Al Green

'The Voice' recap: Teams Blake and Shakira twang and groove

2013-05-08 09:39:00

Blake Shelton and Shakira's teams stepped out live for the first time on "The Voice" on Tuesday night, as Teams Adam and Usher had done the previous night, to compete for audience votes as well as their coach's favor and vie for a spot in the top 12....

Juanes will perform on 'Dancing With the Stars' on April 29

2013-04-04 17:21:00

Juanes will perform two songs on a special "Latin Night" edition of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." The multiple Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning Colombian rockero, who has just released his memoir, "Chasing the Sun," simultaneously in English and...

Quick Takes

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Netflix's 'Development' The Bluths will be back just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Netflix said it will premiere 15 new episodes of the cult hit "Arrested Development," starring Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, on May 26 on its online streaming...

Cheap Trick to revisit 'At Budokan' at the El Rey on April 30

2013-04-04 11:45:00

How best to celebrate the 35th anniversary of a beloved live album? By re-creating it onstage, of course. That's the approach being taken by Cheap Trick, which announced Thursday that it plans to play "Cheap Trick at Budokan," the power-pop veterans'...

Album review: Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience'

2013-03-14 13:06:00

It’s not hard to figure out why Justin Timberlake has been pushing an old-school vibe in the run-up to his third studio album, "The 20/20 Experience.” He performed at the Grammy Awards and more recently on "Saturday Night Live" wearing a...

The Times' NBA rankings

2013-02-23 20:25:00

THE LAST EMPEROR 1. MIAMI (39-14) Not sure how Heat expects to win another title without Dexter Pittman. (1) 2. SAN ANTONIO (44-13) Prop bet that Baynes would outscore Paul renders Las Vegas bust. (3) 3. OKLAHOMA CITY (40-15) Paying luxury taxes...

Justin Timberlake releases new song 'Mirrors' after Grammy performance

2013-02-11 13:58:00

Justin Timberlake was busy Sunday night. Early in the evening, the singer made his highly anticipated return to the Grammy Awards stage -- his first performance there since 2009, when he and Al Green filled in for Chris Brown and Rihanna -- with a...

Justin Timberlake to perform at the Grammy Awards

2013-01-30 08:42:00

The Grammy Awards still have the ability to surprise. The Recording Academy unveiled this morning that Justin Timberlake will perform on the Feb. 10 telecast, his first musical appearance in support of his first new solo material since 2006.�...

Obama's second inauguration a mark of progress in its own right

2013-01-19 22:14:00

WASHINGTON — The first time Barack Obama ran, the euphoria that attended his election captivated Kamilah Aquil. Then came his presidency, a bracing reality check. Hope faded. Not enough changed. But for Aquil, that doesn't make Obama a...

Inauguration 2013: 'Obama's on fire,' sings Alicia Keys

2013-01-21 18:33:00

Hours after President Obama was inaugurated, long after the parade ended and before most of the D.C. politicians got back to work, the music continued and looked as if it would go on well into the evening. Alicia Keys, Brad Paisley,�Man�, fun. and...

Angus T. Jones is a still-learning 19-year-old

2012-12-08 12:00:00

Angus T. Jones, the fraction in the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men," made news recently when he called the series "filth," bemoaned his own participation in it, and advised people not to watch it. The call came in the course of what he at least would call...

Obama victory party signed, sealed, delivered with soul and R&B

2012-11-07 10:53:00

It was one nation under a groove at Barack Obama's victory celebration Tuesday night in Chicago. Classic soul, R&B, funk, disco and Motown provided the soundtrack for the president's post-reelection bash, as throngs of Democratic Party faithful swayed to...

A song that does a great job of straddling the divide: "It's you that I want, but it's him that I need."

2013-03-29 11:25:00

Justin Timberlake, left, and Al Green at the 2009 Grammy Awards.

2013-01-30 08:04:53

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, wearing a Jason Wu gown, dance while Jennifer Hudson sings Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" at the Inaugural Ball.

2013-01-21 00:00:00