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Google adds $8-a-month music plan as Apple preps radio, Spotify eyes mobile 'freemium'

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. unveiled a streaming music service called All Access that blends songs users have already uploaded to their online libraries with millions of other tracks. Google made it available in the U.S. Wednesday for $8 a month to early birds who sign up for service before June 30.

Google adds $10-a-month music plan as Apple preps radio, Spotify eyes mobile 'freemium'

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. unveiled a streaming music service called All Access that blends songs users have already uploaded to their online libraries with millions of other tracks for a $10 monthly fee.

Hip-hop's Dr. Dre, music industry biggie Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million for new USC academy

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook.

ACLU lobbies 'Modern Family' producers to script a wedding for gay couple

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married.

Comedian Tommy Chong says legalizing marijuana could give country an economic boost

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Cheech and Chong based their 42-year career on counterculture humour with a particular emphasis on marijuana use. But these days Tommy Chong sees the recreational drug as something more than fodder for jokes about stoned hippies.

Lincoln Center names Broadway producer Jed Bernstein as its new head

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has tapped as its new leader a Broadway producer who has helped mount such hits as the Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair" and "Equus" with Daniel Radcliffe.

'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' seeks to illuminate not inflame, says director

TORONTO - Nearly 12 years after the horrific events of 9/11, acclaimed director Mira Nair says she's still waiting for the Western world to have a real conversation about the impact of that day.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Roger Rees head to Broadway in revival of 'The Winslow Boy'

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A revival of Terence Rattigan's play "The Winslow Boy" starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Roger Rees is heading to Broadway next season.

With new Netflix shows, when is it safe to not worry about spoiler alerts?

TORONTO - Sandy Vasquez faces a bit of a dilemma on May 26 when new episodes of "Arrested Development" start streaming on Netflix.

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