Nominations for the 40th American Music Awards were announced Tuesday morning. Nicki Minaj and Rihanna dominate with four nods apiece, while Drake, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, One Direction and Usher follow with three.
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Several Baylor students will have their clothes cut off at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
The event, in Jones Theatre in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, will recreate Yoko Ono’s iconic performance entitled “Cut Piece.” Interviews, audience reactions and a reception will follow.
Ono, famous for her marriage to John Lennon of The Beatles and for her social activism, first performed the piece in Japan in 1964. Ono remained still and silent while audience members, who were hesitant at first, came up and cut increasingly larger pieces of her clothing off.
Wednesday’s Baylor Percussion Group concert will pay tribute to the life and work of American composer John Cage.
Todd Meehan, assistant professor of percussion at Baylor, said he’s looking forward to the concert.
There’s more to the college experience than fascinating lectures, frat parties and pricey textbooks. There’s all that ramen, for one thing.
Mom and Dad may have paid for a dorm meal plan, but dining hall hours don’t always jibe with student schedules or tastes, for that matter. Many students find themselves on the wrong side of campus, or still in class, when the cafeteria closes. Late night study sessions require refueling. And a pizza-based diet gets old — and fattening — quickly.
Whether it’s a tiny first kitchen, a dorm room or just restocking time, these basics make cooking easier and more flavorful:
In war-torn Sierra Leone, a young girl’s rape goes unnoticed. Rape is normal and socially acceptable, so when the horrifying experience is brought to authorities, the investigation never takes them from their desks. The young girl is merely another number.
Women’s rights are a universal issue of debate, although in some countries such as Somaliland, in which one in 14 women will die in childbirth because they lack the proper health care, the matter is more serious.
Television star John Stamos will join The Beach Boys on Friday at the Heart O’ Texas Fair.
Stamos has appeared on a variety of televsion shows such as “General Hospital” and the popular ABC series “Full House” and has displayed his musical talents on stage touring with The Beach Boys over the past 20 years.
He has been making appearances with The Beach Boys since 1985 and appeared in the group’s video for chart-topper “Kokomo.”
The best female-driven comedy movie to hit theaters since “Bridesmaids” has now arrived.
After a heavy social marketing regime, “Pitch Perfect” hit theaters a week early in some cities, living up to its expectation as one of the funniest films of the fall.
Beca, played by Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”), is a rebellious aspiring DJ forced into college by her English teacher father, whose job offers her free tuition.
After a month of solitude and interning at the student radio station, her father confronts her about finding a job and making friends by the end of the year, and if she can’t, he’ll help her move out to L.A. to live her DJ-ing dreams.
Frankenweenie,” Tim Burton’s new stop-motion animated feature for Walt Disney Pictures which comes out Friday, opens with a young boy, Victor, watching a homemade movie. The star happens to be his dog, Sparky, who rescues miniature townsfolk from a Godzilla-like monster, a foreshadowing of things to come.
Tonight’s Baylor Symphony Orchestra concert will be unconventional, to say the least.
Members of the Seinan Gakuin University Chamber Orchestra, from Fukuoka, Japan, will play alongside the Baylor Symphony Orchestra.
The concert commemorates the 40th anniversary of the sister relationship between the two schools.
Meet Luke Gibson, one of the chosen few who will be represented by Baylor’s student-run record label, Uproar Records, this school year.
Gibson, an Abilene freshman, is the only freshman artist selected, which he finds a huge honor.
I’ve seen a lot of Baylor musicals.
I haven’t enjoyed any as much as I enjoyed “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” tells the story of Lawrence Jameson, a suave, continental con-man on the French Riviera.
The State Fair of Texas opens today in Dallas with food, festivities and football as part of the 126th annual expo.
Organizers have chosen “Big and Bright” as this year’s theme. A Chinese Lantern Festival is part of the activities through Oct. 21 at Fair Park.
Sometimes the little guys still get their big day.
The Waco-made film “Sironia” will be screened from Friday to Oct. 4 at the Hollywood Jewel Theater on Woodway Drive.
Pianist Joel McCray began his classical training at age 5, but that did not stop him from exploring the keys of his family piano at age 2.
McCray’s musical journey came naturally to the Waco native, who believed his hearing overpowered his ability to read music. For McCray, music was simply natural.
