Music

Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies

Monday, May 20, 2013

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for “Red.” She told the crowd: “You are the longest and best relationship I ever had.” She also had a colorful performance of her hit “22” — starting … 0

FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows singer Beyonce at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit in New York. Beyonce is canceling her Tuesday, May 14, concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion. In an email to The Associated Press, the singer's publicist says Beyonce has been advised by her doctors to rest. She was scheduled to perform at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp. The show will be rescheduled and tickets can be used at that show. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

Beyonce reportedly pregnant

Sunday, May 19, 2013

LOS ANGELES — Beyonce is pregnant with her second child — another baby with husband Jay-Z, more sources said Friday. Multiple sources confirmed the pregnancy to E! News on Friday after the New York Post went public Monday with sourced rumors of a second pregnancy. The singer had nixed a performance of “The … 0

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The Diamond Collection

Tuned in

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Northampton writer/musician Ella Longpre celebrates the release of her first-ever chapbook, “The Odor of the Hoax Was Gone,” with a show at Flying Object in Hadley Thursday at 8 p.m. Longpre can quiet a bustling room with her hushed songs, sometimes even with her back to the crowd (as she did one night, … 0

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