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Sarah Jessica Parker's Legs, Adam Sandler's Musical Number Are The Hot Topics At MTV Movie Awards Afterparty
You saw the big stars, enjoyed the musical performances and were reminded once again that the MTV Movie Awards are a whole different kind of party. But once the show ended, and the sun went down, Hollywood's biggest names made sure the evening was just getting started.
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Bo Diddley, Rock And Roll Pioneer, Dead At 79
Rock-and-roll pioneer Bo Diddley died early Monday morning (June 2), of heart failure, at his home in Archer, Florida. He was 79 years old.
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Sci-Tech grads look to future
SPRINGFIELD - Although high school may be over, a lifetime of learning has really just begun. That was tonight's theme, as 313 students graduated from the High School of Science and Technology at Symphony Hall.
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Bo Diddley's influence will live on forever
Friends and colleagues expressed admiration and sadness for rock 'n' roll architect Bo Diddley, who influenced generations of musicians with his signature primal beat.
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Deaf comedian to perform at festival
DEAFY'S Island Discs takes place at the Rondo Theatre, Bath, on Saturday (8pm) as part of the Bath Fringe Festival. Britain's only deaf comedian (if there are any others, he hasn't heard), Steve Day takes to the road for his fourth national tour.
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Cabaret at Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Live! On Stage! Review by Mary Alderson Cabaret Book By Joe Masteroff, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
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100 Years Young
Guests enjoy food, music and drinks during Temple Shaare Tefilah's celebration Sunday night of 100 years of service to the Norwood area.
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Peter Gabriel Turns On The Filter
Peter Gabriel is behind the new UK music site The Filter, which launched today in London. The tech savvy Gabriel has been involved for years in new technology.
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From The Record archives: Pioneer rocker Bo Diddley seeks his due
Diddley is not angry.
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A patchwork of history
DENVER - On walls usually reserved for Renoirs and Picassos hangs a colorful patchwork of quilts, once dismissed as craft and folk work but now elevated to high art.
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Kinks in plans for music festival
WAMPUM — The Wu-Tang Clan in Wampum?
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Summer Concerts Kick Off
The North Topeka Community Band held the first in a series of summer concerts tonight at the gazebo at Garfield Park.
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Stanhope House in N.J. to close
The Stanhope House, a popular northern New Jersey venue for blues and rock music, is about to close its doors, its Web site has disclosed.The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported that all scheduled shows have been canceled because of a falling out between the owners, Richard Urmston and Matt Angus Williams.Alas, the Stanhope House will be closing for good, said a statement posted on the club's ...
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CSO's New Music Director Meets With Musicians
Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's new music director, jokes that because he's a musician -- not a politician -- he doesn't want to make too many promises.
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MILF: Ancestral domain still bone of contention in talks
MANILA, Philippines - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday scored government for trying to "change the music" in the peace talks by trying to play up a "side issue" involving Sabah.
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Has the Oregon Symphony "turned a corner"?
While ticket sales and attendance are up over the previous season, the Oregon Symphony will end the season with a deficit close to $1 million.
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Rahman experiments with Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na is the launch pad of Aamir Khan's nephew Imraan and to play it safe, Aamir has roped in A.R. Rahman for the music. Set against a campus backdrop, the film's music gives us an insight into the other side of the composer.
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Earle Hagen and the passing of TV theme songs
He dubbed himself the "Famous Composer - Nobody Ever Heard Of" in his 2000 memoir. Earle Hagen's modest irony doesn't begin to do him credit. As the creator of vintage television theme songs for "The Andy Griffith Show," "I Spy," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "...
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Julianne Hough dances to top of country chart
Julianne Hough was vacationing in Mazatlan, Mexico, last week when she learned she had the top-selling country album in the nation.
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Elvis Presley backup singer dies at 78 in Atlanta
A funeral home says one of Elvis Presley's backup singers has died in Atlanta. Hugh Jarrett was 78. Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory says the former member of The Jordanaires died Saturday at a hospital in Atlanta of injuries from an auto accident. The funeral is scheduled for Friday in Roswell. Jarrett had lived in the Atlanta area since the 1960s after a music career in Los ...
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I've got the Blues Festival blues
Why do we just sit down at the typewriter and make stuff up? Last week, in a column about Labor Day weekend's Long Beach Blues Festival, we unabashedly proclaimed that this year's event would be held "for the first time (ever!)" at a site away from home field at Cal State Long Beach, where it's "always" been held.
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Weezer and Fleet Foxes: Self-Titled and Self-Defined
Weezer is one of the most curiously durable alternative rock bands to survive the 1990s and forge into the current decade. When the Southern California quartet released its self-titled debut in 1994 (the first of three self-titled albums), it sounded like an independent pop group that had been polished to major-label rock, full of precociously geeky arena hooks. That album and the band's 1996 ...
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Creature goes from black lagoon to stage
Universal Studios Hollywood said Monday it is working on a new stage show called Creature from the Black Lagoon -- The Musical for its California theme park.The updated version of the 1954 horror film classic, which is to have Broadway-caliber production values, will begin performances at Universal Studios Hollywood in Spring 2009.The musical is to be staged as an attraction within the theme ...
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79
Bo Diddley's revolutionary approach to the guitar won him plenty of honors, reverent admirers and legions of fans: He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while superstar acts like Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones paid him homage.
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Washington DC
Article History This is the latest version. (Courtesy photo) Benjamin Shwartz leads the San Francisco Symphony in a world premiere this week.
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