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NEWS ABOUT: Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys stories: 9 news summaries
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 Jackson Tributes 
 Steal Video Awards 

If it weren't for a certain rapper, Michael would have stolen the show

Sep 14, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the exception of Kanye West's inebriated attack on Taylor Swift, last night’s MTV Video Music Awards were all about Michael Jackson, with longtime friend Madonna and sister Janet delivering moving tributes, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Material Girl introduced the tribute, while Janet performed her half... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • Janet Jackson • Eminem • celebrity • award show • Video Music Awards • Beyonce • Madonna • Michael Jackson • Rihanna • Beastie Boys • Green Day • Lady Gaga • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

(Newser) - Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland and is recovering at home, Rolling Stone reports. The rapper says he had the procedure a week and a half ago, and spent just one night in the hospital. Though his recovery is... More »

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entertainment • music • surgery • hip-hop • parotid tumors • Beastie Boys • Adam Yauch • throat cancer • MCA • radiation treatment

(Newser) - Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has been diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland and will undergo treatment, Billboard reports. The surgery and radiation forced the group to cancel summer tour dates and postpone the release of a new album. The outlook, though, is good. “It’s a pain in... More »

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cancer • entertainment • music • salivary gland tumors • Beastie Boys • concert tour • Adam Yauch • cancelled • MCA

(Newser) - Phish, the Beastie Boys, Animal Collective, and Public Enemy highlighted a gorgeous day for Bonnaroo yesterday, write Troy Carpenter and Jeff Vrable in Billboard, after a sadly sodden opening on Thursday. In the first of their two days as festival headliners, Phish announced their comeback after a 5-year hiatus with... More »

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entertainment • music • concert • Phish • Animal Collective • Beastie Boys • Bonnaroo

music review


 Rage Frontman's
 New Band
 Sounds
 Familiar 

One Day As A Lion's new track doesn't fall far from the tree

Jul 20, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rage Against the Machine fans probably won’t be disappointed with One Day As A Lion, the new project from frontman Zach de la Rocha: It sounds, well, "pretty much kinda-sorta exactly like Rage Against the Machine,"  writes Gary Moskowitz in Mother Jones. The first song,... More »

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music • music review • Beastie Boys • Rage Against the Machine • Zach de la Rocha • Mario C • Jon Theodore • Mars Volta

Review

 Gunnin' Sure to Score
  With Hoop Fans 

Beastie Boy produces shallow but pleasing documentary

Jun 27, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, the second documentary from Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, is no Hoop Dreams, but critics predict a slam-dunk with roundball and hip-hop aficionados. The film follows eight high school phenoms through a high-profile Harlem pick-up game and “offers a snapshot of the kind of... More »

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basketball • movie review • documentary • Beastie Boys • documentary film • Adam Yauch

Beasties' Yauch Finds a Groove
With Hoops Doc

Rapper/director's Gunnin' For That #1 Spot opens tomorrow

Jun 26, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though by his own admission, he's "just terrible at watching basketball on television," Beastie Boy Adam Yauch—aka MCA—has directed a documentary about the nation's top prep players. Gunnin' for That #1 Spot opens tomorrow, and Radar catches up with Yauch, whose fight for his right to... More »

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basketball • Michael Beasley • Beastie Boys • Adam Yauch • Gunnin' for That #1 Spot • Rucker Park

Beastie Directs Film, Reilly Does Double Header

Esquire picks 5 performances to watch next month

Jun 15, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who will reign in pop culture next month? A dead drug addict and rapper-turned-filmmaker are on Esquire's list of predictions:
  1. Actor John C. Reilly will compete with Will Farrell for jokes in the upcoming laffer, Step Brothers.
  2. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has directed Gunnin' for that #1
... More »

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Hunter S. Thompson • John C. Reilly • Beastie Boys • Esquire • Michael Ian Black • Men Without Pants

The Cool Kids Take Hip-Hop Back to the '80s

Miss the days of
LL Cool J? Give this Chicago duo a listen

Feb 27, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hip-hop sensation the Cool Kids might come off as too, ahem, cool for school, catapulting from an online hit to Pitchfork Music Festival performer and MIA's fall tour opener—without ever releasing an album. But Chicago Magazine paints Antoine Reed, 20, and Evan Ingersoll, 23, as two inexperienced Chicagolanders whose... More »

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music • MySpace • Chicago • hip-hop • LL Cool J • album release • The Cool Kids • Antoine Reed • Evan Ingersoll • M.I.A. • Pitchfork Music Festival • Beastie Boys

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