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Norah Jones
Jones, Norah March 30, 1979 • New York, New York Singer, songwriter In 2002 Norah Jones, age twenty-two, released her debut full-length album, Come Away with Me. A low-key, acoustic work that defies categorization but includes hints of jazz, traditional pop, country, and folk; the CD is... Read more |
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Regina Belle
Regina Belle Singer Singer Regina Belle has dazzled critics and fans alike since her debut album, All by Myself, was released in 1987 and has continued to release a steady stream of popular albums for nearly two decades. Acclaimed as one of the most exciting new singers to emerge on the rhythm and... Read more |
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Compulsion
Compulsion Rock group For the Record … Selected discography Sources Announcing their arrival with a chainsaw buzz of guitars and an uncompromising attitude, the London-based four piece Compulsion began spreading their punk-like brand of music in early 1992. The band was at first... Read more |
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Lollapalooza
Queens of the Stone Age Rock group Southern California's Queens of the Stone Age were hailed as one of the best new bands of 2000. But their Interscope release that year, Rated R, was actually their second album, and its founders had already won a devoted cult following among... Read more |
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Movies
CINEMA. The latter half of the twentieth century witnessed a swift decline in the popularity and significance of cinemagoing in the West, associated with suburbanization and the rise of competitor media like rock and roll and television. From the 1990s, cinema release was repositioned as a... Read more |
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Intolerance
INTOLERANCE USA, 1916 Director:D. W. Griffith Production:Wark Producing Company, some sources list studio as Epoch Releasing Corp.; black and white (with some scenes tinted in original release prints), 35mm, silent; running time: about 220 minutes, some... Read more |
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Tyrese
Tyrese Singer For the Record… Selected discography Sources Tyrese has touched the full entertainment spectrum, having modeled, released albums, acted in films and commercials, and hosted a television show, all before the age of 22. Despite his multiple interests and talents, singing is most... Read more |
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Manumission
MANUMISSION MANUMISSION. The legal term for the freeing of a slave, the word "manumission" is sometimes used interchangeably with "emancipation," although the latter implies a more universal and unconditional release of slaves. Manumission of American slaves was achieved by a variety of means,... Read more |
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Benjamin Franklin Bache
Benjamin Franklin Bache , 1769-98, American journalist, b. Philadelphia; son of Richard Bache and grandson of Benjamin Franklin . In 1790 he founded the Philadelphia General Advertiser (later the Aurora ). As the champion of the Jeffersonians, Bache's paper denounced the Federalists bitterly,... Read more |
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Juvenile
Juvenile Rap musician For the Record… Selected discography Sources New Orleans-based rapper Juvenile stormed onto the national music scene with his wildly popular 1999 singles “Ha” and “Back That Azz Up,” both from his 1998 album 400 Degreez. The singer is one of... Read more |
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