'Lost' stars take on Shakespeare Oct 18, 2008
OSLO, Norway Diana Ross will headline artists performing at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honor of the 2008 laureate, Finnish peace mediator Martti Ahtisaari, organizers said yesterday. The show's hosts, generally Hollywood superstars, are to be announced next week. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Ross to headline Nobel peace gig Oct 18, 2008
Diana Ross married Norwegian Arne Naess Jr in 1985. Singer Diana Ross will headline the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in December, organisers confirm. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The Four Tops' Levi Stubbs dies at 72 Oct 18, 2008
When Motown chief Berry Gordy offered Stubbs the role of Louis McKay (ultimately played by Billy Dee Williams) opposite Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in 1972's Lady Sings the Blues, Stubbs turned it down out of loyalty to his bandmates. "He could have easily gone off on his own when the Four Tops were at their peak," Fakir, the lone survivor, told USA TODAY in 1997 before receiving the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's lifetime achievement award. (USA Today)
Diana Ross to play Nobel Peace Prize concert Oct 17, 2008
Diana Ross will headline artists performing at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honor of the 2008 laureate, Finnish peace mediator Martti Ahtisaari, organizers said Thursday, Oct. 16 ... OSLO, Norway - Diana Ross will headline artists performing at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honor of the 2008 laureate, Finnish peace mediator Martti Ahtisaari, organizers said Thursday. (MSNBC -- Music)
Feist to perform at Nobel Peace Prize concert Oct 17, 2008
OSLO, Norway American singing star Diana Ross and Canadian musician Leslie Feist are among artists set to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in honour of the 2008 laureate, Finnish peace mediator Martti Ahtisaari, organizers said Thursday. The show's hosts, generally Hollywood superstars, are to be announced next week. (Globe and Mail)
Fine arts students welcome jazz singer Oct 16, 2008
Asked to name her childhood favorites, she replied: Cher, Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin. Cher mostly for the way she dressed. (Florida Today)
Motown Collects Every No. 1 On Boxed Set Oct 16, 2008
"Ain't Too Proud To Beg," The Temptations "Blowin' In the Wind," Stevie Wonder "You Can't Hurry Love," The Supremes"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep," The Temptations "Reach Out, I'll Be There," Four Tops "You Keep Me Hangin' On," The Supremes "(I Know) I'm Losing You," The Temptations "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game," The Marvelettes "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone," The Supremes "Jimmy Mack," Martha andellas "The Happening," The Supremes"I Was Made To Love Her," Stevie Wonder"I Heard It... (Billboard.com)
Weekend calendar Oct 16, 2008
ESSEX - Author/historian Diana Ross McCain will be at the Essex Library Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m. to share stories from her new book, "It Happened In Connecticut." A frequent contributor to Early American Life and Connecticut magazines, McCain has a new book which tells more than two dozen true tales of famous - and infamous - happenings from the state's past, ranging from the invention of modern football to the first lady governor who was never a governor's lady. Copies will be available for... (Middletown Press, CT)
Jackson's publicist Jones dies Oct 14, 2008
When Jackson hired him, Jones had spent 17 years as a Motown Records publicist, helping craft the images of Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. "Publicity was king in those days, and Bob was able to deliver that," said Miller London, a former Motown executive. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Pride Alliance comes out during Awareness Week Oct 14, 2008
At midnight, Pride Alliance played Diana Ross s hit song I m Coming Out a song adopted by the gay community for coming out. Midnight MasQueerade also commemorated Connecticut s legalization of gay marriage, which the Conn. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Feature story: Master class Oct 7, 2008
Currently on a tour of the U.S., the Soweto Gospel Choir has been described by the New York Times as "meticulous and unstoppable ... spirited and spectacular." In its six years of existence, the Grammy-winning group has performed with such luminaries as Diana Ross, Celine Dion, Annie Lennox, Bono, Queen and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and sung for Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Oprah Winfrey. The Stanford performance is expected to consist mostly of pieces from the choir's 2008... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
DeGarmo at Underground Oct 6, 2008
We re talking about Diana DeGarmo not Diana Ross. If a reporter is making a genuine effort to get your name in the paper EVERY time you re in town for some event, wouldn t you, as a performer in hopes of continuing your career, want to make that reporter feel welcome. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Aspiring model wants degree, too Oct 4, 2008
She met singer Diana Ross and members of the cast of the soap opera All My Children while working catering jobs. I made a lot of money doing that, she said. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Minki: Bright young thing Oct 3, 2008
In fact, for Visser, there's nothing better than being at home, a glass of Shiraz in hand while lying on the couch watching TV. She might even order in her favourite food pizza and chill out to Cat Stevens, Diana Ross or the Bee Gees (she has old-school music tastes). Read more about Minki and The Library on the second page. (iAfrica.com)
Sexy Serenade Sep 25, 2008
Within seconds, Connick had hopped back on the stage, lifted the keyboard lid, and began to play the treacly Lionel Richie Diana Ross love song. The young woman in the couple was wearing a cape and a short skirt. (Fox News)
Idina Menzel Hits the Road This Fall in Support of I Stand Sep 23, 2008
The New York Times wrote of her June show at Manhattan's Town Hall: "The picture of Ms. Menzel that emerged was of an entertainer with a phenomenal voice...Vocally she suggests a robust Diana Ross with 10 times the stamina and lung power.". Produced by Grammy-Award winner Glen Ballard, I Stand is a mix of powerhouse pop tunes and touching balladry written by the Tony-Award winning singer and actress, who is beloved by fans the world over for her rich, soaring voice and knockout star turns in the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
La Vie en Rose Sep 18, 2008
And Cotillard dives into them: The way Diana Ross dived into Billie Holiday except Cotillard shows a trained actress craft. (Hard to believe this was the same actress limited to French chick clich;s in Ridley Scott s A Good Year). (New York Press)
GOTTA GET A GURU Sep 15, 2008
-- Gurumayi Chidvilasananda: Followers reportedly include or have included Diana Ross, Isabella Rossellini, Lisa Kudrow, Laura Dern, James Brolin, Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith, John Denver, Peggy Lipton, Rosanna Arquette. -- J.Z. Knight a.k.a. Ramtha, the Enlightened One: Linda Evans, Shirley MacLaine. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Thank you for the titles Sep 14, 2008
As for horror, believe it or not, Diana Ross had a song called The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan must have a thing for that Supreme). Candyman was the title of tracks by the likes of Mississippi John Hurt, Sammy Davis, Jr and Christina Aguilera. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Film star Freeman to be honoured Sep 11, 2008
Page last updated at 21:25 GMT, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 22:25 UK. Freeman won an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby in 2005. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Fans ask whatever happened to attention 'The Wiz' deserves? Sep 11, 2008
It was produced by a partnership with Universal Pictures and Motown Productions and starred Diana Ross as Dorothy, Michael Jackson as The Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as The Tin Man, Lena Horne as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, Ted Ross as The Cowardly Lion, Richard Pryor as The Wiz and Mabel King (best known as the Mom on the TV series "What's Happening!") as Evillene, The Wicked Witch of the West. (Original director John Badham was replaced by Sidney Lumet after he was told 18-year-old... (Munster Times, IN)
Streisand Among Kennedy Center Honorees Sep 10, 2008
Celebrating Steve Martin, Martin Scorsese, Diana Ross, Brian Wilson and Leon Fleisher. Photo Essay. (CBS News)
Buzz Briefs: Hulk Hogan, Robert Giroux Sep 6, 2008
The Jackson Five - Michael, Marlon, Jackie, Tito and Jermaine - was a groundbreaking, best-selling act that debuted on the 1969 album "Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5." The group simply became the Jacksons after leaving Motown in 1976, replacing Jermaine with Randy. They continued their multiplatinum success with such hits as "ABC" and "I Want You Back.". (CBS News)
Racy Ciara mag cover Sep 6, 2008
I ve seen more skin from Tyra Banks, Halle Berry, Angela Basset, Diana Ross, Beyonce, even Aretha Franklin when her 100ZZ breasts are popping out of any outfit she can squeeze all 300lbs of her body in. Everyone is so quick to point fingers and judge. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The world's worst hotel guests Aug 28, 2008
Or how about Diana Ross, who has reportedly demanded that no hotel staff member make eye contact with her. Or perhaps the paradigm of bizarre hotel conduct, the baby-dangler better known as Wacko Jacko. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Four-time gold medalist Leslie says U.S. women have earned name, too Aug 24, 2008
If Team USA is the Supremes, then Leslie is its Diana Ross. She is the link between gold in Atlanta and Sydney and Athens and now Beijing. (USA Today -- Sports)
MEET MARKET-MOVIE MAN SKS ROMANCE WITH A TWIST Aug 24, 2008
Ma 00004000 ke-out music: Diana Ross' "Love Hangover.". On the town: I prefer a lounge or hotel bar on the weekend, but if it has a velvet rope, I probably won't dig it - the riffraff should be invited, too. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'This lunacy insults us all,' says black TV presenter outraged by ... Aug 14, 2008
Diana Ross looks much paler than normal in a MAC cosmetics ad, while the Hispanic Eva Longoria is anaemic in a poster for L'Oreal hair products ... Transformed: Diana Ross, left, and in an ad for MAC cosmetics. (Daily Mail)
Alyssa Birrer takes judges' breath away Aug 13, 2008
just facts wrote on Aug 12, 2008 3:19 PM:Diana Ross may have sung ' I Will Survive' but she did it in 1995 ... By the way, last I checked, Diana Ross was definitely Motown. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Newman at his best on Harps and Angels’ Aug 10, 2008
Randy Newman skewers the Supremes on his new album, and it s not Diana Ross he s singing about. Harps and Angels targets the Supreme Court troika of Scalia, Alito and Thomas in a verse sure to draw the ire of the PC police. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Nigeria: Thisday's Third 'Africa Rising' Festival Goes Global Jul 21, 2008
The previous Thisday events in 2006 and 2007 featured the biggest names in music - Lionel Richie, King Sunny Ade, Diana Ross, Beyonc;;, Asa, Alicia Keys, P Diddy, Shakira, D'Banj, Snoop Dogg, 2Face, John Legend, Missy Elliot, Ne-yo, Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Kelly Rowland. This year, the festival gets even bigger as it encompasses music, fashion and culture. (allAfrica.com)
Humble beginnings for hits Jul 20, 2008
"Abracadabra" 1982 -- "I wrote it on a gut-string guitar. It was a little catchy instrumental piece. I wrote a series of horrible lyrics that were so hooky that you couldn't get them out of your mind. I recorded it and finished it and, at the very last second, I pulled it off of an album. I thought: 'This song isn't ready; these lyrics suck.' I had it for three years and I was in Sun Valley, Idaho, skiing one day. Diana Ross came zooming by me and fell down in front of me. I went over to help... (NJ.com -- Times)
Thousands audition for 'Idol' at Cow Palace Jul 20, 2008
Aubin Wise of Vacaville, who was hoping to channel Diana Ross in the audition room, was more pragmatic. "You can't really expect anything," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
All-Star Week a Ruthian success Jul 17, 2008
Tim Brosnan, Major League Baseball's executive vice president of business, introduced the band on stage and talked later about what that was like: "You were just thinking about how few performers ever got to do this -- Simon nkel, Diana Ross among them -- and it's like I told the crowd, my heart was beating out of my chest at that moment. I didn't want to have any words prepared so I didn't read off a script. It was just one of those moments where you knew something special was happening.". From... (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Soprano family values Jul 17, 2008
From Lauren Hutton to Diana Ross - scope out striking sexagenarian stars. A partner at a Manhattan law firm that champions women's rights is blasting back at a former staffer who's suing him for sex harassment. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
The man who tamed frizz now has imitators aplenty Jul 16, 2008
A celebrity hairdresser in 1980s London, once married to the Scottish singer Lulu, he coifed clients like Princess Diana (including for her Vogue engagement portrait), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Raquel Welch, Diana Ross, Farrah Fawcett, one Rolling Stone and three out of four Beatles (John didnt do much with his hair). But it was a tiny bottle of caramel-colored goop with the decidely inelegant name of Frizz-Ease, launched in U.S. drugstore chains in 1991, that brought Frieda fame and... (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Awesome family videos: The list goes on! Jul 15, 2008
Diana Ross was 34 at the time she played Dorothy. "Sounder" A true classic of American family entertainment, with a tremendous African-American cast. (Salon)
On the record: Retrofitted Jul 13, 2008
Duffy, who hailed from Wales, is what happens when Dusty Springfield replaces Diana Ross as the lead singer of The Supremes. Duffy takes an engaging approach that is less popular in pop music realm by opting to sound like a 1960s Motown singer. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Stevie Wonder signed, sealed and delivered Jul 8, 2008
Seated on a bench next to Wonder, who supplied jazz-style accompaniment on piano, Morris caressed the song in breathy alto tones, her relaxed phrasing filled with warm sustains, evoking Diana Ross. The evening's most poignant moment followed, as Wonder performed "Isn't She Lovely," which he had written for his daughter when she was an infant. (San Francisco Chronicle)
CENTRAL SPARK Jul 5, 2008
Remember Diana Ross in the rain. How about the Simon and Garfunkel reunion concert. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
CDs get help in shedding bad rap Jul 2, 2008
One of them was George Nagy of Colonie, who had chosen CDs from Johnny Cash and Diana Ross. "I just want to browse," he said, pointing out that browsing on the Internet was much more cumbersome. (Albany Times Union)
‘Britney' wows ‘Talent' judges Jun 20, 2008
For the past four years, Derrick has performed there six nights a week, adding Britney Spears to the show's all-star female impersonator cast, including Cher, Diana Ross and Joan Rivers. "My kid's a ham, he's just a ham," Scott Barry laughed. (The Union Democrat)
Flaming Lips ends a rejuvenated City Stages Jun 17, 2008
Rain kept some fans away Friday and Saturday, he said, though Diana Ross and Al Green drew huge crowds to the Coca-Cola Classic Stage. "Regardless of whether we made money, I think there's a vibe and an electricity out here that's been missing for some time," McCullough said. (AL.com)
A look at her iPod shows Hillary singing a much different tune Jun 9, 2008
THEN: I'm Coming Out, as sung by Diana Ross. Now: I Will Survive, as sung by Gloria Gaynor. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Panettiere Launching Music Career With Candie's Jun 7, 2008
"Wake Up Call" is a reggae-flavored pop song that was written by Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane and Josef Larossi, who have previously written tracks for Geri Halliwell, Diana Ross, Il Divo and Westlife. Jessica Simpson is a country music outsider, but her debut country single is turning some heads. (Billboard.com)
State baseball: Plano West vs. Laredo United Jun 7, 2008
He just started singing I will survive, Diana Ross style. Top of 3rd. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Whudda Story Jun 3, 2008
June 3, 2008 -- HE founded the disco band Chic, penned hits for Sister Sledge and Diana Ross, and produced records for Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Debbie Harry - but music wizard Nile Rodgers' weird childhood is just as fascinating. Rodgers just inked a deal with publisher Julie Grau to write a memoir about being born to a 14-year-old mother, growing up in Greenwich Village in the '60s and dropping acid with Timothy Leary at 13. (New York Post -- Gossip)
'Sex and the City' more than fad, it's a classic (23) Jun 1, 2008
True to the series, he tosses in so many costume changes you'd think this "Sex and the City" starred Diana Ross. Instead, Jennifer Hudson fills the "Dreamgirls" quotient. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
London's Victoria & Albert Museum May 26, 2008
It looks at how their image was moulded by Berry Gordy and his Motown associates and features more that 50 outfits worn by the original Supremes, Florence Ballard, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson, as well as the 1970s Supremes. Photographs, magazine spreads and footage of television appearances look at as black role models in the 1960s. (Suite101.com)
Why gays can't get her out of their heads May 25, 2008
Look at all the gay musical icons Madonna, Barbra, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Cyndi, Cher all strong, fabulous women. They, like Kylie, have a proven ability to survive in both the music industry and their personal lives, says Troy Walker, store manager at Virgin Megastore Chapel Street and a Kylie aficionado. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'The Color Purple' May 25, 2008
In the early stages of the process he happened to find himself on the set of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" with Diana Ross. Part of him wanted to approach Winfrey about the new production. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Vintage Diana Ross album making CD debut May 21, 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Diana Ross' second solo album, "Everything Is Everything," will come out on CD for the first time on June 17 with a selection of bonus tracks, including a previously unreleased cover of the Beatles' "Something.". The set was released in 1970, the same year as her self-titled solo debut, and failed to spawn a single along the lines of the No. 1 pop hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough.". (Reuters Canada)
The real dreamgirl May 20, 2008
Chalk it up to coincidence, but last night's concert hall show by former Motown sensation Diana Ross took place just one day after curtains fell on MTC's stage production of Dreamgirls, Broadway's "re-imagining" of the rise and fall (and rise again) of girl-group trailblazers The Supremes. And even though Dreamgirls serves as a perfectly decent primer on Ross' early days (super-sappy showtunes notwithstanding), only the original diva herself could do justice to such an incredible career. (Winnipeg Sun)
Music listings May 16, 2008
Diana Ross Legendary soul singer (Stop. In The Name Of Love). (Vancouver Sun)
Erykah Badu's whirling cosmic tour May 14, 2008
She can sing in flinty syncopated interjections, in sassy turns and in cooing long lines, and her voice alludes to Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington as well as to Diana Ross. Most of her songs are undulating two-chord vamps that give her room to free-associate between choruses. (International Herald Tribune)
Bee Gees planning stage musical May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12 2008, 12:14 BST. By , Entertainment Reporter. (Digital Spy)
Bee Gee musical to hit stage May 11, 2008
The tribute at 67 Brook Street in Mayfair is where the band wrote hits including Diana Ross's Chain Reaction and Dione Warwick's Heartbreaker ... At Saturday's unveiling Gibb said: "It's very special and more so because of losing Maurice in 2003 my twin brother. The Bee Gees wrote Diana Ross' Chain Reaction in Brook Street "It's an honour to him because he is no longer with us and because it is bringing up memories. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Celebrity Moms In Cuffs May 11, 2008
From Nicole Richie to Diana Ross, celebrity moms who face constant criticism every day from the public and the press capture even more of the spotlight when they have run-ins with the cops, earning them a kind of infamous badge of honor. The increased scrutiny stars face for their wrongdoings is fair, says psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow. (Forbes)
Ashford & Simpson - definitely the real thing May 9, 2008
Even if they never became the superstars that their songs helped Diana Ross and Chaka Khan become, the couple is known for far more than the mid-chart hits they did manage as recording artists ... At Motown, they wrote a string of hit duets for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," which Diana Ross would adopt as a personal anthem. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ivana Belts Out May 8, 2008
The newlywed and her groom, Rosanno Rubicondi, attended the Divas with Heart benefit concert Sunday at Radio City Music Hall, where Gladys Knight, Chaka Kahn, Patti LaBelle and Diana Ross performed. "Diana was the closing act. She did some Motown songs, and Ivana was singing along to every song," said our spy. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Sterling Recalls D.C. White House Visit to See Pope May 8, 2008
She s met entertainers such as Diana Ross and Steve Martin to name a few. When Julie toured the White House at Christmas, she met Jack Nicklaus and Nolan Ryan. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
Barbara Walters on the prowl May 8, 2008
LAST WEEK I wondered what it would be like to be a fly on the wall of the dressing rooms of Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Diana Ross, during their "Divas With Heart" concert at radio City Music Hall, benefiting heart disease ... And Diana Ross actually went to Patti La Belle's dressing room to chat, between the matinee and evening shows. (Variety)
Outdoor festivals May 8, 2008
Diana Ross, the Flaming Lips, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and Buddy Guy top the bill of some 125 acts, on nine stages, at this 20-year-old event in Birmingham. June 13-15. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Lost Supreme' lets Ballard be heard May 5, 2008
A member of the legendary Supremes, who more than 40 years after their chart-topping heyday remain the gold standard for all "girl groups," Ballard was barely out of her teens when she became an international star alongside childhood pals Mary Wilson and Diana Ross. Within three years, she was fired from the group, and at age 32, Ballard was dead. (Boston Globe)
Is it time to recycle the ex? Apr 22, 2008
Did you think that she would get it for something like, uh say, Cecelia Tyson in Sounder or Whoopi in the Color Purple or hey even Diana Ross in Lady Sings the Blues. Oh, yeah did any of these roles call for self-degradating behavior. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
