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Russian meteor, asteroids and the Tunguska event
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe sudden appearance of a meteor, streaking across the skies above the Russian city of Chelyabinsky on Friday would be ...... -
TV’s top 50 sci-fi characters: Mr. Spock, Starbuck and…TOBOR?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comMad scientists and mechanical men, space cowboys and time travelers, Â man-monsters and man-eating aliens — clearly this is our kind ...... -
Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; soul music bassist
Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On, I'm Coming" and...
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: Onions, Al Jackson, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Sam Moore, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Reno takes on SNL’s Seth Meyers -- but Fozzie Bear gets a pass
Nation NowReno targets Seth Meyers: Reno residents were not amused by comedian Seth Meyers' recent put-down of their city, though they seem willing to forgive Fozzie Bear of "The Muppets."... -
Cee Lo, the 'Green' behind Ty Ku
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Around Town: Happy 85th to Grauman's Chinese Theatre
24 FramesOne of Hollywood' most venerable movie palaces, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, is celebrating its 85th birthday this year. And as part of the theater's celebrations, the Chinese is offering a "25 Cent Movie Mondays" series. The first movie screening this... -
Harry Morgan dies at 96; star of TV's 'MASH'
Emmy Award-winning actor Harry Morgan, who played the crusty yet sympathetic Col. Sherman T. Potter in the sitcom "MASH" and the hard-nosed LAPD Officer Bill Gannon in the television drama "Dragnet," died Wednesday. He was 96.
Morgan died at his home...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Entertainment Events, Harry Morgan, Alan Alda, Celebrities
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Alan Rubin dies at 68; Blues Brothers trumpeter
Trumpet player Alan Rubin was recruited to join the Blues Brothers after backing up John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the "Saturday Night Live" television skits that spawned the band in the late 1970s.
One of many gifted session musicians in the group,...Tags: Television, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Aerosmith (music group), John Belushi, Human Interest
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Eddie Murphy's Oscar host replacement ideas aplenty on Twitter
24 FramesAfter Eddie Murphy stepped down from hosting the 2012 Oscars, Twitter users have suggested replacements including Neil Patrick Harris, Billy Crystal and Tina Fey.... -
Book review: 'As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto' by Joan Reardon
Los Angeles Times Food Editor"As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto" Joan Reardon Houghton-Mifflin: 416 pp., $26 In 1952, a middle-aged American woman living in Paris responded to a complaint about the poor quality of American-made kitchen knives by one of...Tags: Republican Party, Human Interest, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Authors, Nora Ephron
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Solomon Burke dies; singer's voice was as big as his soul
Solomon Burke, a pioneering singer-songwriter of so-called sweet soul music whose powerful ballads in the 1960s were a major influence on a generation of rock, R&B and pop vocalists, has died. He was in his early 70s.
Burke died early Sunday morning of...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, John Belushi, Aerosmith (music group), The Rolling Stones (music group), Human Interest
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