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Soul singer commits 'Crime'
Bettye
LaVette is a favorite singer of Barack Obama and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl.
Bettye
who?
Ms.
LaVette is the torchy R&B singer who sang a duet with Jon Bon Jovi (above)
on Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" at that star-cluttered pre-inaugural
concert. LaVette also wowed Grohl and head Who Pete Townshend during the recent
Kennedy Center Honors, where she sang "Love Reign O'er Me" as part of
the Who tribute.
LaVette
finally is getting her deserved place in the spotlight, which inexplicably
eluded her during her late 1960s
and early '70s work. Her latest album, "Scene of the Crime," is
grit-inside-my-heart R&B that features the Drive-By Truckers as her backing
band.
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Fortunately,
Woody decided not to cast himself in his latest romantic comedy, "Vicky
Cristina Barcelona." And when the Woodman pegged Javier for the male
lead, it was with a new 'do.
And
so critics are salivating that "VCB" is one of Woody's best. It's a
tale about two Americans, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett
Johansson), who visit
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'Slumdog' soundtrack barks at Oscars
"Slumdog
Millionaire" racked up 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture and
best director. The film's music racked up three of those Oscar nods -- two for
best song and one for original score.
The
British flick tells the story of a young, uneducated guy from the slums of
The
soundtrack, in stores now, is one of those rarities -- a film score that stands
on its own.
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