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Start the revolution, but first, a joke
My mom nearly started a revolt at her assisted living facility. She called me at work recently, upset that a water cooler had disappeared from the dining room. Having been led to believe that it was not coming back, she and another resident conspired...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Scrabble (game), Cancer, The Rolling Stones (music group)
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Marvin Gaye tribute planned for BET's first season in its new space
Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theatre will stage a new musical about Marvin Gaye in February, as written by the late singer’s family members, along with their manager Barbara Cole. Entitled "The Prophet: A Marvin Gaye Tribute," the new show (not...Tags: Black Entertainment Television (tv network)
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'Fela!' celebrates influential Nigerian musician, activist
He pioneered one the most influential, far-reaching musical genres of the past 50 years. He became a galvanizing force, too, in the cause of human rights. When he died, more than a million people turned out to witness his funeral cortege. Among those...Tags: Paul McCartney, Celebrities, Concerts, Broadway Theater, Tourism and Leisure
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dead at 70: A soul rhythm-section great
Donald “Duck” Dunn, who died Sunday at age 70 in Tokyo only hours after playing his final show with longtime friend Steve Cropper, was part of one of soul music’s greatest rhythm sections. Dunn was a self-taught bass player who had been...
Tags: Neil Young, Rod Stewart, The Staple Singers (music group), Al Jackson, Music
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American Idol Down To The Final Two.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "American Idol" finalist Joshua Ledet won't be belting it out on this season's final showdown. The booming 20-year-old vocal powerhouse from Westlake, La., was revealed Thursday to have received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox...
Tags: Voting, Ryan Seacrest, Bruno Mars
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'Mad Men' recalls 1960s best and worst
As you news media consumers know, an earth-shaking event took place last week; big enough to blow the presidential campaign, the pope's travels, the Supreme Court and health care, and even Kate Middleton's latest frock off the magazine covers. Yes, it...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles (music group), The Sound of Music (movie), Dean Martin
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Charles Bradley can stop dreaming
When Charles Bradley appears onstage this Saturday at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, there's a good chance he'll have already forgotten the name of the venue, if he's bothered to learn it at all. Nothing against the club, but Bradley will be so...
Tags: Music, Movies, Gainesville, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Entertainment
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'The X-Factor' recap: Can the second episode outdo the premiere?
THE SKINNY: Have we been had? "The X-Factor" followed up a seriously stellar debut with a two-hour mess of talentless singers and worse. The supporters of the first episode should be worried. Was Thursday night the real "X-Factor" or just a momentary bump...Tags: The X Factor (tv program), Justin Bieber, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Melanie Safka
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X Factor Auditions, Part Two: You're Embarrassing Your Family
Resident X Factor expert Josh Ridgway will be blogging about the US version of The X Factor on FOX this season. You can also follow Josh on Twitter: @JoshFactor.
Night two of ‘The X Factor’ featured auditions from two of my favorite cities:...Tags: Heart (music group), Mass Media, Twitter, Inc., Vehicles, Jim Carrey
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A man and his dog create enduring legend
Tribune NewspapersBorn on a battlefield in France during World War I and rescued by a U.S. soldier named Lee Duncan, a terrified German shepherd puppy would become the most famous dog in the world. Named Rin Tin Tin, after a popular French doll of the time, the dog...Tags: Television, Radio, Human Interest, Hell's Kitchen, Dog (animal)
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Dorothy E. Brunson, radio station owner, dies
Dorothy E. Brunson, who became the first African-American woman in the nation to own a radio station when she bought WEBB-AM in Baltimore, died Sunday of complications from ovarian cancer at Mercy Medical Center.
The Northwest Baltimore resident was 72....Tags: Real Estate, Mass Media, Bankruptcy, Radio, Colleges and Universities
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HBO’s Gumbel compares David Stern to plantation overseer
Sentinel Sports Now - Orlando SentinelHBO Real Sports anchor Bryant Gumbel never holds back in his commentary. And his recent comments about NBA Commissioner David Stern were no different in which he compared Stern to a plantation overseerer....
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