LAS VEGAS — Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for “Red.” She told the crowd: “You are the longest and best relationship I ever had.”

She also had a colorful performance of her hit “22″ — starting backstage and working her way to the main stage on the back of a bike with help from a dozen background dancers and a flurry of red balloons.

Justin Bieber also performed — twice — and was also a multiple winner with three awards, including top male artist, social artist and the fan-voted milestone award, beating out Swift and Bruno Mars. When ac

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AP / Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney kicks off “Out There” tour in OrlandoMay 18, 2013, 4:25 PM EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his “Out There” tour in Orlando.

The massive production, which requires 31 trucks’ worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechnics, and state of the art video displays, according to the website of the former Beatles star.

McCartney performed the show to a sold-out crowd of 55,000 people in Brazil earlier this month, performing “Band on the Run”, “Hey Jude”, “Yesterday” and “Let It Be.”

He will perform at Orlando’s Amway Center on Saturday and Sunday night. T

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Film aficionados and even make-the-scene wannabes can get an early jump on crashing the Santa Barbara International Film Festival as dates for the next two events have now been set.

Organizers announced recently that the festival’s next edition will be held Jan. 30 to Feb. 9. That will be the festival’s 29th run.

As usual, the 2014 festival will fall right amid the awards season frenzy and its crown jewel, the Oscars. Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards will come out on Jan. 16, two weeks before the festival opens. The

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TERRE HAUTE — An exhibit titled Words Flow Into Water is scheduled to open at 7 p.m. Friday at the Halcyon Gallery, 25 S. Seventh St. The show continues through May 25.

The art by Mary Jo Maraldo, according to a press release evokes an environment of flowing water and its aesthetic value. Silver texts written in English, cursively and vertically on black paper, suggest meandering streams, and their reflections on floor and ceiling give the impression of deep pools of water. The texts themselves have water as their theme and range from poetic description to scientific information. Water sounds and steel poles suggesting groups of trees interconnect the entire space.

Maraldo, born and raised in Terre Haute, lived in Japan for eight years. S

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Claire Martin has been a fixture of the British jazz scene since her 1991 debut on Linn Records. Her latest album on the label, “Too Much in Love to Care,” maintains the high standard of her recordings. This is her first CD made up exclusively of love songs from the Great American Songbook. She recorded it in New York with a first-rate group of jazzmen: Peter Washington on drums and Kenny Washington on bass , the exemplary Kenny Barron on piano, with guest sax and flute player Steve Wilson. There are some jazz singers who take off on wild flights that show off their vast ranges. Mar

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Nashville, Tenn. – Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, and Kennedy Center Honoree George Glenn Jones died today, April 26, 2013, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He was hospitalized April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure.

Born September 12, 1931, Jones is regarded among the most important and influential singers in American popular music history. He

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