NEW YORK (AP) ― Tony Bennett plans to travel to the U.S. capital to pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. as the March on Washington marks its 50th year.Bennett, who marched with the civil rights leader in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, is scheduled to perform as part of Saturday’s festivities commemorating the historic march and King’s “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial.The entertainer said Thursday he wants to honor King‘s humanitarian message, but will also be in Washington as part of

Rapper E-sens on Friday bashed his recently-parted agency Amoeba Culture and Gaeko of Dynamic Duo in a fashion befitting his hip-hop roots: releasing a diss track that sampled rapper Big Sean’s “Control.”“Amoeba Culture. Kiss my a--. You’ll just go to the press like you always have. You’ll make me look like an ungrateful bastard,” read the lyrics of the 26-year-old rapper’s track “You Can’t Control Me.”The Control fad was kick-started by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, who called out a number of

NEW YORK (AFP) ― New York’s Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday it has expanded its program of live broadcasts for the 2013-2014 season, with 10 operas to be shown in 1,900 movie theaters in dozens of countries.The season kicks off on Oct. 5 with a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and wraps up on May 10 with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.”The Met will unveil four new productions including Verdi’s “Falstaff” conducted by music director James Levine, who has been absent for nearly three y

NEW YORK (AP) ― There will be a different type of Sandman featured at the Apollo next month.Metallica is set to rock the legendary Harlem venue on Sept. 21. They will promote their 3-D concert-action film “Metallica Through the Never,” released in IMAX on Sept. 27 and other theaters a week later. It will also air live on a special temporary Metallica channel on SiriusXM.The Apollo, revered for its place in black entertainment and historic performances from the likes of James Brown to Michael Jac

NEW YORK (AP) ― Justin Timberlake is set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards later this month.He will also receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award at the Aug. 25 awards show, the network said Thursday. Timberlake is tied with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for the most nominations, with six each.Timberlake’s nominations include video of the year, best male video and pop video for “Mirrors.” His comeback album, “The 20/20 Experience,” is the year’s best-selling album. He’ll release “The 20