Daily entertainment news covering Erykah Badu en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/04/beyonce_is_a_triple_threat_at_soul_train Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:03 EST Entertainment News 143166@http://www.starpulse.com/news Beyonce ruled the 2009 Soul Train Awards on Tuesday after taking home three top prizes at the ceremony. The Irreplaceable superstar was named Best Female R&B/Soul Artist,

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/15/springsteen_and_phish_jam_together_at_bo Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:29:54 EST Entertainment News 126496@http://www.starpulse.com/news MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - They were chanting "Bruuuuuce" at Bonnaroo all weekend, as Bruce Springsteen performed a three-hour set with the E Street Band one night and joined Phish on stage another.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/22/south_by_kanye_west_rapper_plays_sxsw_ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:50:48 EST Entertainment News 114916@http://www.starpulse.com/news AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - For a night, it was South By Kanye West. The rapper performed twice Saturday at the annual South By Southwest music conference and festival

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/26/celebrity_birthdays_february_84 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 109491@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Lavagirl" Taylor Dooley (1993), football running back Marshall Faulk (1973), singer Eyrkah Badu (1971), American singer and butt of an "Office Space" joke Michael Bolton (1954),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/06/bon_jovi_returns_to_new_orleans_for_2009 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:57:05 EST Entertainment News 110009@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bon Jovi will rock the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for the first time this year, returning to Louisiana after donating $1 million in 2005

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/03/bruce_springsteen_phish_head_lineup_for_ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:22:15 EST Entertainment News 109554@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Call him Bonnaroo Bruce. Bruce Springsteen, fresh off his Super Bowl halftime performance, has been announced as a headliner at this year's Bonnaroo Arts & Music Festival,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/02/erykah_badu_gives_birth_to_baby_girl_ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:36:46 EST Entertainment News 109395@http://www.starpulse.com/news Soul singer Erykah Badu and hip-hop star Jay Electronica are the proud parents of a new daughter.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/12/erykah_estelle_and_sia_lead_ap_s_top_10_ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:30:10 EST Entertainment News 105934@http://www.starpulse.com/news Yes, our top 10 albums list does contain some of the usual suspects — Kanye, Taylor, Lil Wayne. But it also features artists who have yet to realize their platinum peak,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/04/erykah_badu_kiss_my_black_placenta_ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:26:59 EST Entertainment News 102640@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pregnant soul star Erykah Badu has lashed out at critics who slammed her decision to have a third child out of wedlock.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/03/erykah_badu_announces_third_pregnancy Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:55:52 EST Entertainment News 99871@http://www.starpulse.com/news Soul star Erykah Badu is reportedly expecting her third child with rapper Jay Electronica. The singer was said to have announced the news at the Austin City Limits Festival in Texas last weekend, where she showed off her baby bump under a smiley-face t-shirt.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/21/no_more_elgin_lumpkin_or_georgios_panayi Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:43:15 EST Entertainment News 93283@http://www.starpulse.com/news Marilyn Monroe was originally christened Norma Jean. Archibald Leach opted for the more debonair nom de guerre Cary Grant. At the age of 10,

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/24/erykah_badu_is_a_certified_healer Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST Entertainment News 85317@http://www.starpulse.com/news R&B star Erykah Badu didn't waste her five year break from music - she had a child and became a certified holistic healer. The singer is back in 2008 with new album New Amerykah, half a decade after the release of Worldwide Underground.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/18/common_dating_tennis_ace_serena_williams Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:12:13 EST Entertainment News 84784@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rapper-turned-actor Common has scored another top date after reportedly courting tennis ace Serena Williams. The acclaimed hitmaker and the sports star have been spotted clubbing in both Los Angeles and Miami, Florida recently, where fellow revelers spotted the pair holding hands.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/21/erykah_badu_turns_home_into_a_school Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:59:04 EST Entertainment News 81795@http://www.starpulse.com/news Soul star Erykah Badu turned her home into an after-hours school during her recent break from the music industry. The 37-year-old's new album New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) is the singer's first new music in five years.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/05/janet_jackson_back_on_top Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:45:19 EST Entertainment News 80068@http://www.starpulse.com/news Janet Jackson has claimed her first U.S. number one album since 2001 after toppling another famous J.J. - Jack Johnson. Jackson ended the surf-rocker's three-week reign atop the Billboard 200 by debuting Discipline at number one, as experts predicted.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/29/erykah_badu_new_amerykah_an_edgy_sweet_e Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:18:06 EST Entertainment News 79629@http://www.starpulse.com/news On Tuesday Feb 27th a New Amerykah was delivered to the world via Miss Badu! This new Amerykah is a melting pot: part 70's cool funk and part 80s raw hip hop. Edgy and sweet, it is an experience to say the least! If you skip over the few speeches and gun shoot interludes you have a near perfect concept album.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/26/celebrity_birthdays_february_54 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 73021@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Lavagirl" Taylor Dooley (1993), football running back Marshall Faulk (1973), singer Eyrkah Badu (1971), American singer and butt of an "Office Space" joke Michael Bolton (1954), "X-Men 3" actor Bill Duke (1943), country singer Johnny Cash (1932; d. 2003), singer Fats Domino (1928),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/25/music_review_erykah_badu_s_new_amerykah_ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:38:33 EST Entertainment News 79014@http://www.starpulse.com/news Erykah Badu, ''New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)'' (Universal/Motown) On her fourth studio album, ''New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War),'' Erykah Badu moves even further away from the neo-soul conventions she helped usher in more than a decade ago.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/01/erykah_badu_prompts_controversy_on_middl Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:27:57 EST Entertainment News 76535@http://www.starpulse.com/news Erykah Badu is spreading a message of peace during a trip to Israel and Palestine. The rapper appeared at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Thursday, ahead of a performance in the city on Saturday,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/04/wu_my_guitar_gently_weeps Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:20:32 EST Entertainment News 62536@http://www.starpulse.com/news New York rappers Wu Tang Clan have been given permission to use a sample from Beatles classic While My Guitar Gently Weeps on a new track.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/19/timbaland_and_keri_hilson_to_perform_on_ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:31:52 EST Entertainment News 60644@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Timbaland is trying something new. The 35-year-old rapper-producer, who has collaborated on No. 1 songs for Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, will appear on ABC's ''One Life to Live'' on Oct. 9, the network said Wednesday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/31/chaka_khan_funk_this_in_stores_september_25 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 53643@http://www.starpulse.com/news Say the name "Chaka" and most folks in the know instantly think of a woman who has made an indelible and lasting impression on the music scene of the past three decades.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/03/new_orleans_relishes_homecoming_of_essen Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:44:22 EST Entertainment News 49942@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW ORLEANS (AP) - George Rainey has been cooking soul food for the Essence Music Festival since its inception 12 years ago, missing last year only because the event moved to Texas due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/27/tears_aamp_tributes_at_the_b_e_t_awards Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:30:18 EST Entertainment News 49168@http://www.starpulse.com/news It was all tears and tributes at the B.E.T Awards in Los Angeles on Tuesday night as Diana Ross was feted and Gerald Levert and James Brown remembered. Ross used her Lifetime Achievement honor to call for young R&B stars to "keep it classy" while Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu and her kids sang her praises.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/09/starbucks_entertainment_releases_brazili Wed, 09 May 2007 11:30:00 EST Entertainment News 41657@http://www.starpulse.com/news Talented young Brazilian musician CéU (pronounced "cell with a light L") is the next artist to be featured in the innovative Starbucks Hear Music™ Debut CD series, as announced by Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) and Six Degrees Records.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/07/stephen_marley_to_release_debut_album_mi_20 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:57:26 EST Entertainment News 33038@http://www.starpulse.com/news There's an old black and white photo of Stephen Marley; it's a portrait of the lion as a young man. He's standing against a wall of bamboo rocking short hair and an '80s-style I-Threes t-shirt—puffed up and proud the way only a rebel youth can be. But there's something else in the image—something about the intensity and focus in Stephen's face even as a teen—that shows in an instant that having the last name "Marley" has nothing to do with being the son of a musical icon or an heir to a throne. It does, however, have everything to do with being an individual with a purpose.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/26/celebrity_birthdays_february_26 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 28736@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Lavagirl" Taylor Dooley (1993), football running back Marshall Faulk (1973), singer Eyrkah Badu (1971), American singer and butt of an "Office Space" joke Michael Bolton (1954), "X-Men 3" actor Bill Duke (1943), country singer Johnny Cash (1932; d. 2003), singer Fats Domino (1928), "The Odd Couple" actor Tony Randall (1920; d. 2004), voice actor Mason Adams (1919; d. 2005), "Honeymooners" star Jackie Gleason (1916; d. 1987), vaudeville actor Robert Alda (1914; d. 1986), Western actor Dub Taylor (1907; d. 1994), "I Love Lucy" actor William Frawley (1887; d. 1966), French author Victor Hugo (1802; d. 1885), and English dramatist Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564; d. 1593).

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