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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 1:46 pm
Methinks Etta's nose was a little disjointed because SHE wasn't asked to sing for Obama. Maybe Etta is a Republican?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 1:50 pm
I am not a Beyonce fan. I think the best thing she ever did was Foxy Cleopatra. Enought with the gold already.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 2:12 pm
LOL, ok NY, I see. Does she really sing "if you want it put a ring on it? I haven't been able to make it out 100% but it sounds like she's referring to herself as it. Is that correct? If I did hear that right, then that really turns me off.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 2:12 pm
Renee Zellweger was in Boston today. She got woman of the year at Harvard University's Hasty Puddiing
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 2:58 pm
That makes me feel bad for Beyonce.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 2:58 pm
I love Beyonce and a lot of her songs. I think she is beautiful and has always been really sweet in any interviews I've seen. I have never heard anything bad about her. Put a ring on it, it was her finger as she points out in her video. (I still have a teenage niece at home) I think Etta was being immature.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 3:16 pm
I feel rather ambivalent about Beyonce but I thought she did a beautiful job on inauguration nite. And even tho I've always been a huge Etta James fan I think Etta maybe needs to look for some sugar for those sour grapes.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 3:24 pm
And even tho I've always been a huge Etta James fan I think Etta maybe needs to look for some sugar for those sour grapes. I agree. I still don't get the ring thing, but if it's about a video then I've never seen it so that might be why I don't get it. Don't listen to her music. Etta obviously doesn't have exclusive rights to the song, nor does Faye have exclusive rights to the role she played so many years ago. Deal with it and get over it ladies.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 3:24 pm
I like Beyonce and I think her rendition was beautiful. You know it was a historical moment and she wasn't just performing. She was a part of history.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 3:27 pm
I am ambivalent about Beyonce as well but I read somewhere today that Etta has a bit of nerve since her rendition of At Last was also a cover. TMZ.com: "Glenn Miller did it first in 1942, followed by Nat King Cole in 1957. Etta got around to recording it in 1961. In fact, Glenn's version ranked higher on the Billboard Pop Singles chart than Etta's ever did. "
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 7:28 pm
Etta James and "At Last" go together like Aretha and "Respect." I don't blame her a bit for being upset, because her talent as a singer far surpasses Beyonce's. She sounds cranky, but she lived the hard life that gives blues soul. I listened to a modern version of hers on Youtube and loved it. She's a true artist, not some marketed product like Beyonce, who's harmless enough, but lacks in talent. A personal pet peeve of mine is crappy singers, like Madonna, who manage to make millions because they have a talent for marketing, not singing. There is a place for all kinds of performers in this world, and hard work should be rewarded, but a tin ear and a thin voice is still a tin ear and a thin voice.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 7:37 pm
They probably wanted to have a multi-generational mix of talent, and Aretha was already representing their age group. 
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 7:44 pm
It was Obama's day, so he could have anyone he wanted sing for him. But "At Last?" Beyonce just played Etta in a movie, so nice tie in. But the woman is still alive for heaven's sake. She ain't dead yet. I'd be annoyed too.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 8:07 pm
Okay be freaking annoyed, but why diss Beyonce? They're all friendly and stuff and then this? Sounds like sour grapes to me, and I'm not the only one. And if she wants to be relevant to the newer generations, this isn't the way to go about it. But it's whatever ... I just think she lost major class points
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 8:16 pm
I agree Ladytex. Her saying that only seems jealous and petty.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 8:27 pm
She's more than got my respect, so I guess I'll have to make up the difference and listen to her music the rest of the week. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 9:49 pm
I heard a blip on tv where Etta said he might be your president but he's not mine.. so she's really bitter, I gather.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, February 06, 2009 - 3:49 am
Ms. James could have chosen a better way to maker her point. Beyonce didn't intentionally do anything to Ms. James. Beyonce was asked to do the performance.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, February 06, 2009 - 7:22 am
Well, well, well ... sounds like Ms. James bit off more than she can chew. She's trying to do damage control now, saying that's she's a comedian and was making a joke ... ETTA CHANGES TUNE ABOUT BEYONCE COMMENT: "I'm a comedian besides a singer," she explained in a telephone interview with California's Press Enterprise from her home on Thursday morning. "I wasn't doing it to be hateful."
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, February 06, 2009 - 11:27 am
Simpson forgets lyrics, fights tears at Mich. show Sounds like the comments about her weight have really gotten to her.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, February 06, 2009 - 12:33 pm
I met Tonya Holly at the the Bonnie and Clyde Festival in Gibsland last year. Her production company is making the new movie and what's left of Bonnie and Clyde's families are optimistic that the story is going to be a lot more accurate than the original movie. We are hoping that Hilary will want to make sure she does her role justice and maybe come to the festival this year on the 75th anniversary of B&C's deaths. http://www.cypressmoonproduction.com/php/main.php I had to laugh at Hilary and Faye's exchanges. Not too long ago I saw a photo of Hilary made up in 30s fashion and she could have been Faye's daughter.
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Friday, February 06, 2009 - 3:58 pm
Is it wrong that I giggled when I read NYheat's link about Jessica Simpson?
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, February 06, 2009 - 5:03 pm
It must be tough for Jessica these days; first of all, she's always been the beautiful sister but since Ashlee had her plastic surgery, the ugly duckling has definitely changed into the swan and is now the beauty in the family. And on top of that, now the weight gain issues and all the media comments about it. Plus the fact that her young sister seems to have a very successful marriage and has started a family before she did. Must be hard to take, this fall from grace. At least her romance still seems to be going strong.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 5:51 am
The media is out for blood with Jessica. I've read some vicious things about her. She's out of favor right now. I can think of several famous singers who are not in the media's critical eye, and they aren't the most perfect in appearance. Jessica is a good person. She's not like Brit, who was addicted to drugs and doing bizarre things.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 6:59 am
James Whitmore dies of lung cancer

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