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Looking for a little Sunday evening excitement, Dianna Agron was spotted at the 2nd Annual Mary J. Blige Honors Concert in New York City last night (May 1).

The “Glee” gal, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday, looked lovely as she walked the red carpet outside the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Dianna has been in the Big Apple as of late filming the season finale of her hit FOX show, and it sounds like she’s having a blast.

Miss Agron tweeted, “Filming in NYC is simply wonderful,” while Lea Michele shared, “Thank you again to all of our amazing devoted fans who hung out with us today. It truly wa

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The state of New York and the Seneca Indian Nation have a contract that states the Nation will provide a percentage of the funds created by slot machines in the Seneca casinos. But for the past two years the Nation and the state of New York have been at odds with one another over the issue of allowing casinos not owned and operated by one of the Indian Nations that reside in the state of New York. As a result for the past two years the state of New York and the communities where the casinos are operated have not received any slot machine funds.

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The Oklahoma City Philharmonic is an orchestra whose programming remains strongly anchored in the classical and romantic periods. So it’s always a treat when a concert features music that was written before or after those eras.

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In a rare foray into baroque music, the orchestra’s recent classics concert opened with Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks,” a 1749 work composed to celebrate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle that ended the War of Austrian Succession.

Joel Levine drew ample majesty and pomp from the opening Overture, with dotted rhythms carefully executed and a tempo that was brisk but never rushed. As

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LOS ANGELES (AP) The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will headline two weekends of concerts at The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Organizers of the Indio, Calif., music festival on Monday announced a dizzying list of top musicians who are slated to perform over two long weekends, April 13-15 and April 20-22.

The six-day concert schedule marks the first time Coachella is to extend over two consecutive weekends.

In addition to the headliners, more than 100 bands are expected to perform at the shows, including Arctic Monkeys, The Shins, Bon Iver, Pulp, Florence and the Machine, Beirut, At The Drive In, Cat Power and ska legends Madness.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 1p.m.

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Nick Cannon is out of the hospital after battling what wife Mariah Carey called “mild kidney failure.” That’s right. In addition to being an award-winning songstress, she’s also a practicing physician.

Cannon was hospitalized in Aspen, Colo., last week after he fell ill while the couple was vacationing there. He was transferred to a Los Angeles hospital a few days later. Carey said he was suffering from a form of kidney failure but no further details were released.

In a statement Monday, Cannon’s publicist Tracy Nguyen said he’s now “resting and recovering at home” and thanks everyone who was concerned about him.

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