Harry Connick Jr. Celebrates his new CD in New York
Harry Connick Jr. performs songs from his new CD "Your Songs" at the Hiro Ballroom in New York on September 22, 2009. UPI /Laura Cavanaugh
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SYDNEY, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Harry Connick Jr. canceled a Sydney appearance, fearing for his safety following his criticism of a blackface skit, a source close to the U.S. singer says.
SYDNEY, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. musician and actor Harry Connick Jr. has voiced his disapproval of performers who donned blackface on the Australian TV show "Hey Hey It's Saturday."
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Jennifer Hudson has agreed to sing the national anthem at next month's Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Wednesday.
BOSTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama blew out 47 candles as $5 million was expected to blow into his and Democratic Party coffers from a birthday-fundraiser in Boston.
NEW YORK, June 5 (UPI) -- Actors Laurence Fishburne and Harry Connick Jr. have joined the lineup of presenters at the upcoming "62nd annual Tony Awards" show in New York, CBS said.
NEW ORLEANS, May 14 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter spent Wednesday in New Orleans, helping build a home to mark the 25th annual Habitat for Humanity Carter Work Project.
LOS ANGELES, May 2 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger has signed on to executive produce a small-screen adaptation of Robert Bazell's book "Living Proof," Lifetime Television said.
MIAMI, March 18 (UPI) -- Poor coordination reportedly is being blamed for the absence of several big-name performers at Florida's Calle Ocho festival last weekend.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. television actress Rashida Jones is set to co-star in two big-screen comedies -- "I Love You, Man" and "Chilled in Miami."
UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007.
