Reuters — (Reuters) - Country singer Willie Nelson was named on Thursday as the 2015 recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, joining the likes of Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Carole King in one of the highest U.S. music honors. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" will be the latest Broadway hit to be turned into a movie. more info

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Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Broadway imports "Memphis The Musical" and "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" collected the most nominations on Monday, with nine and eight nods, respectively, for London's Olivier Awards to be announced in April. more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Broadway cast recording of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" on Sunday won the Grammy Award for musical theater album. more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Los Angeles premieres of the Broadway hit "If/Then" and the Tony Award-winning "Beautiful — The Carole King Musical" anchor the Pantages Theatre's 2015-16 season, organizers announced  Monday.  more info

Stereogum — Back in 2012, Taylor Swift was attached to star in a movie based on the 2008 book Girls Like Us, a biography that detailed the rise of Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Carly Simon. Swift would have starred as Mitchell opposite a cast that could have i... more info