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Jenni Rivera, public and private, seen at the Grammy Museum
The high-heeled ostrich-skin boots belonged to an ambitious and gifted young singer, one of many similar pairs she owned in the days before she could afford designer labels. The silky couture evening gown was a totem of that same woman's meteoric rise...
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Reese Witherspoon's Legal Woes Don't Hurt 'Mud' at Box Office
ReutersApr 28 (TheWrap.com) - Reese Witherspoon's legal troubles didn't hurt the opening of her new film "Mud." The Roadside Attractions movie, released in partnership with Lionsgate and Everest Entertainment, opened on 363 screens nationwide and took in $2.1...Tags: Sony Corp., SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Pacific Ocean, At Any Price (movie), Substance Abuse
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A Latina star is born in hip-hop genre film 'Filly Brown' ★★ 1/2
Music's School of Hard Knocks produces another alumna in "Filly Brown," a gritty and well-acted Latin hip-hop variation on a long-reliable formula. Gina Rodriguez delivers a breakout performance in the title role, a tough, two-fisted rapper named Majo...
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'Filly Brown' forges a link between generations of Latino artists
A few minutes before a screening of "Filly Brown" last week, Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos tried to explain why the new family drama about a female Los Angeles street poet "is the most hopeful film I've ever worked on in my life." Olmos, 66,...
Tags: Music, Celebrities, Fine Artists, Artists, Music Industry
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Fans sink into Cruise's 'Oblivion' in $38.2M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie fans slipped into "Oblivion" as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. That domestic haul comes on top of $33.7 million "Oblivion" added in overseas...
Tags: Think Like a Man (movie), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, The Avengers (movie, 2012)
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Review: 'Filly Brown' a fierce tale of a promising hip-hop rapper
Rapper Filly Brown (Gina Rodriguez) is tomboyish and politicized, spitting lines like "Do you even see the Latinos serving you Chinese?" over a flamenco-inspired beat. She's the sound of Los Angeles — and so too is her eponymous movie "Filly Brown,"...Tags: Arts and Culture, Prisons, Jenni Rivera, Movies, Jennifer Lawrence
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Latin music star Jenni Rivera believed dead in plane crash
MEXICO CITY — Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera, the "diva de la banda" whose commanding voice burst through the limits of regional Latin music and made her a cross-border sensation and the queen of a business empire, was believed to have died...Tags: Television Industry, Jenni Rivera, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Air Transportation Industry
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'Filly Brown' directors reflect on Jenni Rivera's film debut
On her reality television show, Jenni Rivera proved endearing to millions just by being herself. But the 43-year-old Mexican American singer, who was believed to have died in a plane crash early Sunday, also had a desire to act. Last January, Rivera...
Tags: Music, Drama (genre), Television Industry, Film Festivals, Transportation Accidents
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