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"Too Darn Hot": My Playlist To Help Heat Things Up At The Copenhagen Climate Summit

David Wild | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Brian Wilson, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boysl the Isley Brothers, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, New Edition, Paul Simon, Nick Gilder, Donna Summer, Pharrell Williams, General Public, Flo & Eddie, Katy Perry, Bill Lee Riley, The Beatles, Eddie Vedder, The Plastic Ono Band, U2, Crowded House, John Hall, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, Snoop Dogg, Brad Paisley, Bobby Hebb, Quincy Jones, Green News

I really do believe in the threat of global warming, and in honor of the Copenhagen climate talks, here's my playlist to prove it.

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HuffPost Reviews: Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, Clipse, and Chris Brown, Plus an Interview With Papa Roach on World Hunger Year

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Soulja Boy, Kanye West, Urban Music, Swiss Beatz, Clipse, Erick Peyton, World Hunger Year, Attitude, Onerepublic, Bran' Nu, Bill Ayers, Esthero, Timbaland, Tank, Beastie Boys, Chad Kroeger, The Bangles, Priority Records, Steve Winwood, R. Kelly, Lil John, Chris Brown, Nicole Hurst, D.W.Griffith, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, The Bee Gees, Michael McDonald, Entertainment News, Eva Simons, Justin Timberlake, Now That's What I Call Music, Jay-Z, Trey Songz, Bokie Loc, Miley Cyrus, Nelly Fertado, The Neptunes, Harry Chapin, Keri Hilson, Abba, Ab Liva, D.O.E, The Fray, Cam'ron, Problem, The-Dream, Nipsey Hussle, Quincy Jones, Ryan Seacrest, Sean C, Jazmine Sullivan, Beyoncé, Tricky, Jacoby Shaddix, Hip-Hop, Eddy Grant, Herb Alpert, Starland Vocal Band, Rihanna, Jet, The Romantics, Yo Gotti, The Clipse, Papa Roach, Snoop Dogg, Itunes, Drake, Brandy, Kokane, Soshy, Kiis-Fm, Pharrell, Sebastian, Duaghtry, Entertainment News

Welcome to Snoopworld, where Chevys still are bouncin', would-be gangstas still kind of prowl the streets (albeit it's a new generation), explicit-isms flow like 40 oz. beer, and tempos best not harsh anyone's mellow.

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Leading With Love: Giving to Your People Gets Results

John Hope Bryant | Posted 10.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Wells Fargo, Warren Buffett, Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates, Quincy Jones, Ted Turner, Living News

Why not give? Easy. Fear, and fear is the ultimate prosperity killer -- you will never go wrong, doing right. And do right long enough and it will pay dividends that builds wealth, too.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Remembering Michael Jackson -- The Man in Our Mirror

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson Death, James Brown, Thriller, Entertainment News

Audiences are far too splintered to fall in line -- and in love -- en masse with a single recording artist today the way they could for Michael Jackson in the eighties and nineties.

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Michael's Magic

Hermene Hartman | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Apollo Theater, Gary-Indiana, Michael Jackson Death, Motown, Jackie Wilson, Lisa Marie Presley, Thriller, Joseph Jackson, Quincy Jones, Stax Records, Berry Gordy, Jackson 5, Entertainment News

I came in contact with the Jackson 5 in 1971. Berry Gordy insisted that we take this new group -- these kids out of Gary. But Rev. Jackson didn't want these "kids" interfering with the main show.

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Quincy Jones: Jackson 'Obviously Didn't Want To Be Black'

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Dies, Quincy Jones, Details Magazine, Michael Jackson Death, Entertainment News

Quincy Jones, the record producer who collaborated with Michael Jackson on Thriller, Bad and Off the Wall, has opened up to Details about his memories...

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That Voice

Robert Davey | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, His Voice, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson Death, NBC Nightly News, Entertainment News

If Jackson was given drugs to stop his voice from dropping, then he was also the victim of a unique kind of child abuse.

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Michael Jackson's Stratospheric Talent

Taylor Marsh | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Culture, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson Dead, Entertainment News

Turn off the analysis. Skip the obituaries focusing on all that went wrong. Instead, just listen to the music. Better yet, watch him.

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Six Degrees of Michael Jackson

Shawn Amos | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Thriller, Entertainment News

I pray that Jackson's music speaks louder than anything else. His music clearly was his life. And in the end, his music added to our lives more than any of the rest of the sideshow events.

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Michael Jackson, Child of America, Gone

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Beyond the reams of his documented eccentricities, Michael Jackson was a huge talent who'll be missed, and he was one of our better, kinder kids whose life and story spun out of control.

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Michael Jackson's Death: Madonna, Quincy Jones, Brooke Shields, Liz Taylor React

people.com | Mike Fleeman | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Madonna Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Died, Quincy Jones, Entertainment News

The sudden death of Michael Jackson jolted his friends and family, a second blow to the entertainment world after it lost another icon, Farrah Fawcett...

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Buzz Aldrin's "Rocket Experience": Astronaut Records New Single With Help From Snoop Dogg And Talib Kweli (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Buzz Aldrin, Funny or Die, Talib Kweli, Buzz Aldrin Rap, Video, Snoop Dogg, Quincy Jones, Soulja Boy, Buzz Aldrin Rocket Experience, Rocket Experience, Comedy News

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin recently recorded a song, "Rocket Experience," to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his moon walk and to help benefit various ...

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Obama and the Arts

Chris Campbell | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Bush, Economy, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Artists, Sam Cooke, Music, Hipsters, Arcade Fire, John Coltrane, Dive Bars, Obama's Cabinet, San Francisco, Fenway Park, John McCain, Ken Kesey, Entertainment, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Jenny Lewis, Musicians, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Wilco, Art, The Godfather, Wall Street, Common, William Faulkner, Quincy Jones, Obama the Godfather, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Most industries are adapting and evolving during these uncertain times, but the arts have been in flux for years and years, long preceding Bush and Wall Street's dismantling.

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Exclusive with Quincy Jones: "You've Been My Brother a Long Time. It's Not Like We Were Church People Together."

Phil Bronstein | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Quincy Jones, Phil Bronstein, Entertainment, Quincy Jones Interview, Obama Inauguration, Entertainment News

"We Are the World," Quincy said, was "a kamikaze mission." He's thinking about taking on another one: the Obama inaugural show.

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CPS Makes Famous Alumni Mix On iTunes

Crain's Chicago Business | Shia Kapos | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

Chicago Public Schools has posted a mix of popular songs by its alumni musicians on iTunes. This isn't a money-making effort -- directly -- but a way...

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Petra Nemcova Proves Now is the Time to Give More Than Ever

Ariston Anderson | Posted 12.20.2008 | Entertainment

"It's hugely important that we don't fall into the trap of saying, 'Oh, it's going to be harder to raise money.'"

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The EG: The Most Extraordinary Gathering In Los Angeles

Michael Hawley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Menzel, Will Wright, Frank Gehry, Getty, Jeff Katzenberg, Nicholas Negroponte, Matt Groening, Quincy Jones, Ann Cooper, Faith D'aluisio, Jonathan Gold, Mark Bittman, Entertainment News