VIDEO: Michael Jackson Trial Hears from Prince and Paris
Jackson chef Kai Chase reveals intimate details of Michael Jackson's life with his children
2013-06-19
By Alan Duke CNN
Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances Tuesday in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter. AEG Live lawyers played short video clips from the depositions of Michael Jackson's oldest children in court to counter testimony from their chef. Read the complete article
'This Is the End:' Celebrities Play Themselves in Zany Apocalyptic Comedy
2013-06-17
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
However, all of the above is irreversibly rendered irrelevant when an earthquake registering 9.7 on the Richter scale rocks the city and rips a giant fissure right in front of Franco’s place. Read the complete article
Actress Freida Pinto Writes an Open Letter to Girls of the World
Education is your most valuable possession
2013-06-14
By Freida Pinto
Actress Freida Pinto Writes an Open Letter to Girls of the World about the value of education and the need to stand up for women Read the complete article
Oregon Shakespeare Company Stages Juneteenth Benefit for Penumbra Theatre Company
August Wilson's Radio Golf will be read June 24 at the Bowmer Theater in Ashland
2013-06-13
Of The Skanner News
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is reaching out to support one of the most beloved African American theater companies in the nation with a reading of August Wilson’s “Radio Golf,” at 7 p.m. Monday, June 24 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Read the complete article
Kam's Kapsules: For Movies Opening June 14, 2013
2013-06-13
Kam Williams Special to The Skanner News
Weekly previews that make choosing a film fun. Read the complete article
Ross Mathews on His New Book, 'Man Up: Tales of My Self Delusional Self-Confidence'
Across from Ross
2013-06-13
Kam Williams Special to The Skanner News
Ross has won the hearts of millions of Americans since his television debut as Ross the Intern on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” He can be seen as a regular panelist and occasional guest host on E!’s late-night talk show “Chelsea Lately,” and is a fixture on the E! Network’s live red carpet awards show coverage. Read the complete article
Twenty Feet from Stardom: Backup Singers Belatedly Get Their Props in Pop Music Documentary
Despite their amazing talents, folks pursuing this profession generally have precious little to show financially for their considerable contributions
2013-06-12
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
Do the names Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Darlene Love, Claudia Lennear, Tata Vega or Lynn Mabry ring a bell? Probably not, yet you are undoubtedly very familiar with their stellar work as backup singers for a variety of musical icons. Read the complete article
VIDEO: Randy Phillips E-Mail Said Michael Jacksons Dermatologist Scared Us To Death
Third day on stand for promoter
2013-06-12
By Alan Duke CNN
AEG Live's CEO wrote two days before Michael Jackson died that a doctor Jackson was seeing “scares us to death because he is shooting him up with something,” court testimony shows. Read the complete article
Juneteenth 2013 Celebrates 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
Organizer: The day honors freedom for people all over the world
2013-06-11
Of The Skanner News
This year’s Juneteenth promises to be a big one, with food, free children’s activities, arts events and a parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation itself. Read the complete article
Hannah Arendt: Intriguing Biopic Revisits Curious Career of Self-Hating Jewish Philosopher
I’m not sure whether there’s a term for the Jewish equivalent of an Uncle Tom but, if there is, it would probably be applicable to Hannah Arendt
2013-06-10
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
However, as Shakespeare suggested in Julius Caesar, “The evil that men do lives after them: The good is oft interred in their bones.” Such is apparently the case with women, too, as Hannah appears fated to be forever remembered for a series of articles she wrote for the New Yorker magazine while covering the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. Read the complete article
