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Anita O'Day "Jazz on a Summer's Day"

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

Review: Jazz on a Summer's Day

PLOT One of the pre-eminent women of jazz, captured through her music and her reflections on a turbulent, rigorously honest life.

CAST Anita O'Day, Johnny Mandel, Annie Ross LENGTH 1:31 PLAYING AT Cinema Village, Manhattan

BOTTOM LINE Swinging, satisfying portrait of a woman who was among the best at what she did. And whom, after this film, you'd really like to have met. The iconic image of Anita O'Day is ...

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Jackson Browne Sues McCain over 'Running on Empty' Ad

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Sen. John McCain and the Republican National Committee for using Browne's 1977 song “Running on Empty" in a television ad. “Running on Empty," which is one of Browne's signature tunes, was used in a political advertisement criticizing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama for his suggestion that Americans could save money on gasoline by properly inflating their cars' tires, said Lawrence Iser, Browne's attorney. The lawsuit, filed ...

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Moneyland Film Competition

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2008

IFC AND MCCOURY MUSIC INSPIRE FANS WITH MONEYLAND FILM COMPETITION McCoury Announces Music-To-Film Contest on LUNCHBOX on IFC.com

Blending traditional and contemporary roots music, passion for democracy and social justice, and an appreciation for the power of grassroots creativity, IFC and McCoury Music have launched a competition aimed at inspiring music fans to create their own short film interpretations of the songs from McCoury Music's new album, Moneyland. Fans of the new album are invited to enter into ...

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STLJN Saturday at the Movies: Dave Brubeck, then and Now

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 14, 2008

Continuing with our occasional summer series previewing this fall's jazz concert attractions in St. Louis, this week the spotlight falls on legendary jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, who will return to our city on Saturday, October 4 for a performance at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The first video clip is from 1961, and shows the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet - Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto sax, drummer Joe Morello ...

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Paul Newman Says He Wants to Die at Home

Source: Michael Ricci
August 9, 2008

Paul Newman tells loved ones he wants to die at home Get out your Kleenex, people.

You're gonna need it.

According to new reports, actor Paul Newman has weeks to live and has told his family that he wants to die at home.

Newman has finished chemotherapy treatment for cancer and was photographed leaving a New York hospital in a wheelchair. He looks predictably frail and fragile.

“Paul didn't want to die in the hospital," a source has said.

Newman ...

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Crosby, Stills and Nash Talk About Their New Movie and Old Bands

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Last week, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash came by the Rolling Stone offices to have lunch, chat about their new film CSNY: Dj Vu talk about their past and current musical relationships.

For more on CSN -- including news on their new album -- check out the Smoking Section in the new issue of Rolling Stone, on newsstands tomorrow.

On Their Current Relationship

Nash: We have what marriages don't have. It's called music. We've always realized that music ...

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American Idol Show Runner Steps Down

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2008

In recent months, Fox executives announced that they intend to make some creative changes to the format of “American Idol" in its eighth season next year to freshen up the show.

But they weren't counting on a change in show runners. As first reported on TMZ, executive producer and show runner Nigel Lythgoe is stepping down from the Fox juggernaut to pursue a new show and continue with “So You Think You Can Dance," which he also runs. In a ...

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The New Trend with Arabic Singers and Less Makeup

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2008

There is a noticeable change with using less makeup among Arabic female singers in their video clips.

Of course, many of you have noticed this, but is there a specific reason? Watching all these video clips, it is interesting to watch these famous singers that have enough confidence to confront their fans and to be watched by millions of people all around the world looking less beautiful than their usual overflowing beauty, and at the same time showing people a ...

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