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The Voice” is leaving the judging drama to its rivals.
The NBC singing contest said Friday that Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will return for “The Voice” Season 5, joining Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. Their midseason replacements — Shakira and Usher — will be back for Season 6, which will air in midseason 2014.
Meanwhile Fox is scrambling to revive “American Idol” after record low ratings for Thursday’s finale, with 14.3 million viewers. Original judge Randy Jackson has already announced his exit and Fox is making yet-to-be detailed format changes.
Last week “The Voice” narrowly edged out “Idol” in weekly ratings.
Associated Press
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Fashion designer Donna Karan is promoting Haitian artisanship. Through her Urban Zen Foundation, Karan has made handbags, accessories and furnishings produced by craftsmen in Haiti available to mainstream consumers. Karan is among the curators of an exhibition of works by Haitian artisans that opened Friday in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood. The “Discover Haiti Exhibition” will run at the Little Haiti Cultural Center for two months. The items are of a quality that could sell in any mainstream home furnishings store. They were all handmade in Haiti from stone, wood, metals and textiles sourced or repurposed in the Caribbean country.
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