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Showing posts with label Pioneer. Show all posts
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Monday, March 5, 2018
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
SI Swimsuit Rookie of the Year Alexis Ren Excited to Be Modeling Pioneer
Alexis Ren’s not trying to hear the haters dismissing her as an Instagram model who has no biz being SI’s Swimsuit Rookie of the Year — she’s too busy changing the game … for the better, she says. Alexis told us she’s excited to be part of the…
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Fats Domino Dies; Rock Pioneer Was 89
Fats Domino–the rock music trailblazer whose signature sound influenced generations of performers–has died at the age of 89.
Domino reportedly passed away at a private residence near his hometown of New Orleans.
News of his death was confirmed this morning by the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana.
With five records selling more than a million copies, and an astonishing 35 hits charting on the Billboard Top 40, Domino was one of the most successful rock acts of the 1950s.
But while his popularity may have diminished over the years, his influence only grew.
Artists such as Elvis, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones have all credited Fats for his impact on the ways and which they wrote, performed, and thought about music.
Domino is often credited as helping rock gain mainstream acceptance, a process that took a major leap forward when Fats performed his hits “Ain’t That a Shame” and “Blueberry Hill” on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956.
Domino’s success continued from there, with records such as “I’m Walkin"” and “Walking to New Orleans” shattering expectations of what was possible for a rock musician.
Still in his twenties when he first became a national sensation, Domino’s affable demeanor and quick wit soon made him a success in Hollywood, as well.
He appeared in two films in 1956 alone, Shake, Rattle & Rock! and The Girl Can’t Help It, both of which enjoyed modest success at the box office.
But it was on stage where Domino had his greatest impact.
After teaching himself to play piano as a child, Antoine Domino Jr.–the eighth child of French Creole parents–went on to become one of the world’s most in-demand live performers.
In 1986, Domino was one of the first acts inducted in the newly-opened Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2005, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at 25 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.”
News of Domino’s death instantly made his name the number one worldwide trending topic on Twitter, with musicians of all ages and genres paying loving tribute to a true rock and roll pioneer.
Domino is survived by eight children.
His wife of 60 years, Rosemary Domino, passed away in 2008.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Kidd Creole, 57-Year-Old Rap Pioneer, Arrested for MURDER!
You know how sometimes you pass someone on the street and maybe they mutter something that you don’t care for, so you very naturally respond by murdering them?
No?
Then you might have trouble relating to Kidd Creole, because that’s basically what he’s accused of. And yes, he’s definitely been charged with murder.
Kidd Creole, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover and who was once a member of Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five, was a pioneer of rap itself.
It wasn’t that long ago that they were all inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
He’s clearly fallen pretty far.
According to a police report obtained by Rolling Stone, Nathaniel Glover has been arrested for the murder of a homeless man.
Here’s how it all went down, officially:
“On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at [11:52 p.m.], police responded to a 911 call of a male possibly stabbed at East 44 Street and 3 Avenue within the confines of the 17 Precinct.”
Stabbing is serious, and while a single stab wound rarely hits enough vital organs to guarantee death, a bunch of stab wounds can.
Plus, the stabbing can just cause you to bleed out.
“Upon arrival, police observed a 55-year-old male with multiple stab wounds to the torso.”
Oh, that’s so, so sad.
“EMS also responded and transported the male to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased … The investigation is ongoing.”
The investigation may be ongoing, but the police quickly identified their suspect.
Investigators used surveillance footage to identify the suspect, Kidd Creole — whose real name, again, is Nathaniel Glover.
Nathaniel was then arrested on Wednesday night.
TMZ reports a little more about what happened:
It appears that the victim, a homeless man, was intoxicated and may have used an anti-gay slur during a verbal altercation with Glover.
Glover reportedly interpreted that as an insult against him and his reputation and, despite being an adult man in his late fifties, responded by allegedly shivving the man twice in the chest.
Awful.
Don’t get us wrong, slurs are terrible.
But when a drunk homeless man says something — pretty much no matter what it is — the appropriate response doesn’t involve stabbing.
If a man threatens you verbally with violence, call the police or leave (ideally both).
But unless he’s physically presenting a threat to you, that’s not a legal justification for you to end his life.
And, based on these reports, it sounds like Glover killed this man, essentially, because he hurt his feelings.
Obviously, there’s still so much that we don’t know.
And with the involvement of surveillance footage, we don’t know what sort of argument that Nathaniel Glover’s attorneys are going to make.
It could be anything from a denial that he was involved to asserting that it was justified.
We’ll just have to wait and see.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Holly Woodlawn Dies; Transgender Actress, Pioneer Was 69
Holly Woodlawn, a transgender trailblazer and actress, has passed away at the age of 69 after succumbing to a battle with cancer.
Woodlawn famously became Andy Warhol’s muse, starred in Paul Morrissey’s 1970 movie Trash, and also inspired an iconic song.
Growing up in Miami, she rose to fame in the early 1970s through her work with Warhol and Morrissey, and Lou Reed took notice.
In his 1972 hit “Walk on the Wild Side,” the singer famously says, “Holly came from Miami, Fla. Hitchhiked her way across the USA.”
“Plucked her eyebrows on the way. Shaved her legs and then he was a she. She says, ‘Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side.”
In 1992, she published her memoir, A Low Life in High Heels and saw a career revival in the ’90s thanks to several independent films.
More recently, she appeared as Vivian on Season 1 of Transparent.
Holly’s friend and co-star, Joe Dallesandro, confirmed her passing.
“I arrived to the hospice and went to Holly’s room, #403,” he wrote.
“I was next to her talking and telling her all the love that was being sent her way from everyone. It was like she knew I was there.”
“I am sorry to say at 3:06 p.m., Holly Woodlawn passed away.”
Woodlawn was remembered at Sunday’s The Trevor Project’s TrevorLIVE event in Los Angeles by NCIS actress Pauley Perrette.
“Pauley went off script [during he presenting duties] to honor Holly Woodlawn,” an attendee said of the CBS crime drama star.
“She said she was informed about her passing in the car on the way over to the event. She got teary eyed and was clearly emotional.”
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