Faith Evans — the widow of iconic hip-hop artist Notorious B.I.G — will star in her own reality series this year. With three platinum-selling albums under her belt and another record on the way, Evans plans to use the series as a means of relaunching her career. [Variety.com] The lineup for Bonnaroo 2010 is slowly unveiling [...] […]
It’s one of the ironclad rules of show biz - put a guy in a giant ape suit and you have comedy gold. Whether it’s a dumb ’60s movie (like the cinematic classic Bikini Beach), a silly kids’ TV show or a music video; just get that giant ape running amok and everything is going [...] […]
R.I.P. “The First Knight of British Jazz,” saxophonist/clarinetist/arranger John Dankworth, who died on Saturday at age 82. Dankworth studied at the Royal Academy of Music in the ’40s and formed his first band, the Johnny Dankworth Seven, in 1950. Later that decade, Dankworth formed a big band and married jazz singer Cleo Laine. Along with [...] […]
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