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May 15: Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 75. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 75. Singer Trini Lopez is 74. Singer Lenny Welch is 73. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 71. Country singer K.T. Oslin is 69. Musician Brian Eno is 63. Actor Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music") is 61. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 59. Musician Mike Oldfield is 58. Actor Lee Horsley is 56. Singer Prince Be of PM Dawn is 41. Actor David Charvet ("Melrose Place") is 39. Actor David Krumholtz is 33. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler is 30.
May 16: Actor Pierce Brosnan is 58. Actress Debra Winger is 56. Actress Mare Winningham is 52. Violinist Boyd Tinsley of The Dave Matthews Band is 47. Bassist Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 46. Singer Janet Jackson is 45. Actor Brian F. O'Byrne ("Million Dollar Baby") is 44. Singer Ralph Tresvant is 43. Actor David Boreanaz is 42. Actress Tracey Gold is 42. Country singer Rick Trevino is 40. Actress Tori Spelling is 38. Actress Melanie Lynskey ("Two and a Half Men") is 34. Actress Megan Fox is 25. Actor Marc John Jefferies ("The Tracy Morgan Show") is 21.
May 17: Singer Taj Mahal is 69. Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester is 67. Drummer Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson is 62. Singer-guitarist George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson is 58. Actor Bill Paxton is 56. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 55. Singer Enya is 50. Actor Craig Ferguson is 49. Keyboardist Page McConnell of Phish is 48. Guitarist O'Dell of Mint Condition is 46. Musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 46. Actor Hill Harper is 45. TV personality-interior designer Thom Filicia ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy") is 42. Singer Darnell Van Rensalier of Shai is 41. Singer Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age is 38. Singer Andrea Corr of The Corrs is 37. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy is 37. Singer Kandi Burruss (Xscape) is 35. Actress Leven Rambin ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") is 21.
May 18: Actor Bill Macy is 89. Actor Robert Morse is 80. Actor Dwayne Hickman is 77. Bluegrass singer-guitarist Rodney Dillard of The Dillards is 69. Country singer Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys is 63. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 62. Country singer George Strait is 59. Singer Butch Tavares of Tavares is 58. Actor Chow Yun-Fat is 56. Singer-guitarist Page Hamilton of Helmet is 51. Guitarist Barry Graul of MercyMe is 50. Singer-actress Martika is 42. Comedian Tina Fey is 41. Rapper Special Ed is 37. Musician Jack Johnson is 36. Singer Darryl Allen of Mista is 31.
May 19: PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 77. Actor James Fox is 72. Actress Nancy Kwan is 72. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in "Star Wars") is 67. Musician Pete Townshend is 66. Singer-bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is 62. Singer-actress-model Grace Jones is 59. Drummer Phil Rudd of AC/DC is 57. Guitarist Iain Harvie of Del Amitri is 49. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford ("Monk") is 41. Singer Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base is 39. Guitarist Tim McTague of Underoath is 28. Actor Eric Lloyd ("The Santa Clause") is 25.
May 20: Singer Joe Cocker is 67. Singer-actress Cher is 65. Actor Dave Thomas is 62. Musician Warren Cann of Ultravox is 59. Actor Dean Butler ("Little House on the Prairie") is 55. Guitarist Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's is 53. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 52. Singer Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills is 52. Actor John Billingsley ("Enterprise") is 51. Actor Tony Goldwyn is 51. Singer Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 is 50. TV personality Ted Allen ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy") is 46. Actress Mindy Cohn is 45. Guitarist Tom Gorman of Belly is 45. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 39. Bassist Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 36. Actor Matt Czuchry ("Friday Night Lights," "Gilmore Girls") is 34. Singer-actress Naturi Naughton (3LW) is 27.
May 21: Singer Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers is 70. Guitarist Hilton Valentine of The Animals is 68. Actor Richard Hatch ("Battles  Share on Facebook ·  Bookmark on Delicious Despite the best efforts of right-wing pundits and contradicting earlier reports, Common went through with his White House appearance at Michelle Obama's poetry event Wednesday.
Earlier reports suggested that he wasn't there, but a White House video confirms that he showed up later than expected.
The Daily Caller earlier reported that he wasn't in attendance at the afternoon session, saying that when the first lady welcomed the poets who had been invited, she neglected to mention Common, and reporters did not see him at the event. But he apparently showed up for the evening session and even tweeted about his presence there.
It was revealed a few days ago that Common was among the poets that Obama had invited to her poetry session, and the Drudge Report and others immediately noted the rapper's history of violent lyrics, notably directed at police officers. He's also rapped his advice to "Burn a Bush," a reference to President George W. Bush.
Among those critical of the invitation were Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Beck ridiculed the White House invitation Wednesday morning on his radio show, for example, by saying, sarcastically, "The president and the first lady, of course - of course - are not anti-cop."
Limbaugh on Wednesday called Common an "artiste" and suggested that only uneducated rubes would dare criticize his lyrics. He was also being sarcastic.
Hannity, on his Fox News TV show Tuesday night, went through a litany of Common's alleged offenses. When a guest accused Hannity of advocating censoring poets, he responded: "I don't want to censor them. Should he be in the White House? Big difference."
Sarah Palin also weighed in by tweeting, "OH LOVELY, WHITE HOUSE." Common responded by tweeting, "SO APPARENTLY SARAH PALIN AND FOX NEWS DOESN'T LIKE ME."
Some police unions and support groups have also objected to the invitation. LOS ANGELES – Lady Gaga turned up the heat on "American Idol."
The eccentric pop superstar pushed the Fox singing competition's top four finalists to add theatrics to their Wednesday performances of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller songs. Her advice that Scotty McCreery should pretend that the microphone is his girlfriend prompted the deep-voiced 17-year-old country crooner to kiss the cross around his neck.
"You've got to get right in the center of that hot dog," she advised the conservative singer.
Lady Gaga's steamy direction didn't seem to deter McCreery, who impressed the judges with both his rollicking take on The Coasters' "Young Blood" and heartfelt rendition of Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" during the beginning of Wednesday's episode when the finalists were tasked with performing inspirational tunes.
"You're ready for superstardom, and I hope you make it," Randy Jackson told McCreery afterward.
Lauren Alaina also seemed poised for greatness with her inspirational ballad of Martina McBride's "Anyway," but she wasn't ready to proclaim that she was "evil," as noted in the lyrics to Elvis Presley's "Trouble," until she received some motivation from Lady Gaga, who directed the 16-year-old singer from Rossville, Ga., to sing the ditty in character.
"When I was 16, I was way too weird to be on `American Idol,'" Lady Gaga admitted.
The result was apparently delicious, with Steven Tyler noting that Alaina "delivers a song like a blue plate special." Haley Reinhart, the 20-year-old vocalist from Wheeling, Ill., wasn't quite as yummy. The judges bickered about her interpretation of Michael Jackson's "Earth Song." Tyler was a fan, but Jackson and Jennifer Lopez didn't eat it up.
"I felt like you were just screaming," Jackson said over a chorus of boos from the crowd.
Reinhart returned with a vengeance — and a string orchestra — with Ben E. King's "I (Who Have Nothing)." Lady Gaga directed her to let out a dramatic exhale in the middle of the song. The judges were floored. Jackson dubbed it "her moment" of the night, and Tyler informed her that she "just Reinharted yourself into the middle of next week."
"That was amazing," said Lopez. "One of the best performances of the year."
James Durbin, the wailing 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, Calif., opened the show clad in tails with Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and closed it down with a metal-tinged take on The Clovers' "Love Potion No. 9." Jackson, who formerly played bass with Journey, said Durbin was "paying homage to my friends," and Tyler attested that he "did it right."
"You can sing anything," Lopez told Durbin after "Love Potion No. 9."
One of the four finalists will be eliminated Thursday. The 10th season "Idol" scheduled to be selected on the May 26 finale.
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http://www.americanidol.com The White House is standing by its decision to invite the rapper Common to participate in a poetry event despite conservative and other criticism that the musician has glorified the killing of police officers with his lyrics.
Spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama has spoken out against violent and misogynistic music lyrics. But Carney also said media reports about Common's participation in Tuesday night's East Room event distort what the rapper stands for.
Carney says Common has earned praise for being a socially conscious rapper. He adds that Obama appreciates Common's work trying to get children in their Chicago hometown interested in poetry.
Republican strategist Karl Rove and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin have expressed displeasure at the White House for inviting Common. Innovative, Patented Earbuds Announce Sponsorship of Popular Los Angeles Radio Station Concert, as well as Upcoming Mini-Commercial Release featuring T.C. Carter
La Mirada, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2011
Humble Fish Inc. is proud to announce that their new, hit product Skunk Juice brand earbuds (http://www.skunkjuiceearbuds.com), is an official sponsor of 102.7 KIIS FM’s May 14 concert, ‘Wango Tango 2011’. This year, the popular Los Angeles radio station’s annual concert artist line-up includes the likes of Ke$ha, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Selena Gomez, Lupe Fiasco, T-Pain, Jason Derulo, Cobra Starship, Far East Movement, New Boyz, and Matthew Morrison from “GLEE”, and is hosted by Ryan Seacrest and special guest host Britney Spears.
As part of their sponsorship, Skunk Juice Earbuds will be in The Village outside of Staples Center the day of the concert, from 12 noon until the concert begins.
Skunk Juice will also be releasing their next series of mini-commercials, in the upcoming weeks. Their newest commercial spot features teen heartthrob and actor/singer/dancer, T.C. Carter. This new commercial can be viewed, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr4BB9k998o.
“We’re thrilled to not only be included in KIIS FM’s Wango Tango this year, but also to have worked with T.C. Carter on Skunk Juice Earbuds’ newest commercial spot…he completely aligns with our brand, our products and our message,” says Humble Fish President/COO, Simon Yi.
Skunk Juice’s mini-commercials are part of their animated marketing plan, which is primarily comprised of a series of YouTube webisodes that introduce and follow the Skunk Juice mascot, which is of course, a skunk. The Skunk Juice videos are designed with the intent to drive traffic to the company’s website, and also designed to go viral, so that audiences can share them via all forms of social media.
Skunk Juice Earbuds, launched in January 2011 at the International CES® tradeshow in Las Vegas, are an innovative and first-to-the-marketplace product utilizing patented technology which carries specific current and signal through a magnetic connection. This technology is derived from the award-winning concept created for, and used in, ZZYZX SnapJack instrument cables.
Skunk Juice earbuds’ patented magnetic connection technology incorporates magnetic attachments in the earbud cabling. With the introduction of the Skunk Juice product, Humble Fish offers a new way to listen to – and share – music or other digital files, and also eliminates damage to the actual earbuds and listening device, be it a laptop, PC, iPod, or other device. Although the product is heavily catered to the world-wide teenage demographic, specifically ages 9-19, the product will also appeal to musicians and artists in the studio, studio engineers, as well as other consumers of listening devices and wireless phone brands.
The premier Skunk Juice video campaign can be viewed on-line at: http://www.youtube.com/user/SkunkJuiceEB. For more information about Humble Fish Inc. and the expanding Skunk Juice product lines, to find a distributor or dealer, or to shop directly through their website, please visit: http://www.skunkjuiceearbuds.com. Skunk Juice earbuds can also be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SkunkJuiceEB, and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SkunkJuiceEB.
Requests for further information, comments, or interview requests can be directed to Humble Fish President/COO, Simon Yi, at 213.700.6448, or via email at: Simon(at)skunkjuiceearbuds(dot)com.
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Anna FergusonStiletto Marketi WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – On a wind-swept balcony at the posh Chateau Marmont hotel, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, one-third of the legendary hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys, is recounting to Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz what happened at a party that he departed early the night before. Among the recollections is that the DJ spun "Jolene."
"He killed it," Diamond recalls. "That's a great song though. Dolly Partner is a great songwriter."
"Yeah," Horowitz replies without missing a beat. "Dolly Partner's penned like over 1,000 songs."
When asked if the pair are intentionally flubbing the country icon's name, Horowitz reveals that the mispronunciation is actually an inside joke stretching back to the 1980s when the group would study musician-filmmaker Don Letts' mixtapes of dancehall music from the United Kingdom. On one edition, a deep-voiced DJ incorrectly bellowed the name "Dolly Partner."
"From that point on, she was no longer Dolly Parton but etched forever in our minds as Dolly Partner," Diamond explains.
"And that's no disrespect to Dolly Partner because she's an incredible musician," Horowitz deadpans.
It's been 25 years since the Beastie Boys released "Licensed to Ill" and proved three bratty Jewish guys from New York could deliver hip-hop as deliciously as Run-D.M.C. Despite gray hair for Horowitz, fatherhood for Diamond and cancer for Adam "MCA" Yauch, the group is as goofy as ever, as evidenced by the old-school flavor on their new album, "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two."
Yauch, who discovered he had cancer of the salivary gland in 2009, is notably absent from the balcony jokefest. He's still undergoing treatment. ("It's hard that he's not here, but it'd be harder for him to be here," Diamond says.) Yauch's condition has put the tight-knit group's near future in limbo.
"It is what is," Horowitz says seriously, not long after extinguishing a cigarette. "You deal with it. He's getting treatment. That's the most important thing. We've been friends since 1980. All of this doesn't matter. If we go on tour, we go on tour. If don't go, we don't go. We'll figure it out. Yauch getting better is the most important thing right now."
Diamond says Yauch's illness didn't influence their new music because recording was mostly finished before Yauch was diagnosed. However, the bad news made the group, whose ages now range from 44 to 46, more appreciative of their time together when they returned to the studio to morph the originally planned "Hot Sauce Committee Part One" into "Part Two."
"It made us enjoy sticking with the vibe that we had already established," Diamond says. "It was that much more of a relief for us. Ultimately, we just realized that we wanted to enjoy ourselves while we were making this record. That became a fun thing for us, and hopefully when people interact with this record, they will be enjoying themselves, too."
The Beastie Boys' first lyrical effort in seven years — 2007's "The Mix Up" was an instrumental affair — is a return to the group's signature roots of uncomplicated beats and clever rhymes. For instance, one moment on the carefully crafted track "Long Burn The Fire" finds Ad-Rock hollering, "I'll make you sick like a Kenny Rogers Roaster."
There are also wacky references to Tippi Hedren, Ted Danson and Andre Leon Talley. The album's tone is more akin to 1994's "Ill Communication" and 1998's "Hello Nasty" than the decidedly more serious route the Beastie Boys took with 2004's "To the 5 Boroughs." Each of those albums debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts when they were originally released.
While the Beastie Boys were originally known for thei Will Ferrell has deviated from his comic persona from time to time, giving more dramatic performances in movies like "Stranger Than Fiction." But no film has asked him to delve into the kinds of deep, dark places required of him in "Everything Must Go." And he more than rises to the challenge.
Ferrell's stripped-down presence is a thing of elegant melancholy — even when his character is at his ugliest and worst. He never seems to judge the man he's playing, Nick Halsey, who thinks he's hit bottom but then finds he can continue falling. Rather, he just becomes this person in small, quiet ways.
And in the hands of first-time writer-director Dan Rush, based on a Raymond Carver short story, "Everything Must Go" is a small, quiet movie. It may feel a bit too languid at times, but the pacing also allows time for us to ruminate alongside Nick, to take it all in — for better and for worse.
When we first meet Nick, he's being fired from his job as a longtime salesman. He peaked professionally a while ago, he clearly has a drinking problem, and there are vague rumblings about a messy incident during a work trip to Denver.
After a quick and impetuous bout of vandalism in the parking lot, he arrives at his suburban Phoenix home to find his wife has left him, changed the locks and alarm codes, and scattered his belongings on the front lawn.
Rather than panic, he scrapes together the little money he has left and heads to the convenience store for some Pabst Blue Ribbon, his drink of choice. (Surely this isn't the kind of high-profile product placement that inspired Morgan Spurlock's recent documentary.)
He then proceeds to rearrange the furniture as if it were still sitting in his living room, plop down in his recliner and get hammered. For several days straight. One thing "Everything Must Go" really gets right is the day-in, day-out of life as a functioning alcoholic: the shakes in the morning, the resourceful means of finding a drink however you must as the day drags on.
Perhaps it's a bit of an obvious metaphor that Nick is awakened bright and early each day by cold, insistent splashes of water from the sprinklers, but hey — that's what happens when you pass out in the front yard. He also has an awakening of sorts in the form of two new and unlikely friendships.
One is with Samantha (a lovely Rebecca Hall), the married, pregnant photographer who's just moved by herself into the generic tract house across the street. Her husband is still working temporarily in New York, but her relationship with Nick doesn't venture in any of the conventional directions you might expect.
The other is with Kenny (Christopher Jordan Wallace, who played his father, the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., as a child in "Notorious"), a bored neighborhood kid who aimlessly rides his bike up and down the street. Kenny becomes Nick's daily companion, and then his business partner, helping sell off the exercise equipment, lamps, samurai swords and other knickknacks that seemed so essential for so long.
Theirs becomes a makeshift yet effortless father-son relationship. But like the bond Nick forges with Samantha, it doesn't go into any obviously mawkish places. These people — as well as Laura Dern in a startlingly poignant turn in one scene as an old high school classmate — help Nick emerge from his fog. And only then do glimmers of the Ferrell we've known and loved all these years come shining through.
"Everything Must Go" ends on a vague note of uplift, but that's actually preferable to being sold a fake version of happily-ever-after.
"Everything Must Go," a Roadside Attractions release, is rated R for languag Award-winning actor, author and activist Isaiah Washington shares his story of discovery, triumph and finding true purpose with his upcoming bestseller “A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life”, with contribution from Lavaille Lavette. The book, published by The Hachette Group, was released on April 27, 2011 and is available online at http://www.amazon.com and most major outlets.
Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 10, 2011
Award-winning actor, author and activist Isaiah Washington shares his story of discovery, triumph and finding true purpose with his upcoming bestseller “A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life”, with contribution from Lavaille Lavette. The book, published by The Hachette Group, was released on April 27, 2011 and is available online at http://www.amazon.com and most major outlets.
“I wrote this book because I want current and future generations of African Americans to know that our spiritual, cultural and economic freedom is in our DNA”, says Washington. In addition to the DNA connection, this literary movement takes a look at the importance of finding purpose, mentoring, self identity and redemption for all people.
Washington, the first African American to be granted dual citizenship based solely on DNA testing, says “it is my hope people will attribute their life’s experiences to destiny, which defines us all, instead of serendipity and luck, after reading A Man From Another Land.” Following his own destiny, Washington started the Gondobay Manga Foundation after discovering his direct genetic link to the people of Sierra Leone.
About the Author Isaiah Washington is an award winning actor from stage to television to the silver screen; having most recently starred in the successful television series Grey’s Anatomy, and appeared in Soul Food, Touched by an Angel and New York Undercover, in addition to others. His movies credits include, but are not limited to, The Least of These, Exit Wounds, Out of Sight, Love Jones, Jungle Fever, Get on the Bus, Clockers, Crooklyn and Strictly Business. Washington also founded the Gondobay Manga Foundation, which advocates for cooperative planning to achieve positive and timely improvements in the lives of the people of Sierra Leone.
Photos attached: Isaiah Washington
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Monica CostEvidently Assured(888) 618-7526Email Information A prosecutor in North Carolina is dropping charges against six men in a shootout at a store where rapper Waka Flocka Flame had been talking with fans.
The Charlotte Observer reports that one man was injured in the shooting Feb. 16 at a car stereo shop.
A spokesman for the rapper said the shooting started after several men tried to take some of Waka Flocka Flame's jewelry.
Prosecutors in Charlotte say none of the witnesses identified any of the shooters. Prosecutors also say there was no evidence of an attempted robbery.
The six men had faced charges that include attempted armed robbery, conspiracy and discharging a gun into occupied property.
Waka Flocka Flame's real name is Juaquin Malphurs.
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