Daily entertainment news covering Joan Baez en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/30/check_out_woodstock_3_days_of_peace_aamp_6 Sat, 30 May 2009 07:49:31 EST Entertainment News 124291@http://www.starpulse.com/news "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music" the four-hour director’s cut of the 1970 Oscar®-winning documentary about the landmark music event that featured some of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll performers in history

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/30/writers_viewpoint_disputing_an_iconic_so Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:14:04 EST Entertainment News 109262@http://www.starpulse.com/news It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the most unlikely source

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/09/celebrity_birthdays_january_72 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 105692@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Spanish PGA golfer Sergio Garcia (1980), Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean (1978), South African born singer/bandleader Dave Matthews (1967), Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell (1967), Nip/Tuck

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/09/celebrity_birthdays_january_41 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69200@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Spanish PGA golfer Sergio Garcia (1980), Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean (1978), South African born singer/bandleader Dave Matthews (1967), Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell (1967), Nip/Tuck actress Joely Richardson (1965), "Vera Drake" star Imelda Staunton (1956),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/09/diverse_slate_of_artists_records_weeds_t Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:37:03 EST Entertainment News 50626@http://www.starpulse.com/news For the second season in a row, a diverse slate of artists have recorded special renditions of "Little Boxes," the theme song of Showtime's award-winning comedy series Weeds.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/02/singer_anti_war_activist_joan_baez_says_ Wed, 02 May 2007 09:34:33 EST Entertainment News 40460@http://www.starpulse.com/news WASHINGTON (AP) - Folk singer and anti-war activist Joan Baez says she doesn't know why she was not allowed to perform for recovering soldiers recently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as she planned.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/01/john_mellencamp_upsets_some_soldiers_at_ Tue, 01 May 2007 16:43:01 EST Entertainment News 40413@http://www.starpulse.com/news John Mellencamp's Friday performance at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. wasn't a treat for all the soldiers recovering there - many felt he should have stayed away. Angry military patients at the veterans' hospital were upset Mellencamp was invited to perform there after he made it clear he was against the war in Iraq.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/13/quotes_by_adam_sandler_beyonce_aamp_more Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:00:37 EST Entertainment News 29326@http://www.starpulse.com/news "I'm cheering on my wife. I say things like, 'Good feeding!' a lot. 'Way to go! Nice milk.'" Actor Adam Sandler hasn't adopted a hands-on approach towards parenthood since wife Jackie gave birth to their daughter Sadie in May.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/11/grammy_honors_for_the_doors_the_grateful Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:30:00 EST Entertainment News 29026@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Grammy Awards got off to an early start last night when iconic rockers The Doors, folk singer Joan Baez and The Grateful Dead picked up prizes for lifetime achievement. Opera singer Maria Callas, saxophonist Ornette Coleman and soul band Booker T. And The MG's

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/06/bob_dylan_s_mentor_eric_von_schmidt_dies_75 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:54:34 EST Entertainment News 28336@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bob Dylan's mentor Eric Von Schmidt died in his sleep on Friday at a retirement home in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was 75. The guitarist, who became a cult act in the blues and folk scene in the 1950s and 1960s, was a throat cancer survivor and suffered a stroke last summer. As WENN went to press, it was not known if either of these illnesses were responsible for his death.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/09/celebrity_birthdays_january_9 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 23685@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Spanish PGA golfer Sergio Garcia (1980), Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean (1978), South African born singer/bandleader Dave Matthews (1967), Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell (1967), Nip/Tuck actress Joely Richardson (1965), "Vera Drake" star Imelda Staunton (1956), American country singer Crystal Gayle (1951), New York Doll David Johansen (1950), Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page (1944), British actress Susannah York (1942), singer/activist Joan Baez (1941), "Gilligan's Island" actor Bob Denver (1935; d. 2005), Green Bay Packers legendary quarterback Bart Starr (1934), "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" actor Lee Van Cleef (1925; d. 1989), guitarist/inventor Les Paul (1915), 37th President of the United States Richard M. Nixon (1913; d. 1994), and choreographer George Balanchine (1904; d. 1983).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/05/john_mellencamp_to_premiere_new_album_on_17 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:34:52 EST Entertainment News 25194@http://www.starpulse.com/news Multi-platinum rock artist John Mellencamp will premiere his new album "Freedom's Road" exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, the week before it will be available in stores and digitally. Mellencamp will play and discuss the story behind each of album's tracks, in order, with SIRIUS host Meg Griffin.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/31/2006_year_in_music_pt_4 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24696@http://www.starpulse.com/news In October, Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness, announced that he's leaving the band because he can't live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle again after completing rehab... Weird Al Yankovic's White & Nerdy becomes the parody singer's first ever top-ten hit... and legendary NYC nightclub CBGB, where bands like the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie got their start, closed; Patti Smith was the final act...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/20/grateful_dead_the_doors_joan_baez_aamp_m Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:03:47 EST Entertainment News 24326@http://www.starpulse.com/news Recipients of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical Grammy Award were announced today. Joan Baez, Booker T. & The MG's, Maria Callas, Ornette Coleman, The Doors, the Grateful Dead and Bob Wills will receive The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/27/john_mellencamp_finishing_first_new_albu Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:02:26 EST Entertainment News 22341@http://www.starpulse.com/news John Mellencamp is putting the finishing touches on "Freedom's Road," the new album that includes the current single "Our Country." To be released worldwide on January 23 through UMe/Universal Republic, "Freedom's Road" is the first album of all new John Mellencamp songs in more than five years.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/14/george_w_bush_is_an_idiot_says_linda_ron Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:52:20 EST Entertainment News 13076@http://www.starpulse.com/news Linda Ronstadt has launched a blistering attack on President George W. Bush, declaring she is embarrassed to be from the same country as him. The outspoken star was thrown out of a Las Vegas, Nevada, casino in 2004 after praising Michael Moore for his anti-Bush movie Fahrenheit 9/11.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/06/14/daryl_hannah_feels_it_s_important_to_tak Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:38:04 EST Entertainment News 8266@http://www.starpulse.com/news LATEST: Daryl Hannah has reaffirmed her commitment to the protest against the closure of a Los Angeles community garden, despite being arrested yesterday. The star, a fervent environmentalist, was charged with trespassing after climbing a tree on the 14-acre garden and refusing to come down as officials attempted to clear the site of activists.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/06/14/cops_arrest_daryl_hannah_for_trespassing Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:07:14 EST Entertainment News 8210@http://www.starpulse.com/news Daryl Hannah has been arrested while protesting the closure of a Los Angeles community garden. The star, a fervent environmentalist, was charged with trespassing after climbing a tree on the 14-acre garden and refusing to come down as officials attempted to clear the site of activists.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/06/02/danny_glover_joins_fight_to_save_la_farm Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:36:34 EST Entertainment News 7760@http://www.starpulse.com/news Veteran actor Danny Glover yesterday joined protesters including folk singer Joan Baez and actress Daryl Hannah hoping to persuade a Los Angeles landowner not to sell off a beloved urban farm. The star told the gathering to ignore an eviction order, authorizd last weekend, to leave the farm. Developers are planning to cut down the trees and turn owner Rob Horowitz's 14-acre site into land for housing.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/01/09/today_s_celebrity_birthdays_jan_9 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:00:10 EST Entertainment News 1260@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Spanish PGA golfer Sergio Garcia (1980), Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean (1978), South African born singer/bandleader Dave Matthews (1967), Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell (1967), Nip/Tuck actress Joely Richardson (1965), "Vera Drake" star Imelda Staunton (1956), American country singer Crystal Gayle (1951), New York Doll David Johansen (1950), Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page (1944), British actress Susannah York (1942), singer/activist Joan Baez (1941), "Gilligan's Island" actor Bob Denver (1935; d. 2005), Green Bay Packers legendary quarterback Bart Starr (1934), "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" actor Lee Van Cleef (1925; d. 1989), guitarist/inventor Les Paul (1915), 37th President of the United States Richard M. Nixon (1913; d. 1994), and choreographer George Balanchine (1904; d. 1983).

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