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EMI Music Publishing was named Publisher of the Year at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards on Friday (June 26 2009), after 20 songs written by EMI songwriters were named among the most performed ASCAP songs on the 2008 R&B/Hip-Hop, Rap and Gospel charts.

Michael Jackson, 50, died after a cardiac arrest at his Holmby Hills residence, early this afternoon. Once at the hospital, the paramedics tried to resuscitate Jackson but they had no luck.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) has enlisted a prominent collection of global licensees to capture the magic of the eagerly anticipated upcoming feature film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Hitting theaters Wednesday, July 15, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth installment and latest chapter in the wildly popular film series from Warner Bros., which has licensees worldwide gearing up to support the most successful entertainment franchise of all time.

Isa TKM Is the First Telenovela to Make the MTV Tr3s Program Schedule and the #1 Show in Latin America among Teens in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

Music World/Columbia Records proudly announces the release of Above and Beyonce Video Collection & Dance Mixes. Providing a showcase for Beyonce's first foray into the world of electronica, Above and Beyonce is a breathtaking assemblage of groundbreaking music videos and dance-oriented remixes of chart-topping tracks from the artist's #1 international smash hit album, I AM...SASHA FIERCE

"When Love Takes Over" is a song by French DJ David Guetta, featuring main vocals by American singer Kelly Rowland. Recorded and composed by Guetta for his fourth studio album, One Love (2009), the track was released digitally as the album's lead single on April 21, 2009.

21st Century Breakdown is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, released through Reprise Records on May 15, 2009. It is the band's second rock opera, following American Idiot, and its first album to be produced by Butch Vig.

First Green Day DLC Three Pack To Include 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere From 21st Century Breakdown on July 7th

SWISS today premiered “LX Forty”, its new short film by Marc Forster. The Swiss star director (whose credits include the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace) not only takes the viewer on a personal “journey of the mind”; he also makes his first-ever appearance in front of the camera.

Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced the collaboration between exciting new pop singer Pixie Lott and the highly anticipated PC game from the EA Play Label, The Sims™ 3. Activity kicks off with a Simlish recording of Pixie’s debut single, Mama Do available for simultaneous download with the English version of the game plus a music video showing Pixie singing a duet with her Sim character

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, announces that KOAM-TV, a CBS affiliate in the Pittsburg, Kan./Joplin, Mo., market, is using the Harris® NewsForce™ digital news production system to meet the time-sensitive demands of its live news telecasts.

The High End of Low is the seventh studio album by Marilyn Manson. It was recorded in the Hollywood Hills throughout 2008. Sean Beavan, who mixed Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, and Eat Me, Drink Me, is co-producer of the album.

Star Trek or Star Wars? Ginger or Mary Ann? Boxers or briefs? These are some of the most important questions in the history of everything. And now, VH1, the worldwide authority on all things pop culture, is going to answer them--once and for all.

U.S. Premieres of Torchwood: Children of Earth, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead and Being Human to Air in HD

Final 1,000 Specially-Priced Seats Per Show Being Made Available On Friday, May 29

Los Angeles-based Mutiny Pictures reports busy winter and spring with key accounts including Interscope Records, ABC, and Razor & Tie Records' Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley

Educational campaign provides valuable information on the DTV transition to ensure consumers don't go dark after midnight on June 12, 2009

NASA is taking further steps to engage undergraduate and graduate students in NASA science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, research and interactive opportunities. In one such effort,

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Bulgarian government today officially announced their cooperation in the area of nanoscience and a deal for IBM to support the creation of what will be the first Bulgarian nanotechnology center.

"Magnificent" is the second single from U2's 2009 album, No Line on the Horizon. The track was originally titled "French Disco", but was renamed later in the recording sessions.