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Founding member of 3 Doors Down leaves band

LOS ANGELES, May 25 — Matt Roberts, a founding member of Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down, is leaving the group after nearly two decades due to health issues, the band said yesterday."3 Doors Down will always have a special place in my heart and it saddens me to take this time off ... But my health has to be my first priority," Roberts said on the band's official website.Roberts did not elaborate but the website said his problems stemmed from circulation ... Read More

Actress Diane Kruger and German designer Karl Lagerfeld attend an auction at the amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS 2012 event in Antibes during the 65th Cannes Film Festival May 24, 2012. — Reuters pic

John Lydon boosts his Public Image with new album

LOS ANGELES, May 25 — As bad boy lead singer of the anarchic, trail-blazing and short-lived 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols, John Lydon (then Johnny Rotten) snarled and spat his way across a shocked society and music scene still pleasantly half-high from the mellow 1960s.Never one to let the grass grow under his feet, Lydon left the Pistols in 1978 to form ... Read More

Bersih 3.0 through the eyes of many

By Lydia Koh

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — While the authorities and organisers argue about the number of people who attended Bersih 3.0 and who started the violence that marred the generally peaceful protest that fateful Saturday, a group of photographers want you to see what they saw on April 28, 2012.Professional photographer Vignes Balasingam, a co-organiser of Fotoprojek: ... Read More

Singer Doc Watson in critical condition, hospital says

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 25 — Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson is in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital, a representative for the medical facility said yesterday.The 89-year-old Watson is a singer of bluegrass, country, blues and gospel who is famous for his flatpicking style on the guitar and his interpretations of folk songs ... Read More

‘Idol’ finale slumps, but Phillips tops iTunes

LOS ANGELES, May 25 — The “American Idol” finale audience slumped to a record low, but the show’s newly crowned champion Phillip Phillips hit No.1 on iTunes yesterday with his first single “Home”.The 11-year-old Fox singing contest, once a TV industry juggernaut whose finale attracted more than 30 million viewers in 2006 and 2007, was watched by just 21.5 ... Read More