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    Jaden Smith Skates Through 'Pump Up Kicks' Video (watch!)

    Keith Girard
    Jaden Smith does a little shopping for skateboards with a posse of friends in the new video for his song “Pumped Up Kicks (Like Me),” which can only be described as pop hip-hop, much the same musical style of dad Will Smith. He samples Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” in the rap. Sister Willow Smith has been carrying most of the load for the family musically. She’s dropped videos for her debut “Whip My Hair,” “Do it Like Me (Rockstar)” and “I Am Me.”...
    HIP-HOP
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    Marvin Hamlisch, Award Winning Music Composer, Dies at 68

    Keith Girard
    Marvin Hamlisch, whose distinctive music style earned Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, a Tony and the Pulitzer Prize over his career for such hits as A Chorus Line, and songs “Life Is What You Make It” and “The Way We Were,” has died. He was 68. Hamlisch died Monday (Aug. 5) in Los Angeles after a brief illness, said Jason Lee, a spokesman for the family. No other details about his death have been released....
    CELEBRITIES
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    Jennifer Lopez Boy Toy Dogged by Gay Rumors, Again

    Keith Girard
    Jennifer Lopez’s hot boy toy Casper Smart may be batting for both teams. The 25-year-old backup dancer was reportedly spotted ducking into a gay-oriented peep show the day before Lopez’s 43rd birthday. It’s not the first time. Joshua Lee Ayers, also a dancer and a reported friend of Smart’s, wrote on Twitter in June that Smart was gay and was only using JLo to help further his career....
    CELEBRITIES
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    Gore Vidal, a 20th Century Literary Lion, Dies at 86

    Keith Girard
    Gore Vidal, one of the last true men of letters, a wit, prolific writer and bon vivant, who move easily in political as well as celebrity circles, has died in Los Angeles after a long illness from pneumonia. He was 86. Nephew Burr Steers said Vidal died at his Hollywood Hills home yesterday (July 31) in the early evening. Vidal had been in failing health for "quite a while," he said....
    ArtBOOKS
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    Rita Ora, UK's Hot Sex Bomb, About to Hit U.S. (video!)

    Keith Girard
    Rita Ora is fast becoming the next big import in the new British Invasion. She has an even more exotic background than Rihanna and her hip-hop style recalls old school rappers like Missy Elliott, with looks rivaling her Barbadian colleague. Ora, 21, debuted in Las Vegas last night hosting Stereo Saturdays at Lavo Nightclub in the ritzy Palazzo Hotel-Resort Casino. It’s part of a whirlwind tour leading up to the release of her first album....
    HIP-HOP
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    John Coltrane, Jazz Classics Released In High Definition Audio

    Keith Girard
    Six classic jazz albums, featuring John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver and Larry Young are being re-released by Blue Note/EMI in high definition audio, digitally remastered from their original analog master tapes. All of the albums include original sleeve notes plus additional photos and newly-written package essays....
    JAZZ
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    Sacré Bleu! Madonna Irks Paris Fans After Walking Out of Show

    Keith Girard
    Madonna cut short a special performance in Paris last night (July 26) and was roundly booed and hooted by the audience made up mostly by her most ardent French fans. Sacré Bleu! The show was meant to be an intimate peformance in the l’Olympia club, a 2,700 seat venue. On her current tour the Material Girl, 53, has been playing to large arenas....
    POP
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    Jennifer Lopez 'Goin In' Video Goes All Over Map Visually (watch)

    Keith Girard
    Jennifer Lopez draws on fantasy and urban street scenes to craft her latest video for new single “Goin’ In,” including a Red Riding Hood sequence that strays into Katy Perry territory. Boyfriend Casper Smart is missing in action, however. Back-up dancer Smart is nowhere to be seen in the video. He’s been dating Lopez almost since her split from husband Marc Anthony last year and has been featured prominently in other videos....
    SOUNDTRACKS
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    Carly Rae Jepsen Sex Tape Real; Will Justin Bieber Drop Her?

    Keith Girard
    Carly Rae Jepsen is getting called, maybe, on her denial that photos from an alleged sex tape are her. Will the religious Justin Bieber drop her. A hacker has been trying to sell photos of the singer nude that he claims were lifted from her site.The photos are grainy and hard to decipher, but the woman in them bears a resemblance to the “Call Me Maybe” singer, who is a Bieber protege....
    CELEBRITIES
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    Brett Winterble Puts Political Spin on Pop Culture on Sirius/XM

    Winchester
    Brett Winterble, long known for his outspokenness on political issues on Sirius/XM Talk 168, is now bringing his pungent commentary to the best of the current world of pop culture and entertainment. And does he have a few things to get off his chest. He scooped a number of other major media outlets by landing an interview with Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez. And, he just spoke to Judge Jim Gray, the Libertarian party VP nominee....
    BETWEEN THE LINES
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    Lana Del Rey Ode to Love Lost on Summer Sadness Video

    Keith Girard
    Lana Del Rey stars in another dreamy, sepia-toned video that’s a symbolic portrayal of her song “Summertime Sadness.” The tune is based on a supposedly true story about two lesbian lovers who taken their own lives. Del Rey looks stunningly fashionable as she plunges off a bridge. The images of her could have been culled from a high-fashion photo spread. Although the video has a story line, it’s more a collection of images or video postcards. Jaime King stars as Del Rey’s lover; her husband Kyle Newman, a filmmaker co-directs with Spencer Susser, who belongs to the Australian filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films....
    POP
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    Kelly Clarkson Finds Can't Go Home Again; Selling Texas Manse

    Keith Girard
    "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson is pulling up roots in her Texas hometown and selling her sprawling 56-acre estate in nearby Mansfield, Texas, although there is some question over the price and listing details. Clarkson, 30, has priced the 6,880-square-foot, traditional style home either at $1.495 million or $3.545 million, depending on the listing site. Web site zillow.com estimates the price at a more modest $1.27 million....
    COUNTRY
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    Will Bob Dylan Tap Folk/Protest Roots for 50th Anniversary Album?

    Keith Girard
    Bob Dylan is marking the 50th anniversary of his first Columbia records album, 1962's eponymous Bob Dylan, with the release of a new album that will feature ten new songs. Will he go back to his folk/protest roots? The new album, produced by Jack Frost, is Dylan's 35th studio set and follows 2009's worldwide best-seller, Together Through Life, according to the label. Musically Dylan has transcended generations....
    ROCK