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FILE - Video Vanguard award recipient Jennifer Lopez performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Aug. 20, 2018. Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York’s Time Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021." ABC and dick clark productions announced Tuesday that the pop star will perform live before the icon ball drop on Dec. 31. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event will be closed to the public. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
J. Lo, Billy Porter to perform at 'New Year’s Rockin’ Eve'

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FILE - This June 4, 2018 file photo shows DJ D-Nice, whose real name is Derrick Jones, at the 13th Annual Apollo Theater Spring Gala After Party in New York. The DJ is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. During the pandemic's early stage, he hosted Homeschool at Club Quarantine on his Instagram Live, where he spun popular tunes on the turntables at his home. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)
Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. Dec. 11, 2020 11:53 AM EST

FILE - Cyndi Lauper, left, and Perry Farrell perform during the 9th annual "Home for the Holidays" benefit concert in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2019. Lauper’s annual concert to combat youth homelessness, an issue its organizer says has only gotten worse during the pandemic, will premiere on Friday on Lauper's TikTok channel at 8 p.m. EST, with an additional stream Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on Lauper’s YouTube and Facebook handles. This year’s concert will free to watch, with donation encouraged. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Stars join Cyndi Lauper's benefit concert for homeless youth

By Mark Kennedy Dec. 09, 2020 10:18 AM EST

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Collins running for reelection to represent Maine in the Senate in the Nov. 3 general election. (Al Drago/Pool via AP, File)
Collins votes against Barrett, heads home to save Senate job

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ACTOR IAN HOLM DIES LONDON (AP) — Versatile British actor Ian Holm has died. Holm appeared in scores of movies big and small, from costume...

FILE - This May 28, 2019 file photo shows Singer Harry Connick Jr. with his daughter Georgia at a special screening of "Pavarotti" in New York. CBS will air a two-hour special, "United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes" to honor essential workers across America. The special will air June 21 and will follow host Connick Jr. and his filmmaker-daughter Georgia on road trip celebrating and thanking essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Harry Connick Jr. honors workers during pandemic road trip

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LEE GREENWOOD ANGRY THAT HIS MUSIC WAS USED IN KENTUCKY PROTEST LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Lee Greenwood says he is “furious” that his song ...

Winfrey, Pitt part of Grammys special for essential workers

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2020 12:17 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammys is putting together an event featuring Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Herbie Hancock and Harry Connick, Jr. to honor essential workers...

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MUSICIANS REMEMBER LITTLE RICHARD NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Paul McCartney says Little Richard used to say that he taught McCartney...