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Tina Turner may become a Swiss citizen, give back U.S. passport
Tina Turner wants to become a Swiss citizen, and love has everything to do with it. If you've been wondering what the iconic diva has been up to lately, she's been living in Kuesnacht, a Zurich suburb, since 1995. A Swiss paper wrote Friday that the...Tags: Roger Moore, Music, Entertainment, Abusive Behavior, Tina Turner
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Jim Shea: On 12-12-12, Nothing Big Has Happened, So Far
The Hartford CourantToday's date is 12-12-12. OK, first the good news, 12-12-12 is not the date on which the world is scheduled to end. That will not be happening until a week from Friday, so breathe easy. Frankly I'm getting tired of all these end-of-the-world deadlines....Tags: Joe Lieberman, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Bob Barker, Jennifer Connelly, Frank Sinatra
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Andre Williams, Rock 'n' Roll's Happily Tacky Senior Citizen, Visits Cafe Nine on Dec. 1
Andre Williams w/ Barrence Whitfield & the Savages and Bronson Rock. $15. 9 p.m., Dec. 1. Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven, cafenine.com. As of November 1, Andre Williams has officially spent 76 years on Earth, and that cautionary proverb about...
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2012: The Year the Music Died (So Far)
It’s not even June. But already this calendar year we’ve lost a gut-wrenching list of people who’ve impacted the music world: impresarios Don Cornelius and Dick Clark, R&B legends Johnny Otis and Etta James, the incomparable Band...
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André 3000's Jimi Hendrix biopic underway without estate support
Pop & HissWhen it was announced that André Benjamin – better known as Outkast’s André 3000 -- would be portraying iconic guitarist Jimi Hendrix in a biopic, it finally put to rest years of rumors of who would channel the psychedelic rocker on the big... -
The Oxford American's 13th Annual Music Issue: Incredible
Holy mackerel. The Oxford American’s annual music issue is always good, but this new one -- number 13 -- is a staggering piece of work. Possibly the best-ever stocking stuffer for the music nerd in your family. (It’ll pretty much fill up a...Tags: William Faulkner, B.B. King, Milton Babbitt, Music, Entertainment
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'O's Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life with Oprah & Friends' by the editors of O, The Oprah Magazine
![I can count on two hands the number of times I've watched full episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," but I've read two of her other "O, The Oprah Magazine" books — 2010's "Love Your Life!" and 2009's "Dream Big!" — and enjoyed them so much that I was all set to read 2011's "O's Best Advice Ever!"](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65285188-08045838-187105.jpg "I can count on two hands the number of times I've watched full episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show,\" but I've read two of her other \"O, The Oprah Magazine\" books — 2010's \"Love Your Life!\" and 2009's \"Dream Big!\" — and enjoyed them so much that I was all set to read 2011's \"O's Best Advice Ever!\"")
Tribune NewspapersI can count on two hands the number of times I've watched full episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," but I've read two of her other "O, The Oprah Magazine" books — 2010's "Love Your Life!" and 2009's "Dream Big!" — and enjoyed them so much...Tags: Nate Berkus, Religion and Belief, Tina Turner, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Jerry Seinfeld
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FROM THE EDITOR
Just some random observations on a Monday morning ... - Mr. Yuk: His face says it all. He's putrid green with his tongue sticking out. It can only mean "Mr. Yuk" has found something unsafe for human consumption. Some enterprising "artist" used Mr. Yuk...Tags: John Lee Hooker, Native Americans, Elections, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Politics
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The X Factor Boot Camp, Part 1: Moves Like Jagger
Automatically from the get-go this blog has me excited me to write. Why? Because I got to subtitle it “Moves Like Jagger,” which also happens to be one of my favorite songs right now and my current ring tone.
There’s just something...Tags: Jay-Z, Michael Buble, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fine Arts, Dance
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'The X Factor' recap: Who will survive boot camp?
Show TrackerA recap of the first night of Boot Camp on "The X Factor," in which 162 contestants vie for 32 slots.... -
In Rotation: The Mike Eldred Trio's '61 and 49'
Pop & HissIt's not so much raw chutzpah as sheer love — backed by unassailable musical chops — with which veteran Southern California blues musician Mike Eldred puts on display in “61 and 49,” referencing the fabled intersection in... -
Delta blues legend won a Grammy at age 97
Pinetop Perkins lived the blues.
Born on a cotton plantation near Belzoni, Miss., in 1913, he worked the fields from age 7, drove a truck for a living at 18 and got stabbed in the arm in his late 20s.
The barroom attack tore his tendons and cut his...Tags: B.B. King, Music Industry, Circuses, Music Theater, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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