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  Hear Boy George's Twangy Take on Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games'

  July 24, 2012 – Lana Del Rey's original viral video hit, "Video Games," has become what you might call a video game in its own right, spurring countless singers to hit the Web with their own alternate versions, whether bluesily instrumental, wispily lo-fi, or blippily electronic. Covering the Born to Die standout now: Boy George, whose twang-streaked, gruffly expressive rendition puts the song in a whole new territory. …
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  Eminem Becomes a Trekkie, and 7 More Oddities

  October 22, 2009 – tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; tweetmeme_source = 'SPINmagazine';Eminem's "Without Me" is translated into Klingon. Klenginem seeks duet partner named... Shatner? [io9] John Mayer gets so irate at NYMag.com that he wants to "forcefully sodomize" their editor. Let's see him try to write a ballad out of that one! [nymag.com] Madonna's New York City neighbors sue over her loud rehearsals.... so that's what they're calling sex these days. …
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  Musicians React to Michael Jackson's Death

  June 26, 2009 – The music world -- and the world at large -- has been mourning Thursday afternoon's unexpected death of Michael Jackson. Via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and more, some of music's biggest stars are honoring the King of Pop. Here's what they had to say: Paul McCartney: "I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. …
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  Boy George Gets 15 Months in Jail

  January 16, 2009 – Former Culture Club frontman Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in prison this morning in a London courtroom after being convicted of falsely imprisoning and beating a male escort in his London apartment, the Associated Press reports. According to British Judge David Radford, the 47-year-old singer (born George O'Dowd) was guilty of "gratuitous violence" for handcuffing a Norwegian escort, 29-year-old Audun Carlsen, to a wall and be …
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  Boy George Plots Summer Tour of North America

  June 6, 2008 – Who? Culture Club-fronting, "Karma Chameleon"-singing, not-exactly-law-abiding singer Boy George, who is known as much for his gorgeous voice as he is for his garish style. What? A 25-date tour beginning in Aspen, CO July 10. From there, George will stop into Las Vegas and California, including a two-date residency at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre. …
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