Los Angeles (Calif)
After a new documentary about Spears by The New York Times was shown, calls to #FreeBritney were joined by a new message: “We are sorry, Britney.” Source
One of the most influential figures in popular music, he was serving a prison sentence for the murder of a woman who was fatally shot in his home in 2003. Source
Darkness Sounding, a solstice-inspired embrace “of the body and for the body,” is coming from the group Wild Up. Source
The delay comes less than four weeks before the ceremony was to be held, on Jan. 31. Source
A genre known for cheesiness is thriving once again in Los Angeles, taking root on the label Leaving Records. Source
Two former editors look back at the magazine’s on-the-ground reporting following the Rodney King verdict. Source
A rising star in rap, he was known for hit songs like “Dior” and “Welcome to the Party.” The police said masked suspects broke into the residence not long after 4 a.m. Wednesday. Source
Dizzy Gillespie called her his protégé. But faced with sexist discrimination, she did not establish herself as a bandleader until middle age. Source
On his first album in eight years, named after his brother “Jimmy Lee,” the singer and producer brings his family’s tragedies into his music. Source
