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Danilo Perez keeps audience captivated
Chicago Tribune criticSingalongs are not exactly commonplace at jazz clubs, so no one could have expected what happened when the adventurous Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez opened his weeklong engagement Tuesday night at the Jazz Showcase. Stepping to the front of the stage,...Tags: Plymouth, Music Industry, Music
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Neal Hefti, "Batman" theme song composer, dead at 85
LOS ANGELES - Neal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with Count Basie and Woody Herman and later composed the memorable themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the campy hit TV series "Batman," has died. He was 85....Tags: Harry James, Woody Herman, Music Industry, Movies, Count Basie
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'Lovelace: The Rock Opera' gets past the porn
Special to The TimesIn 1972, a newlywed named Linda Boreman spent six days in Florida making a low-budget porn film about a woman who can't orgasm. The director was a salon owner who decided to make blue movies after hearing his female customers complain about their...Tags: Family, Movies, Chuck, Theater, Music
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Memo to Madonna: Act your age
The Boston GlobeMadonna turned 50 this year. That's a watershed for a woman and a pop star, the incontrovertible borderline between youth and what comes after. For some, it's a time of reckoning and reflection. For others, it's time to hit the panic button. Madonna...Tags: Dance, Mick Jagger, United Center, Madonna
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Dream on!
Chicago Tribune criticIf democracy were an " American Idol" contestant, the phone lines would be jammed: We have a winner! With an African-American man on one ticket and a woman on the other, the democratic ideal appears ready for the spotlight. On the eve of the final debate...Tags: Campaign Finance, Family, Movies, Spider-Man, Television
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Neal Hefti dies at 85; former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNeal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with Count Basie and Woody Herman and later composed the memorable themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the campy hit TV series "Batman," has died. He was 85. Hefti died...Tags: Harry James, Movies, Music Industry, Woody Herman, Television
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Freshman Grimes a sensation for W&M
The Virginia GazetteJonathan Grimes remembers well his first play as a William and Mary football player – a lost fumble. “It was an option play where the pitch hit me in the face,” Grimes related Tuesday afternoon. “I guess I was too close to the...Tags: Hartford Wolf Pack, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Morgan State University, Jimmye Laycock
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New CDs: Kenny Chesney, Nikka Costa and Lucinda Williams
Kenny Chesney "Lucky Old Sun" (BNA)
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This is the one Kenny Chesney watchers have been waiting for ever since the cuddle-bunny country superstar's 2005 marriage to Renee Zellweger flamed out so spectacularly.
Last year's "Just Who I Am: Poets and...Tags: Kenny Chesney, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Costello, Music Industry, Renee Zellweger
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Candidates expected to appear on 'SNL,' says Michaels
Chicago Tribune criticLorne Michaels, the executive producer of "Saturday Night Live," predicts that the presidential and vice presidential candidates will stop by the comedy show before the election. "I think, sooner or later, everyone will come through," Michaels said in a...Tags: Tina Fey, American Idol, Television, Alaska, Government
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Reality star drops in to the Jewish Mother
247-4732"American Idol" veteran Blake Lewis has taken it on the chin recently, but he's still swinging — and still singing. Earlier this year, Lewis was dropped by his record label, Arista. But Lewis, who is set to perform tonight at The Jewish Mother...Tags: Jordin Sparks, American Idol, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Television, MySpace
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Children explore the world at Young at Art
Special to the GazetteOn a rug designed with a map of the world, children ages 2 to 4 hop to each continent while Young at Art teacher Penny Phillips sings, "Asia, Africa, North and South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia, too." Each week during World Exploration Class,...Tags: Children, Pembroke Pines, Cooper City, Arts, People
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Live: Tina Turner at Staples Center
Times Pop Music CriticNEARLY A century before Tina Turner's current and possibly final tour, Sarah Bernhardt, the greatest actress of her time, made a similar journey. At 71, Bernhardt did not possess the remarkable health the 68-year-old Turner displayed Monday at the Staples...Tags: Janet Jackson, Ike Turner, Movies, Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger
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