Olivia Newton John has put her deluxe Florida home up for sale. The star of Grease and Xanadu is asking $6.2 million for the property, which she and her husband John Easterling bought in 2009 for $4.1 million. Since then, the couple has put $2 million into renovations, according to the blog for real-estate listing site Redfin.
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Photo: Dave J. HoganSinger George Michael has been having a rough time of it lately. The former Wham! frontman remains hospitalized five days after he was involved in a car accident on Thursday, where he reportedly he fell out of the Range Rover he was riding in on the M1 highway in London.
A spokesperson for the "Careless Whisper" singer said in a statement Tuesday that Michael's condition is improving and he's making progress.
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Photo: C FlaniganEminem has 70 million "likes" on Facebook, but the rapper — or at least his music publisher — may not be fans of the social network.
The publishing company, known as Eight Mile Style, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and its advertising agency claiming that their 30-second ad, titled "Airplane," infringes on Em's copyright by copying his 2000 song "Under the Influence," the Detroit Free Press reports.
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John MoenJohn Moen is a busy artist: In addition to his post with the Decemberists, he's worked with such names as Stephen Malkmus's Jicks, Elliott Smith, and Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships (as well as quite a few others over the years). He's also got a solo career, performing under the name Perhapst, and is poised to release his second album in this capacity.
A great fire has gone out with the death of Ray Manzarek Monday at age 74. More than four decades after the death of Jim Morrison ended the classic lineup of the Doors, Manzarek remains the most listened-to and admired keyboard soloist in rock history...even if that legacy was one he sometimes professed not to care that much about.
"You don't make music for immortality, you make music for the moment — for the sheer joy of being alive on planet earth," he said in 2009. Manzarek may not have courted immortality, but thanks to a set of recordings destined to be rediscovered by new generations of enthusiasts for decades and centuries to come, he's going to have it conferred upon him anyway.
As fans well know, he wasn't just a great organ and piano player, but a great bass player, too — of sorts. Lonnie Mack played a bit of bass guitar on the Doors' albums, but for the most part, the configuration was the same on record as it was live: no true bass, with Manzarek more than filling in the
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Ray Manzarek [photo: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images]Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of legendary Los Angeles rock band the Doors, has died, according to a post on the band's official Facebook page.
According to the band's statement, Manzarek passed away Monday, May 20 at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74.
Manzarek formed the Doors in 1965 after meeting iconic singer/poet Jim Morrison on L.A.'s Venice Beach. Manzarek's playing was integral to the band's sound, since the band had no bass guitarist and Manzarek played most of the basslines on his keyboards.
"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," said founding Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."
During their run from 1965 to their official breakup in 1973, the Doors sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. After Morrison's
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Photo: Michael CaulfieldWhile most of us end up with embarrassing prom photos that we'd rather not have see the light of day (think frilly dresses, awkward poses, and hairstyles with far too much Aqua Net), a group of teens from Eagle Rock, Calif. ended up with a hunky pop star in theirs.
Chely Wright and Lauren Blitzer Wright (Photo: Jason LaVeris)Chely Wright is no doubt feeling a little "blue" this week, as she and wife Lauren Blitzer Wright celebrated the birth of their identical twin sons on Saturday.
The boys are named George Samuel and Everett Joseph — after their great-grandfathers — and, according to a report from People, are doing great despite arriving a bit ahead of schedule. The babies were originally supposed to be born sometime in June.
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Wade Robson (Photo: Denise Truscello)Michael Jackson's former housekeeper has reportedly agreed to back up dancer/choreographer Wade Robson's claims that he was sexually molested by the pop star when he was a child.
Robson, now 30, danced in many of Jackson's videos during the height of the "Billie Jean" singer's popularity and frequently visited the King of Pop at his home in Neverland Ranch, Calif. as a boy. He recently came forward to claim that he was sexually abused by Jackson between the ages of seven and 14.
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Photo: Denise TruscelloChris Brown was at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night in Las Vegas performing his hit "Fine China," but all is not well in Breezy's camp, and it isn't because he went home empty-handed.
Sure, he lost Top R&B Artist and Top R&B Album to Rihanna of all people, but there are more serious matters to consider. TMZ is reporting that the Los Angeles Police Department is investigating death threats against the singer after several were called into the office of his attorney, Mark Geragos.
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CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a skyscraper-condo sale told jurors Monday she had qualms about suing the real estate mogul and TV celebrity. But, she quickly added, "Somebody had to stand up to him."
BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his.
NEW YORK (AP) — Portia de Rossi only believed it was happening when her agent got the good news from the producers. Michael Cera only believed it was happening when the cameras rolled.
By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Discovery Channel's "American Chopper" star Paul Teutul Sr. is returning to television on a new series for CMT. Pilgrim studios will produce eight episodes of the one-hour unscripted show, "Orange County Choppers," for CMT. It starts production this summer and slated to air later this year on the cable network. "We're thrilled to be back on television doing what we do best: building outrageous custom motorcycles," said Teutul in a statement. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City.