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"Godfather of Soul" James Brown dies at 73
ATLANTA (Reuters) - James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," whose voice, showmanship and bold rhythms brought funk into the mainstream and influenced a generation of black music ...

Spike Lee to direct James Brown movie: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Spike Lee has signed on to shoot a movie about James Brown, the late "Godfather of Soul," Daily Variety reported on Wednesday.

Hollywood executives maintain holiday presence
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood is dead, or at least in a coma. The talent agencies and virtually every studio are officially closed between Christmas and New Year's. It's a time ...

Willie Nelson brings stardust to Simpson movie
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Country icon Willie Nelson will reunite with Jessica Simpson in "Blonde Ambition," a loose remake of the 1988 film "Working Girl."

Jackson back in court to sue accountants
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A month after his musical comeback hit a sour note, pop star Michael Jackson has sued his former accountants for breach of duty, claiming they withdrew huge sums of ...

"Museum," "Dreamgirls" stars of box office
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Night at the Museum" was the No. 1 exhibit at the Christmas box office in North America, earning $42.2 million during the four days beginning ...

Sean Paul, Matisyahu reggae's top acts in '06
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Sean Paul led Billboard's reggae albums chart for a second consecutive year, while the top artist in the genre was newcomer Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jew who enjoyed ...

An unadventurous year for mainstream jazz
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Judging by the stasis on the jazz charts from year to year, one would think jazz was in need of resuscitation, a sentiment echoed by the well-intentioned rallying cry ...

Ford initially resisted "national nightmare" line
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Gerald Ford initially resisted using his famous quote on taking office from the disgraced Richard Nixon that "our long national nightmare is ...

30 years later, Chevy Chase calls Ford "terrific guy"
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Comedian Chevy Chase, who became famous in the 1970s portraying Gerald Ford as an amiable klutz, praised the former president on Wednesday and said they later ...

Spanish fiancÃ©e cancels Lollobrigida wedding: report
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish businessman Javier Rigau has called off his engagement to Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida, who is 34 years his senior, Spanish magazine hola.com said.

Possible Rubens sells for 1,000 times asking price
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - One art lover in Sweden paid 1,000 times over the starting bid for a painting billed as the work of a student of Peter Paul Rubens after learning the Flemish baroque ...

Some Hollywood women say too busy to shave armpits
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some of Hollywood's most successful women share an unexpected byproduct of success -- hairy armpits.

Rocker Smith seeks cure for writers' block
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Thirty years in the music business is no prevention for writers' block.

David Crosby - from carefree hippie to father of 6
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American songwriter David Crosby is famed as a leading light of the 1960s counterculture movement but his second memoir finds him showing a gentler side as a father of ...

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