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Knowles, Keys and Hudson nominated for Image Awards
Beyoncé Knowles, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson are all multi-tasking for the 40th NAACP Image Awards, earning nominations yesterday in both music and film categories. Knowles, Keys and Hudson are competing against one another for outstanding female...Tags: Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees (movie), The Express (movie), Celebrity, Dining and Drinking
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Knowles, Keys, Hudson go head-to-head with music, film nominations at NAACP Image Awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Beyonce Knowles, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson are all multitasking for the NAACP Image Awards, earning nominations Wednesday in both music and film categories. Knowles, Keys and Hudson are competing against one...Tags: Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees (movie), The Express (movie), Celebrity, Dining and Drinking
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Tyler Perry gets double NAACP noms
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Cadillac Records," "Miracle at St. Anna," "The Secret Life of Bees," "Seven Pounds" and "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" were nominated today for the 40th NAACP Image Award for outstanding motion picture. On the television front, "30 Rock,"...Tags: Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees (movie), Celebrity, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Natural Science
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HOT STUFF
MOVIES DEFIANCE. Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber star as Jewish resistance fighters in World War II. Opens Wednesday. GOOD. A mild-mannered German academic (Viggo Mortensen) slowly and reluctantly becomes a cog in the Nazi machine. Opens Wednesday....Tags: New York, Bars and Clubs, Pete Townshend, Opera, Daniel Craig
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New music to hear in 2009
Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times music writers offer a look at some of the artists they expect to make noise in 2009. Artist to watch: Mapei Why her? The missing chip between Santogold, Kid Sister and Rye Rye falls into place at last. The Rhode Island-born Mapei...Tags: New York, Bars and Clubs, Soul Music, Woody Allen, Cults and Sects
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Hello, 'WallE!'
Special to the TribuneWho would have dreamed that an animated film about a lonely robot who collects show tunes and falls in love with another android would be one of the year's most critically lauded and popular movies—and also contain the year's best film score?...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Daniel Craig, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Twilight (movie), Brad Pitt
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Bo Diddley, others, shine on 'Best of Chess Records'
For R&B, no one beats original Chess masters The youngsters did a fine job re-creating the classics on the "Cadillac Records" soundtrack. But a closer listen to the originals, collected for easy replay on the new "The Best of Chess Records" (MCA/Chess/...Tags: Mickey Rooney, Religious Festivals, Hanukkah, Soul Music, Woody Allen
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Long, winding road hits a dead end at last for VHS
Tribune NewspapersPop culture is hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once ubiquitous home video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past. After three decades of steady if unspectacular service, the spinning wheels of the home...Tags: Religious Festivals, Electronics, Dollar General Corporation, Holidays, Jack Black
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Singing the blues about gap in Honors
The celebration of a famous life always poses a dilemma for storytellers because it means having to decide what is relevant and what can be left on the editing floor. For those who received the Kennedy Center Honors this month, their lives are examined...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Pete Townshend, Howlin' Wolf, Marilyn Horne, Twyla Tharp
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VHS era is winding down
Pop culture is finally hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once-ubiquitous home-video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past.
After three decades of steady if unspectacular service, the spinning wheels of the...Tags: Dollar General Corporation, Police, Rentals, Holidays, Halloween
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'Cadillac' vs. Chess originals
Tribune NewspapersJeffrey Wright delivers a knockout portrayal of bluesman Muddy Waters in the recently released period drama "Cadillac Records." The actor's vocal dynamics are so striking on "I'm a Man" and "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" that he alone is almost...Tags: Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chess Playing, Game Playing
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Various artists
Sentinel Pop Music CriticWhen it comes to strolls down memory lane, the Cadillac Records soundtrack is a pleasant one. Without music, after all, there wouldn't be much heart to the film, a chronicle of Chicago's seminal Chess Records. And fortunately, the stars in key roles --...Tags: Chuck Berry, Taylor Hackford, Popular Music
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