Word: diva
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Christina Aguilera "Hurt" Dir. Francis Sigismondi The first thirty seconds of Christina Aguilera’s “Hurt,” in which black and white circus footage rolls over an ominous violin piece, may be the most disorienting thing a pop diva has done to video viewers since Britney’s spandex-in-space adventures of the late twentieth century. That is, of course, except for the remaining four minutes of the video. “Hurt,” which centers around a circus performer’s mournful memories of her deceased father, frames...
...DIED. Ruth Brown, 78, swaggering, seductive big-band singer turned R&B diva who recorded a string of hits in the 1950s for Atlantic Records, including Teardrops From My Eyes and (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean, leading the fledgling label to be dubbed "the house that Ruth built"; in Las Vegas...
...DIED. Marian Marsh, 93, starlet of 1930s Hollywood who, in her short-lived career, won acclaim for playing innocents-memorably the milkmaid turned diva Trilby in Svengali (tag line: "All Paris desired her but Svengali owned her!"), opposite John Barrymore; in Palm Desert, California...
DIED. Ruth Brown, 78, Big Band singer turned R&B diva, known for her seductive delivery and ability to sway between tenderness and swagger; in Las Vegas. In the 1950s the fledgling Atlantic Records--for whom she recorded hits like Teardrops from My Eyes and (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean--was called "the house that Ruth built." After a 25-year lull, she won new fans in the '80s, performing in the Broadway stage revue Black and Blue and winning a Grammy for the 1989 album Blues on Broadway...
DIED. Marian Marsh, 93, starlet of 1930s Hollywood who, in her short-lived career--she retired in 1942 at age 29--won acclaim for playing innocents, memorably the milkmaid turned diva Trilby in Svengali (tagline: "All Paris desired her, but Svengali owned her!"), opposite John Barrymore; in Palm Desert, Calif...