Attention Gentlemen: Dust off your best pickup lines, Eva Longoria is officially back on the market. The lusty Latina is single again and officially divorced, less than three months after calling it quits with hubby Tony Parker amid a headline-snatching sexting-cheating scandal last November. The divorce between the Desperate Housewives star and the NBA ace, [...]
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Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute Vernon Reid, Medeski, Jack Bruce
January 28th, 2011 |
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FOUR MONSTER TALENTS GATHER TO SALUTE VISIONARY MUSICIAN & BAND
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Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute featuring legendary bassist of Cream and one-time Lifetime member Jack Bruce, guitarist Vernon Reid (Living Colour), organist John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood), and ace drummer Cindy Blackman brings their unique take on Williams’ revolutionary music to The Blue Note in New York City (Jan. 27-30), Yoshi’s in Oakland (Feb. 2-5) and Jazz Alley in Seattle (Feb. 7 & 8).
Lifetime was founded as a trio in 1969 by Tony Williams who featured electric guitarist John McLaughlin and organist Larry Young. Lifetime’s first album, titled Emergency!, was rejected by many jazz fans who came to know Williams’ music from his work with the Miles Davis Quintet in the ‘60s, but many now consider it a fusion classic. Jack Bruce joined Lifetime on their second recording Turn It Over, providing bass and vocals, making the group a quartet. But Lifetime was short-lived, and Williams took the concept through various iterations, starting with the New Tony Williams Lifetime 1975. The last New Lifetime recording, Play or Die, was released in 1980. Williams, widely considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, continued to perform and record extensively until his untimely death in 1997.
The idea of a tribute band “really started a long time ago with the tragic death of Mr. Williams,” Vernon Reid wrote in his blog at livingcolourmusic.com on the eve of the Japan dates. “I’ve had the great fortune to work with the extraordinary bassist Jack Bruce of Cream, and during a tour with him started to chat about Tony Williams and Lifetime and their close personal relationship. I thought of Cindy Blackman, a true devotee of Mr. Williams whose work in that regard is not as well known as her long association with the rock star Lenny Kravitz. John Medeski’s organ work evokes the mysterious power of the vastly under-appreciated Larry Young.” Reid went on to cite John McLaughlin of the original Lifetime band as a major influence on his guitar playing, “mainly from the later Mahavishnu period, the seeds of which were sown in Tony Williams Lifetime.”
Cindy Blackman also expressed her excitement at being involved in the group, exclaiming “Tony Williams is my drum hero! The Tony Williams Lifetime influenced not only Miles Davis but Mahavishnu, Return to Forever and the next three decades of electric music to the present.”
For Jack Bruce, paying tribute to Williams is a homecoming that is more than welcome. “One of the greatest highlights of my musical career was playing with Tony’s amazing band,” he said. “Together I believe we can rekindle the spirit of a more joyous and optimistic era.”
Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute Tour Dates
Four Nights at THE BLUE NOTE in NEW YORK CITY
JANUARY 27, 28, 29 & 30 | Sets at 8PM & 10:30PM
Four Nights at YOSHI’S in OAKLAND
FEBRUARY 2, 3, 4 & 5 | Sets at 8PM & 10PM
Two Nights at JAZZ ALLEY in SEATTLE
FEBRUARY 7 & 8 | Sets at 7:30PM & 9:30PM
Flops immaterial, Akshay Kumar on film signing spree
January 28th, 2011 |
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Action. Comedy. Multi-starrers. Flops, flops and more flops. Akshay Kumar might be yearning to roll out a decent hit since “Singh Is Kinng”, but experts say it is not the end of the road for the Bollywood star. “Akshay Kumar is a star and will remain a star irrespective of the fate of his films. [...]
Steven Spielberg “Gleeâ€-Inspired TV Series On NBC “Smashâ€
January 25th, 2011 |
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NBC is developing an hour-long pilot for a new Glee-esque series called Smash, a TV musical based on an idea by iconic lensman Steven Spielberg, who will be executive producing the whole shebang. Any new copycat show that tried to compete with Glee generally wouldn’t have a snowball’s chance in Hades of eclipsing its awesomeness [...]
Constantine Maroulis Is A Dad!
December 24th, 2010 |
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It’s raining babies in Tinseltown as 2010 winds to a close! Shaggy-haired rocker Constantine Maroulis, the Greek god that made the ladies swoon on the fourth season of American Idol, welcomed a daughter with girlfriend Angel Reed this week. The new parents met while co-starring in the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages. Reed gave [...]
Tony Romo Engaged To Candice Crawford, Former Miss Missouri & Chace Crawford’s Sister
December 17th, 2010 |
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Jessica Simpson’s Other Ex — NFL ace Tony Romo — is engaged to marry Texas television personality Candice Crawford, the sister of Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 30, popped the question to the former Miss Missouri on Thursday. Romo is the second of Simpson’s former flames to propose in the past [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow Up For “Rock Of Ages†Movie
December 17th, 2010 |
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Gwyneth Paltrow has confirmed that she’s been offered a role in the upcoming movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages. The show, which features songs from artists including Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, and Poison, is set for a cinematic makeover with Alec Baldwin in talks to join the project. The film tells [...]
Eva Longoria flies to Texas to â€spend time with†Tony Parker
December 16th, 2010 |
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‘Desperate housewives’ star Eva Longoria doesn’t mind spending time with her estranged husband Tony Parker, even though the couple is in the midst of a divorce. The duo was spotted together two weeks ago sharing a meal in Los Angeles. And Longoria flew to Texas to dine with Parker again, reports the New York Daily [...]
John Mayer Set Sights On Eva Longoria
December 16th, 2010 |
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John Mayer’s putting the finishing touches on his Christmas Wish List. We hear the Hollywood hound has added newly-single “Desperate Housewife” Eva Longoria to the rundown of Tinseltowners he’d most like to doink. As if Eva doesn’t have enough problems! According to Australian tabloid The Weekly, Mayer is “desperate” to date Eva, who announced her [...]
What Are You Really Doing To Change Yourself?
December 14th, 2010 |
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In my last article I mentioned there are two Tonys who I am currently receiving coaching from. Last week I wrote about Tony Horton and his P90X training program and how it helped me smash through some long-held body image limiting beliefs. Today I’d like to discuss another Tony and what I am learning from [...]
Joy Behar, Marc Cherry, Tony Dovolani Miss America 2011 Pageant Judges
December 9th, 2010 |
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Miss America Caressa Cameron dropped by The View Wednesday with a very unlikely announcement for viewers: Wisecracking comedienne Joy Behar has been tapped to judge next month’s 2011 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas. The Emmy-winning Behar will join a panel of seven celebs tapped to select the beauty queen who will accept the tiara [...]
How I Discovered And Changed One Of My Most Deep Rooted Limiting Beliefs
December 6th, 2010 |
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I currently have two coaches in my life and they both happen to have the name “Tony”. I’m not working with these two Tonys personally, though it feels like it for me as they “talk” to me every day. One is Tony Horton, who you may know as the leader of the P90X exercise training [...]
Divorce won’t stop me adopting, says Eva Longoria
November 29th, 2010 |
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She may have divorced her husband, but Eva Longoria won’t let that stop her from adopting children. The Desperate Housewives actress, who split from her basketball star husband Tony Parker after finding out that he had been texting one of her girlfriends, wants to adopt a child from Haiti as a single mother. Longoria, who [...]
Carmakers: Fiat plays double or quits with Chrysler
November 25th, 2010 |
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Sergio Marchionne reckons that Chrysler can help save Fiat from itself and from Italy. It is a gamble, but one he has to take
IN JANUARY Fiat cars will be back on sale in America for the first time in 27 years. The tiny, retro-styled Fiat 500 will appear in the showrooms of 130 dealers across the country. It was launched at the Los Angeles motor show last week, alongside a revamped Chrysler range. Fiat’s return to America is the first visible result of what is intended to be an ever closer union with Chrysler, agreed on last year when the Detroit giant was in bankruptcy. The two companies are betting that the Fiat 500—designed by Frank Stephenson, the man behind BMW’s transatlantic success with the MINI—will also prove as popular with Americans as it has with Europeans.
Returning to a country from which Fiat was driven out by poor quality—Americans used to quip that its name stood for “Fix It Again, Tony”—is a big risk. But the reward is to get back into one of the world’s largest markets and gain the scale that will promote Fiat from a smallish European firm (albeit with a successful business in South America) to the ranks of global carmakers. Its home market in Italy is too small, and its operations there too uncompetitive, to provide the basis for long-term survival. Merging with Chrysler will mean sharing development costs and technology, but will also mean having to turn around an ailing firm with competitiveness problems of its own. In sum, Fiat is playing double or quits. …
Tony Parker Eva Longoria Divorce Gets Animated
November 23rd, 2010 |
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Tony Parker and Eva Longoria’s divorce is no laughing matter, but when the situation is animated by Taiwan’s Next Media Animation it’s kind of hard not to laugh! The latest video — from a company that has released animated parodies on the Tiger Woods sex scandal and Charlie Sheen’s Plaza Hotel meltdown — is an [...]
Tony Parker was not blindsided when Eva Longoria filed for divorce
November 19th, 2010 |
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NBA star Tony Parker has revealed that he was not blindsided when wife Eva Longoria filed for divorce. “Eva and I have been discussing our situation privately,” People magazine quoted him as saying in a statement issued by his rep. “I was aware that she would be filing for divorce in Los Angeles,” he added. [...]