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Jackson Family Arrives at Forest Lawn, Body Will Be At Staples Center
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- A motorcade has taken the Jackson family to Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills for a private service honoring Michael Jackson. Numerous vehicles under California Highway Patrol escort headed out from the parents' home in...Tags: Jennifer Hudson, Anderson Cooper, Celebrities, Social Sciences, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Michael Jackson Hailed During Emotional Memorial Service
Staff reporterMusic legends, sports figures, and civil rights leaders paid tribute to Michael Jackson today during an emotional, song-filled service at Staples Center that was part polished entertainment, part revival meeting. Jackson was praised as a music pioneer...Tags: Trey Lorenz, Jennifer Hudson, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California), Celebrities, Spike Lee
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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: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Diana Ross, Quincy Jones, Sex Crimes, Celebrities
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LMFAO: Party-rock duo take a goofy route to success
Special to the TribuneThe reports said SkyBlu, half of the smash duo LMFAO, fell off a stage in December, causing a back injury and forcing him to cancel several 2012 shows. What actually happened may have been the musical understatement of the decade. "I started partying a...Tags: LMFAO (music group), Concerts, Sex Crimes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Motown Records
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Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs
When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...
Tags: Concerts, Theater, Motown Records, Arts and Culture, Jackie Wilson
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Sam Moore, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Al Jackson, Onions
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: It's Motown night
They start the show with a ridiculous graphic of Gavin in his rowboat on the dance floor, getting overwhelmed by a giant wave. Oh, silly dancing show, it's fun when you have a little bit of a big budget. It's Motown night and one can only hope that they'...
Tags: Reese Witherspoon, Maria Menounos, Concerts, Judges, Jason Sudeikis
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Motown hits!
Show TrackerA little bit of Motor City was revved into the “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom for a special hand-clapping, hip-swaying Motown-themed event.... -
Whitney Houston: Family members attend private viewing service
Ministry of GossipWhitney Houston's closest family and friends gathered Friday evening in Newark, N.J., for a private viewing of the body of the singer, who died Saturday at the Beverly Hilton. Whtiney Houston's mother Cissy Houston, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown and... -
Academy Awards: It's about art, not political correctness [Blowback]
Opinion L.A.In making a big fuss over the Academy's predominantly older-than-50 membership, The Times evidently feels that the experience in craft and in life that comes with age is not as valuable as that which comes from a presumably younger and more diverse... -
Talking with LMFAO: Laughing all the way to the top of the charts
Lehigh Valley MusicIt was one thing when electro-pop duo LMFAO had a minor hit with its jokey 2009 debut disc “Party Rock,” which hit Top 40 on Billboard and produced the novelty hits “I’m in Miami (Trick),” “La La La” and “... -
Year-end top 10 list: Reissues
Pop & HissTimes pop music critic Randall Roberts looks at 10 essential 2011 reissues....
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