

Oklahoma singer Shelton to headline May 29 tornado relief benefit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton said on Friday that he will headline a concert to benefit the victims of the Oklahoma tornado that swept through the city of Moore earlier this week, leaving 24 dead and thousands homeless. Shelton, a native of Ada, Oklahoma, which is 75 miles northwest of Moore, said the "Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert" will be held on May 29 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, and will be televised live at 9 p.m. EDT on NBC. ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton said on Friday that he will headline a concert to benefit the victims of the Oklahoma tornado that swept through the city of Moore earlier this week, leaving 24 dead and thousands homeless. Shelton, a native of Ada, Oklahoma, which is 75 miles northwest of Moore, said the "Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert" will be held on May 29 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, and will be televised live at 9 p.m. EDT on NBC. ...
By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE (Reuters) - British boy band One Direction has swept the inaugural awards recognizing the most popular people in social media globally, coming top in four out of 10 categories at a star-studded ceremony in Singapore. One Direction was named most popular music group, most popular UK musicians, most popular in the UK, and most popular in west Europe, at the Social Star Awards, but did not show up to collect their prizes, sending their thanks by videolink. ...
PARIS (Reuters) - French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki, beloved in France for his songs celebrating liberty and collaborations with Edith Piaf, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 79. The Greek-born singer grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and arrived in Paris in 1951, where he began to play guitar at nightclubs and met some of the period's best-known singers. He was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star, the most famous of which was "Milord" about a lower-class girl who falls in love with an upper-class British traveler. ...
By Ira Teinowitz LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House. King is becoming the first female songwriter to win the prize, which was won by Stevie Wonder in 2009, Paul McCartney in 2010, and the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 2012. ...
Hood River Valley freshman Sebastian Barajas won the boys’ discus at the Oregon Class 5A Track and Field Championships in Eugene. Barajas winning mark of 156 feet and nine inches came on his...
Girls 4x100 Relay: Sherman 9th Boys 1500: Salvador Ramirez, Horizon Christian, 6th Girls 100: Meagan McKInney, Sherman, 3rd Girls 400: Andie Harrison, Sherman, 7th Girls 800: Tatum Hahn, South Wasco..
Washington 1A Results Boys 100: Briley Cameron, Goldendale, 4thin prelim (advance to final) Boys 200: Briley Cameron, Goldendale, 14thin prelim Boys 800: Hayden Gibson, Columbia, 12thin prelim Boys...
Oregon Class 5A Softball Quarterfinal West Albany 6, Hood River Valley 0: West Albany freshman Kelsey Broadus pitched a perfect game to send the Bulldogs on to a semi-final matchup with Sandy...
Oregon Class 1A Track and Field Day 1 Boys 3000 meter final: Salvador Ramirez, Horizon Christian, 6th Girls 3000 meter final: Joy Kelly, South Wasco, 6th Girls 100 meter prelim: Meagan McKinney...
Oregon Second District Congressman Greg Walden is telling the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management they need to learn from last year's historic wildfires. Walden wrote a letter...