“Maestro” movie star Bradley Cooper’s big, new film about composer and world-famous manic conductor Leonard Bernstein, just opened on Netflix. Bernstein, even as a star, was always addressed as “Lenny” by everyone in his world. “Maestro” opens with an aging Bernstein, as he is being interviewed by a film crew at the end of his […]
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Peaceful Means duo talks about using music to uplift, heal
Jan. 6 event is combination of teaching, singing in community with participants.
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Possible threat to witnesses delays bail hearing for ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis is the only person ever charged in the 1996 drive-by shooting.
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Witness threat claim delays bail hearing for ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis is the only person ever charged in the 1996 drive-by shooting.
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Les McCann, innovative jazz musician best known for ‘Compared to What,’ dies at 88
A prolific and influential musician, he helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and other hip-hop performers.
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135th Rose Parade boasts floral floats, sunny skies as California tradition kicks off new year
Floral floats, marching bands and equestrian units took to the streets for hundreds of thousands of spectators on New Year’s Day.
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‘Wonka’ ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in post-pandemic best
Ticket sales improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
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The Brother Brothers plan Portland concert
The Brother Brothers will perform at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, at Oxbow Blending & Bottling, 40 Washington Ave. in Portland. Twins Adam and David Moss were raised in Peoria, Illinois, they started singing along with songs by The Beach Boys and Everly Brothers as toddlers. “The January Album,” their third, is due out […]
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Paula Abdul accuses ‘American Idol’ producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault in lawsuit
The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles also accuses Lythgoe of sexually assaulting Abdul after she left ‘American Idol’ and became a judge on Lythgoe’s other competition show ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’
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Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year
Don’t sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.