(via ) in Lake Superior State University has been doing the world a service since 1976, we just haven't been listening. Each year the A University committee decided on 16 words or phrases to be banned this year from a list of more than 4,500 nominations...

Smashing Pumpkins and Björk will headline the second annual Virgin Festival in Toronto later this year. The festival, staged by Virgin Mobile Canada, takes place Sept. 8 and 9 on Toronto Island...

Call it a season of firsts. First, Survivor: Cook Islands generated heaps of controversy over its producers decision to segregate the initial four tribes by race...

My new martial arts hobby has completely sapped my musical and domestic ambitions, not to mention my shoulder. The best rock stars aren t just great musicians-- they re also interesting people with a lot to say...

At a press conference at the Sony Studios in Manhattan yesterday announced its music download service, the first to use the Windows Media Audio format...

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EMI, the music and entertainment company whose acts include the Beatles and Coldplay, said yesterday it had agreed to a 2.4bn takeover by private equity group Terra Firma Capital Partners as the venture capital bid wave continued...