Posted in Americas, entertainment, health, music, news, tagged death, Los Angeles, singer, USA, Whitney Houston on February 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Whitney Houston (photo, from aljazeera.com) has died on Saturday in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, where she had been staying as a guest.
She reigned as pop music’s queen until drug use and her tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown overshadowed her career. (more…)
Posted in Americas, entertainment, Justice, music, news, tagged Dr Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson, propofol on November 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Dr Conrad Murray (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk), Michael Jackson’s personal physician has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a jury in Los Angeles. (more…)
Posted in entertainment, music, news, tagged Amy Winehouse, death, UK on July 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse (photo, from lemonde.fr) was found dead at her London home on Saturday. (more…)
Posted in Americas, entertainment, movies, music, world on February 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The cast and crew of widely acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire (photo, from bbc.co.uk) left Los Angelel with eight awards, including best picture and best director. (more…)
Posted in Americas, entertainment, Europe, France, health, music, news, religion, tagged Carla Bruni, cocaine, Colombia, song on June 13, 2008| 2 Comments »
Carla Bruni, the ex-model and wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, has left Colombia’s leaders furious with her new song.
The French first lady has been working on a new album, and in one of the songs she mentions “Colombia white”. (more…)
Posted in Americas, entertainment, music, news, tagged Bob Dylan, Joseph Pulitzer on April 8, 2008| 1 Comment »
Bob Dylan, singer and songwriter, has received a Pulitzer Prize to honor his “profound impact on popular music and American culture”. The 66-year-old’s “lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power”, is what the special music award recognised.
Posted in music, news, tagged Led Zeppelin, return on December 11, 2007| 2 Comments »
For the fist time in 19 years, Led Zeppelin performed in front of nearly 20,000 fans, at London’s 02 arena. The band, born in 1968, gave it’s fans a 2-hour show. On stage, original band members (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant [picture] and John Paul Jones) were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of John Broham (their last drummer, who died in 1980).
The show was dedicated to Ahmet Ertegun, the Atlantic Records founder who died last year.
“Every track was brilliant. They still know how to put on a show after all these years”, said a fan.
If you’ve been to that concert, leave a comment to tell people how the show was and what it felt like to see them in the flesh !
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
BBC International Herald Tribune Le Monde
Babs 