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Jan 21, 2012

MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Jan 21, 2012

Soulful R & B bad girl Etta James crossed genres
Montreal Gazette
Her voice was "an instrument of overwhelming power," wrote David Ritz, who helped pen thesinger's autobiography Rage to Survive in 1995. "Her word pictures exploded with violence, sex, and above all, music." Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January 25, ...
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FINANCING, Money, Loans, Financial and Economic Crisis News, Jan 21, 2012

IMF pushes Europe to do more to fight debt crisis
Washington Post
This is money that could help nations within the euro zone but would also provide a financialbackstop for others around the world likely to suffer from declining economic growth, collapsing trade or a withdrawal of bank credit and investment. ...
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VOGUE News, Jan 21, 2012

In Vogue in China
Irish Times
The ads are for Chanel, Etam, Audi. All the top brands in the world are in here. Editor Angelica Cheung waves her hand in the tome's general direction as she tells of how it is just one of the 16 editions of Vogue China published every year. ...
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Irish Times
World's Greatest Boyfriend
Courthouse News Service
I know that 5-day beards are all the rage in fashion photographs these days, in Vogue and whatnot, but believe me, you ain't gonna see this guy in Vogue. It was 6 degrees out, and he was wearing a T-shirt and a vile old vest that looked like he'd ...
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The Shrimp and David Bailey's love affair that started the Swinging Sixties
Daily Mail
But Vogue loved the pictures and the rest has gone down in fashion history; the Swinging Sixties burst into life, Bailey went on to become the most lauded photographer this country has ever known, while Shrimpton became arguably theworld's first ...
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Daily Mail
Hanson, two decades on, still ignoring call of fast food chain
Vancouver Sun
23, 8 pm Where: Vogue Theatre, 918 Granville Tickets: $35 at voguetheatre.com Now 20 years into a career that some predicted wouldn't last much beyond a few records, the three multi-instrumentalist brothers (Zac, Taylor and Isaac) that make up Hanson ...
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Zoe Saldana Brings You The IMDB Of Fashion
Bangstyle
The dynamic duo are looking to “bring order to the glamorous, envy-inducing mess that is often the fashion world” Today.com reports. Saldana's mother and grandmother were seamstresses and say she grew up surrounded by Vogue and Vanity Fair. ...
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Taylor Swift Heads to Sundance Film Festival
The Boot
"I got to spend the afternoon with Ethel a couple of weeks ago," the current Vogue cover girl shares with the magazine. "She is one of my favorites, because you look back at the pictures of her and Bobby and they always look like they are having the ...
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The Obamas: A Mission, A Marriage by Jodi Kantor – review
The Guardian
Similarly, when Vogue asked Michelle to pose for its cover, West Wing staffers were concerned it would send the wrong message during a recession, but Michelle was adamant, and explicit about her motives: "I don't have to be on the cover of Vogue ...
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The Guardian
Writing on the wall
The Hindu
Is this just the new thing in vogue, or does graffiti hold promise as a form of expression to reach out to a mass audience? Every graffiti artist uses a “tag” or signature that is unique to the person—a kind of an alias that is part of the artist's ...
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The Hindu
Fat chance
Financial Times
The top Greek tip for fitness was walking, an activity that's very much in vogue in 2012. (Some of the other ancient prescriptions for health are less likely to find modern favour – they include induced vomiting, lukewarm baths and abstinence from ...
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Red carpet fashion statements
Los Angeles Times (blog)
She was so striking, it introduced her to an adult audience." In the year since, Stone has become a Hollywood and fashion world darling. In 2011, she racked up Glamour, Elle, Teen Vogue and Vanity Fair magazine covers. The dress Cyrus chose for the ...
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Los Angeles Times (blog)
The Kick Ass Comedy Show: The Two-Man Movie and Pose Magazine
Charleston City Paper
Occasionally, Galloway picks up a copy of Teen Vogue or Marie Claire, but she has been a life-long avoider of Cosmopolitan. "There is something about magazines that purports to solve your problems simply and easily," Galloway says. ...
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Selling Dreams
Arts and Collections International
The title 'Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography' stems from Irving Penn, the photographer with the longest tenure in the history of Vogue magazine, who once described his role as 'selling dreams, not clothes'. ...
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In the News: Bond Girl
Tribeca Citizen
—Broadsheet ••• “A photographer who shoots for Vogue, RollingStone and national brands including Lancome and Levis walked out of a Manhattan courthouse a free woman today—despite getting caught with a whopping 10 pounds of pot in her TriBeCa...
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Tribeca Citizen
THE INTERNET IS A NEW AVENUE TO RECREATE THE SOUTH, DIXIE!
Nolan Chart LLC
Those running the world want nationalism dead in America. A rebirth of the South could relit the fires of Americanism, and well, that's not in vogue in London or Beijing. That brings us to the internet. Here, with very little expense, imaginative, ...
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`LA Raw' offers a dark slice of art history in Pasadena
Pasadena Star-News
"LA Raw" begins with a look at the post-World War II artists around Rick Lebrun. Lebrun taught at the Jepson Art Institute in Los Angeles, emphasizing figure drawing. His own work had ties to European traditions and influences from the Spanish romantic ...
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Making women look cute is my calling – Anne Suleiman
Vanguard
Nonetheless, I can still coordinate the jewelries, shoes and the hand-bags to what is in vogueacross the world. For ladies who would want to have an English outlook, I think I have what it takes to coordinate them to perfection. ...
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'The Muppets' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray
High-Def Digest
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for ...
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Where the Peter Pan Collar Came From—and Why It's Back
Slate Magazine (blog)
Maude Adams, the Broadway star who played Peter, wore britches, a feathered cap, and a forest-y looking blouse with a white, rounded collar—a bit wider than the Peter Pan collars in vogue today, but otherwise quite similar. ...
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Slate Magazine (blog)
Nicki Minaj working to land deal for own fashion line
Examiner.com
Last year Minaj became close friends with Vogue Magazine's editor in chief Anna Wintour after a chance meeting during New York Fashion Week, so the rapper may have a step up from the rest. Would you buy styles created by Minaj? ...
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Authority and the role of coercion
Business Recorder (blog)
The laws that are in vogue through the parliament system is one. Social customs adherence is another and the use of moral rights is crucial. Love is not a weakness but a manner of showing excessive affection. The state's coercive power then is used for ...
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Woolmark's 'Merino. Inspired by Nature' @ Tex-Trends
Fibre2fashion.com
“Wool is a premium natural fibre and with the assurance of 'Woolmark' quality standards, the natural, soft and comfortable qualities of wool will always be in vogue. Tex-Trends 2012 gives us the opportunity to highlight this natural fibre to the global ...
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Sound off on the Florida Primary GOP candidates
Orlando Sentinel
In a day and age when a code of morals, ethics and religious belief appears out of vogue, it is refreshing to hear a candidate state how he bases his decision making in his personal and professional life. We constantly hear polticians say, "I misspoke" ...
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Joanna Newsom Performs On Austin City Limits This Saturday, January 21
The Grateful Web
Just before making her way to Austin for the ACL taping, she traveled to the great Northwest for a guest stint on “Portlandia” and an Under The Radar cover story interview with Robin Pecknold, took part in Vogue's CFDA Fashion Fund shoot, ...
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For action with smarts and style, go 'Haywire'
Capital Times
Instead of the quick cuts and close-ups that are in vogue these days, Soderbergh pulls the camera back and keeps it there, savoring the kamikaze choreography of the fighters as they punch, kick and choke with savage precision. ...
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Christian Louboutin First Guest Creator for Parisian Cabaret Club Le Crazy Horse
becomegorgeous.com
According to Vogue UK, the designer, who's company celebrates 20 years of success in 2012, revealed that the tableaux entitled 'Feu', represent “a personal look at femininity in all its forms”. He also revealed that: “I am interested in all things that ...
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Small breasts are making a fashion 'comeback.' Seriously?
Globe and Mail
However, he continues, he remembers a time when small breasts were in vogue. During the late 1960s, he recalls, his straight male friends enthused about the “modest knockers” and “pert, little, no-brassiere-needed appendages” of actresses/socialites ...
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Globe and Mail
Single parent with one child or cohabiting with no children at all - welcome ...
Daily Mail
In the same way, they dismiss the advantages enjoyed by children of married couples as merely a matter of income, better education, social class, phases of the moon, or whatever other excuse is in vogue among liberal academics this month. ...
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Daily Mail
A dream come true …………
Daily Star Online
The wash basin used is now back in vogue. They had to pay six shillings for extra light for lamps which they termed as daylight robbery. We were now in the bedroom watching a small bed and a small suitcase set aside. But what caught our attention was ...
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Terrence Howard as Colonel AJ Bullard
ComingSoon.net
And while 3D seems to go in and out of vogue, this movie might have actually been quite cool with a 3D presentation. Planes flying in and out of the screen would have been an impressive sight. The other strong feature of "Red Tails" is the basic story ...
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''In Vogue: Songs by Madonna'' show in ... - Madonna Fans' World
Le show "In Vogue: Songs by Madonna" en Australie.From Australian Stage:Melbourne » Reviews »In Vogue: Songs by MadonnaWritten by Vito MattarelliFriday, 20 January 2012 12:17With Melbourne's Midsumm… Hébergé par OverBlog.
Madonna Fans' World
V O G U E | Diaspora: Flashback Friday: TOP OF THE WORLD
The year is '98 and we're taking you to the TOP OF THE WORLD with Brandy and Mase. Brandy Norwood was definitely one of the top teenage DIVAS of the ...
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OPINIONS, Jan 21, 2012

Review: George Lucas' 'Red Tails' Poorly Commemorates Real Heroes
First Showing
With Lucas' affection for aerial fighting as well as the digital achievements from ILM on full display in the Star Wars films, you would have thought Red Tails would've been an absolute thrill. Read on! Unfortunately, the screenwriters behind the ...
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Photo-happy judge adds Marley, ostrich to opinions
Reuters
Still, David Corio, the British photographer who took the picture of Marley, the late singer, said he was surprised to see it in a judicial opinion without any credit or attribution. "I would have a thoughta judge of all people would be decent enough ...
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What drives our political outlook?
Calaveras Enterprise
I am also extraordinarily privileged to have a public forum in which to express my opinion. Fortunately, anyone who might peruse my thoughts in print or in pixels also has an opportunity to share their opinion with me and with the world. ...
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Sharp opinions from education guru
Stockton Record
"The more emphasis we put on testing, the more we discourage creativity, inquiry, playfulness, risk-taking, freedom of thought and innovation," she said toward the end of her 60-minute address. "If we continue this, we will kill the source of our ...
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So what was Dickens really like?
Portsmouth News
There were millions and millions of children who would never have a chance in theworld. He was a man with a great social conscience.' Being so aware of what was happening around him, Dickens felt he had to stand up for what he thought was right....
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Portsmouth News
Thoughts on the Neighborhood Pub
Patch.com
The closing of Walden Grille has precipitated a lengthy exchange of opinions on Patch. It seems that people miss the pub atmosphere the grill offered; they miss the gathering place. In his book, "The Great Good Place," Ray Oldenburg contends we all ...
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Your views on the news: evacuations, Ofsted ratings and Rightmove habits
The Guardian (blog)
Credit ratings for hospitals is a desperate attempt to to look as if thought is being put into caring/saving the nhs, but the amount of paperwork involved in this will ultimately contribute to its downfall and again the financial considerations are ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Seperate and unequal
Chronicle-Telegram
Editor's Note – The views and opinions expressed in this article are of those of the author only. They in no way reflect the views and opinions of hispanicohio.com or its partners and affiliates. Arguably the best innovation in our country's history is ...
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Chronicle-Telegram
Scientists pause research with lab-bred bird flu
Sacramento Bee
The lab-bred H5N1 strains were a surprise because they showed it was easier than previouslythought for the virus to mutate in a way that lets it spread easily between at least some mammals - in this case, ferrets. Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the ...
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The World Economy Stalls; Meanwhile Dubai Bounces Back: So what's The Secret?
The Market Oracle
Just for example, I was thinking of buying a house in Europe, I thought, they had a bubble, now they are having a bust, good time to buy. But I noticed the prices are way too high, and I suspect they are being artificially kept up by government and/or ...
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Life as seen by me, myself and I
Sydney Morning Herald
Given false courage by the idea that all opinions are created equal, the blogosphere threatens to become a mobosphere, where the truths of science - of climate change, for example - are shouted down by an ignorant and heedless rabble unable to ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Conservative president? -- Yes, but not by opinion
RenewAmerica
The authoritarian 'out with it' was supposedly dignified by the judge in a forty page opinion stating all his learned and wise reasons to oust the placard. Student, Jessica Ahlquist thought the banner should go, so she sued her school to remove the ...
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Et cetera: non-fiction roundup – reviews
The Guardian
The very thought made me want to go and lie down. Confessions of an Advertising Man, by David Ogilvy (Southbank, £12.99) One advantage of switching off your gadgets more often might be that you see fewer bad commercials: today's online adverts are very ...
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Google Plays Both Sides in the Web Piracy Fight: Susan Crawford
Bloomberg
The opinions expressed are her own.) Read more opinion online from Bloomberg View. To contact the writer of this article: Susan Crawford at scrawford@scrawford.net or @scrawford on Twitter. To contact the editor of this article: Michael Newman at ...
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GCF forum to highlight Kingdom's successful business climate
Arab News
Hundreds of business leaders from around the world will share their insights and opinions on “The Entrepreneurship Imperative” — the overriding theme of this year's event. The event is being held with the support of the Custodian of the Two Holy ...
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The Pentagon's Budget Sky Isn't Falling
AOL Defense
To many in the Pentagon, the process was known as the "Bottoms-Up Review," their toast to the end of the world as they knew it. This was one of the more polite references to the work that was released in September 1993. The review's scorecard read: 10 ...
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An answer to the race question
The Australian
Opinions published on this matter show how deeply this question divides even the most hardened political factions and the attachment to the race paradigm that permeates Australian law and public sentiment. The hysteria manufactured about the panel's ...
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Old Rating Agency Model Becoming Extinct? Independent Mortgage...
Mortgage News Daily
For jobs in the mortgage arena, Hammerhouse LLC released the results from its Second Annual Survey of Originator Opinions. This 14 question survey was completed by a statistically significant sample of approximately 400 active mortgage loan originators ...
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His expertise kept 'Tuskegee Airmen' flying
News Sentinel
This column is the commentary of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinionsof The News-Sentinel. Email Kevin Leininger at kleininger@news-sentinel.com, or call him at 461-8355.
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Donations flood in for Sarah Burke's family
CTV.ca
I can not believe anyone is projecting negative opinions towards the situation. The whole concept of donation is if you feel compelled you can contribute to help. The fact that an unpreventable freak accident can ring up a bill that enormous within ...
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CTV.ca
Lazy Londoners?
LBC 97.3 (blog)
A 15 year old that I know thought Winston Churchill was the dog from the insurance advert! Make politics known. Young people should be involved in politics if like you suggest we push them to not get involved they will form views without evidence which ...
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The Romney machine stalls
FT.com (blog)
Schedule: Gideon's column appears in the FT on Tuesdays and you can read an excerpt of it on this blog. FT blogs: See the full range of the FT's blogs here. For views and opinions on the European Union from Peter Spiegel, Joshua Chaffin, ...
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Docs more likely to suspect abuse in poor kids
Reuters
In contrast, there was evidence that parents' job descriptions swayed doctors' opinions. When the child's family was lower-income, 48 percent of pediatricians thought there'd been abuse, versus 43 percent when the family was higher-income. ...
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An encounter with unsportsmanlike conduct
Blue Mountains Courier-Herald
At the end of the meeting, I saw an argument get so heated, I thought a physical fight would break out. I don't have an opinion on the soccer matter. I am however, a volunteer for BVAA, and I'm ashamed by the behaviour I witnessed at this meeting. ...
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Project Runway All Stars Recap: Miss Piggy Takes The Runway
Reality Tea
Mila is confused about why these two competitors are relying so heavily on each others' opinions. BTW: Was it fascinator day at the PRAS headquarters? Every other look seemed to contain one. The guest judges are Eric Daman, Television Stylist and Miss ...
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