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  1. Top 6 Spies You Wouldn't Suspect

    Tue, 7 Feb 2012

    list of famous double agents. Here is our list of surprising spies throughout history: 1. Josephine Baker World famous entertainer Josephine Baker is most widely known for her legendary dancing and singing career. Aside from being one of the

  2. 'The Battle of Versailles': Landmark Fashion Show Broke Racial Barriers, Showcased U.S. Designers

    Mon, 24 Jan 2011

    outside Paris. Lisa Minelli performed for the Americans, singing "Bonjour, Paris." The French had U.S. expat Josephine Baker perform for their side. Click here to see a slide show featuring designs from the 1973 fashion show and photos from

  3. Michael Jackson's Doctor: Raids, Death Investigation Not First Brush With Law

    Wed, 1 Jul 2009

    Jimmy Nicholas, Blanca Nicholas, Roselyn Muhammad, Faheem Muhammad, Frank Tyson, Fernand Diaz, Peter Madonie, Josephine Baker and Kai Chase. Also listed was the name of Jackson's son Prince," Chernoff said in a statement. Several of aliases

  4. Actors Struggle Despite Oscar Achievement

    Sat, 21 Feb 2009

    and Enemy Mine, before television proved to be a little more fruitful. He won a Golden Globe for his role in "The Josephine Baker Story" and an Image Award for "Touched by an Angel." "People say you're going to win another one -- one day

  5. Hollywood Still Plagued by Prejudice

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    of fame with stars who have talents that sparkle as brightly as the talent of any other ethnicity: Paul Robeson, Josephine Baker , Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Junior, Sidney Poitier, Joe Louis, Lena Horne, Diana Ross, Bill Cosby, Jim

  6. Is It Really All That Good to Be Bad?

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    addiction and despair. All the talent in the world can't help them overcome their biggest obstacle -- themselves. Josephine Baker , Billy Holiday, Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin Sure, we all love a little controversy, personal style and gritty

News

  1. London's fabled Savoy Hotel slated for renovation

    Tue, 18 Dec 2007

    an A-Z of Tinseltown, sports-page, literary, musical and political lists from the Jazz Age on: Al Jolson, Josephine Baker , Babe Ruth, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda

  2. Beyonce Hits Milestone

    Thu, 7 Sep 2006

    princess revealed the legends and history that had influenced her new album, "B'Day." "I wanted to be more like Josephine Baker , because she didn't, she seemed like she just was possessed and it seemed like she just danced from her, her

  3. Excerpt: 'The Lady and the Panda'

    Thu, 7 Jul 2005

    openly of birth control, and women were enticed by the makers of Chesterfield cigarettes to "blow some my way." Josephine Baker had her own nightclub in Paris. Films turned talkie. Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic. D. H. Lawrence imagined a

  4. Spy Museum Comes In From the Cold

    Thu, 18 Jul 2002

    Marlene Dietrich, who recorded American propaganda songs broadcast to German soldiers, is also included, as is singer Josephine Baker , who worked for the French Resistance. Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner, an adviser to the Washington museum

Videos

  1. Keri Hilson's 'No Boys Allowed'

    Fri, 17 Dec 2010

    of them in my video for pretty rat which I hear in my ears so. I know that you probably playing and you know from Josephine Baker to Standridge to. Diana Ross and the greens and Janet Jackson and C means there are so many Lauryn Hill. Still Laney

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    I know that you probably playing -- and you know from Josephine Baker to -- Standridge to. Diana Ross and the greens and Janet Jackson and -- C -- means there are so many Lauryn
  2. Beyonce: Music's New 'Dreamgirl'

    Thu, 7 Sep 2006

    refused to appear before segregated audience. And said I dance because I'm free. I wanted to be more and like Josephine Baker because she didn't anything like she did was possessed anything like to experience from her heart and everything

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    dance because I'm free. I wanted to be more -- and like Josephine Baker because she didn't -- anything like she did was possessed anything like -- to experience from her heart and everything for free.
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