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...proved hard to come by, as the proceedings took place under a tent behind gates on a rain-soaked night. Tabloid reporters also being a skeptical breed, the overwhelming reaction to the marriage seemed to be speculation over how long it would last. After all, her previous marriage to singer Lyle Lovett, also planned in haste and secrecy, survived just 21 months. And marriages between wildly famous actresses and lesser-known men they meet at work rarely reach the second anniversary (see Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd, et al.). Then there's the fact that Moder was a married...
DIED. ROSEMARY CLOONEY, 74, cello-voiced singer and actress; of lung cancer; in Beverly Hills, Calif. She disdained her 1951 song Come on-a My House, but the hit launched her career, which included starring with Bing Crosby in White Christmas and more recently giving warm, musicianly cabaret performances. This year she won a lifetime-achievement Grammy...
...DIED. ROSEMARY CLOONEY, 74, enchanting American singer renowned for her radiant voice; in New York City. Clooney released some of America's most popular hits in the 1950s, including Come-on-a My House, and she co-starred with Bing Crosby in the 1954 film White Christmas. She nearly lost her career to drugs and alcohol in the wake of a disastrous marriage to Oscar-winning actor JosE Ferrer, but her voice won critics over again when she made a comeback in the early 1970s. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Grammys...
...song whose only purpose seems to be to ask "Would I be accused of sex crimes if I weren't famous?" Just two weeks after being arrested on 21 counts of child pornography for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a 14-year-old, the R. and B. singer released a song explaining how he has been wronged. The soulful tune, which is being played on those stations across the country that have not yet shunned him, is titled Heaven, I Need a Hug and will be included on an upcoming album that his lawyers are undoubtedly hoping does really...
Teen pop seems prepared to adapt to the more earnest climate: Aguilera has brought in the sincere rock singer Linda Perry to help write and produce her new album. Branch speculates that post-9/11 seriousness might have given her subgenre a boost but doesn't pretend that she and her Authentic colleagues are revolting against something bigger than stale music: "We aren't too scary. I'm not here cussing every other word and talking about politics." You don't have to be a rebel to join this movement--which means that soon every 105-lb. diva with glitter...