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Dawes adds fresh sentiments to folk-rock roots
Members of the L.A. quartet Dawes have been performing for paying audiences since they were teenagers, so there was no reason John Fogerty could see to go easy on them. "Let's do it one more time," said the veteran roots rocker, standing onstage in...
Tags: Common, Music Industry, David Letterman, Entertainment, Music
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USA moving past 'blue skies' with 'Graceland,' sitcoms, reality
Over the last few years, as ratings for cable networks like AMC and TLC have surged, their brand identities have shifted just as dramatically. History, the channel that five years ago was known for its dusty old World War II documentaries, is now better...
Tags: Television, Television Industry, Entertainment, TLC (tv network), AMC (tv network)
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Jake Johnson of 'New Girl' looks to be the new boy at the movies
As "New Girl" fans eye next week's season finale and its surprising Taylor Swift-ness, one of the show's stars is preparing to turn his attention elsewhere: to the movies. Jake Johnson, who plays the slacker-y Nick Miller opposite Zooey Deschanel's...
Tags: Taylor Swift, Zoe Kazan, Fox Broadcasting Company, The New Girl (tv program), Entertainment
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Big Star film documentary, soundtrack due soon
With the theatrical release of a documentary feature on indie-rock cult group Big Star looming for July 3, the 22-track soundtrack album will be released a week earlier on June 25 with previously unissued versions of the group’s cornerstone songs....
Tags: The Flaming Lips (music group), Music Industry, Music, Entertainment, Big Star (music group)
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Fall Out Boy and Paramore: Coming back on top
Patrick Stump can't recall which friend of his said it, or where exactly it happened. But when the frontman of Fall Out Boy was told nearly a decade ago — "probably in somebody's basement somewhere" — that his then-scrappy rock band sounded...
Tags: The Home Depot Center, Elton John, Kelly Clarkson, Music, Entertainment
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Review: Prince rocks (and rebuilds) in Anaheim
This is what it sounds like when Prince plays a club: BANG$%CRUNCH#@WHEEDLE&$YOWL!!! The Purple One touched down in Orange County on Tuesday night for the first of four shows at the City National Grove of Anaheim, part of a brief tour of tiny-for-him...
Tags: City National Corporation, !!! (music group), Sports, Entertainment, Music
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CNN continues acquisition spree with 'Pandora's Promise'
CNN Films is stepping up its acquisition efforts. One week after landing the television rights to the Penny Lane documentary “Our Nixon,” the network has acquired domestic television broadcast rights to the Sundance film selection “...
Tags: Pandora Media, Inc., Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Satellite and Cable Service, CNN (tv network), Television Industry
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Social network Path brings 'Peanuts' gang to virtual stickers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Good grief, Charlie Brown! The "Peanuts" character and his pals are joining the social network Path. The San Francisco start-up has struck its first brand partnership with the "Peanuts" gang, still one of the most powerful brands in...
Tags: Culture, Social Media, Arts and Culture, Apple iPhone, Japan
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Netflix releases first peek at new 'Arrested Development'
As we inch closer to May, the drumbeat of fan anticipation is growing ever louder for the much hailed return of "Arrested Development." And on Thursday, fans got their first-ever peek at the new season with a clip featuring Buster (Tony Hale) and...
Tags: Television, Will Arnett, HGTV (tv network), Jessica Walter, Netflix Inc.
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Leap Motion delays launch of 3-D gesture controller to July 22
Leap Motion is delaying the release of its 3-D gesture-recognition controller to July 22 to give the company more time for testing. “As a company, in good conscience, we couldn’t sacrifice the testing process," Chief Executive Michael...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Computer Hardware
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CNN Films acquires SXSW doc 'Our Nixon' to air on the network in August
Richard Nixon is hot again. Fresh on the heels of Discovery Channel's critically acclaimed documentary "All the Presidents Men Revisited," about the scandal that brought down President Nixon and the movie it inspired, CNN Films and Cinedigm have...
Tags: Page One: Inside the New York Times (movie), Satellite and Cable Service, CNN (tv network), Roger Ebert, Entertainment
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Amanda Palmer posts 'A Poem for Dzhokhar' and responds to commenters
Boston-based musician Amanda Palmer has generated an outpouring of responses to her posting over the weekend “A Poem for Dzhokhar,” in reference to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. It’s a 35-line series of statements,...
Tags: Sports, Entertainment, Music, Poetry, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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