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2 commentsReel Busy 2009 In Store For Reel Big Fish, New Album Of Covers Due Jan. 20
OC'S original skanking pranksters Reel Big Fish have finished mixing and mastering the tracks that will make up their new album, a 10 song servingRead Article... Celebrity Birthdays, July 16
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1 commentStarpulse Top 10 of 2006: #9 Gone But Not Forgotten
2006 was a great year in the entertainment world; however, let us not forget those who entertained us for generations but have moved on. We look back on those entertainers and cultural icons who left us in 2006 to pay our respects...
Jazz, R&B and pop singer Lou Rawls, lost a two year fight with brain and lung cancer (1/6). He was 72. Prolific film star of the 50s, 60s and 70s and star of such hits as Alfie and The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters at age 85 (1/14). 60s soul star Wilson Pickett, who brought us such hits as Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour age 64; of a heart attack (1/19); and actor Anthony Franciosa, 77 (1/19). Country singer Janette Carter, of cuuntry music's founding family, the Carters, 82 (1/22); and actor Chris Penn, 40, brother of actor Sean Penn who starred in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1/24). And Coretta Scott King (76), civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (1/30).Read Article... Celebrity Birthdays, July 16
Happy Birthday to 80s teen star Corey Feldman (1971), funny guy Will Ferrell (1967), English musician Fatboy Slim (1963), "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" actress Phoebe Cates (1963), Police drummer Stewart Copeland (1952), actor Ruben Blades (1948), reggae singer Desmond Dekker (1941), actress/dancer Ginger Rogers (1911; d. 1995), silver screen legend Barbara Stanwyck (1907; d. 1990), and notorious baseball legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (1889; d. 1951).Read Article... Reggae Legend Desmond Dekker Dies
Reggae legend Desmond Dekker has died in his Surrey, England, home. He was 64.
The Jamaican singer collapsed after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday.
His manager Delroy Williams says, "It is such a shock. I don't think I will ever get over this.Read Article...
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