Wikio - Tina Turner

Nothing trivial about trivia (The Telegraph)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:14:22 GMT

... words, we can at least tell each other that, as a schoolboy chorister, he sang backing vocals on Tina Turner's hit, We Don't Need Another Hero.While speculating about whether a love of trivia is a particularly British thing, Mason adduces the fairly interesting fact that no pub quiz ever appeared in Cheers.Wondering whether it's an especially male trait, he interviews Professor Simon...

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Giorgio Armani Honoured By French President (My Fashion Life)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:46:01 GMT

Silver haired fox, and one of our favourite designers, Giorgio Armani received the Légion d’Honneur from the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday at the Elysée Palace in Paris. Friends of the designer including Carine Roitfeld (editor-in-chief of French Vogue) and Tina Turner turned up for the ceremony in which Sarkozy paid tribute to Armani’s 35 year career in the fashion industry,...

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Paris Haute Couture Week: Giorgio Armani receives Légion d’Honneur (The Telegraph)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:00 GMT

... (the director Taylor Hackford) did the back,” she said. advertisementAlso present were the singer Tina Turner, in a green-beaded harem ensemble by Armani; Lady Helen Taylor; Princess Mafalda Von Hessen; Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, the president of L’Oreal; and Carine Roitfeld, the editor-in-chief of French Vogue.M. Sarkozy, however, to the disappointment of many of the fashion crowd present,...

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Felicity Huffman, Tina Turner’s Back Up Dancer and Singer (Desperate Housewives)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:22:49 GMT

I was perusing through YouTube and found this video. I remember watching Felicity Huffman on Oprah and live out her dream of being a back up singer for Tina Turner. She sure did a great job and definitely looks like she is having the time of her life! Tags: Felicity Huffman, oprah, tina turnerShare This

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Alex Lattimore Comes Full Circle (Guest Music Bloggers)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:08:09 GMT

... to lend his talents as horn player and vocalist with many local, national and international acts. Tina Turner, Luther Vandross, Michael McDonald, India Arie, and many others have benefited from Lattimore’s immense musical abilities with vocals and flugel horn. Khari Simmons, the former bass player for India Arie, led a performing group called Jiva, in which Lattimore served as the...

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Alek Wek: Rare and Radiant Beauty (Lavish Magazine. For Rich Minds)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:57:00 GMT

Sudanese sensation and supermodel Alek Wek first piqued our interest and stole our hearts with her artsy beauty when she took to the runways in 1995. Discovered at an outside London market by a modeling scout, Alek first gained attention in the music video "Golden Eye" by Tina Turner. She quickly gained supermodel status once she entered the world of high fashion. Going on to sign with...

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Lady Boys Of Bangkok @ Sabai Pavilion (Manchester Evening News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:25:08 GMT

... the ‘Angels’ of the tour title) and, oddly, an Austin Powers-flavoured finale, to say nothing of ‘Tina Turner’ (deservedly a big hit on the night I was there) and, inevitably, It’s Raining Men.Crucially, it’s all terrific fun and rendered with enough rude energy to keep the neon of nearby Canal Street blazing through the night.In truth, it really is hard to imagine anyone but the...

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Anita Rosamond releasing live CD (St. Louis Jazz Notes)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:40:00 GMT

Singer Anita Rosamond is releasing a new CD entitled Keep Liftin' Me Higher - LIVE! . Recorded in April during a gig at Harrah's casino in St. Louis, the disc features Rosamond's interpretations of well-known songs recorded during the 1960s and 1970s by female vocalists such as Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Rita Coolidge, Etta James, Natalie Cole, Dionne Warwick, Karen Carpenter and Donna...

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Lost in the ’80s: Real Life (Popdose)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:38 GMT

... Holly Knight, churning out smashes like “Love Is A Battlefield” for Pat Benatar and “The Best” for Tina Turner. But not everything Chapman and Knight touched turned into a gold record. Take for example Real Life’s 1986 single “Babies” from their U.S. compilation Down Comes The Hammer . A song pretty much forgotten by everyone since it didn’t chart, but I believe we can place the blame...

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Shave Em Down, Make Em Smooth (Afrobella)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:48:08 GMT

... that certainly wasn’t my intent. I’ve always loved the look of endlessly smooth, sexy legs a la Tina Turner, but I respect your right to remain hirsute. I’ve been mulling over my reasons for being a proud afrobella and simultaneously an avowed body hair remover — both things definitely go back to my childhood. I remember a family friend who unabashedly sported a wild tangle of armpit...

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Happy Birthday Fantasia! (ChatzWorld - A World of Chat)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:03:55 GMT

... in Atlanta for season three of American Idol. The rest is history. With crowd favorites like Tina Turners Proud Mary and Summertime from Porgy and Bess, Fantasia would earn millions of votes and garner some of the highest praise by an Idol. Randy Jackson called Summertime the best performance ever in Idol history and Simon Cowell went so far as to proclaim her the best contestant...

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Stephen Stills to tour the UK this autumn (New Musical Express)

news@nme.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:29:23 GMT

Stephen Stills has announced details of a UK tour.

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REVIEW: Steve Miller (JSOnline)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:47:37 GMT

... gave him a chance to show his chops on a run that included Bo Diddley’s “Pretty Thing,” Ike and Tina Turner’s “Oop Poo Pah Doo” and Louie Jordan’s “Let the Good Times Roll.”Charles improved what was already a good show. At 64, Miller remains on top of his game, and his decision to move back to his roots with Charles in support holds considerable musical promise.Joe Cocker opened,...

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Pumped no longer? (AM, Then FM)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:35:38 GMT

... acts not likely to stop in our corner of Wisconsin. That short list: Jimmy Buffett, Joe Jackson, Tina Turner, KISS, AC/DC, the Eagles, Queen with Paul Rodgers, and now Neil Sedaka and Stevie Wonder. Each one was well worth the time and money. But with that money becoming increasingly tight, we’ll be staying … Closer to home. “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home),” Grand Funk Railroad,...

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Joe Lean compares himself to Hitler at Glastonbury (New Musical Express)

news@nme.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:29:09 GMT

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Fats Tommo - Darwin Northern Territory, Australia, Australia (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:19:12 GMT

... nose, pulling stupid poses and guest appearances that included the likes of Elvis, Blue Brothers, Tina Turner etc. Bring your own chair and booze!! Excellent!! We have both been in extremley childish, silly moods all day, it looked perfect for tonight and it meant we didn't have to go to bed just after sunset!! Yippee!! We arrived at the outdoor barn area just gone 7pm. It...

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Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The: Press Release, Package Art, Pre-Order Link & Complete Extras for First-Ever Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour DVD! (TVShowsOnDVD.com News)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:05:00 GMT

By David Lambert - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IRREVERANT, INTELLIGENT AND UNDENIABLY FUNNY '60s VARIETY TV SERIES FINALLY SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY VIA TIME LIFE DVD, IN SPITE OF THE CENSORS THE SMOTHERS... (more)

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you gov surveys (Pereiraville)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:57:00 GMT

... Howard Andy Roddick Jennifer Love Hewitt Glenn Close Arnold Schwarzenegger Hines Ward Bobby Knight Tina Turner Dan Marino Ben Stiller Michelle Malkin None of them How the heck did Michele Malkin make the list? She seems to stick out from the likes of pop stars.

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I Can't Stand The Rain! (A Motörhead fan-blog)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:11:00 GMT

Tina Turner once said 'I can't stand the rain on my windowwwwooooow' considering it is literally pissing it down today I tend to agree with the great songstress. Still let's not permit some standard British Isles weather interfere with a day off. Ok, dear readers your humble narrator was enlivened by the late sky of pink and red around 10pm last night (yes land of the midnight sun here...

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Fun Fergie Facts (StyleCritics)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:55:06 GMT

From People Magazine: At 6, Fergie went to her first concert. "I saw Tina Turner, second row, with my dad," she told Rolling Stone. "She pointed at me. I love how she was energetic and raw. Those early [...]

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