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Jimmy Buffett Falls Off Stage and Into Concert Mishap Fraternity [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsRoughly 40 years into his music career, Jimmy Buffett completed a painful rite of passage when he tumbled off the stage after closing a recent show in Sydney, Australia. The "Margaritaville" singer, who shocked his audience when he suffered a large gash on the head from the fall, is reportedly recovering and "doing well" since being released from the hospital on Wednesday. At 64 years old, Buffett can take comfort in knowing that he is not the first rock star to fall victim to an untimely stage mishap. Surge Desk pulled together a few clips of other famous musicians at some of their less ...
Mourners Recall Sarge Shriver's Charity, Idealism
By not in system - AOL NewsPOTOMAC, Md. -- R. Sargent Shriver was always an optimist, pioneering the Peace Corps and running the War on Poverty during the turbulent 1960s - an idealist even as the running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket doomed for failure. At his funeral Mass on Saturday, mourners from philanthropist and musician Bono to Vice President Joe Biden to former President Bill Clinton honored a man who dedicated his life to serving others. The celebration was filled with songs, laughter and fond memories. "Fifty years ago, President Kennedy told us we should ask what we can do for our country," ...
'Spider-Man' Cancels Performances to Enact Strict Safety Measures
By not in system - AOL NewsBroadway's ill-fated 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' will indeed go dark Wednesday night in order to make its set safer after a performer in a Spider-Man costume plunged 30 feet on Monday night when a cable snapped during an aerial stunt -- the musical's fourth accident since October. An investigation into the fall revealed that someone failed to attach top stunt man Chris Tierney's harness properly. ...
Spider-Man Left Dangling in Broadway Debacle
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 29) -- The Spider-Man musical has been the talk of Broadway, and not all of it good. Costing $65 million, it's the most expensive show ever created, and the high-flying production has been beset by delays and injuries. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" took off Sunday night with its first preview performance, and there were several glitches along the way. With nearly 2,000 in the audience at New York's Foxwoods Theater, the show was stopped five times because of technical problems, and the first act ended early, with Spidey hanging 10 feet above the audience, The New York Times ...
Lady Gaga: A Political Tsunami, Waiting to Hit
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyLady Gaga is a political force. Don't laugh. Just consider her activism this year. She has taken on several political hot potatoes – the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, Arizona's immigration law, California's same-sex marriage ban, and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." For all of Lady Gaga's outrageous costumes and catchy dance tunes, the 24-year-old singer, known as Mama Monster to her fans, has alerted the Millennial generation to issues that otherwise may have gone under their radar screens. With a social media network larger than any politician's, including President Barack Obama's or ...
Shakira! Clinton! Bono! Gearing Up to Fight Global Poverty and Disease
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyWhat do Shakira, Annie Lennox, Bono, Sir Bob Geldof and Antonio Banderas have in common? They are all goodwill ambassadors, or, really, foot soldiers in a battle that most Americans aren't aware has been fought since the turn of this century. Starting Monday, those celebs -- along with almost 150 heads of state, former heads of state and a cross section of the globe's most impressive leaders -- hope to change that, focusing attention on a campaign that parts of the world are relying on to shape their future. These luminaries will attend (or, in the case of Bono and Lennox, both ultra-involved ...
The Dugout: Vancouver Marlins
By Brandon Stroud - AOL NewsAccording to the Sun Sentinel, which is either a Florida newspaper or some kind of monstrous new solar powered robot designed by Dr. Bolivar Trask, the Florida Marlins are considering relocating a 2011 series against the Seattle Mariners from their home in South Florida to Vancouver, British Columbia. Once they arrive in Canada, the Marlins will be stripped, disbanded, sold off individually, and attacked by bees. The Marlins' new stadium (which will be called "Joe Robbie Stadium") opens in 2012, so until then Major League Baseball needs to take every chance it can get to show baseball how ...
U2, World Cup United Thanks to Soccer-Playing Copywriter
By John Walters - AOL NewsIt's not about politics, Or religion, Or the economy, It's not about borders, History, Trade, Oil, Water, Gas, Mineral rights, Human rights, Or animal rights, When Nicholas Sonderup (right), a 34 year-old copywriter at the advertising firm of Wieden-Kennedy, turned in his script for the FIFA ad entitled "United", he was understandably anxious. And not just because he had spent eight months working on the campaign for ESPN's five FIFA ads. Sonderup's avocation, you see, is writing music and the man whose approval his lyrics needed was none other than the lead singer and lyricist of the biggest ...
Why Is Hollywood Sitting Out Gulf Oil Spill Relief?
By Alyssa Giacobbe - AOL News(May 25) -- In January, when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 Haitians and left more than a million others homeless, Hollywood shed a collective, well-choreographed tear, then banded together like a Christopher Guest cast to help put the country back together. The tabloids kept track of the most generous celebrities, noting that Brangelina and Sandra Bullock each donated $1 million, while others, like Sean Penn, decamped to Haiti to work directly on refugee efforts. In perhaps the most visible celebrity relief effort, George Clooney hosted a star-studded telethon that ...
U2's Bono Undergoes Emergency Back Surgery
By not in system - AOL News(May 21) -- U2 frontman Bono underwent emergency back surgery after suffering an injury during the band's rehearsals for their upcoming world tour, his spokesperson announced on Friday. According to the statement, Bono "will spend the next few days" in a Munich hospital "before returning home to recuperate." There's no word just yet as to how this will affect the band's upcoming U.S. concert dates. ...
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