Star Online, Malaysia — Opera singer Jessye Norman is curating an African-American music festival. Participants include Maya Angelou, the Roots, Shirley Caesar, Ben Vereen, Terence Blanchard and dozens of other artists at Carnegie Hall and other venues around New York. more info

The Newsroom — Ben Vereen blasts the Oscars for snubbing Jeffrey Wright for his role in Cadillac Records. Wright responds. Both appeared at the reopening of Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC Wednesday night. more info

ContactMusic — Veteran actor BEN VEREEN has been hit with a $10 million (GBP6.7 million) lawsuit by his daughter's ex-fiance, over a home the former couple once shared. In the lawsuit ... more info

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