Former Iron Maiden drummer dies

Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, who played on the British heavy metal band’s landmark first three albums, has died at the age of 56, the group said on Wednesday. Burr, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, died “peacefully in his sleep at home” in London on Tuesday and had been in poor health for several years, the band said in a statement posted on their website

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Taylor Swift Shares Her Songwriting Process

“Songs start in strange, quirky ways” Swift on be a songwriter.    Taylor Swift was recently the feature guest of VH1’s “Storytellers” where she shared, among other things, her song writing process.   Swift Going to be Featured on VH1’s “Storytellers”  When the news broke that Taylor Swift would be featured on an upcoming episode […]

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Tree Believer: Terrence Malick’s Cinematic Vision

In August 1973, a quiet young courier took a print of Terrence Malick’s debut feature Badlands from Los Angeles to Manhattan for submission to the New York Film Festival. After the screening, festival chief Richard Roud said to the messenger, “Would you please tell Mr

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Box Office: How Rio Made Madea Mad

Birds of a feather flock to Rio, and so do audiences everywhere. Fox’s 3-D animated carnival, the high flyer at last week’s box office, saw nothing but blue skies its second time around; it earned $26.8 million, according to early studio estimates, to win the Easter weekend at North American movie theaters.

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