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Laurence Fishburne is 'CSI's' most wanted
As a devoted fan of " CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," Laurence Fishburne feels sorry for the act that has to follow William Petersen, the face of the long-running hit CBS show.
"I'm very much invested in 'The Bug Man,' " Fishburne said of his...Tags: Bill Irwin, Television Industry, Police Investigations, Family, Police
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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: Sarah Bernhardt, Cher, Rock and Roll, Tina Turner, Mick Jagger
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Fishburne to replace "CSI" departing star Petersen
" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" has solved the mystery of who will replace departing CBS series star William Petersen: It's Laurence Fishburne. Fishburne, an Emmy and Tony winner, will be introduced in the ninth episode of the upcoming 10th season, the...Tags: Police Investigations, Police, CBS Corp., Laurence Fishburne, Film Festivals
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Where's the electricity? It's UAB week!
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHey, buck up, Owl Country. It was just one game. I sense that the fog of melancholy that settled over the landscape following the drubbing out west has yet to dissipate. Take a towel and rub it away. We......Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Tourism and Leisure, Kevin Miller, Boca Raton, Tina Turner
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HALL MONITORS
Madonna has been many things in her 26-year career. The Material Girl has been a pop star, a video star, a movie star, a singer, a songwriter, an author, a dancer, a label exec, a producer and, most recently, a director. Calling her a rocker, though, is...Tags: Grandmaster Flash, Madonna, Jimmy Buffett, Gloria Steinem, Rock and Roll
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Amy. Kanye. Herbie?
Tribune critic"Unbelievable," said presenter Quincy Jones. No kidding. On a night dominated by a bicontinental catfight between two drama queens, Kanye West and Amy Winehouse, it was a veteran jazz artist who stole the show Sunday at the nationally televised 50th...Tags: Vince Gill, Tina Turner, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Society, Chris Brown
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Ike Turner died of cocaine overdose, coroner says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMusic legend Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego medical examiner's office concluded today. Turner, the musician who gave the world what many historians consider the first rock 'n' roll record -- "Rocket 88" in 1951 -- died in December...Tags: Addiction, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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NAME DROPPING
*Two weeks after exchanging vows in a strictly ceremonial, um, ceremony in Bora Bora, actor Eddie Murphy and producer Tracey Edmonds have called it quits, People.com reports. "We have decided to remain friends," they told People. The nuptials in French...Tags: Matthew McConaughey, San Diego (San Diego, California), Eddie Murphy, San Diego County, Foxy Brown
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Dust to dust, while rock plays
Ike Turner 's funeral was part memorial service, part rock concert. The nearly three-hour remembrance Friday at Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena featured Turner's eight-piece band, the Kings of Rhythm, which performed some of...Tags: Gardena, Phil Spector, Little Richard, Music Industry
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Last laughs
Faced with a choice between an eleventh-hour shot at a Pulitzer Prize-winning stroke o' genius and a little holiday-season R & R, most editorial cartoonists took last week off. This probably meant that Benazir Bhutto received fewer graphic obit tributes...Tags: Barbaro, Political Candidates, Cartoons, Benazir Bhutto, Elections
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NOTABLES WHO LEFT US IN 2007
Associated PressFormer First Lady Lady Bird Johnson outlived her husband, Lyndon, by more than 35 years, expanding on her White House efforts to carve her own legacy as an environmentalist. When she died July 11 at age 94, she left behind countless miles of scenic...Tags: Billy Graham, Justice System, Richard Jewell, Beverly Sills, Lyndon B. Johnson
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The year in review: Something was fishy in '07, but luckily plenty of it was tasty
Sentinel Restaurant CriticIt's the last Chow Hound column of the year, so it's time to step back and take a look at where we've been, and where we're headed, metaphorically speaking. I know, I know: Everybody does a column like this at this time of year. But I tried doing a year-...Tags: Edgewater, Winter Park, Beverage Industry, Bars and Clubs, Ruby Tuesday Incorporated
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