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NEWS ABOUT: ABBA

ABBA stories: 8 news summaries

UK Minister Denies He Bet Governing Party Would Falter

Lord West got 66-1 odds on Labour defeat

Apr 27, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lord Alan West, the UK’s colorful security minister, today denied he’d bet on the Labour party’s defeat in the next election, the Times of London reports. The Telegraph yesterday alleged that West placed the bet when Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair as prime minister, grabbing 66-1 odds.... More »

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United Kingdom • gambling • Gordon Brown • Labour • Britain • ABBA • Lord West

 Putin Denies 
 Digging ABBA 
 Cover Show 

But spokesman
admits that ex-KGB agent is a fan

Feb 7, 09 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin is no dancing queen, the Kremlin insists, denying reports that Russia’s prime minister attended a hush-hush ABBA cover concert, AFP reports. “Officially and for sure Vladimir Putin never took part in any concert of the kind,” Putin’s spokesman said. “He wasn’t there.... More »

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Russia • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • ABBA • Alina Kabaeva • Alexander Lebedev

 Mamma Mia! 
 Putin's a Dancing Queen 

Putin's secret Abba tribute band concert

Feb 6, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Russia's Vladimir Putin may appear to have ice flowing through his veins, but beneath that arctic exterior is the pulsating heart of an ABBA fan. The Russian PM paid $30,000 to have Abba tribute group Bjorn Again secretly flown to Moscow for a private concert for himself and a... More »

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Russia • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • ABBA • Alina Kabaeva • Alexander Lebedev • Bjorn Again • Lake Valdai

 Mamma Mia! Drowns 
 Titanic's UK Take 

Money, Money, Money at UK box office

Dec 17, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The movie version of the fluffy romantic musical Mamma Mia! has become Britain's biggest box office hit of all time, E! Online reports. The Meryl Streep flick, based on the tunes of the '70s Swedish pop group ABBA, earned $107.7 million in 22 weeks in theaters, sailing beyond... More »

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United Kingdom • box office • Titanic • Meryl Streep • ABBA • Mamma Mia!

 Batman or Spidey?
 McCain, Obama Weigh In

Candidates reveal pop-culture picks

Aug 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Closet ABBA fan: Obama or McCain? The two presidential hopefuls recently bared all to Entertainment Weekly, revealing their pop-culture preferences:
  • Favorite superhero: Obama: Spiderman, McCain: Batman
  • iPod playlist: Obama: Frank Sinatra, Sheryl Crow, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan; McCain: Roy Orbison, Linda Rhonstadt, Usher, and yes, ABBA
More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Indiana Jones • Spider-Man • Jerry Seinfeld • pop culture • Bambi • Batman • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • ABBA

MOVIE REVIEW

 Take a Chance on Mamma Mia! 

Golden oldies save cheesy musical adaptation from being a stinker

Jul 18, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mamma Mia! doesn't quite pull off the leap from stage to screen, but ABBA fans will find it worth taking a chance on, critics say. The "jukebox musical that strings together 19 ABBA hits on a narrative thread flimsier than dental floss" had Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer ... More »

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movie review • Meryl Streep • Pierce Brosnan • musical • ABBA • Mamma Mia!

 Top 10 Musical Movie Moments 

The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable

Mar 25, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video:
  1. “Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969)
... More »

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music • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • list • song • soundtrack • Martin Scorsese • The Doors • Francis Ford Coppola • ABBA • movies

Not So Fun to Stay on the Pirate Bay

Village People head up groups taking aim at file-sharing site

Feb 18, 08 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The Village People head a list of music industry has-beens pondering legal action against file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, after the service was indicted in Sweden for copyright infringement. The artists would join Prince, who’s been on the war path against the site for some time, reports Ars Technica. More »

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music downloads • file sharing • Prince • The Pirate Bay • The Village People • ABBA • Swedish law • Van Morrison

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