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Created by dipity on Feb 8, 2009

Last updated: 02/05/12 at 12:10 AM

• Karaoke tips from ‘Josephine Tonight’ star Zurin Villanueva
  Feb 3, 2012 12:19 PM

  Excerpt ...public. She’s currently starring in “Josephine Tonight” at MetroStage , an original musical based on the beginning of Josephine Baker’s life . “She goes from having nothing and dancing in the street to being on the cover of every European magazine,” said Villanueva.... Source Info The Washington Post Related Topics
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• The Sensational Josephine Baker Makes Its Off Broadway Premiere, Previews 9/7
  Jul 29, 2010 2:13 PM

  Excerpt ...Rag; and Muzzie in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Cheryl has starred as Deena Jones in Dreamgirls in Berlin, Germany, and as Josephine Baker in Josephine: The Musical, which toured throughout Europe, winning her a Golden Heart Award for Best Actress in a Musical... Source Info Broadway World Related Topics
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• Art Review: Art Deco Furniture Designs That Jazzed Up an Age
  Dec 10, 2009 5:58 PM

  Excerpt In terms of art, one of the more decadent sights in New York right now is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: a large gallery dense with French Art Deco furnishings from the museum’s design collection. Passing through this array can make visions of gray Source Info The New York Times
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• Dancing The Harlem Renaissance
  Dec 8, 2009 9:27 PM

  Excerpt "Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes. The giants of the Harlem Renaissance loom large in Uptown, Matthew Rushing's new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater." The piece is "structured as an episodic tour through Source Info ArtsJournal
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• Hello, Dollies | An American Girl Family
  Dec 8, 2009 9:43 AM

  Excerpt I have always wanted a large, multicultural family like Josephine Baker’s or the Jolie-Pitts’. The boys would have names that are verbs, like Hunt and Pierce, and the girls would be named after food, like Pina and Coco Vin, in languages I cannot speak. Source Info The New York Times
  http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/hello-dollies-an-american-girl-family/

• The last real cabaret in Paris?
  Nov 21, 2009 4:05 PM

  Excerpt Expect a steamy night of singing and dancing on the south bank at Aux Trois Mailletz. It's three in the morning and Sandrine is just getting going. She's jumped up on the table, is stamping her feet, her arms are flaying like windmill sails, and she's Source Info Guardian Unlimited
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/nov/22/vive-edith-piaf-cabaret-paris

• St. Louis highlights its blues heritage
  Oct 31, 2009 5:39 AM

  Excerpt The St. Louis area certainly has its marquee musical names - think Scott Joplin, Josephine Baker, Ike and Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis. But 15 years ago, artist and now-author Kevin Belford decided to do a series of portraits on blues greats Source Info Belleville News-Democrat
  http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/988072.html

• Etat Libre d'Orange will Release Tilda Swinton & Josephine Baker Perfumes {Fragrance News}
  Oct 26, 2009 6:43 AM

  Excerpt We have the scoop on exciting celebrity fragrance news from French label Etat Libre d'Orange. As we indicated early on in the process, indie perfume brands have become increasingly interested in the celebrity fragrance market, just like the big dogs, Source Info Glam.com
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• G Is For Grace — What's That Up Her Sleeve? [The Name Game]
  Oct 9, 2009 1:01 PM

  Excerpt Copy this whole post to another site Grace doesn't talk much, but it's not because she has nothing to say. It's just that she likes to keep you guessing. The name itself has a soft quality to it, both in its meaning and in its sibilant ending. Then Source Info Jezebel
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• A dangerous road?
  Oct 7, 2009 1:12 PM

  Excerpt It’s been a long two months for Josephine Baker and her family. The Ringgold Road residents have watched with bated breath the numerous near-accidents that have occurred in front of their home ever since the road was rerouted to travel over the Source Info Somerset Commonwealth Journal
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• Tyra Banks Channels Josephine Baker on Gossip Girl, Breaks Record No One Cares About
  Oct 4, 2009 9:05 PM

  Excerpt Tyra Banks in a tiara! What better way for the model and mogul to appear on Gossip Girl in an episode airing Monday. Her role is that of Ursula Nyquist, an award-winning actress looking to offset some negative personal press by playing a real-life Source Info OH NO THEY DIDN'T
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• Tyra Channels Josephine Baker On “Gossip Girl”
  Oct 2, 2009 3:07 PM

  Excerpt She may be a Emmy-winning talk show hostess, but this Monday night, former supermodel Tyra Banks will be taking a break from daytime for a guest appearance on The CW’s R-rated teen drama Gossip Girl. The experience was a hair-raising one for Tyra, who Source Info Pop Crunch
  http://www.popcrunch.com/tyra-channels-josephine-baker-on-gossip-girl/

• FIRST LOOK: Tyra Channels Josephine Baker on 'Gossip Girl'
  Oct 2, 2009 7:57 AM

  Excerpt She looks great. I’ve always loved the flapper look. Im so tired of Tyra.she’s overrated..couldn’t you find anybody else to put on the show instead of her? I think the Gossip Girl writers wanted to have some sardonic fun with Miz “I Will Stop Wearing Source Info People
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• Adopting the World: Josephine Baker's Rainbow Tribe
  Oct 2, 2009 5:46 AM

  Excerpt Today Akio Bouillon, a slight, affable man of Japanese origin, can only serve as a guide through an exhibit that pays tribute to his dead mother. In the former living room, a dozen of her robes are now displayed on headless mannequins, Source Info Spiegel Online Related Topics
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• Sexy Josephine Baker Halloween Costume Idea
  Sep 28, 2009 12:10 AM

  Excerpt Josephine Baker was the first Angelina Jolie, and one of the greatest black entertainers to have ever lived. She adopted a big brood of kids just like Angelina Jolie, and she also strove to make life better for others throughout her life. But, just Source Info Associated Content Related Topics
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• Theater Review | 'Looking for Josephine': A Return to Baker’s Paris by Way of New Orleans
  Sep 21, 2009 2:38 PM

  Excerpt MONTCLAIR, N.J. France and the United States have a long and complicated history of cultural exchange. They gave us the Statue of Liberty, for example; we gave them Jerry Lewis. Nicolle Rochelle as Josephine Baker in "Looking for Josephine," a revue Source Info The New York Times
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• Jerome Savary brings Josephine Baker to my Montclair backyard with Peak Performances
  Sep 16, 2009 2:38 PM

  Excerpt Browsing the web yesterday for recent articles on Le Fooding d'Amour, I was surprised to find out that Josephine Baker was coming to my backyard thanks to a play by Jerome Savary 'Looking for Josephine' which "re-creates the saucy Folies Bergère revue Source Info Serge the Concierge
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• Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Josephine Baker Back in Paris (This Time as A Man)
  Sep 11, 2009 1:16 PM

  Excerpt It was at the beginning of the First World War, however, that the modern Casino de Paris began to take shape, when the venue was converted into a cinema and music hall. The bombardments of the First World War caused performances to be interrupted, Source Info Huffington Post Related Topics
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• On the Come Up: Deborah Cox to Play Josephine Baker on Broadway
  Sep 10, 2009 5:25 AM

  Excerpt Bossip has learned that Deborah Cox will be returning back to Broadway after five years. Deborah Cox who was on Broadway for three years will be returning to the stage to play the leading role in a Josephine Baker musical titled “Josephine” based on Source Info Bossip
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• Deborah Cox to play Josephine Baker in NYC
  Sep 9, 2009 9:27 AM

  Excerpt C anadian R&B songstress Deborah Cox is heading back to Broadway after signing on to depict Paris music-hall singer Josephine Baker in a forthcoming musical. Cox is the first cast member announced for the show, her first on Broadway since 2004. An Source Info Globe and Mail
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• DEBORAH COX BOOKS BROADWAY ROLE: Singer to star in musical about Josephine Baker.
  Sep 8, 2009 11:59 PM

  Excerpt *Singer-songwriter Deborah Cox will portray the late, legendary Josephine Baker in the new Broadway-bound musical Josephine, based on the life of the iconic entertainer who dazzled Paris audiences.               The musical, according to Source Info EURweb
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• Deborah Cox to return to Broadway in new musical about Josephine Baker: reports
  Sep 8, 2009 2:49 PM

  Excerpt TORONTO - Toronto R&B singer and actress Deborah Cox is reportedly returning to Broadway. The New York Times says the three-time Juno winner will play the lead in a new Broadway-bound musical about the late American performer Josephine Baker. The paper Source Info Macleans.ca
  http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=e082802825

• Deborah Cox to play Josephine Baker on Broadway
  Sep 8, 2009 10:14 AM

  Excerpt ...performing at the Los Angeles Pride Festival in West Hollywood, is headed for Broadway to play Paris music hall star Josephine Baker. (Angela Weiss/Getty Images) Canadian R&B singer and actress Deborah Cox will play the lead role in a new Broadway-bound... Source Info CBC News Related Topics
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• Deborah Cox Announced to Star in Broadway Hopeful 'Josephine'
  Sep 8, 2009 6:57 AM

  Excerpt Josephine Baker was an American expatriate entertainer and actress. She became a French citizen in 1937. Most noted as a singer, Baker also was a celebrated dancer in her early career. She was given the nicknames the "Bronze Venus" or the "Black Pearl", Source Info Broadway World
  http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Deborah_Cox_Announced_to_Star_in_Broadway_Hopeful_Josephine_20090908

• Links for 2009-09-07 [del.icio.us]
  Sep 8, 2009 12:25 AM

  Excerpt "Josephine Baker (1906-1975), was known as the "It girl who danced her way through the 20's and 30's only dressed in bananas". A dancer, singer, actress and a comedian all in one." "Good Morning Mr.Orwell is an edited version of Paik's first Source Info Bibi's box
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• Keeping that Day Job (Soundcheck: Friday, 04 September 2009)
  Sep 3, 2009 9:51 PM

  Excerpt Since the dawn of time, musicians and actors have been told: "don’t quit your day job." It especially rings true during the current recession. Today we'll hear both horror stories – and unexpected successes – from artists who take on jobs just to pay Source Info WNYC | New York Public Radio
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• Film: Interview:Stew and Spike Lee
  Sep 3, 2009 12:39 PM

  Excerpt A heady mixture of stage musical and rock show, Passing Strange chronicles the efforts of a young, middle-class black man whom the credits identify simply as Youth (Daniel Breaker) to break away from his straitlaced upbringing and discover what he Source Info The A.V. Club
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• EUR TV REVIEW: Harlem in Montmartre
  Sep 3, 2009 12:27 AM

  Excerpt *The period between World War I and World War II was marked by a cultural renaissance in Paris when a vibrant community of African-American musicians thrived in a section of the city called Montmartre.       Many of the initial expatriates to Source Info EURweb
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• Peak Performances @ Montclair To Host American Premiere Of Jérôme Savary?s LOOKING FOR JOSEPHINE ...
  Sep 1, 2009 8:15 PM

  Excerpt Nicknamed the Black Venus, Josephine Baker, one of the United States’s most glamorous and legendary expats, is the dramatic subject of “Looking for Josephine,” a wildly splashy musical revue, which after opening at Paris’s L’Opéra Comique in 2006 and Source Info Broadway World Related Topics
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• Killer or scapegoat? As Jacko's doctor faces homicide trial, proof drug-addled singer is the ONLY...
  Aug 28, 2009 2:59 PM

  Excerpt Fall guy: Criminal charges are likely to be filed against Dr Conrad Murray, who was with the pop star when he died The circus will be staged in the same vast, unprepossessing venue — the 21-storey concrete-and-glass superior court building in Source Info Daily Mail - UK
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• TV Best Bets
  Aug 26, 2009 1:42 AM

  Excerpt As World War I ended, some black Americans were reluctant to return to a segregated world. They decided to stay in the freedom and joy of France. Jazz soon thrived there, with people (Josephine Baker, Sidney Bechet) drawing fame. French musicians Source Info The Springfield News-Leader
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• Tyra Banks Gets Gossip-y as Josephine Baker
  Aug 24, 2009 8:33 AM

  Excerpt This is a Ernie Banks autographed 8x10 photo authenticated by Global Authentication Inc. (GAI). It has been hand signed by Ernie Banks in blue marker....Full Story » separate usernames and emails with a Source Info Glitt3r
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• Tyra Banks Gets Gossip-y as Josephine Baker
  Aug 24, 2009 8:19 AM

  Excerpt Celebrity super fans of Gossip Girl Hilary Duff and Tyra Banks are set to appear on the fourth episode of the series this season. Last week at the I Heart Charlotte Ronson party, Duff divulged (as true Gossip Girls do) that Banks will play the singer Source Info Fashion Week Daily
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• Peak Performances At Montclair Announces Their Upcoming Show Line-up
  Aug 20, 2009 11:19 AM

  Excerpt Well-known champions of new and classicAl Western and Asian music, the Shanghai Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Montclair State University, turns to Western classics for its September 12 performance at the Alexander Kasser Theater. Featured are Source Info Broadway World
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• Dante James 'Harlem in Montmartre' Interview with Kam Williams
  Aug 12, 2009 9:02 AM

  Excerpt In 2010, James plans to turn his creative efforts to the production of an independent feature film, which will be shot in Detroit and in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here, Dante discusses his latest offering, Harlem in Montmartre, a Source Info News Blaze
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• Michael Jackson's Drug Aliases Include Son, Personal Chef
  Jul 30, 2009 4:25 PM

  Excerpt Dr. Conrad Murray and Michael Jackson Photo by: Houston Chronicle / AP; Globe Michael Jackson's possible aliases used to fill prescriptions included his personal chef, his son Prince Michael, a personal assistant, the novelist Jack London and 1930s Source Info People
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• Warrant: Jackson Used Several Aliases For Rx Drugs
  Jul 29, 2009 7:12 AM

  Excerpt LOS ANGELES (CBS News) ― Prescription drugs prescribed or sold to Michael Jackson were obtained with the use of as many as 19 aliases, the attorney for Jackson's doctor says. Edward Chernoff, who represents Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor who was Source Info CBS 5
  http://cbs5.com/entertainment/michael.jackson.aliases.2.1105866.html

• Audience gets glimpse into life of Josephine Baker
  Jul 17, 2009 8:43 AM

  Excerpt BONNE TERRE — Josephine Baker had a lot to talk about Thursday night because she’s “done it all.” “I’m not bragging, it’s just the truth,” Vernice Jackson as Baker said Thursday night at the Big River Chautauqua under the tent behind the old Bonne Source Info Park Hills Daily Journal Related Topics
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• Josephine Baker, Walt Disney stop by Bonne Terre Chamber luncheon
  Jul 16, 2009 9:07 AM

  Excerpt ...tent behind Bonne Terre City Hall/the old Bonne Terre Elementary. Vernice Jackson of Ohio will be portraying entertainer Josephine Baker on Thursday night under the tent behind Bonne Terre City Hall. William Worley of Kansas City will be portraying Walt Disney... Source Info Park Hills Daily Journal Related Topics
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• Ruben Blades (61)
  Jul 16, 2009 1:04 AM

  Excerpt A self-styled renaissance man who has made a significant contribution to salsa with his socially conscious lyrics, Panamanian-born Ruben Blades has also enjoyed a successful career as a screen actor and, in his native country, founded the political Source Info Hollywood.com
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• Book reveals enduring stories from entertainer's life weren't made onstage
  Jul 4, 2009 2:02 AM

  Excerpt I knew he and wife Anna had been entertainers, that he had been the first black radio and television personality in Las Vegas starting in the '50s. He became chairman of the first Nevada Equal Rights Commission in 1961 and a deputy director of the Source Info Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com
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• Famous Missourians coming to Bonne Terre
  Jun 16, 2009 8:43 AM

  Excerpt Doug Mishler as Thomas Hart Benton (left), Vernice Jackson as Josephine Baker (middle) and Bill Worley as Walt Disney (right). Submitted photos An artist, a dancer and a cartoonist Characters include Thomas Hart Benton, Josephine Baker, Walt Source Info Park Hills Daily Journal Related Topics
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• *Exclusive* Insider Says: “Usher’s Throwing Tameka Under the Bus”
  Jun 13, 2009 6:47 AM

  Excerpt 3 days in a row of reporting on something everyone suspected would happen from inception….zzzzzz thank god its officially over, now i will buy his new cd called monster, im sure it will reveal the bytch she truly is and he will let the cat out the bag Source Info Bossip
  http://bossip.com/121699/exclusive-insider-says-ushers-throwing-tameka-under-the-bus/

• Harlem comes to London, Jazzonia & Harlem Diaspora at Chelsea Space (July 1st)
  Jun 12, 2009 11:03 AM

  Excerpt The people at Chelsea Space were kind enough to invite me to the pre-opening party for Jazzonia and the Harlem Diaspora on June 30. I doubt I will have a chance to hop on the plane to London though. Here's what's it's all about (in their own words): Source Info Serge the Concierge
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• Dance legends' journeys traced in "Carmen & Geoffrey" biopic
  Jun 11, 2009 1:15 PM

  Excerpt Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holden star in "Carmen and Geoffrey." (First Run Features ) Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder met in early 1950s, two dancers cast in a Herbert Ross staging of Truman Capote's "House of Flowers." Tall, vibrant, Source Info Denver Post
  http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12563573?source=rss

• For summer, fashion goes exploring
  May 21, 2009 3:32 AM

  Excerpt ...motifs in boldly printed dresses worn with mile-high wrapped headdresses. At Louis Vuitton, designer Marc Jacobs presented Josephine Baker-style feathered skirts along with colourful jewelled stilettos and necklaces in a jubilant tribal motif – python, beads... Source Info Toronto Star
  http://www.thestar.com/article/636949

• Quintessentially Cannes
  May 18, 2009 9:38 AM

  Excerpt Nothing says French-chic quite like Marc Jacobs' Josephine Baker-influenced spring 2009 collection for Louis Vuitton (case in point: ELLE's catwalk to sidewalk spread in the June issue). Cannes, where I am right now, feels more Bardot than Baker—think Source Info Elle News Blog
  http://fashion.elle.com/blog/2009/05/quintessentially-cannes.html

• Byredo Bal d'Afrique (2009): Cake-Walking at the Bal d'Afrique {Perfume Review & Musings}
  May 18, 2009 6:39 AM

  Excerpt How It Wafts, At First What they say: A warm and romantic vetiver inspired by Paris in the late 20's and its infatuation with African culture, art, music and dance. A mix of the Parisian avantgardism and African culture shaped a unique and Source Info Glam.com
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• French dressing: This season's flirtatious Gallic sensibility
  May 17, 2009 4:07 PM

  Excerpt We thought a lot about exoticism and really rich, sumptuous summery colours," states Marc Jacobs of his current collection for Louis Vuitton. "Crimsons, clarets, plums, saffrons, curries – hot spicy desert colours." This is a viewpoint that permeates Source Info The Independent
  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/french-dressing-this-seasons-flirtatious-gallic-sensibility-1686572.html

• We Love You Mommie Dearest
  May 8, 2009 8:36 AM

  Excerpt Sunday marks the day when we show our appreciation to the mother (or mother-like entity) who has impacted our lives in a million and one wonderful ways. (We’re not in the habit of celebrating familial dysfunction—so keep whatever mommie issues you have Source Info Smithsonian Magazine
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