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Tina Turner may become a Swiss citizen, give back U.S. passport
Tina Turner wants to become a Swiss citizen, and love has everything to do with it. If you've been wondering what the iconic diva has been up to lately, she's been living in Kuesnacht, a Zurich suburb, since 1995. A Swiss paper wrote Friday that the...
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André 3000's Jimi Hendrix biopic underway without estate support
Pop & HissWhen it was announced that André Benjamin – better known as Outkast’s André 3000 -- would be portraying iconic guitarist Jimi Hendrix in a biopic, it finally put to rest years of rumors of who would channel the psychedelic rocker on the big... -
'The X Factor' recap: Who will survive boot camp?
Show TrackerA recap of the first night of Boot Camp on "The X Factor," in which 162 contestants vie for 32 slots.... -
In Rotation: The Mike Eldred Trio's '61 and 49'
Pop & HissIt's not so much raw chutzpah as sheer love — backed by unassailable musical chops — with which veteran Southern California blues musician Mike Eldred puts on display in “61 and 49,” referencing the fabled intersection in... -
Pinetop Perkins dies at 97; Mississippi Delta blues piano player
Pinetop Perkins, a regal piano player who was one of the last of the original Mississippi Delta blues musicians, died Monday of cardiac arrest at his home in Austin, Texas. He was 97.
"He was absolutely the premier blues piano player," said Bruce...Tags: Music Industry, B.B. King, Human Interest, Chicago Tribune, Muddy Waters
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Gold Derby nuggets: Pete Hammond: Best actress 'down to the wire' | Oscars leading men
Gold Derby⢠Pete Hammond -- who pegged Sandra Bullock as a contender weeks before anyone else -- surveys the lead actress field and finds it "all over the map." Pete concludes, "EW's annual survey of four academy voters (not the biggest sample exactly) had Streep... -
A sound check along the Memphis-to-Nashville 'Music Highway'
Special to The Los Angeles TimesMemphis, Tenn. Knowing how obsessed Elvis fans can be, I wasn't surprised when my wife and I drove up to the Heartbreak Hotel and found, true to the song's lyrics, that it was actually "down at the end of Lonely Street" and that the desk clerk was...Tags: Travel, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Bars and Clubs, Al Green
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The soul of Ike & Tina Turner
Special to The TimesThe pop world has focused for so long on the remarkably sensual energy and excitement of Ike & Tina Turner's old live show that it is often easy to forget the duo also made some dynamic records. But even if you have wanted to go back and check up on the...Tags: Recording Studios, John Fogerty, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Rhythm and Blues (genre)
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Requiem: 2007 passings of note
Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...Tags: Sports, Freddie Mac, National Basketball Association, War Crimes, 2016 Olympic Games
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Ike Turner died of cocaine overdose, coroner says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMusic legend Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego medical examiner's office concluded today. Turner, the musician who gave the world what many historians consider the first rock 'n' roll record -- "Rocket 88" in 1951 -- died in December...Tags: Music Industry, The Rolling Stones (music group), Death
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Last laughs
Faced with a choice between an eleventh-hour shot at a Pulitzer Prize-winning stroke o' genius and a little holiday-season R & R, most editorial cartoonists took last week off. This probably meant that Benazir Bhutto received fewer graphic obit tributes...Tags: Cartoons, Entertainment, Barbaro, Benazir Bhutto, New Year's Day
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Kenneth Kahn dies at 66; L.A. defense attorney moonlighted as a comedian
Kenneth Kahn, a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who had a side career as a briefcase-toting comic in a double-breasted suit who irreverently poked fun at the legal system, has died. He was 66.
Kahn, a Santa Monica resident, died Wednesday in a...Tags: Travel, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Larry Flynt
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