Dreamgirls review highlights star turns and social scope
The film adaptation blends spectacle and intimacy to launch Jennifer Hudson and revive Eddie Murphy with a Detroit 1960s drift from three teen Dreamettes to polished performers. Director Bill Condon crafts a vivid Broadway musical feel with sharp social commentary on race, fame, and manipulation in Curtis's rise.
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Eddie Murphy
Bill Condon
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Mer Prow
Top 20 Concert Tours 4 list reveals star salaries and grosses
The ranking shows Elton John leading with $1,863,561 and Cirque Du Soleil Delirium at $1,295,028. Other notable figures include Eric Clapton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aerosmith with Motley Crue, and Bob Dylan among the top earners.
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Red Hot Chil Peppers
Aerosmith
Motley Crue
Dixie Chicks
Tool
Guns N’ Roses
Sheryl Crow
John Mayer
Juan Gabriel
Def Leppard
Journey
Bob Dylan
Blue Man Group
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The
Cheetah Girls
Paul Simon
Brad Paisley
Broadcast pioneer from Brant Rock marks early radio voice
Historical notes recall a man transmitting his own voice and music over radio from Brant Rock Mass to shipboard operators. Timeline itemizes 1814 Treaty of Ghent ending War of 1812, 1851 Library of Congress fire destroying 35000 volumes, 1865 Ku Klux Klan founded in Pulaski Tennessee, and 1871 Verdi’s Aida world premiere in Cairo Egypt.
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Tenn
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Giuseppe Verdi
Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
New witness backs publisher amid cabal remark dispute
A new witness says Judith Regan did not utter the phrase Jewish cabal during a dispute with HarperCollins. Attorney Bert Fields claims Regan’s temporary assistant Carmen del Toro backs the claim that only cabal was said. The fired publisher faces defamation and disputed remarks from notes in a telephone argument.
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Bert Fields
Regan
Carmen del Toro
Cabal
Fields
Associated Press
HarperCollins
Mark Jackson
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Jackson
Jane Friedman
David Hirshey
Esther Newberg
News Corp
Ms. del Toro
Regan Books
HarperCol
Erin Crum
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