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Rihanna Is The Most Talked-About Musician On Facebook
Fri Dec 9 2011 by Robbie Daw
Cranking out new music year after year has its advantages — mainly, it keeps an artist in the public eye. Take, for instance, Rihanna, who has topped a Facebook poll on the most talked-about music artists of 2011. (Guess its no wonder, then, why her latest album is titled Talk That Talk?)
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Pop Music’s Biggest Names Join Forces To Help Feed East Africa
Tue Aug 9 2011 by Idolator Staff
Don't be surprised to see an unusually earnest tweet from your favorite pop star in the next few days. A group of music's biggest names — including Beyonce, Madonna, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Shakira, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, U2, Mariah Carey and Coldplay — have joined forces to promote Save the Children's "I'm Gonna Be Your Friend" campaign. They hope to raise awareness of a famine sweeping East Africa by directing their Twitter and Facebook followers to download Kevin McDonald's film High Tide Or Low Tide, which has been bundled together with Bob Marley & The Wailers' similarly titled reggae classic. Learn more after the jump.
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Lauryn Hill Pays Tribute To Bob Marley On ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’
Fri May 13 2011 by Robbie Daw
Formerly-reclusive singer Lauryn Hill recently extended her her 12-city tour, but she took a detour last night to participate in the Bob Marley tribute week staged by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Hill has a personal connection to the reggae legend and his legacy — her partner is Marley's son Rohan, with whom she has five children. Head below to watch soulful Lauryn do that thing while giving rousing performances of "Chances Are" and "Could You Be Loved."
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Serbs And Croats Get Together And Feel All Right
Mon Aug 25 2008 by Kate Richardson
Things may be a little dicey over in Eastern Europe lately, but at least some people in the former Yugoslavia have the right idea. On Saturday, Croats and Serbs gathered together to erect a statue of Bob Marley as a symbol of peace, tolerance, and–presumably–the healing power of a bong passed back and forth between two hostile nations.
Jonathan Demme Vs. Martin Scorsese: Who’s The Best Music Doc Director?
Wed May 21 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
Jonathan Demme is taking over an upcoming Bob Marley documentary for Martin Scorsese, seeing as how Scorsese’s busy–there’s supposedly a George Harrison documentary in the hopper–and all documentaries about boomer musical legends must be directed by one of the two. Demme will get started on the Marley movie just as soon as he finishes The Neil Young Trunk Show. While I can understand why any older artist would prefer to have their work chronicled by either the guy who did The Last Waltz or the guy who did Stop Making Sense, the aging icon who makes the next one of these might want to liven things up a tad by considering Michel Gondry, or maybe someone who goes by “Spike.”
Bob Marley Biopic Emancipates Itself From Mental Slavery, Gets Production Deal
Tue Mar 4 2008 by kater
After years spent serving as a staple of dorm-room decor and graphic t-shirt design, Bob Marley will have his life retold in biopic form. The Weinstein Co. will produce and distribute a movie about the legendary reggae singer’s life based on Rita Marley’s 2004 book No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley; she will also serve as executive producer on the film. And because letting a memoir-happy widow executive-produce a project isn’t precarious enough, they just might cast the always-dependable Lauryn Hill in a leading role.
Mon Jan 7 2008 by jharv
When employees of Jamaica’s Public Broadcasting Corporation went trawling through the archives of the now-defunct Jamaican Broadcasting Cororation. More »
Mon Jan 7 2008 by jharv
When employees of Jamaica’s Public Broadcasting Corporation went trawling through the archives of the now-defunct Jamaican Broadcasting Cororation. More »
Fri Sep 14 2007 by jharv
The ongoing saga of the quasi-legal Bob Marley ringtones: Apparently Chris Blackwell telling Verizon “y’all is a bunch of pussies” is enough for one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies to risk a potential lawsuit from the Marley family. More »
The Bob Marley Ringtones: I And I Will Sue Your Ass
Thu Aug 30 2007 by jharv
So, hey, remember those Verizon Bob Marley ringtones that we told you about yesterday? Well, it turns out they weren’t very irie after all, because the Marley family is going after both Universal and Verizon for bringing you your new “Buffalo Soldier” ringback:
