Motown
Motown is a record company, a musical style, and a corporate conglomerate with several subsidiary labels. The company was founded in Detroit in 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. A black entrepreneur and...
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Detroit (dpa) - Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore told the
desperate story of the people of his hometown, Flint, Michigan, in
his 1989 documentary Roger & Me.
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The studios that released "Dreamgirls" have apologized to Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. for any confusion the film generated about the label's early days. DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures offered...
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___August GiustiNEW YORK (AP) _ August "Augie" Giusti, a Pearl Harbor veteran who helped get wounded crewmates to safety, died Wednesday. He was 84.Giusti, of Ardsley, died at White Plains Hospital...
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In the wake of Don Imus' firing for his on-air slur about the Rutgers women's basketball team, a high-powered group of music-industry executives met privately Wednesday to discuss sexist and misogy...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1:Nov. 25: Actor Ricardo Montalban is 87. Actress Kathryn Crosby is 74. Singer Percy Sledge is 67. Singer Bob Lind is 63. Actor-game show host Ben S...
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The star-studded event honoring the best of R&B; and Hip Hop music will mark the fourth annual Billboard awards show dedicated to these genres. The ceremony will be held on Friday, August 6 at ...
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That dusty stack of records in your parents' basement? They're not as retro as you might think. Many record collectors, DJs and music junkies still consider vinyl to be the gold standard of recorde...
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Alberto Julio Rayneri AlonsoGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Cuban ballet master and choreographer Alberto Julio Rayneri Alonso has died. He was 90.Alonso died Monday of heart failure at North Florid...
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In the candy-hued series of travel guides curated and published by Portland graphic designer Kaie Wellman, there are no dutiful descriptions of natural history museums, no boilerplate on how t...
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Motown
BACKGROUND: Detroit's engine continues to sputter
