Today in History - May 7, 2013
Today is Tuesday, May 7, the 127th day of 2013. There are 238 days left in the year.

LOS ANGELES -- Hip-hop may need a checkup.
Today is Tuesday, May 7, the 127th day of 2013. There are 238 days left in the year.
LONDON -- Beyonce loved voicing Queen Tara in the new children's movie "Epic" -- at least once she stopped crying.
AUSTIN, Texas -- Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse -- this year's expanded Austin City Limits Festival will feature something of a European invasion with five of eight headliners at least partially coming from across the Atlantic Ocean.
UNDATED -- For the singer who usually rocks out, she slowed things down -- something that wasn't easy, but definitely paid off in the coaches' eyes.
NEW YORK -- Miley Cyrus, Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz were among the celebrities to embrace the punk theme at Monday night's Met gala, the fundraiser at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that's affectionately known as "the party of the year." But Beyonce, the event's honorary chairwoman, seemed the girl on fire on the red carpet that might rival the Oscars in celebrity wattage.
LOS ANGELES -- YouTube is set to announce within a few weeks a series of channels that will require payment, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
NEWARK, N.J. -- Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured before a judge sentenced her to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.
LAS VEGAS -- Shania Twain has announced 22 new show dates this fall to round out the first year of her two-year Las Vegas Strip residency.
WASHINGTON -- A new partnership will allow U.S. scholars and the public to get a fuller view of the trove of books and records Ernest Hemingway left at his home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous works.
BOSTON -- Tickets for the “Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration” concert sold out in just five minutes on Monday.
NEW YORK -- Justin Timberlake brought his smooth moves to the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday night.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Megastar singer Justin Bieber is known for his slick dance moves onstage. But spinning away from a mash-up between security guards and a rogue fan has become the hit of his concert in Dubai.
BOSTON -- Amherst native Michelle Chamuel ready to do battle in the live competition shows on "The Voice."
NEW YORK -- If you called Sarah Brightman a space cadet, it would probably make her smile.
BOSTON -- Monday at 10 a.m. tickets go on sale for the Boston Strong concert.
NEWARK, N.J. -- Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is facing sentencing Monday in New Jersey on federal tax charges.
LONDON -- Silence for the queen, please. A troupe of street drummers got a shock when Helen Mirren, dressed as Queen Elizabeth II, emerged from a London theater to berate them for disrupting her show.
LOS ANGELES -- Iron Man is a bigger golden boy than ever with a $175.3 million opening weekend at the domestic box office for the superhero's latest sequel.
Today is Monday, May 6, the 126th day of 2013. There are 239 days left in the year.