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Actors and Studios Said to be Close to New Contract
After weeks of back-channel talks, Hollywood's biggest actor union and the major studios appear to have broken their logjam and could be close to reaching an agreement on a new three-year contract, according to people close to the situation. The agreement would come as a breakthrough for the Screen Actors Guild, whose members have been working ...
Wynton Marsalis Remembering the Duke
In Duke Ellington's world, people are smiling, they are dancing and they are making love. They're having a good time because his music's most basic concern is uplift of the human spirit. It's a music that celebrates freedom of expression, freedom of choice. That's why we love it. It wants us to love being ourselves and ...
Strike Seen as Likely at New York City Opera
Efforts by the New York City Opera to get back on its feet hit a road bump road Friday when a union leader cited what he called the likelihood of a strike by singers, chorus members and production staff members. The official, Alan Gordon, said he had sent a letter to singers agents accusing City Opera ...
Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense
For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on the path of righteousness, marching for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam, need to find an appropriately high-minded approach to life's exit ramp. In this case, I mean the high-minded part literally. ...
Gifter-in-Chief Michelle Obama Gives Carla Bruni a Guitar
Much has been said about the Obamas gift giving recently. The Queens Ipod, the DVDs given to Gordon Brown after his visit to the White House. But Michelle Obama may have struck the right cord (((that's “chord"))) with her gift to her newest friend, Carla Bruni -Sarkozy. After meeting the wife of French President Sarkozy, Mrs. ...
Carlos Santana Wants Obama to Legalize Pot
Guitar legend says money for teachers, education would transform country President Barack Obama brushed off a question about legalizing marijuana in his online town hall last month, but guitar god Carlos Santana says he wishes he would seriously consider it. “Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education,” Santana ...
Ex-Beatle Harrison to Get Hollywood Star
Paul McCartney may have a knighthood, but it’s George Harrison who is receiving the royal treatment from the Hollywood Walk of Fame this month. Harrison will receive a star on the fabled walk on April 14, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Friday. His widow, Olivia Harrison, and his son, Dhani, are expected to attend the ...
3 Get Life Terms in South African Singer's Killing
Three men convicted of murdering an internationally known South African reggae star in a botched carjacking were sentenced by a judge to life in prison. Lucky Dube's 2007 killing drew worldwide attention to crime in South Africa, which has one of the world's highest murder rates. The 43-year-old singer was gunned down in his car in ...
1969: Quincy Jones Builds Studio
Feb. 10, 1969 GOOD MORNING: Quincy Jones and Ray Brown are building a music-recording studio. Jones explains it will not only be helpful in today's scene where “The film media and pop music are converging. We also need a place to experiment" ... Jones requires his own studio, judging by the sked: He just ...
Fans Inundate Natalie Cole with Kidney Offers
Natalie Cole's fans want to give her a kidney. Singer has hepatitis C, and could be on dialysis for rest of her life. The 59-year-old singer told Larry King on Tuesday that she was diagnosed with kidney failure, and while she was still on his CNN show, dozens of viewers wrote in offering to ...
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