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Richie Havens, iconic Woodstock singer, dies at 72

2013-04-22 14:21:00

This post has been updated. See note below for details. Richie Havens, the veteran folk singer whose frenetic guitar strumming and impassioned vocals made him one of the defining voices and faces of Woodstock, and by extension, of 1960s pop music,...

Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies at 53

2013-04-22 08:43:00

Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of the Australian rock band the Divinyls, died Saturday in New York after a long battle with breast cancer, according to the Associated Press. She was 53. The Divinyls hit big at home in the '80s and '90s with four Top 10...

Robert Plant brings latest group to U.S. for summer tour

2013-04-22 13:02:00

Robert Plant will bring his latest roots-music project, the Sensational Space Shifters, to the U.S. for the first time with a tour starting June 20 in Dallas. The 21 dates confirmed so far will span the country and take him to 15 states and is slated to...

Tom Jones shakes his soul with fresh 'Spirit'

2013-04-20 08:00:00

Tom Jones sits in a cozy booth along one wall of a favorite Beverly Hills restaurant. At 72, his curly hair and neatly manicured mustache and goatee are more salt than pepper after his decision to give up black hair dye a few years ago. But Jones...

Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach

2012-09-02 00:00:00

Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Oscar-...

PASSINGS: Mikey Welsh, Doris Belack, Diane Cilento

2011-10-11 00:00:00

Mikey Welsh Former bass player with rock band Weezer Mikey Welsh, 40, the former bass player for the alternative rock band Weezer, was found dead in a Chicago hotel room Saturday, police said. Chicago police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said employees of...

PASSINGS: Larry Zarian, Paul Kent, Marty Harris

2011-10-15 00:00:00

Larry Zarian Former Glendale mayor and TV, radio host Larry Zarian, 73, a former mayor of Glendale and the first Armenian American to be elected to the City Council, died of blood cancer Thursday at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. Zarian also served...

PASSINGS: Howard H 'Tim' Hays

2011-10-16 00:00:00

Howard H 'Tim' Hays Former Press-Enterprise editor, publisher Howard H "Tim" Hays, 94, a former editor and publisher of the Press-Enterprise who led the Riverside newspaper when it won a Pulitzer Prize for an expose in the 1960s and won two landmark U....

The Arts on TV: Hugh Laurie; 'Black Swan'; Alan Menken

2011-09-29 16:33:10

Times music writers pick their favorite albums of 2010

2010-12-21 16:34:48

Foreclosure auction of Nicolas Cage's mansion is a flop

2010-04-08 00:00:00

Nicolas Cage is leaving Bel-Air. And not by choice. The fate of the sprawling Tudor mansion owned by the actor, who won an Oscar for his role in "Leaving Las Vegas," was decided Wednesday far from the baronial estate. It was up for auction Wednesday...

[UPDATED] Hot Property: Nicolas Cage estate, once listed at $35 million, looking for offers from $9.95 million

2009-09-17 08:53:46

Nothing like a boost than having your friends around you. And when you drink Guinness, you'll have some impressive friends indeed. Clockwise from the top: Guy Richie, Tom Jones, Ricky Hatton, Tony Blair, Carson Daly and Guinness Brewmaster Fergal Murray, Bono

2010-01-08 12:35:50

's idea was to keep his 1996 movie's Martians as close to the original image as possible ... but once you get used to them here, which doesn't take long, the fright value goes way down.

2009-10-21 10:46:00

British singer Tom Jones performs at the Guinness brewery's 250th anniversary celebration at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland.

2009-09-24 00:00:00