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Jenni Rivera, public and private, seen at the Grammy Museum
The high-heeled ostrich-skin boots belonged to an ambitious and gifted young singer, one of many similar pairs she owned in the days before she could afford designer labels. The silky couture evening gown was a totem of that same woman's meteoric rise...
Tags: Clive Davis, Television, Staples Center, Music, Whitney Houston
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Reese Witherspoon's Legal Woes Don't Hurt 'Mud' at Box Office
ReutersApr 28 (TheWrap.com) - Reese Witherspoon's legal troubles didn't hurt the opening of her new film "Mud." The Roadside Attractions movie, released in partnership with Lionsgate and Everest Entertainment, opened on 363 screens nationwide and took in $2.1...Tags: Riz Ahmed, Substance Abuse, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (movie), Jenni Rivera, Sundance Film Festival
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A Latina star is born in hip-hop genre film 'Filly Brown' ★★ 1/2
Music's School of Hard Knocks produces another alumna in "Filly Brown," a gritty and well-acted Latin hip-hop variation on a long-reliable formula. Gina Rodriguez delivers a breakout performance in the title role, a tough, two-fisted rapper named Majo...
Tags: Emilio Rivera
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'Filly Brown' forges a link between generations of Latino artists
A few minutes before a screening of "Filly Brown" last week, Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos tried to explain why the new family drama about a female Los Angeles street poet "is the most hopeful film I've ever worked on in my life." Olmos, 66,...
Tags: New York University, Hurts (music group), Music, Jenni Rivera, Sundance Film Festival
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Fans sink into Cruise's 'Oblivion' in $38.2M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie fans slipped into "Oblivion" as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. That domestic haul comes on top of $33.7 million "Oblivion" added in overseas...
Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Jurassic Park (movie), The Avengers (movie, 2012), Entertainment, Tom Cruise
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Independent Box Office: Jenni Rivera Film 'Filly Brown' Connects
ReutersApr 21 (TheWrap.com) - "Filly Brown,' which features the late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera in a supporting role, debuted with a strong $1.3 million at the specialty box office this weekend. The film, written by Youssef Delara who co-directs...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Jenni Rivera, Movies, Entertainment, The Lords of Salem (movie)
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Review: 'Filly Brown' a fierce tale of a promising hip-hop rapper
Rapper Filly Brown (Gina Rodriguez) is tomboyish and politicized, spitting lines like "Do you even see the Latinos serving you Chinese?" over a flamenco-inspired beat. She's the sound of Los Angeles — and so too is her eponymous movie "Filly Brown,"...
Tags: Jennifer Lawrence, Jenni Rivera, Sundance Film Festival, Prisons, Movies
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Latin music star Jenni Rivera believed dead in plane crash
MEXICO CITY — Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera, the "diva de la banda" whose commanding voice burst through the limits of regional Latin music and made her a cross-border sensation and the queen of a business empire, was believed to have died...Tags: Diana Ross, Television, Television Industry, Staples Center, Jenni Rivera
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'Filly Brown' directors reflect on Jenni Rivera's film debut
On her reality television show, Jenni Rivera proved endearing to millions just by being herself. But the 43-year-old Mexican American singer, who was believed to have died in a plane crash early Sunday, also had a desire to act. Last January, Rivera...
Tags: Human Interest, Television Industry, Music, Sundance Film Festival, Transportation Accidents
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