ANGELES/MIAMI (Reuters) - On Monday evening, U.S. cable network Fusion will launch with interviews of President Barack Obama and Republican Senator Ted Cruz. Later that night, four puppets will provide commentary on current events during a news chat show. A joint venture between Walt Disney Co's ABC and Spanish-language media company Univision Communications Inc, Fusion will blend hard news, satire and pop culture to do something other cable news networks have largely failed to do: lure "millennial" viewers, 18 to 34 years old. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kiwi teenager Lorde scores debut number one in British charts Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 12:11 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter Lorde has become the youngest artist to enter Britain's singles charts at number one since 1998, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. New Zealand-born Lorde's debut single "Royals" beat former TV talent show winner James Arthur to the top of the charts, pushing last week's number one "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic into third place. Only 15-year-old British pop artist Billie has entered the chart top spot at a younger age, when in 1998 she scored a number one with "Because we want to". ... Full Story | Top |
| Somalia radio stations shut down, ordered out of government building Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 11:37 AM PDT  By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali security agents shut down two radio stations and ordered its reporters to leave a building they were occupying for non-payment of rent, a government official said on Sunday. The official said the Shabelle Media Network's stations had been given a deadline to leave the government-owned building, which they had initially refused. "The issue is nothing to do with media freedom. But they were asked to leave government property that they had been in," the Somali government official told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Bad Grandpa' tops 'Gravity' at North American box office Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 10:56 AM PDT  By Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prankster comedy "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" kicked Sandra Bullock's 3D space thriller "Gravity" from the top of weekend box office charts in the United States and Canada, starting off with $32 million in ticket sales over its first three days. After three weeks in first place, "Gravity" slipped to the No. 2 slot with $20.3 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rapper Chris Brown arrested in Washington over assault Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 09:24 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rapper Chris Brown was arrested and charged with assault in Washington early on Sunday after getting into a fight with a man outside a hotel near the White House, police said. Brown was charged with felony assault at 4:25 a.m. (3.25 a.m. ET) after the altercation outside the W Hotel, a few hundred yards (meters) from the White House, Officer Anthony Clay of the Metropolitan Police Department said. Another man involved in the fight, Christopher Hollosy, was arrested on the same charge. News reports referred to the second individual as Brown's bodyguard. ... Full Story | Top |
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