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Ben E. King, 'Stand By Me' Singer, Dies Aged 76
By Elinor Cosgrave in Music / Festivals on 02 May 2015
Ben E. King has died at the age of 76. Dozens of celebrities have paid tribute to the late soul singer on social media and have mourned the loss of "one of the greats".
Ben E. King, the soul singer best known for the 1960 hit single 'Stand By Me', has died at the age of 76. King died on Thursday (30th April), his publicist confirmed to NBC. Details regarding his cause of death are yet to be released.
The singer was born Benjamin Earl Nelson in Henderson, North Carolina. Born in 1938, King moved to Harlem, New York at the age of nine. At the age of 20, King joined a doo-wop group which became known as the Drifters. King fronted the band and they had a number of R&B hits including 'There Goes My Baby' in 1959.
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Video - Lupita Nyong'o Turns Heads At The 2014 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards - Part 4
'12 Years a Slave' star Lupita Nyong'o was among the many stunning arrivals outside Carnegie Hall in New York where the 2014 Glamour Women of the Year Awards took place. She was her usual elegant self in an embellished, long-sleeved, white A-line dress with matching stilettos.
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Video - Frank Ocean Is A Guest At The TIME 100 Gala
Hip hop artist Frank Ocean was photographed as he stood on the red carpet at the TIME 100 Gala held at Jazz inside the Lincoln Center in New York. The event was part of TIME's annual '100 Most Influential People In The World' issue.
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How To Make Money Selling Drugs Review
By Rich Cline
Excellent
This lively and engaging documentary may be set out like an informercial, but it teaches us about the drug trade with a pungent sting in its tail. The emphasis is on how America's War on Drugs has only made things worse, criminalising the wrong people and missing the whole point of the drug issue. It's a strong statement, made with passion, intelligence and a refreshing lack of political correctness.
"If the American Dream broke its promise to you, we have an answer!" This is how the film opens, informing us that the American population is the biggest market for marijuana and cocaine on earth. So keeping them supplied is a job that can't help but earn you a fortune as you climb from being a corner supplier to a local dealer to a kingpin to a cartel boss, all while learning lessons from cops and federal agents. And even working with them. Sure, there are dangers, including violence and prison, but the money you can make is worth the risk.
Obviously, this is deeply sarcastic. Telling stories are recounted on-screen by a wide variety of interviewees including activists like Sarandon and Harrelson, former dealers (Jackson), ex-addicts (Mathers, aka Eminem), cops, lawyers, scholars and even a TV series creator (The Wire's Simon). All of them point out the dangers of drugs as well as the fact that people use them because they feel good.
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Video - Shonda Rhimes, Tony Goldwyn And Kerry Washington Make Their Arrivals At The Annual White House Dinner - Part 2
Among the red carpet arrivals for the prestigious White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Hilton hotel in Washington DC were Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, 'Grey's Anatomy' creator Shonda Rhimes, 'Scandal' star Tony Goldwyn and 'Django Unchained' actress Kerry Washington.
Lena Dunham And Frank Ocean Among TIME 100 Gala Honourees For 2013 [Photos]
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24 April 2013
TIME'S 100 Most Influential People In The World and other famous faces take to the red carpet at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Frank Ocean at the TIME 100 Gala in New York
It was the annual TIME 100 Gala on Tuesday night (April 23rd 2013) celebrating this year's most influential faces from world leaders to movie stars and the red carpet was full of stars waiting to congratulate the 2013 list.
Grammy winning superstar Christina Aguilera dazzled at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York looking classy and much trimmer than she has been in recent months and making the TIME'S 100 Most Influential People In The World list in the Artists category. She was joined by 2013 Grammy and BRIT artist Frank Ocean who has dominated the R&B industry with his spectacular debut album 'Channel Orange' and his rather inspiring love life confessions. Talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon (of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon') and Jimmy Kimmel (of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!') were also present, as was 'Breaking Bad' star Bryan Cranston whose crime drama has won him a Primetime Emmy. Lena Dunham landed a place in the Icons category for her comedy show 'Girls' which has won her a Golden Globe. Other honourees included Perry Chen, the founder of Kickstarter - a creative project fund-raising website, who reached the Pioneers list, and fashion designer Michael Kors who hit the list of influential Titans of the world.
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Arianna Huffington - Eric Schmidt, Arianna Huffington, Wendy Schmidt New York City, USA - Chiefs at environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) honour AOL/Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington, Google's Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy for their environmental efforts at the American Museum of Natural History Monday 14th November 2011
Arianna Huffington - Arianna Huffington and guests Denver, Colorado - Huffington Post presents Game Change: How The New Media Are Impacting The '08 Race at the Brown Palace Hotel Tuesday 26th August 2008