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The students who started Luxurylites.com are doing business again, and this time, their focus is fashion.

The beta version of Zafaré, the social media platform for fashion, will be available for purchase in the app store today.

Everything. That’s what music means to artist Johnny Stimson.

And this weekend, Baylor students can hear Stimson’s music right here in Waco. He will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Common Grounds. Tickets are $5 online and $7 at the door.

Performing with him will be Uproar artist Trannie Stevens and Aprilemade.

Two of Marvin Gaye’s children sued Robin Thicke and his collaborators on the hit song “Blurred Lines” on Wednesday, accusing them of copyright infringement and alleging music company EMI failed to protect their father’s legacy.

Nona Marvisa Gaye and Frankie Christian Gaye’s suit is the latest salvo in a dispute over Thicke’s hit and whether it copies elements of Gaye’s song “Got to Give It Up.”

The first thought that comes to many people’s mind when thinking of Halloween is candy. We have all done it. Eat piles and piles of candy and later regretted it.

People love Halloween and all the yummy treats, but many feel so unhealthy afterward.

Who says the treat can’t be healthy? Here are some Halloween treats that you can enjoy without all the guilt.

The sounds of Halloween will fill Jones Concert Hall Thursday evening. The School of Music’s organ department will highlight its namesake instrument that has become associated with this time of the year.

This year’s performance marks the 23rd annual celebration of Halloween through the demonstration of one of the oldest continuously developing instruments in the music world. Dr. Isabelle Demers is the assistant professor of organ in the department and is coordinating the event.

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Chris Brown was freed from custody Monday after facing a judge on a charge that he punched a man who tried to pose in a photograph with him.

Prosecutors reduced a felony assault charge to a misdemeanor as a District of Columbia judge released Brown, who exited the courthouse to cheers and flashed a peace sign to supporters after more than a day and a half in custody.

YouTube is poised to launch a subscription music service as soon as December, positioning it to compete with Spotify, Rdio and other digital offerings, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Internet’s dominant online video already is the most popular on-demand music offering in the world.

The Halloween season, to me, is synonymous with monsters, eerie music and a just little bit of blood.

While countless horror fanatics pop in a classic for a good scare, I slowed down to examine why and how horror film changes from decade to decade. In my research, I discovered that the horror culture indirectly reflects the time and society in which it occurs.

Khaled Hosseini, New York Times best-selling author of “Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” has somehow outdone himself. In his newest novel, “And The Mountains Echoed,” Hosseini takes readers once again on a spiritual journey, but this time, instead of following one story, Hosseini combines many stories into a single narrative.

LOS ANGELES — Jackie Chan is not dead. And he’s not retiring.

“There are so many different rumors, I am getting used to it,” the 59-year-old actor-director says of online reports of his demise. “Don’t worry, before I die, I let you know.”

The art lobby of Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center comes alive at 11 p.m. on Tuesdays. In just one night personalities change and new characters emerge as Baylor’s Guerrilla Comedy Troupe holds its weekly practice.

The semester began with discussion on how to improve the audience experience based on the last show. The improvisation group sat around the lobby allowing each member to voice his or her opinion on the show.

Audiences remain intrigued by the idea of Dracula, by the possibility of a monstrous, blood-draining creature who is nonetheless charismatic and certainly sexual if not sexy. It’s no surprise, then, that NBC is trying out a new “Dracula” TV series, premiering at 9 p.m. CST Friday.

In an unlikely pairing of two worlds, a new business recently started by three Baylor students aims to combine the selling of luxurious, high-fashion products with the humanitarianism of fighting third-world poverty.

Kith + Kin, whose name is derived from the word kinfolk or community of people, was founded earlier this semester by Waco senior Christen Batson, Fort Worth senior Meredith Noles and Dallas senior Jeffrey Sholden. The company was created as part of Baylor’s Accelerated Ventures program, a course that funds students for the opportunity to create real businesses and make real profits over a two-semester period. Kith + Kin utilizes a unique business model to sell high-quality leather bags, which are designed by Noles here in Waco, but manufactured by former prostitutes in Rwanda.

It’s that time of the year again—the time when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announces the nominees for the next class of inductees.

Rock and other genre fans, who are still interested in the rock hall’s opinion of whom is worthy of enshrinement, get their musical undies all bunched up at perceived and real slights to their favorite artists.

A man attacked director Michael Bay with an air conditioner on the Hong Kong set of “Transformers: The Age of Extinction” on Thursday.

A statement the studio released described “a bizarre encounter with a man allegedly under the influence of a narcotic substance.”

It looks like “Glee” will take its final bow next year.

The Fox drama/musical will end its run after six seasons, Ryan Murphy, the series’ co-creator, said at a Paley Center for Media event honoring FX Networks on Wednesday night, according to TV Line.

Baylor gardeners are using a Baylor alum-produced documentary to motivate students to get active in solving hunger issues in Waco.

“We’ve been wanting to reach the community more and have a collaboration for a joint effort to stop hunger in Waco,” Elizabeth Ross said.

With homecoming weekend upon us, I searched for the perfect dip to serve at a tailgate event or game watch party at home. The Velveeta and Ro-Tel snoozer is a classic but overdone, and I needed something to wow.

However, the recipe I found is a bit more sweet than savory.

As Baylor Bears stomp back into town for the oldest homecoming traditions in the nation, they will be marching to beat of the – bells?

The McLane Carillon bells of Pat Neff Hall Tower will ring out as part of the annual Homecoming Recital at 5 p.m. today. The performance is free and open to the public.

The Waco Civic Theatre is enjoying some time in the spotlight. The local community theater has not only received a $50,000 grant from the Rapoport Foundation, which will be used to fund a complete renovation of their stage lighting system, but has also obtained the rights to perform the acclaimed Broadway musical “Les Miserables.”

The numbers said “Kick-Ass 2” was going to do just that. Before its theatrical release, audience tracking surveys estimated the superhero action-comedy could gross as much as $25 million its opening weekend.

Instead, the sequel took in only $13 million, finishing far behind the civil rights drama “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and earning “Kick-Ass 2” an instant reputation as a flop.