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Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Ray Manzarek of The Doors performs at the Sunset Strip Music Festival launch party celebrating The Doors at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif. Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died at 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday, May 20, 2013, at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family.

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74. 1 hour ago

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CELEBRITIES

Justin Bieber's monkey becomes German property

Justin Bieber's pet monkey is now the property of Germany.
CELEBRITIES

Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC

Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation's top humor prize on Tuesday.

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DINING

Restaurant News: Wave of Irish pub openings continues

Last year it was Doolin’s in Durham and Doherty’s in Cary. Hibernian opened a new location in North Raleigh while, just up the road, Saints & Scholars gave the area its first half-Irish, half-Mediterranean menu. In Wake Forest, Pat Murnane’s opened in the old Oh’ Mulligans...
TELEVISION

Networks enlist star power to lure viewers back to TV

James Spader, Greg Kinnear, Michael J. Fox and Robin Williams are among the premier names on the fall schedule.
MOVIE NEWS & REVIEWS

Depardieu to play a Chechen man seeking revenge

French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son.

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TELEVISION

New on DVD: 'Beautiful Creatures,' 'Side Effects,' 'Stand-Up Guys'

New DVDs this week feature witches, wiseguys and weird medications.
CELEBRITIES

Gilberto Santa Rosa leads 'Forever Tango' to B'way

The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Forever Tango," which returns to New York in July for a 10-week stand featuring some of the Puerto Rican singer's hits.

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CELEBRITIES

Criteria Recording Studios founder Emerman dies

Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness. He was 89.

2 hours ago
CELEBRITIES

NY Cuomo letter warns Kardashian over T-shirt logo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sent a letter to Khloe Kardashian informing the reality star the logo on her T-shirt line may be violating copyright law.
CELEBRITIES

Chris Harrison to host Miss America Pageant

"The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" host Chris Harrison will again emcee the Miss America Pageant this September in Atlantic City, N.J.

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