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Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Dies After Long Cancer Battle
Society & Culture  (tags: obituary, death, celebrity, culture, family, interesting, news, sadness, society )

John
- 4 days ago - windstream.net
The Bee Gees, born in England but raised in Australia, began their career in the musically rich 1960s but it was their soundtrack for the 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever" that sealed their success.
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60 MINUTES: Disabled Troops Inspire Gary Sinise to Give Back
Society & Culture  (tags: celebrity, society, politics, good news military, usa, news )

Cal
- 11 days ago - cbsnews.com
Actor Gary Sinise's role as amputee "Lt. Dan" in "Forrest Gump" made him a hero to real-life disabled veterans and inspired Sinise to help build homes for the most gravely wounded.
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RIP---Maurice Sendak---:Author of 'Where the Wild Things Are' Dies
Society & Culture  (tags: obituary, news, Maurice Sendak, children's books, culture, celebrity, sadness, society, children, education )

Cal
- 17 days ago - cnn.com
Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," has died, a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers said Tuesday. He was 83.
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Colin Firth Appeals to Save Brazil's Threatened Awa Tribe
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, celebrity, rights, native rights, world, politics, ethics, freedoms, government, news )

Cal
- 30 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Britain's Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth on Wednesday launched a major drive by Survival International to save "Earth's most threatened tribe," the Awa of the Brazilian Amazon.
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RIP---Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer With the Band, Dies at 71
Society & Culture  (tags: obituary, music, Levon Helm TheBand, rock, n' roll, culture, celebrity, arts, politics, news )

Cal
- 35 days ago - latimes.com
Levon Helm's Arkansas-hewn voice and imaginative drumming helped make the Band -- first known as Bob Dylan's backup band -- into one of the most esteemed groups in pop music history.
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RIP: Mike Wallace Dead at 93
Society & Culture  (tags: celebrity, society, media, tv, MIKE WALLACE, obituary, news, politics, family )

Cal
- 47 days ago - chicagotribune.com
CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make"60 Minutes" the most successful primetime
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George Clooney Arrested: How His Protest Could Help Sudan (+Video)
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, world, celebrity, society, politics, Geoprge Clooney, Sudan, interesting, news )

Cal
- 69 days ago - csmonitor.com
George Clooney was arrested Friday during a protest designed to draw attention to conditions in Sudan. With his star power, Clooney might just succeed.
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THE BOSS SPEAKS: Bruce Springsteen On The Meaning Of Music
Society & Culture  (tags: music, Springsteeen, Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, culture, world, society, politics, freedoms, arts, celebrity )

Cal
- 70 days ago - npr.org
Bruce Springsteen offered much to take away from his keynote address at Austin's annual South by Southwest music festival. He advised young musicians to believe in their own greatness --
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The Self-Destruction Of Limbaugh, Murdoch and Beck
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, celebrity, culture, dishonesty, freedoms, government, media, police, politics, religion, safety, society )

Kit
- 76 days ago - mediamatters.org
Limbaugh supposedly boast 20 millions listeners (in truth, he likely doesn't come close), and is routinely singled out by Republicans themselves as a GOP kingmaker and someone who must not be crossed. As the proprietor of Fox News, and the vanity-->
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How the 1 Percent Loves: The $100,000 Valentine
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, celebrity, corruption, culture, dishonesty, environment, government, politics, religion, rights, society, women )

Kit
- 100 days ago - thenation.com
"Do you want to make the ultimate gesture for Valentine's Day? Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park Hotel is offering a package that every starry-eyed couple will remember for a lifetime. Their $100,000 Romantic Getaway Package includes everything your-->
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A 75th Anniversary for the American Dream, a 25-Year Anniversary for Me
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, celebrity, culture, education, freedoms, government, media, movies, police, politics, religion, society )

Kit
- 102 days ago - truth-out.org
On this day 25 years ago, in 1987, I became a filmmaker. It was around ten in the morning and the first-ever roll of Kodak 16mm film for my first-ever movie was loaded into my friend's camera to shoot the very first scene of 'Roger & Me.' I had no-->
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RIP: The Two Whitneys We Knew
Society & Culture  (tags: obituary, celebrity, Whitney Houston ethics, culture, society, interesting, women )

Cal
- 102 days ago - motherjones.com
Whitney Houston's tragic death at 48 is also a tale of two media worlds.
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Springsteen, Eastwood Point Toward a Gutsy American Comeback
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, American Come Back, celebrity, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, GoodNews, government, media, philanthropy, politics, religion, rights, safety, society )

Kit
- 102 days ago - thedailybeast.com
Bruce Springsteen and Clint Eastwood point the way toward a gritty, gutsy all-American comeback. Culture has always been more powerful than politics. Sometimes culture is a mirror that reflects what is; sometimes it's a searchlight pointing the way-->
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OUTRAGEOUS! One Million Moms to JC Penney: Fire Ellen, She's Gay
Society & Culture  (tags: gayrights, society, politics, tv, rights, freedoms, culture, ethics, media, celebrity )

Cal
- 111 days ago - news.yahoo.com
One Million Moms -- a project of the American Family Association -- is very angry at JC Penney because the Texas-based department store has hired Ellen DeGeneres as a spokeswoman.
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RIP: Stars React to the Passing of Etta James
Society & Culture  (tags: obituary, celebrity, ETTA JAMES, Etta James, news, sadness, death, culture, politics )

Cal
- 126 days ago - marquee.blogs.cnn.com
Singing legend Etta James died Friday at the age of 73 from complications from leukemia.
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