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In arts and entertainment, the year saw the deaths of two members of the Redgrave acting dynasty: Lynn Redgrave and her brother Corin Redgrave. Another who died was author J.D. Salinger, who spent much of his life retreating from the fame garnered by his book "The Catcher in the Rye," which shocked and inspired millions...

Teddy Pendergrass and Elizabeth Edwards are among the notables who died in 2010. The year also included the deaths of two members of the Redgrave acting dynasty: Lynn Redgrave and her brother Corin Redgrave; author J.D. Salinger, who spent much of his life retreating from the fame garnered by his book "The Catcher in the Rye"; famed singer/actress Lena Horne and actor Dennis Hopper. Here is a ...

Doug Martsch is a staple for modern indie rock, and the poster child for the reluctant rock hero. When asked about his found fame and notoriety, he doesn’t have much of an answer, mostly confusion as to why it happened in the first place, but at the same time, it doesn’t seem to bother him, as he has only been doing what has come natural to him since his adolescence. This feeling of bewilderment has been with him for some time now, stretching back to his first break out band Treepeople . For hi

Mastodon has never been a quite group of guys. In fact, they are they are one of the loudest (as in fame and noise) metal bands out there. We also just got word that they are scoring a film – the Jonah Hex film, to be exact. According to Ain’t It Cool News , Mastodon have been quite busy working on the film’s score. When asked about how the sound is, their reply was simply: “Needless to say, pretty heavy!” Enough said. Although we’re pretty stoked about Karen O and Arcade Fire

So this band is back up to doing dual-disc albums now, are they? In all fairness, I didn’t actually get the second disc in my promo copy, so I’ll just have to go with the first half. Now if you’re not familiar with Esoteric, they’ve gotten a degree of fame in the world of underground, and very extreme doom metal. Hmm, would that actually be fame though? It’s not exactly a huge selling audience their catering too, though the people who reside in the more extreme world of Neurosis, Isis, Cult of