It's hard not to love David Byrne. He's an acclaimed and prolific musician, a widely respected visual and installation artist, a blogger, and an avid cyclist. And now nine of his two-wheeled, transport-inspired...
Sk8er girl Avril is about to be banned by Malaysia for being "too sexy". You want 'too sexy'? How about British popstar bodybuilders with shaved heads sing/talk/rapping in mesh crop-tops too sexy? Now that's worth...
The Queen of Pop has reached half a century. For some this may be a sign that they should start slowing down and taking it easy - but not Madonna.Even as her birthday is upon her, she is getting ready for her Sticky...
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The funeral for soul singer Isaac Hayes will be held this coming Monday, August 18th, in Cordova, TN, just outside of Memphis. As NowPublic previously reported, the singer died last Sunday of a stroke, at the age of...
Renowned soul singer Isaac Hayes, who passed away on Sunday, is reported to have died of a stroke.No official autopsy has been conducted, however, Hayes's family doctor listed a stroke as the cause of his death, and...
The pretty girl in the red dress during the opening ceremony of the Olympics was miming.In fact, it wasn't even her voice that she was miming to.The girl, Lin Miaoke, sang a rendition of 'Ode to the Motherland', but...
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" Music icon, legendary soul singer/songwriter (who wrote the theme song for "Shaft"), producer, and actor, Isaac Hayes, 65, who began his music career in the early 1960s as a session player for numerous acts for...
Singer/songwriter Jewel married boyfriend Ty Murray in a small ceremony. They had been dating for more than a decade. With so many celebrity weddings ending in nasty divorces, it's nice to see these two taking their...
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"Residents were warned to keep their doors and windows closed yesterday after a 6ft boa constrictor escaped from the home of a former contestant on the television show X Factor. The snake, which kills its prey by...
It was his death anniversary yesterday - July 31. India's famous Bollywood singer Mohammad Rafi was born in 1924 in a small village in the Punjab, which is now in Pakistan, near Amritsar (in India) and who later...
Thanks to Truemorist Thundercloud for passing on this juicy bit of celeb gossip: Diddy is getting set to get hitched to Cassie. Maybe she can sing Me & U at the wedding?"Sean “Diddy” Combs makes an...
The seventies folk guitarist Cat Stevens who sang of "Looking for a hard-headed woman" and the macabre "My Lady D'Arbanville" has today won damages for being accused of being "bigoted." Perhaps Yusuf can...
The daughter of Jazz Legend nat King Cole was diagnosed during a routine medical examination. She has been drug-free for over 20 years and has spoken frankly of her addictions. " Grammy-winning singer...
" The lead singer of the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies has reportedly been charged with drug possession in upstate New York. Steven Page, along with two women, were arrested after police found cocaine and marijuana...
Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...