Mariah Carey returns to stage since giving birth
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Mariah Carey made her return to the stage since giving birth to twins in diva-like form: She changed her shoes after singing two songs and touched up her hair and makeup in a sleek, sleeveless black dress, all in front of an eager audience.
Carey, who gave birth to fraternal twins via C-section in April, performed for a few hundred fans Thursday night at New York's Gotham Hall.
Of her return she said: "I didn't realize this was a big deal."
The concert was one of four shows Thursday dubbed "Plot Your Escape: Four Concerts. Countless Celebrities. 1 Epic Night," by Caesars Entertainment. Diddy was Carey's opening act in New York, while Lil Wayne and Cee Lo performed in Los Angeles, Maroon 5 and Sara Bareilles in Chicago, and Mary J. Blige and Gavin DeGraw in New Orleans. The concerts were part of Caesars Entertainment's rewards program.
The shows happened simultaneously and were streamed online.
Singer Cee Lo Green announces Las Vegas residency
Singer-songwriter Cee Lo Green says his semi-permanent show launching in Las Vegas will feature showgirls, pyrotechnics and other over-the-top touches.
The 37-year-old performer most recently known for his Grammy-winning 2010 single "Forget You" says he'll launch the residency Aug. 29 at Planet Hollywood.
At least 28 dates through the end of December are! set for the production, dubbed "Cee Lo Green Presents Loberace." Some of the late-night shows will run after the "Peepshow" production
in the Las Vegas Strip casino's 1,400-seat theater.Green is a coach on the NBC show "The Voice." He's also one half of the duo Gnarls Barkley, which produced the 2006 hit "Crazy."
Engelbert Humperdinck UK's choice for Eurovision
Who best to guide Britain to glory after years of disappointment in Europe's leading pop music competition?
Apparently Engelbert Humperdinck, the sideburned, square-jawed, 75-year-old crooner who famously beat the Beatles to the No. 1 spot in the U.K. charts in 1967.
The BBC has surprised pop fans by choosing Humperdinck, whose last hit was almost 40 years ago, as Britain's entry in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, the international competition renowned for kitsch balladry and plastic pop.
Enlisting the septuagenarian singer to compete in a pan-European talent show usually dominated by packaged pop acts was seen either as an audacious gamble or an embarrassing wrong note.
Last winning in 1997, Britain has failed for years at Eurovision, which Britons watch and mock in equal measure.
Previous winners of the contest include '60s chanteuse Lulu, Sweden's ABBA -- victors in 1974 with "Waterloo" -- and Canada's Celine Dion, who triumphed for Switzerland in 1988.
Memorials to honor Monkees singer Davy Jones
The heart attack that killed Monkees heartthrob Davy Jones came while the singer was in his stable surrounded by his beloved horses.
The star's spokeswoman, Helen Kensick, offered the detail yesterday, two days after Jones died in Florida.
She says Jones spent his final days surrounded by family and riding horses before his sudden death.
A funeral in Florida will be private. Kensick says public services to honor Jones will be held in New York and in England, though the details have not been finalized.
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