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R.I.P. Donna Summer

May 17th, 2012

The Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, has passed away from cancer at the age of 63. She may seem like an unlikely choice for an obituary on The Wedge site, but Donna blazed a trail that played a significant role in the careers of many singers that followed. Many singers that we’ve played on The [...]

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Posted in Blog, Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Today’s Top 10: Beastie Boys: MCA Remembered

May 7th, 2012

Last Friday, the music world lost a pioneering legend. Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys passed away, after a long battle with cancer. While his life was cut short, his legacy with the Beastie Boys lives on. They forged their own style of music, fusing elements of alternative, hip hop, funk and electronic music. [...]

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Posted in Blog, Today's Top 10 | Posted by Lauren

We Celebrate Whitney’s amazing performances and videos

February 11th, 2012

The music industry lost one of it’s biggest voices today and it didn’t take long for everyone to run to twitter and facebook to wish their fond farewells to the legendary Whitney Houston. Here is what people were saying: @NickiMinaj: Jesus Christ, not Whitney Houston. Greatest of all time. @JustinBieber: just heard the news. so [...]

Tags: Music & Videos, rip, Whitney Houston
Posted in Blog | Posted by Klye

RIP JAY REATARD

January 19th, 2010

Last week on January 12th, the sad news that garage rocker Jay Reatard had died suddenly in his sleep shocked music fans everywhere. Speculations that this 29-year-old legend had passed away was at first deemed to be a rumor, but to everyone;s dismay the tragic death has been confirmed. Now rumors of homicide are beginning [...]

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Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent

Brittany Murphy Autopsy Underway

December 21st, 2009

An autopsy is being performed today on Brittany Murphy. The 32-year-old actress died after suffering cardiac arrest at her LA home yesterday morning. The LAPD has finished a preliminary investigation into her death and found no evidence of foul play. Murphy was taking prescription medication and experiencing flu-like symptoms before she died. TMZ reports her [...]

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NOW PLAYING: MJ

June 29th, 2009

This weekend I did what millions of people around the world also did: I listened to a ton of Michael Jackson. I estimate that I’ve heard at least ONE Michael Jackson song every day of my life for the past 25 years. That means I’ve heard his songs at least 9,000 times (and let’s be [...]

Tags: micha, rip
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events | Posted by Mark Swi

Michael Jackson | Gone Too Soon

June 26th, 2009

GONE TOO SOON. WOW. I can’t even believe I’m writing this. There are certain moments in history, in pop culture, that everyone can look back on and definitively say, “I remember where I was when…”

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Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events | Posted by Mark Swi

Natalli Reznik Talks About Dancing For Michael Jackson

June 26th, 2009

Michael Jackson was a legend. All his fans and the dancers around the world that he inspired and touched will all be affected by this loss.

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Posted in Celeb Guest Blogs, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events | Posted by Mark Swi

Danny Fernandes Comments On Michael Jackson

June 26th, 2009

I can’t believe he is gone just like that. Just the other day I was speaking to a friend on how I wanted to get an mj tattoo and 2 days later this tragedy happened. I can’t even explain how saddened and shocked I am. He was my all time fav.

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Posted in Celeb Guest Blogs, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events | Posted by Mark Swi

Belly Comments on Michael Jackson

June 26th, 2009

Words can’t describe how sad I am right now. Michael Jackson practically raised me, like millions and millions of other people all over the world. When my family came to Canada in the early 90′s, we were singing Michael Jackson’s songs before we even knew how to speak english. He was known in all corners [...]

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Posted in Celeb Guest Blogs, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events | Posted by Mark Swi