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Partying with Oscar
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When Chris Tucker and Jon Voight are grooving side by side to Rick James' "Give It To Me, Baby," you know the surreal dream that is the Vanity Fair post-Oscars party is playing out again. For many of the nominees and...
Tags: Amy Adams, John Travolta, Tom Colicchio, Dean Martin, Ben Affleck
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Disney-style princesses show staying power
Before I explain what it was like to be a childless man surrounded by Disney princesses and the parents who love (and bankroll) them, seated by himself at Disney on Ice and soaking in princess culture — a story: Once upon a time … There...
Tags: Roy O. Disney, Rogers Park, Amusement and Theme Parks, Star Wars (movie), The Little Mermaid (movie)
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Waging heavy cloudiness
What do you expect from a rock star? I just closed the back cover of Neil Young's “Waging Heavy Peace,” his big anticipated memoir (of sorts), clocking in at 500 pages (75 shy of the rock star-memoir mountain peak established by Keith...
Tags: Blu-ray Discs, Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd (music group), Soul (genre), Chicago Tribune
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Critic's Notebook: A midyear look at some of the best music of 2011 (so far)
Pop & HissIt doesn’t make sense in 2011 to try and count the number of CDs released because doing so is only one measure of the volume. Toss in mixtapes, thumb drives, vinyl, Bandcamp pages, Twitter links to Mediasphere downloads, streams, rips,...... -
Dwight Howard, Stan Van Gundy cracking wise at shootaround
Orlando Magic BasketBlog - Orlando SentinelDwight Howard's impersonations are much-renowned. Charles Barkley. Rick James. Stan Van Gundy. Shaq. Arnold Schwarzenegger. No one is off limits — not even the kindest, gentlest big man in the NBA: Adonal Foyle. After the jump, you must check out... -
Snoop Dogg, Mike Epps team up for 'Imagine That!' show Wednesday at Gibson Amphitheatre
Pop & HissRapper Snoop Dogg and comedian-actor-rapper Mike Epps donât want to give away a lot about what audiences will encounter in âImagine That!,â the collaborative live show theyâre bringing to the Gibson Amphitheater on Wednesday. But itâs safe to... -
All Hail the (Ivory) Queen: Five of Teena Marie's finest videos in advance of Grammy Museum tribute
Pop & HissLast December, Teena Marie passed away at the age of 54. At the time, Reed Johnson of The Times wrote this tribute to the R&B star and protegee of Rick James. On Tuesday night, the Grammy Museum will honor the...... -
Shaunie O’Neal wants 10 seasons of Basketball Wives
Sentinel Sports Now - Orlando SentinelPimping is alive and well. Meet Rick James Shaunie O'Neal. That is the only conclusion one can come to after viewing the reunion shows of Basketball Wives Season 2 in which O'Neal hired these unfortunate women to degrade themselves on national television.... -
Album review: Snoop Dogg's 'Tha Doggumentary'
Pop & HissTwenty years into his career, the sinewy, menacing Snoop Doggy Dogg of the LBC exists only in a distant haze of hydraulics and weed. His name’s been truncated and his brand is bedrock. He’s a pitchman for fruit-flavored malt liquor...... -
Erykah Badu and Flying Lotus play surprise DJ sets at Low End Theory
Pop & HissYou could tell from the trail of the tweets. All week long, Flying Lotus had been sporadically updating his 50,000+ plus followers on his recording sessions with the reigning queen of psychedelic soul, Erykah Badu. “Day 3 on the album...... -
Album review: Black Eyed Peas, 'The Beginning'
Turn It Up1.5 stars (out of 4) No contemporary pop group understands the power of cross-promotion, branding and product placement quite like the Black Eyed Peas, so it should come as no surprise that their latest single plays like a free ad...... -
Remembering Teena Marie: A few choice jams from the '80s funk singer-songwriter-producer [Updated]
Pop & HissCNN is reporting that Grammy-nominated singer and Rick James protegée Teena Marie has died at age 54. The multi-talented vocalist, who was born in Santa Monica, got her break at Motown Records in 1979, and went on to be one......
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