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'Soul Power'
Times Film CriticMost everyone remembers "The Rumble in the Jungle," the 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, but who remembers "Zaire 74," the music festival that was organized to go along with it? "Soul Power,"...Tags: Movies, New York, George Foreman, Music Industry, Popular Music
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Wall Street and the King of Pop: Jackson's luxe lifestyle aided by investment firms
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Music lovers weren't the only ones drawn to the King of Pop. Wooed by his global fame and earning power, a bevy of financial firms ponied up tens of millions to finance the singer's luxe lifestyle and kick-start his troubled career....Tags: Mickey Mouse, Radiohead (band), Celebrity, National Government, Government
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Michael Jackson fans gathering at Apollo Theater
Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans circled the block around Harlem's famed Apollo Theater Tuesday for a public tribute to the pop star, some spontaneously singing their favorite songs and dancing in the street.
>>Photos: Michael Jackson fans at the...Tags: Music Theater, Apollo Theater, Bill Clinton, Janet Jackson, Theater
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Celebrate the 4th of July with Area Fireworks Displays
WTKR-TV3Virginia Beach Stars and Stripes Explosion at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Multiple live performances on oceanfront stages will attract thousands of visitors and residents of Virginia Beach to a "star-spangled" salute to this great country of ours at...Tags: Chesapeake City, Outer Banks, United States, Raleigh, Popular Music
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Jackson coverage is what people want
Get over it! That's my response to the rising chorus of grumbling from those many individuals out there who have tired of all the Michael Jackson coverage. This is America, the land of the pop-culture icon and the home of their fawning subjects. Our...Tags: Anna Nicole Smith, Newspaper and Magazine, Florida, Symptoms, Michael Jackson
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Flamenco con fusión moderna
ESPECIAL PARA EL SENTINELCon grupos como Gipsy Kings y bailarines de la talla de Joaquín Cortés, nuevas generaciones alrededor del mundo descubrieron un flamenco distinto al de los abuelos de uno: más pop, sensual y moderno. Y dentro de esa movida ha estado Chico Castillo,...Tags: Bill Clinton, Edith Piaf, Minority Groups, Dance, Michael Jackson
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2010 assessments in Isle of Wight likely to be flat or down
247-4535ISLE OF WIGHT — After years of soaring growth in the average home values, Isle of Wight County homeowners are likely to find their 2010 real estate assessments are level — if not lower — than their current assessments. "Our home sales...Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Smithfield Foods, Fires, Values, Sales
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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: Alan Bergman, Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Lumet, Literature, Fred Astaire
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Celebrity deaths: Is 3 really a magic number?
The Washington PostRarely since Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper crashed and died more or less simultaneously in an Iowa cornfield on Feb. 3, 1959, has the Celebrity Death Rule of Three fulfilled itself with such swift efficacy. That's the old rule that...Tags: Dom DeLuise, Buddy Holly, Vitamin C, Celebrity, Alanis Morissette
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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: Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Lumet, Fred Astaire, Quincy Jones, Music Industry
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Vieux Farka Toure brings Mali to the world
The lush, affluent hills of Marin County provide a stark counterpoint to the dry expanse of Mali, the landlocked West African nation as rich in music as it is poor in resources.
But guitarist-vocalist Vieux Farka Touré, the son of the late, revered...Tags: Brian Eno, David Bowie, Ethnic and World Music, Music Industry, Music
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Celebrities react to Michael Jackson's death
Rev. Al Sharpton:: "A friend of Michael's for the last 35 years, I call on people around the world to pray for him and his family in the hour. I have known Michael since we were both teens, worked with him, marched for him, hosted him at our House of...Tags: New York, Michael Jackson, Al Sharpton
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