Basically so that she could feel better about herself for this simple blingish act as opposed to feeling better about herself and inflating her worth through an act of charity.

A subsequent generation of singers, including Ms. Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson and Beyoncé, built their careers around melisma.

This year's earnings performance has knocked the underpinnings from the price of this former glamor issue.

While renovating shopsteads, residents and city officials discovered artists needed affordable housing they could adapt for large, open studios.