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Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group’s last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. Mitchell was a powerful force on the Hendrix band’s 1967 debut album “Are You Experienced?”... 

The biggest challenge was finding an Edward. “The most perfect guy in the world,” “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke said, ticking off the characteristics of “Twilight’s” vampire hero. “Cannot be Leo [DiCaprio]; cannot be Brad Pitt.... 

Richard Foos never set out to become the arbiter of retro pop culture. He just wanted to see those classic James Brown records back in people’s hands. As chief executive officer of the Shout! Factory, Foos runs an emporium whose credo might be: Don’t bother with historical... 

Angelina Jolie can seem like a superwoman – dashing around the globe with her impossibly cute kids (not to mention Brad Pitt!) in tow. But some feats – like her recent humanitarian trip to Afghanistan followed, just days later, by a high-profile awards show appearance – can... 

To the uninitiated, a movie called JCVD sounds as if it’s about Jesus getting the clap. But action fans will recognize the acronym of kick-boxing action star Jean-Claude Van Damme — the former European middleweight karate champ who became known as the Muscles from Brussels... 

Jheryl Busby, the former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill, has died. He was 59. Busby was found early Tuesday in a hot tub at his home in Malibu, California, said Los Angeles County Assistant Coroner Chief... 

Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show “ER” and wrote the best-sellers “Jurassic Park,” “The Andromeda Strain,” “Sphere” and “Rising Sun,” has died in Los Angeles, his public relations firm said in a news release. Crichton... 

Jimmy Carl Black, drummer, vocalist and self-anointed “Indian of the group” of Frank Zappa’s The Mothers of Invention, has died at age 70. Black, a native of El Paso, Texas, died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, according to Roddie Gilliard, a British musician... 

Bravo isn’t letting a court battle over “Project Runway” diminish its fashion sense. The cable channel said Thursday it has ordered a design-competition series called “The Fashion Show,” in which viewers pick the winner and the prize includes a retail... 

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