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Zooey Deschanel's Dreams Of Playing Janis Joplin Are Over

Zooey Deschanel

Actress Zooey Deschanel's dreams of playing rock legend Janis Joplin on the big screen have been dashed - the project has been shelved. The Yes Man star, who is tasting TV success as the leading l...


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The 'Forever 27 Club' - Music's Growing List Of Stars Who Died At 27 Years Old

Amy Winehouse

The 'Forever 27 Club' has become more than a legend since the dawn of music recording. As it turns out, some of music's most influential artists who were taken from us much too soon all parted with...


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Amy Adams' Pink Cocktail Dress - Hot Or Not?

Amy Adams

Amy Adams was pretty in pink at the 2nd Annual Variety Power of Women Luncheon in Beverly Hills on Thursday. The "Leap Year" star wore a pink Roland Mouret cocktail dress which nicely complemented ...


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Kid Cudi: 'I Just Smoke Weed'

Kid Cudi

Rapper Kid Cudi has quit hard drugs following his arrest last month for possession of a controlled substance. The Day 'N Nite hitmaker, real name Scott Mescudi, was taken into custody in June aft...


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Amy Adams To Play Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin & Amy Adams

Hollywood sweetheart Amy Adams is set to shock cinemagoers with a rocking new film role - she's signed on to star as tragic 1960s blues legend Janis Joplin in a long-awaited biopic. The star wil...


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'American Idol's' Crystal Bowersox: The One to Beat?

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Crystal Bowersox, the current American Idol frontrunner, gave fans a scare the second week in the semi-final rounds, as she was rushed to the hospital due to diabetes complications. Needless to say...


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Celebrity Birthdays, January 19

Katie Sagal

Happy Birthday to: "Sons of Anarchy" actress Katie Sagal (1956) Japanese singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada (1983) "Full House" actress Jodie Sweetin (1982) "Desperate Housewives" actress D...


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Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Salutes Janis Joplin

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Salutes Janis Joplin

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is saluting late blues singer Janis Joplin with a week-long series of events and a star-studded concert in her honor. The hall in Cleveland, Ohio and C...


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Check Out '30 Rock' Season 3 On DVD Sept. 22

30 Rock

On the third season of "30 Rock," Liz Lemon tries to avoid jury duty by dressing as Princess Leia, Jenna stars in a biopic about Janis Joplin, and Steve Martin plays a fabulously wealthy agoraphobe...


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Jessie James' Hot Maxim Pics; She Plays Xbox 'Game With Fame' Today

Jessie James Xbox Game With Fame, Jessie James Maxim Pictures

Jessie James has made appearances at Nascar races and sang for many audiences, but this time she is getting behind the wheel. Jessie will join other gamers on XBOX Live for a game of Nascar '09 tod...


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Unexpected, Untimely And Shocking Deaths In Music

Shocking music deaths

Heart attacks. Plane crashes. Car crashes. Drug overdoses. Murder. Over the years, these have become some of the most common causes of the often shocking deaths in the music industry. On a lighter ...


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Exclusive: Creed Bratton Talks 'The Office' And His Amazing Journey

Creed - The Office

You have to love any story that contains the line, "Cut to a night of drinking ouzo. The next morning I wake up and it looked like a bomb went off in the place and my tongue is bigger than my head....


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Five Classic 1969 Albums By Woodstock Headliners Out June 30

The Woodstock Experience cds Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Johnny

The spirit of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair of 1969 resonates 40 summers later, as if it were just yesterday. In 1969, five acts recorded albums for the Columbia, Epic, and RCA labels (divisions o...


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'American Idol' Recap: Awful Song Choices, Bad Performances & A Beatles Desecration

American Idol

Now it's time to get serious. We are in the final four of American Idol, meaning it is time to do away with the sophomoric ramblings as we wait for the show to begin. Instead, we get our game fac...


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More Rock Stars Have Died At 27 Than Any Other Age

Jimi Hendrix

"The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll," which comes out today, reveals that more rock stars have died at 27 than at any other age. Famous 27s include Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Jopl...


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Oscar Nuñez Discusses His Character From 'The Office'

Oscar Nuñez

When the American version of The Office premiered in 2005, its central focus was on the main four characters -- Michael, Dwight, Jim and Pam. As the series progressed, we learned more and more abou...


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My Chemical Romance Debuts New Video For 'Watchmen'; See It Here

My Chemical Romance

The music video for My Chemical Romance's "Desolation Row" has finally made its North American debut. The song, a reinterpretation of the Bob Dylan classic, was recorded specifically for the upcomi...


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Interview With 17-Year-Old Rock Star Gabriella Cilmi

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Gabriella Cilmi is 17. She doesn't look, sound or have the demeanor of a 17-year-old; nevertheless, she is 17. Now that this minor, but often mentioned, fact is out of the way, we can move onto who...


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'30 Rock' Recap: 'Retreat To Move Forward'

30 Rock

Jack pokes his head into Liz' office with nearly identical headshots (ala Ten Things I Hate About You), asking her which one she prefers. She picks the one where he's in a blue tie (typical libera...


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Celebrity Birthdays, January 19

Drea DeMatteo

Happy Birthday to Japanese singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada (1983), "Full House" actress Jodie Sweetin (1982), Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina (1979), "Joey" actress Drea DeMatteo (1973), actor Sha...


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'30 Rock' Recap: The Most Schizophrenic Episode Ever…

30 Rock

Liz is still baby crazy as the seventh episode of 30 Rock's third season finally returns after an extended holiday hiatus, and suddenly there are babies everywhere- from the Rockefeller Plaza lobby...


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Robert Plant Named Greatest Voice In Rock

Robert Plant

Former Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant has picked up his second major award of the new year after he was named the Greatest Voice in Rock in an online radio network poll. Plant, who was made a...


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Recent Celebrity Deaths

Anjelica Huston

An actress' husband, a jazz musician, a playwright and several others passed away this month. Read more... Anjelica Huston's Sculptor Husband Graham Dies Californian sculptor Robert Grah...


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Pete Wentz Amazed He Made 27

Pete Wentz

Fall Out Boy rocker Pete Wentz was so hooked on drugs just two years ago, he didn't expect to live past the age of 27. Wentz claims he, his band mates and music bosses fully expected the bassist to...


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Nikka Costa Returns With 'Pebble To A Pearl'

Nikka Costa

Nikka Costa has always seemed to thrive on a certain sense of freedom. It's no wonder, that when Nikka set out to create a record on her own terms and as an independent artist finally free of major...


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Music Biopics: What's Been Done, What's In The Works, & What We Want

Walk the Line

The biopic is a longstanding Hollywood tradition. There are the big budget epics like the now infamous Elizabeth Taylor vehicle "Cleopatra," David Lean's masterpiece, "Lawrence of Arabia," or Richa...


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The Mystic Orchestra Re-Envisions Rock Concert Legends' Greatest Music

Flashback - the Classic Rock Experience

John Lennon gave the marching orders long ago. Imagine. For his part, veteran concert promoter Rick Bowen imagined a rock concert like no other: Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd playing together on one ...


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Solo Artists: Most Underrated And Overrated

Bob Marley

In one week, "American Idol" will add one more solo artist to the music history. Whoever it is, they have their work cut out for them. America has a penchant for producing legendary solo ar...


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Clive Davis To Step Down As Sony BMG Boss

Clive Davis

Beloved music mogul Clive Davis is to step down as the CEO of the Sony BMG Music Group to mentor the label's biggest names. Davis, 76, will be replaced by Barry Weiss, who currently heads Sony's Zo...


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Helen Mirren's Keith Moon Regret

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren turned down the chance to perform on stage with late The Who drummer Keith Moon, after he broke into her West End theatre dressing room. The British actress was performing in a 1974 L...


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