Daily entertainment news covering The Beach Boys en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/11/ellen_show_sued_for_playing_over_1_000_s Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:12:17 EST Entertainment News 137217@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some of the world's largest recording companies are suing "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," claiming producers violated their copyrights

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"Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen (1965)

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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

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/22/paul_mccartney_loves_duffy_cover Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 98778@http://www.starpulse.com/news Singer Duffy has recorded a version of Paul McCartney's classic song "Live And Let Die" for charity - and the Beatles legend is astonished with the result. The Welsh songstress tackled the hit Bond theme

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/29/rap_lyrics_depress_brian_wilson Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:34:55 EST Entertainment News 96864@http://www.starpulse.com/news Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson hates listening to rap songs - because the lyrics depress him.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/19/beach_boys_brian_wilson_sunny_about_new_ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:50 EST Entertainment News 96024@http://www.starpulse.com/news BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Brian Wilson sits on a plush couch in his living room, smiling nervously. On the Beach Boys visionary's back porch, his family's 15 pooches

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/03/jim_boggia_s_misadventures_in_stereo_out_5 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:30:00 EST Entertainment News 94657@http://www.starpulse.com/news Misadventures In Stereo, the third album by widely lauded singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim Boggia, is unmistakably the work of a true believer and pop craftsman who's closely acquainted with music's capacity for transcendent uplift.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/23/brian_wilson_offers_concert_refund_after Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:28:10 EST Entertainment News 93576@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson is offering a refund to fans who paid to watch him perform in New York this month, after a flood of complaints about the concert.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/16/a_list_of_the_most_identifiable_and_infl Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:33:12 EST Entertainment News 92881@http://www.starpulse.com/news Even though drummers are beat makers of a band, the recognition they often get is nothing compared to that of the lead singer and resident guitarist

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/30/stars_addictions_detailed_in_tell_all_bo Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:49:56 EST Entertainment News 91429@http://www.starpulse.com/news Elton John, Courtney Love and Whitney Houston are among a long list of musicians whose drug-addled pasts are set to be revealed in a new celebrity tell-all book.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/24/aarp_tour_bands_that_shouldn_t_be_tourin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:25:16 EST Entertainment News 90847@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sometimes it seems like a band just doesn't know when to quit. Just imagine how many times you've heard some classic rock DJ try to pawn off front row tickets to Steely Dan, or how many advertisements

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/18/young_fans_find_nostalgia_in_bruce_sprin Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:27:59 EST Entertainment News 84875@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bruce Springsteen and the beach are intrinsically linked. Imagine the Bruce of the 1970s chasing girls on a Jersey boardwalk, getting sand stuck in the scruff of his lazy beard and evading the pushers. It's nothing less than the embodiment of Mid-Atlantic state romance.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/20/beach_boys_settle_long_running_lawsuit_o Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 81755@http://www.starpulse.com/news Beach Boys star Mike Love has finally reached an agreement with former band mate Al Jardine in a legal dispute over the group's name - five years after launching the lawsuit.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/28/top_ten_80s_movie_soundtracks Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:27:00 EST Entertainment News 79312@http://www.starpulse.com/news Starpulse recently ran a 'Top Ten 80s Albums' list, in which the inclusion of the Top Gun soundtrack inspired me to come up with a list of the "Top Ten 80s Movie Soundtracks." After doing a little 'freshening up,' both through my own personal collection, growing-up-80's memories and, oh, some website that has info about movies & music and the like, I've narrowed my list down to the top ten.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/07/40_episode_thrillercast_podcast_to_coinc Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 77292@http://www.starpulse.com/news In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's multi-platinum, multi-award winning album Thriller,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/21/the_new_face_of_psych_rock_a_modern_move Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:33:17 EST Entertainment News 75039@http://www.starpulse.com/news Flip on your radio these days and you'll likely hear zealously polished vocal melodies accompanied by synthetic instruments, digitally programmed beats, and looped samples. Lo-fi sensibility, improvisation, and general creativity seem to have vanished from pop music altogether.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/21/celebrity_birthdays_december_53 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69155@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Australian golfer Karrie Webb (1974), "Broken Flowers" actress Julie Delpy (1969), "24" actor Keifer Sutherland (1966), comedic goofball Andy Dick (1965), comedic actor Ray Romano (1957), "Malcolm in the Middle" mom Jane Kaczmarek (1955), 80s tennis great Chris Evert (1954), movie producer Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/12/brian_wilson_signs_up_as_music_camp_coun Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:42:19 EST Entertainment News 70953@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has been recruited as Los Angeles' Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp's first 'counselor.' The "Good Vibrations" hitmaker will offer wannabe rockers career advice during the 10th annual camp next year.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/04/celebrity_birthdays_december_35 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69108@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to busty supermodel Tyra Banks (1973), Shawn Carter a.k.a. rapper Jay-Z (1970), My Cousin Vinny actress Marisa Tomei (1964), "The Big Lebowski" actor Jeff Bridges (1949), Beach Boy Dennis Wilson (1944; d. 1983), British actress Gemma Jones (1942), actor, screenwriter and hillbilly Max Baer, Jr. (1937),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/02/now_that_s_what_i_call_christmas_series_ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69664@http://www.starpulse.com/news The world's best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, rings in the holiday season with the digital release debut of two of its multi-platinum holiday collections, NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 1 and NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 2,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/30/starpulse_catches_up_with_silverchair_s_ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:46:44 EST Entertainment News 69711@http://www.starpulse.com/news In 1995, Silverchair's "Tomorrow" became the single most played song on US modern rock stations, quite a feat for three 15 year olds from Australia. Since then, Silverchair has become the most successful band in their homeland's history, winning more Arias, the Grammy's of Australia, and charting more number-one records than any other act.

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