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Paquita la del Barrio to be honored before Saturday's Nokia concert
Nothing endears Mexican diva Paquita la del Barrio to her fans more than the knowledge that, like them, she has suffered in life. Despite having recorded more than 30 albums that have sold a collective 20 million copies, Paquita manages to convey the...
Tags: Chile, Music, Entertainment, Abusive Behavior, Mexico
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Frank Peppiatt dies at 85; co-creator of 'Hee Haw'
Frank Peppiatt, the co-creator of "Hee Haw," a landmark variety show mixing country music with "corny" humor that became one of TV's most unlikely and longest-running hits, has died. He was 85. Peppiatt died Wednesday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., of...
Tags: Charley Pride, ABC (tv network), Concerts, Cher, Country and Western (genre)
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Review: Feeling blown away by Carrie Underwood at Staples Center
Carrie Underwood’s choice of a tornado as the central image for her current "Blown Away" album and tour became something of a double-edged sword as her show unfolded Tuesday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. On one hand, it’s a powerful...
Tags: Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, Music Theater, Tornadoes, Brad Paisley
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Kitty Wells, the 'undisputed queen of country music,' dies at 92
Kitty Wells, the long-reigning “Queen of Country Music” and the first woman to reach No. 1 on the country chart with her attitude-changing hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” died Monday at age 92 of complications...
Tags: Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Music
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Kitty Wells dies at 92; country music trailblazer
Country singer Kitty Wells had been recording, touring and broadcasting without major success for more than a decade when she accepted an offer in 1952 to record one more song before she planned to turn her attention to staying at home and raising a...
Tags: Dolly Parton, Red Foley, John Lennon, Marian Anderson, Human Interest
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Theater review: Leslie Jordan's 'Fruit Fly' at the Celebration
Culture MonsterLeslie Jordan's "Fruit Fly" at the Celebration Theatre is reviewed for the Los Angeles Times by Daryl H. Miller.... -
PASSINGS: Bernard G. Sarnat
Bernard G. Sarnat
Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, research scientist
Dr. Bernard G. Sarnat, 99, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon and research scientist who advanced the study of facial deformities, died of respiratory failure Oct. 21 in Los Angeles, his...Tags: Personal Service, Diseases and Illnesses, Research, Jerry Lee Lewis, Human Interest
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PASSINGS: Philip Matthew Hannan, Johnnie Wright, Jessy Dixon
Philip Matthew Hannan
Cleric gave the eulogy for President Kennedy
Retired New Orleans Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan, 98, who sought to console a grieving nation in his eulogy for President Kennedy, died Thursday in New Orleans after a long period of...Tags: Paul Simon, Robert F. Kennedy, Artists, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Concerts
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PASSINGS: Sid Melton, Leonard Stone, Liz Anderson, Thomas McNeeley Jr., George Rountree
Sid Melton
Character actor in dozens of TV, film projects
Sid Melton, 94, a character actor perhaps best known for his roles in the hit television shows "Green Acres" and "The Danny Thomas Show," died of pneumonia Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph...Tags: The Golden Girls (tv program), Boxing, Obituaries, Television Industry, Diana Ross
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Reba McEntire among new Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Pop & HissSingers Reba McEntire and Jean Shepard and songwriter Bobby Braddock have been chosen to join the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, hall officials have announced. McEntire, who is back on the charts with her country take on Beyonce's...... -
Library of Congress adds 25 new recordings to its collection, including classics from Captain Beefheart, Steely Dan and George Crumb
Pop & HissWhether it's hip-hop or humpback whales, the Library of Congress certainly knows how to spread the love around when it comes to America’s aural preservation. On Wednesday, the government agency named 25 new additions to the ninth annual National... -
Drinking in the Rapture: Or what would Harold Camping quaff?
Daily DishIt's impossible to ignore the chatter. For believers in the Doomsday prophecy of Harold Camping (a civil engineer who became a Biblical scholar), Saturday will be their last day on earth. They expect to ascend to heaven as part of......
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