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Joe Peyronnin | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Little Richard, Michael Jackson Death, Afghanistan, Princess Diana, Iran Election, Elvis, James Brown, Iran Protests, Michael Jackson Dies, Tehran, Elvis Presley, North Korea, Iran Election Protests, Entertainment News
Joe Peyronnin

Americans love their shooting stars. Stars who demand attention, win affection and adulation, and then prematurely burn out.

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This Blog Post Is Even Weirder Than Michael Jackson

Dave Astor | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Toyota Corolla, Steroids, Jim Morrison, Smoking, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, Queen, Number-One Songs, Sam Cooke, Same-Sex Marriage, Neverland, Failing Newspapers, Dead Rock Stars, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, The Clash, Cats, The Who, Hummer, Heterosexual Marriage, Death of Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Avocados, Bernard Madoff, Cancer, Joe Strummer, Online News, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Motown, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Nirvana, Sid Vicious, Kurt Cobain, Twitter, Life on Other Planets, Elvis Presley, Musical Legends, Plastic Surgery, Laptops, The Doors, Sports Radio, John Lennon, Fantasy Baseball, World Series, Freddie Mercury, Atari Computers, The Sex Pistols, Gas Guzzlers, Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Moonwalking, Selena, Comedy News
Dave Astor

The general public doesn't mourn the deaths of less-famous people who might have continued to also do great things if they hadn't left us before their time.

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Celebrity "Roadkill": A Black Box Warning for Physicians

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Medical Ethics, Michael Jackson, Dangerous Controlled Substance, Drug Addiction, Roadkill, Physicians, Celebrity Culture, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Doctor Shopping, Beverly Hills, Self-Esteem, Justice Department, Prescription Painkillers, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Just Say No, Fame, Opiates, Drug Enforcement Administration, Deepak Chopra, Drug Abuse, Heath Ledger, Narcotics, Pain Medications, Hippocratic Oath, Celebrities, Hollywood, Black Box Warning, Entertainment News
Gary Cohan

How can a vulnerable physician resist the temptation to "bend the rules" for these "tabloid elites?"

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, The Moonwalk, I'll Be There, Charlies Angel's, Prescription Drugs, 1980's, Farrah Fawcett, Heroine, Charlies Angels, 1970's, Janis Joplin, ABC, "Thriller, Ed McMahon, Ratings, Fred Astaire, The Burning Bed, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Camero, The Partridge Family, Baby Boomers, Wacko Jacko, Thriller, Tabloids, American Bandstand, Martin Luther King Jr., Fat Albert, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Rock With You, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrity Worship, Soul Train, Cnn, Sideshow, Jimi Hendrix, Cocaine, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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Michael Jackson: Why He's More Adored than Shakespeare

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Fame, Michael Jackson Dies, Rudolph Valentino, Umm Kulhtum, Elvis Presley, Thriller, Entertainment News
Ahmed Rehab

Our love for entertainers is but a reflection of how deeply we cherish our personal memories, moments played against a soundtrack provided by those we then grow to love.

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Michael Jackson, Not Guilty; You and Me, Guilty

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Dies, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

A "used to be" famous person once told me: "When you go from somebody to anybody, it's the same as being nobody." If that's true, then imagine what it...

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Michael Jackson and the Media (Hello! What Happened to Iran?)

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Michael Jackson, Maureen Orth, Iran, Breaking Media News, John Lennon, Vanity Fair, Twitter, Neda Agha Soltan, Media, Pop Culture, Keith Olbermann, Farrah Fawcett, Elvis Presley, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

The watershed image of loss for me of the past week was not the "King of Pop." It was the picture of Neda Agha Soltan looking squarely into the camera, for what may have been a passport photo.

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Michael Jackson, Elvis and Professional Hangers On

Don McNay | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Michael Jackson, Msfs, Lottery, Chfc, Lottery Winner, Sudden Wealth, Elvis, West Virginia, Kentucky, Powerball Winner, Don McNay, Fox Business Network, Jack Whitaker, Elvis Presley, Financial Advice, Clu, Structured Settlements, Cnbc, Cnn, Louisville, Sudden Money, Million Dollar Round Table, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Hangers On, Entourage, Posse, Personal Finance, Lexington, Financial Advisors, Business News
Don McNay

Michael Jackson and Elvis died too young. They had the same handicap that many people with money acquire, the entourage.

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The King of Pop (and Heartbreak)

Giles Slade | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Keith Jarrett, Ipod, Koln Concert, Stevie Wonder, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Jackson Dies, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Walkman, Elvis Presley, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Chuck Berry, Juno Diaz, Brief, Michael Jackson, Entertainment News
Giles Slade

I played along too when she listened to Michael Jackson even though my tastes tended towards Keith Jarrett's lonely intensity. She gave me a mix-tape of Jacko. I was transformed.

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Michael Jackson's Death: Avoidable or Inevitable?

Noah St. John | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson Neverland, Elvis Presley, Tiger Woods, Brian Oxman, Entertainment News
Noah St. John

I can't help but compare the life and death of Michael Jackson to that of Elvis Presley. Both were globally famous and galactically talented.

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Can Anyone Restrain Themselves?

Evan Handler | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Politics, Pop Music, Celine Dion, John Kennedy, Farrah Fawcett, Assissination, Robert Kennedy, Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dies, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News
Evan Handler

Celine Dion said to Larry King about Michael Jackson's death, "It feels like when Kennedy died, when Elvis Presley died." How could this feel to her like something she never experienced?

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Michael Jackson, Child of America, Gone

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, The Wiz, Simon & Garfunkel, Zombies, Carole King, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, Vincent Price, Neverland, Thriller, Diana Ross, Bobby Day, Lisa Marie Presley, Pink Floyd, Macaulay Culkin, Grammy Awards, Quincy Jones, Motown, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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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What Was Your Michael Jackson Moment?

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Motown Records, The Jacksons, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson Dies, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

I hope that somewhere behind the images of the weird, pajama-clad, not-quite-human latter-day Michael Jackson, we'll be able to hold onto those memories of when the guy made magic.

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Eat Your Fears and Snuff Them Out

Grant Cardone | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Simon Cowell, Paris Hilton, Steve Jobs, Alexander Graham Bell, Wright Bros., Fear, Madonna, Bill Gates, Grant Cardone, Motivation, Ben Franklin, Barack Obama, Elvis Presley, Howard Schultz, Dreams, Inspiration, Martin Luther King, Henry Ford, Handling Fear, Goals, Business News
Grant Cardone

Ask 10 people this simple question, "Freak or super freak?" And I assure you regardless of their political views all ten will answer "Super Freak."

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Happy Birthday to the King of Swing: Benny Goodman Turns 100

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Big Band Jazz, Teddy Wilson, Fletcher Henderson, Bunny Berigan, Elvis Presley, Gene Krupa, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Swing, Swing Music, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Carnegie Hall, Benny Goodman, Rolling Stones, Great Depression, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

If you like jazz -- or 20th century American music, for that matter -- then you owe it to yourself to check out Benny Goodman.

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Bleecker Street Bar Crawls for Kids in Cambodia and Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 06.18.2009 | Local

Read More: Thunder Jackson’s, Orphans International Tanzania, Scott Knoll, Northeastern University, Thought Leaders, Orphans International Haiti, Facebook, Haiti, Global Citizens, 1849 Bar, Bar Crawl, Elvis Presley, Lindsay Mure-O'Neill, Columbia University, The Cambodia Project, Jean-Michel Tijerina, Cambodia, Bleecker Street Bar, Wicked Willie’s, Orphans International Worldwide, Carleton College, Bleecker Street, Linda Stanley, Africa, Local News
Jim Luce

"Everyone can relate to Elvis and we hope to leverage this for great causes like Orphans International Haiti."

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Bono's Poem Draws Fire

John Lundberg | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: The Poetic Life, Elvis Presley, Bono Poem, Bono Elvis, Bono, Living News
John Lundberg

On Wednesday, U2 lead singer Bono will read a poem on BBC radio that he penned for Elvis Presley. It's entitled "Elvis: American David," and while th...

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Bono Pens Tribute Poem To Elvis Airing On BBC

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bono, Bbc, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News

LONDON — The poetry doesn't rise to a Shakespearean level, but the sentiments in Bono's tribute to Elvis Presley seem heartfelt. In an unusual ...

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The Ponderosa Stomp: It's Not "A" Party, It's "The" Party

Sal Nunziato | Posted 04.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aretha Franklin, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Ponderosa Stomp, James Burton, Hi Rhythm Section, Al Green, Wanda Jackson, House of Blues, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

The Ponderosa Stomp is a gathering of those unsung heroes of rock and roll, soul, blues, funk, rockabilly and more.

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New Year, New Administration, More Clemency

Jason Flom | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George H. W. Bush, George Bush, Drug Sentencing, Grammys, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Music, Ben Taylor, Unfair Sentencing, The Beatles, Whitney Houston, George H.W. Bush, New Jersey, The Fugees, Carly Simon, Jail, Drug Trafficking, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Crime, John Forte, Exeter, Keith Richards, New York City, Elvis Presley, Presidential Pardons, Criminal Justice System, Prison, Beatles, Lava Records, Bush Pardons, Music Industry, Cocaine, Phillips Exeter, Politics News
Jason Flom

Obama ran on a campaign promise of change. He can begin by using the pardon power generously to correct as many individual cases of injustice as possible.

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Blago! (The Musical)

Tom Watson | Posted 02.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rahm Emanuel, Muddy Waters, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Harry Reid, Obama Transition, Sean Penn, Dan Aykroyd, Barack Obama, Elvis Presley, Blago, Entertainment News
Tom Watson

Maybe it's a distraction we need -- I, for one, will revel in the political theater and envision the ultimate casting for Blago! (The Musical).

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Thank-You-Verah-Musshhh.

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Polyester, Three Wise Men, Natural Resources, Self-Destruction, Wedding Chapels, Illness, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Inconvenient Truth, Starvation, Hyper-Consumerism, Modern World, Environment, Feast of the Epiphany, Bling-Bling, Ailing Planet, Self-Abuse, Style News
Michael DeJong

For me, on a cosmic level, the King's kitschy, tacky jumpsuits stand as a metaphor for the glitz and bling of today's hyper-consumerism

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My Virtual Gift List for This Holiday Season

Mitchell Bard | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Yankees, The Nation, Andy Pettitte, Al Franken, Facebook, Scramble, Dick Cheney, Bailout, Jorge Posada, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Rick Warren, Paul Krugman, Bernard Madoff, Boston Red Sox, Mark Teixeira, c.c. Sabathia, Thomas Friedman, Holiday Season, David Paterson, Espn, Reality Show, Erik Kuselias, Executive Bonuses, A.j. Burnett, Barack Obama, Elvis Presley, Iraq War, Mariano Rivera, Rod Blagojevich, Girls Gone Wild, Hillary Clinton, Saturday Night Live, Derek Jeter, Torture, Holiday Season Commentary, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

Now that you can give crap to people without actually having to give them anything in reality, here is my virtual gift list for this holiday season.

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Dog Ears Music: Holiday Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Amos Milburn, D.J. Santa & the Dance Squad, Dave Matthews, Run-Dmc, The Beach Boys, Joe Sample, Neil Sedaka, Snow Patrol, Dolly Parton, Otis Redding, Casey Shea, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Horace Andy, Pedro the Lion, The Who, Dave Brubeck, The Klezmonauts, The Shootist, Jack Benny, Dinah Washington, Amalia De Granada, Laura Nyro, Matisyahu, Kurtis Blow, Chris Brown, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev, Ron Sexsmith, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Itzhak Perlman, Kodo & Tan Dun, Keith Richards, Elvis Presley, Maria McKee, Mandy Patinkin, Macy Gray, mp3s, Leonard Cohen, The Trammps, Joan Osborne, Christmas Symphonic Players, Jack Johnson, Phil Ramone, Justin Timberlake, Frank Sinatra, Remy Zero, Eddy Arnold, Danny Elfman, Mickey Katz, Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, The Ramones, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Music, Iain Archer, Aretha Franklin, Spike Jones, Jane Siberry, The Long Winters, Tony Bennett, The New 2 Live Crew, 2 Live Jews, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob Marley, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong & the Commanders, Mary J. Blige, Barbra Streisand, Tim Finn, Danielle Evin, José Feliciano, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Richard Swift, Harry James, The Raveonettes, Yoshida Brothers, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Alison Krauss & Natalie MacMaster, Astrud Gilberto, Adam Sandler, Snoop Dogg, Woody Herman, Dog Ears, Marvin Gaye, Holiday Season Commentary, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

A comprehensive set of holiday music recommendations from Dog Ears Music, including Otis Redding, Spike Jones, The Klezmonauts, Keith Richards, Run-DMC, Dolly Parton, The Beach Boys, and many more.

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The Could've-Been Best Of 2008

Miles Klee | Posted 01.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Lists, 2008, Christopher Hitchens, Virgin Mary, Fake Stories of 2008, Bets of Lists, Hillary Clinton, Vampire Weekend, Hipsters, Best of 2008, Elvis Presley, List Mania, Bill Murray, Home News
Miles Klee

Each year, best-of lists pass over countless hypotheticals in favor of people, events and things that actually happened. Which is so uncool and maybe ...

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