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Queen Latifah on her upcoming album and her growing production company
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES -- Queen Latifah was staying at a swank hotel in New York City under a hilarious historical pseudonym when we phoned her the day after Michael Jackson's death. She voices one of the characters in the animated family film "Ice Age: Dawn of...Tags: Movies, Jerry Lewis, Big Band , Michael Jackson, Sarah Vaughan
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Sunday Conversation: Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah was staying at a swank hotel in New York City under a hilarious historical pseudonym when we phoned her the day after Michael Jackson's death. She voices one of the characters in the animated family film "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,"...Tags: Movies, Jerry Lewis, Tyler Perry, Big Band , Farrah Fawcett
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'In 100 years, what will be remembered is the music,' Jones says
Special to Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES -- Like the world, last week I was devastated by the news that Michael Jackson had unexpectedly left the room. This blessed artist commanded the stage with the grace of an antelope, shattered recording industry records and broke down...Tags: Sidney Lumet, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Music, Music Industry
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LI record executive's memories of Michael Jackson
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comFor Ron Alexenburg, Michael Jackson will always be both a global superstar and the sweet teenager who used to play with his children on the floor of his Long Island home. "We met him at 16 and he would come to our home in Woodbury," recalled Alexenburg,...Tags: Michael Jackson, Long Island
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Surfin' the Web - Fred Astaire golfs
WGNtv.comToday on Surfin' the Web we looked at a funny video that shows a golfer dancing around. To see the full video, click here.Tags: Golf
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Johnny Depp: An outlaw outlook
Johnny Depp has fond memories of his first machine gun.
He was just a bitty kid growing up in Owensboro, Ky., but somewhere around age 5 or 6, he began shooting .22s, then moved on to .38s, .44s and .45s. And then he got his hands on a relative's...Tags: Human Body, Movies, Buster Keaton, Personal Service, Puerto Rico
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Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson: 'We made history together'
Like the world, last week I was devastated by the news that Michael Jackson had suddenly left the room. This blessed artist commanded the stage with the grace of an antelope, shattered recording industry records and broke down cultural boundaries around...Tags: Sidney Lumet, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Benny Carter, Stevie Wonder
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Eight ways Michael Jackson changed the world
Yes, yes, we know, you're done with testimonies to the late Michael Jackson and his overwhelming influence on everything.
It's been two straight days of news-cycle saturation following the sudden death of the revered and reviled King of Pop. But the...Tags: Movies, Folk Music, Dancing, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson
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Review: Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works' mostly does
VarietyWhatever Works, Woody Allen's prodigal return to New York, takes the disconcerting form of a disquisition on quantum physics, love and chance, ranted directly to the camera by terminally misanthropic Larry David. Though stuffed with witty one-liners and...Tags: Evan Rachel Wood, Larry David, Movies, Music, Ed Begley
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Michael Jackson's life was infused with fantasy and tragedy
Michael Jackson was fascinated by celebrity tragedy. He had a statue of Marilyn Monroe in his home and studied the sad Hollywood exile of Charlie Chaplin. He married the daughter of Elvis Presley.
Jackson met his own untimely death Thursday at age 50,...Tags: Movies, Folk Music, Macaulay Culkin, Medical Specialization, Lisa Marie Presley
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Extension 720 Audio Archives, November 2008
Zack ChristensonIt was seventy-five years ago that the on-screen partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers began. Our guest on this program thought this a good time to examine the life of one of America's most beloved performers, Fred Astaire. Joseph Epstein, an...Tags: Ginger Rogers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago
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Eccentric superstar surprising to the end
Tribune NewspapersMichael Jackson was fascinated by celebrity tragedy. He had a statue of Marilyn Monroe in his home and studied the sad Hollywood exile of Charlie Chaplin. He married the daughter of Elvis Presley. Jackson met his own untimely death Thursday at age 50....Tags: Movies, Folk Music, Medical Specialization, Lisa Marie Presley, Sony Corp.
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