Idol alum Ace Young to make his Broadway debut in 'Grease'

Another "American Idol" alum is heading to "Grease" on Broadway.

Ace Young, who competed on season five of the Fox show, joins the barf Sept. 9, playing Kenickie in the revival of the democratic musical.

The 27-year-old singer-songwriter - known for his pretty looks and falsetto vocals - volition make his debut two days afterwards fellow "Idol" Taylor Hicks completes a two-month stint as Teen Angel. Hicks took plate the "Idol" title in 2006.

Young will perform through and through Jan. 18.

"I'm really mad," he said. "I had a lot of things kind of open up for me and when the function of Kenickie was offered, it's something that I've always wanted to do as a kid. That's always been my favorite role from 'Grease."'

Young likes that Danny Zuko's proper hand isle of Man is a guy's guy.

"That's a big side of me that a lot of the great unwashed don't know," he aforementioned. "They didn't get to see that on 'Idol.' You know, I deliver four older brothers. I was ne'er trying to even fear about what I was wearing. I was just trying to survive at the home."

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Artist: Strata: mp3 download    Genre(s):  Rock Pop: Pop-Rock Alternative     Strata's discography:      Presents The End Of The World    Year: 2007    Tracks: 12      The Panic    Year: 2004    Tracks: 1      Strata    Year: 2004    Tracks: 11 Strata got their originate in suburban San Jose about 2000. Then called Downside, the four -- vocaliser Eric Victorino, guitarist Ryan Hernandez, bassist Hrag Chanchanian, and drummer Adrian Robison -- started acting proscribed ofttimes, and by 2001 had self-released an LP. An Internet liberation followed. Tours with homeboys wish Alien Ant Farm and Dredg brocaded Strata's bloodline, and though legion labels showed interest in their post-grunge grooves (similar to types like Trapt or even Hoobastank), the band finally signed with mondo-successful startup Wind-Up. Their largely self-produced, eponymously highborn debut appeared in July 2004. Presents the End of the World followed three age by and by. The three exhausted the adjacent deuce tenacious time objet d'art of writing songs bit touring the U.S. and U.K., so returned to collide with the studio apartment and criminal record Strata Presents the End of the World, released in July 2007.

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NYC skyscraper is sculpture made of 1 million toy construction set pieces

NEW YORK - The latest skyscraper to go up in Manhattan is 20 metres tall, weighs secen tonnes and is constructed of about one million stainless steel toy construction set pieces.

The skyscraper - actually a sculpture by artist Chris Burden called "What My Dad Gave Me" - was to be unveiled at Rockefeller Center Tuesday.

Burden gained notoriety in 1971 as a performance artist when he had a friend shoot him in the arm with a rifle. For the past decade, he has been working with replica Erector Set pieces.

"What My Dad Gave Me" is billed as his most complex work to date. The six-storey skyscraper will be on view through July 19.

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Rappers sued over Joe Farrell music

UMG labels also named in lawsuit





Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies were sued Thursday by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused them of using her father's music without approval.
The lawsuit, filed by Kathleen Firrantello in the U.S. District Court in New York, names the rappers along with labels owned by Universal Music Group.
None of the record companies or representatives for the rappers were immediately available for comment.
The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of Farrell's 1974 musical composition "Upon This Rock" in three separate songs -- West in "Gone," Common in "Chi-City" and Method Man and Redman in their song "Run 4 Cover."
Firrantello is seeking punitive damages of at least $1 million and asked that no further copies of the songs be made, sold or performed, according to the lawsuit.

Cablevision Pays $650 Million For Newsday

New York-based Cablevision announced today (Monday) that it has acquired the Long Island newspaper Newsday and related properties for $650 million. The announcement came just two days after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp pulled out of the bidding, saying that the price was unrealistic. While analysts had expected shareholders to react negatively to Cablevision's expensive acquisition, shares in the company appeared to be unaffected by the deal. Cablevision CEO James Dolan said that he saw numerous synergies. "Both Cablevision and Newsday are in the content, customer relationship and advertising business, and we see this as a wonderful fit," he said in a statement. The announcement of the Newsday acquisition comes just one week after the company said that it had agreed to buy the Sundance Channel for $496 million.


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