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  Haley Reinhart

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  Haley Reinhart (born September 9, 1990) is an American singer from Wheeling, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. She placed third on thetenth season of American Idol. Early life Reinhart was born in 1990 to Patti Miller-Reinhart and Harry Reinhart. Both of her parents are musicians.[2] She began singing when she was 8 years old, and she performed with her parents’ band, Midnight, which covers rock songs from the ’60s and ’70s.[3] She attended Mark Twain Elementary School, O.W. Holmes Middle School, and Wheeling High [...]

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  Al Green

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  Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946),[1] better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as “You Oughta Be With Me,” “I’m Still In Love With You,” “Love and Happiness”, and “Let’s Stay Together”.[2] In 2005, Rolling Stone named him #65 in their list of the ’100 Greatest Artists of All Time’. The nomination, written byJustin Timberlake, stated that “people are born to do certain things, [...]

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  Naima Adedapo

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  Naima Adedapo (born October 5, 1984) is an American singer, dancer, actress from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Adedapo placed in the top 11 on the tenth season of American Idol Early life Adedapo was born in Maywood, Illinois, and her family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when she was ten.[1] Adedapo is the daughter of Milwaukee area jazz singer Adekola Adedapo.[2] Adedapo graduated high school from St. Joan Antida and majored in Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee[1]. Personal life Adedapo is married with two daughters, age one and three, [...]

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  May 3rd IS JB DAY! “The Godfather of Soul’s Birthday”

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  James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. Eventually referred to as “The Godfather of Soul“, Brown started singing in gospel groups and worked his way on up.[4][5] He has been recognized as one of the most iconic figures in the 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing. He was also called “the hardest-working man in show business”.[6] A prolific singer, songwriter, dancer and bandleader, Brown was a pivotal force in the music industry, [...]

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  Cornell Haynes, Jr.-Better known by his stage name Nelly,

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  Cornell Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper and singer. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly made his solo debut in 2000 with Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at #1. Country Grammar is Nelly’s best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies [...]

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  Steven Tyler on Charlie Sheen’s TV Show

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  Steven vers Charlie Sheen Steven Tyler (born Steven Victor Tallarico; March 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is also known as the “Demon of Screamin’” and is equally known for his on-stage acrobatics. During his high-energy performances, he usually dresses in bright, colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand. In the 1970s, Tyler rose [...]

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  The Bentley Motors Story

  (Life Style) Cars, Cars & Racing, Featured

  Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer of automobiles founded on 18 January 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley known as W.O. Bentley or just “W O”. Bentley had been previously known for his range of rotary aero-engines in World War I, the most famous being theBentley BR1 as used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel. After the war W. O. Bentley designed and made production cars that won the24 hours of Le Mans in 1924 and following models which repeated those successes each June 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. [...]

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  RIP Elizabeth Taylor. The last of the GREAT MOVIE STARS!

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  Michael Jackson at Liz Taylor\’s Birthday party Dame Elizabeth Rosemond “Liz” Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011)[1][2] was an English-born American actress.[3]Beginning as a child star then throughout her adulthood, she became known for her acting talent, glamour and beauty; as well as a much publicized private life, which included eight marriages, several near-death experiences, and decades spent as a social activist, championing the cause of AIDS awareness, prevention and cure. Taylor, a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, [...]

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  Singer Nate Dogg dies at 41 (Warren G – Regulate ft. Nate Dogg)

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  Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American musician. Life and career Nate Dogg was born in Long Beach, California.[1] He began singing as a child in the New Hope Baptist Church in Long Beach, and at Life Line Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where his father (Daniel Lee Hale) was a pastor.[2] At the age of 16 he dropped out of high school in Long Beach, California and left home to join the United States [...]

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  P-Diddy’s 262-ft yacht RM ELEGANT Now For Sale

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  RM elegant Got an extra eight figures lying around? You can cruise like Sean “Diddy” Combs in the ultra-cool RM Elegant, the 72-metre megayacht that was the music mogul’s charter of choice until he latched onto the iPad-controlled Solemates. RM Elegent Dining Area Built in Greece by the Lamda Shipyard in 2005 with a striking design of fluid lines, the yacht offers luxe accommodation for up to 30 guests in 15 cabins along with 30 crew. RM Elegant’s vast deck [...]

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  Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Facebook

  Cars & Racing

  Press Release The Porsche fan community on Facebook reached a magical milestone at the turn of the year when Porsche added its one-millionth fan on Facebook, one of the largest and most popular social networks on the Internet. Reason enough for Porsche to thank its fans with a special exhibition showcasing a unique custom-made vehicle: starting today, February 11, 2011, the Porsche museum will be presenting a Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid adorned with the signatures of more than 27,000 [...]

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  American Idol

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  American Idol http://www.usatoday.com/money/graphics/Idol/flash.htm was created based on the British show Pop Idol, which was in turn inspired by Popstars, a show TV producer Nigel Lythgoe saw in Australia and brought over to Britain.[4] Using the idea from Popstars of employing a panel of judges to select singers in audition, and adding other elements such as telephone voting by the viewing public, which at the time was already in use in shows such as the Eurovision Song Contest, Simon Fuller then created the show Pop Idol. The show debuted [...]

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