Q&A: Songwriter Warren taps into '70s soul for 'Gangster'
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Among the many awards  and honors she's received, songwriter Diane Warren has six  best-song Oscar nominations to her credit. Her composition "Do  You Feel Me" was the only original song featured in Universal's  "American Gangster" and was performed by Anthony Hamilton.
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Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music, By Phil Ramone
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Tom Scholz, the chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston, has written to Mike Huckabee, complaining of his use of the groupâs 1976 song âMore Than a Feelingâ in his presidential campaign without permission, The Associated Press reported. A former band member, Barry Goudreau, has played the song with Mr. Huckabee at campaign events. Mr. Scholz, who supports Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, for president, objects to the implication that the band has endorsed the candidacy of Mr. Huckabee, a Republican. âYou have taken something of mine and used it to promote ideas to which I am opposed,â Mr. Scholz wrote. âIn other words, I think Iâve been ripped off, dude!â In response, Fred Bramante, who was chairman of Mr. Huckabeeâs New Hampshire primary campaign, said: âGovernor Huckabee plays âSweet Home Alabama.â Does that mean Lynyrd Skynyrd is endorsing him?â.
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Rapper Snoop Dogg gets a hand from a host of high-profile stars on his upcoming studio album "R&G (Rhythm and Gangsta): The Masterpiece."
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Life is short, and YouTube is long, but this may be just about my favorite clip up there. Itâs an interview with the rumbling Goth rocker Glenn Danzig, clearly from early in his career (heâs now in his 50s), in which he takes readers on a guided tour of his spooky book collection. This is like [...].
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New releases from Laura Marling, the Whigs and Re-Up Gang.
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A weekly entertainment review _ anything from books and video games to movies and music.  ___ "Me and My Gang," Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street Records)  Rascal Flatts has taken country music to a different level with its empowering lyrics and hopeful thoughts.
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LOS ANGELES  - British filmmaker Sir Ridley Scott returns to theaters on Friday with "American Gangster," a crime saga about a Harlem-based heroin smuggler (Denzel Washington) being pursued by a dogged detective (Russell Crowe).
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His father was an accomplished director, who delivered a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Farhan Akhtar's Don has a mix of good and not-so-good songs.
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With the video for "Sensual  Seduction" as its lead-in, Snoop Dogg's new album, "Ego  Trippin'," has been bumped to a March 11 release by Interscope,  which originally planned to put it out in May.
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A former Irish schoolteacher known for  writing about soul music and working class life in Dublin was  bound to be setting himself up for criticism when he turned his  attention to jazz and gangsters in America.
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Some people can't understand why Butch Walker would give Avril Lavigne a hit like "My Happy Ending" instead of keeping it for his own album, but the songwriter-musician says it's all part of his plan.
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Robbie Williams has made perhaps the most effective anti-drug statement ever: taking narcotics can make you fat. According to the BBC, the 30-year-old British pop singer made the comment during a recent interview with a radio station.
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In the '80s, he campaigned against apartheid. On Saturday, Bruce Springsteen guitarist Little Steven furthered the cause of garage rock with a festival that featured the first U.S. performance by glam-punk pioneers The New York Dolls in more than 30 years.
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Jay-Zâs 10th proper album, âAmerican Gangster,â was inspired by the new movie â directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe â for which itâs named.
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In Rachid Taha's politically charged pop, Eastern soul gets a Western beat