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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

TheLastDaysOfLeftEye



Lisa Nicole Lopes ~May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002~ better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known as a member of the R&B/hip-hop girl group TLC. Lopes contributed her self-written raps to many of TLC's hit singles, including "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "What About Your Friends", "Hat 2 da Back", "No Scrubs", "Waterfalls", and "Girl Talk". Lopes won four Grammy Awards for her work with TLC.

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The Day the ’90s Died: Remembering 

  

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

RIP: Andy Griffith, 86

A Face in the Crowd

In 1957′s A Face in the Crowd,  directed by Elia Kazan, Griffith plays a likeable Arkansas drifter who becomes a radio personality known as Lonesome Rhodes. Rhodes offers homespun homilies and tunes on his guitar to the masses, who adore him. As his fame increases, he moves into television and becomes a political kingmaker–and an egotistical, power-mad man.   It is a fine film with a stunning performance by Griffith, and a theme that still resonates today–that power and fame can and do corrupt.  It’s a film definitely worth seeking out if you’ve never seen it.


Andy Griffith (1926-2012), Actor and Comedian
WIKI ~ Andrew Samuel "Andy" Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012)
WIKI ~ A Face in the Crowd
Timelessness: A Face in the Crowd
Andy Griffith: Remembering his 'Face in the Crowd'
IMBd: Andy Griffith
Already Buried
WaPo: Remembering Andy