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High School Musical star Zac Efron (1987)

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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/2009/02/02/nelson_in_fine_form_on_willie_and_the_wh Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:25:05 EST Entertainment News 109535@http://www.starpulse.com/news These are tunes for tough times: Willie Nelson singing Western Swing is bound to bring a smile. The genre became popular during the Depression and still has plenty of life, as "Willie and the Wheel" shows.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/10/notes_aamp_quotes_30 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EST Entertainment News 92362@http://www.starpulse.com/news "I quit drugs, smoking and drinking, so I'm basically a f---ing monk now. I don't even like my coffee that hot." Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx insists he's nothing like the wildman he once was.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/18/willie_nelson_aamp_wynton_marsalis_team__8 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:30:00 EST Entertainment News 90433@http://www.starpulse.com/news The event was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues," but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/14/black_magic_set_your_tivos_here_s_a_spec Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:05:57 EST Entertainment News 79836@http://www.starpulse.com/news Barkley. Lebron. Shaq. Kobe. And of course, His Airness, Jordan. Sound familiar? John McLendon. Clarence "Big House" Gaines. Bob Love. Earl Lloyd. John Chaney. Who?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/25/king_tut_s_brilliant_soul_is_a_blend_of_ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:41:05 EST Entertainment News 75743@http://www.starpulse.com/news For New Orleans native Tut~Burks the sound of his alto-saxophone is a melodic voice of confidence from the Dixie landscape that pushes up out of the lungs of the talented musician.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/18/singer_teresa_brewer_dies_at_76_performe Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:02:00 EST Entertainment News 64293@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Teresa Brewer, who topped the charts in the 1950s with such hits as ''Till I Waltz Again with You'' and performed with jazz legends Count Basie and Duke Ellington, died Wednesday. She was 76.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/18/celebrity_birthdays_october_49 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 63634@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & Mindy actress Pam Dawber (1951), novelist Terry McMillan (1951),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/08/soundtrack_of_the_war_a_ken_burns_film_i Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 62895@http://www.starpulse.com/news In addition to The War soundtrack album - an eclectic mix of vintage era jazz, pop singers of the time, contemporary classical recordings, plus three previously unreleased performances by Wynton Marsalis and a previously unreleased performance by Norah Jones

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/sundance_channel_announces_talent_pairin Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:29:55 EST Entertainment News 51801@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sundance Channel today unveiled the six pairings set to appear during the third season of the Sundance Channel original television series "Iconoclasts." Each hour-long episode of the six- part series features two leading innovators from different fields who come together to discuss their passions and creative processes.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/09/is_50_cent_dating_a_soap_star Wed, 09 May 2007 08:45:28 EST Entertainment News 41581@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rapper 50 Cent is a toyboy again, if reports he's dating 46-year-old actress Victoria Rowell are to be believed. Rowell, of The Young & The Restless, fell for the 31-year-old musician on the set of military drama Home of The Brave, according to In Touch Weekly, and the couple has been an item ever since.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/19/big_night_for_big_stars_at_ertegun_memor Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:41:07 EST Entertainment News 38789@http://www.starpulse.com/news The members of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Genesis And Led Zeppelin all reunited to pay tribute to late music mogul Ahmet Ertegun in New York on Tuesday night. Neil Young performed Helplessly Hoping with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash before bringing guests to tears with a duet of Buffalo Springfield hit Mr. Soul with Nash, while the reformed Genesis played Follow You, Follow Me.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/02/wynton_marsalis_attacks_big_hip_hop_name Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:21:34 EST Entertainment News 32522@http://www.starpulse.com/news Jazz star Wynton Marsalis has launched a scathing attack on some of the biggest names in hip-hop - claiming the musical genre debases African-American culture. Using rap mogul 50 Cent and Ludacris as an example, Marsalis - widely regarded as one of the best jazz musicians of modern times - claims rappers insult their own people with the language they use, the clothes they wear and the message they give out.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/14/pbs_to_air_special_about_the_roots_of_mu Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:30:00 EST Entertainment News 29702@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rare 1940s Music Videos Of Legendary Jazz, Swing, And Big Band Artists Unearthed And Restored In "Soundies: A Musical History" Before MTV, there were 'Soundies.' First appearing in 1941, these three-minute "music videos" played in famous nightclubs and restaurants everywhere, featuring many of the legendary musicians of that era and of all time.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/18/celebrity_birthdays_october_18 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 17601@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & Mindy actress Pam Dawber (1951), author Terry McMillan (1951), Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore (1946), football player/coach Mike Ditka (1939), Everybody Loves Raymond actor Peter Boyle (1935), Patton portrayer George C. Scott (1927; d. 1999), German actor Klaus Kinski (1926; d. 1991), and rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry (1926).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/10/18/today_s_celebrity_birthdays_oct_18 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:24:13 EST Entertainment News 175@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to The Cardigans guitarist Peter Svensson (1974), singer Nonchalant (1973), Sponge bassist Tim Cross (1966), actor Vincent Spano (1962), actress Erin Moran (1961), jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1961), martial artist/actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), actress Pam Dawber (1951), actor Joe Morton (1947), actor Peter Boyle (1935), singer/guitarist Chuck Berry (1926).

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