Awards and Honors (5)
29 January 2008 : Prog rock band The Mars Volta releases their album The Bedlam in Goliath. As a promotion, the band also gives away a CD-vinyl single, a special format with an optical side readable in CD players and a vinyl side that plays on a turntable for about three minutes. Both sides contain a cover of Pink Floyd's "Candy and a Currant Bun.
The Bedlam in Goliath debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. |
| 4 February 2012 : About 100 dancers take place in a Soul Train-style line dance in Times Square as a tribute to the recently diseased founder of the show, Don Cornelius. |
| 8 February 2009 : At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, Robin Thicke is again recognized for his work as a writer and producer. His work on the track “Tie My Hands” from Tha Carter III helped earn Lil’ Wayne the award for Best Rap Album, while the song “Giving Myself” which Thicke also wrote and produced, helped Jennifer Hudson’s self-titled album win Best R&B Album. |
| 13 February 2005 : At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, Robin Thicke earns his first gold-plated gramophone for his work on Usher’s 2004 album Confessions. Robin co-produced the track “Can U Handle It?” |
| 16 February 1999 : At the 19th annual BRIT Awards, hosted by English broadcaster and journalist Johnny Vaughan, The Corrs grab the award for Best International Group. The awards are held at London Arena in London, England where The Corrs also perform their songs “Runaway” and “Haste to the Wedding” live at the ceremony. |
Band Dynamics (5)
| 17 October 1989 : The first practice by the San Francisco band Four Non Blondes is postponed because of an earthquake, which also disrupts the World Series. The band would later have a hit with "What's Up." |
| 28 August 2009 : Three days before the release of their 2nd studio album The First Days of Spring, Noah and the Whale lead singer Charlie Fink’s brother Doug announces that he will leave the band to pursue a career in medicine. In a 2011 interview, Charlie says that Doug is still the one "he consults first on matters concerning the band. ‘He can always see where I'm going, even when something is embryonic and sounds like madness.’” |
| 13 November 2004 : After several years of feuding, the rap group A Tribe Called Quest gets back together for a reunion show at the Rock the Bells festival. It was also the night when their friend and fellow rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard from the Wu-Tang Clan died. A Tribe Called Quest opened their show with a tribute to ODB and performed some of Wu Tang's songs to start the set. |
| 18 October 2011 : The Stone Roses officially announce they are to reunite after a fifteen year split. The band confirm three gigs at Heaton Park in Manchester on June 29th, 30th and July 1st 2012, and also claim a world tour and new album is in the works. |
| 10 March 1991 : Mookie Blaylock goes on the Seattle radio station KISW and announces they are changing their name to Pearl Jam, inspired by the jamming they saw at a Neil Young concert a few weeks earlier. |
Banned (5)
| 4 September 1968 : Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones is banned in Chicago and some other cities as local officials fear it will incite riots. |
| 29 June 1957 : The government of Iran officially bans rock and roll after declaring rock dancing "as harmful to health." The ban would stay in place until the 1990s. |
| 29 May 1992 : Concerned that students were identifying with Freddie Mercury, who had recently died of AIDS, the principal at Sacred Heart School in Clifton, New Jersey doesn't allow 8th graders to perform the Queen song We Are The Champions at their graduation ceremony. When students flood the radio station Z100 with requests for the song, it is re-released as a single. |
| 20 May 1967 : Saying it might promote drug use with the line, "I'd love to turn you on," the BBC bans The Beatles' A Day In The Life. |
| 29 November 1976 : Town council in Lancaster Poly, England pulls the plug on a scheduled performance by The Sex Pistols. |
Births (5)
| 8 June 1956 : Greg Ginn (Black Flag) |
| 18 September 1955 : Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) |
| 7 January 2012 : Beyoncé and Jay-Z have their first child: a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter. |
| 2 September 1953 : American composer John Zorn is born in New York City. As a child, he shows a fascination with an eccentric fascination with sound and avant-garde music that prompts his parents to get him psychologically evaluated. |
| 22 September 1957 : Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave, frontman of The Birthday Party and the Bad Seeds, is born in Warracknabeal, Australia to teacher Colin Cave and librarian Dawn Cave. |
Certifications and Milestones (5)
| 3 February 1989 : "Wild Thing" by Tone Loc becomes the first rap single certified Platinum. |
| 19 August 1980 : "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow becomes the first rap single certified Gold. |
| 15 July 1986 : Run-DMC's Raising Hell becomes the first rap album certified platinum. |
| 17 December 1984 : Run-DMC's self-titled debut becomes the first ever Gold-certified rap album. |
| 17 August 2011 : "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" by Katy Perry hits #1 on the Hot 100, making her just the second artist with five #1 singles from the same album (Teenage Dream). The other five-time chart topper: Michael Jackson's Bad. |
Charts (5)
| 30 September 2008 : Hot on the heels of the mega-successful The Evolution of Robin Thicke, Robin Thicke’s 3rd solo album Something Else debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200. The album moves 140,000 copies in the first week. |
| 3 March 2007 : In this week’s issue of Billboard magazine, Robin Thicke simultaneously tops four Billboard charts: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and Hot Adult R&B Airplay. His sophomore album The Evolution of Robin Thicke is responsible for all the chart-topping success, and the record would go on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. |
| 16 August 2008 : “5 Years Time,” the first single from Noah and the Whale’s debut Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down peaks at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is the bands greatest chart success to date. |
| 28 March 2010 : I Speak Because I Can, Laura Marling’s sophomore full-length, proves the staying power of her striking voice when it debuts at #4 on the UK Albums Chart. The album would bring Marling her second nomination for the Mercury Prize later that year. |
| 15 October 1988 : UB40’s cover of Neil Diamond’s “Red Red Wine” finally hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 over four years after its initial release. In the book 1000 UK #1 Hits, lead singer Ali Campbell muses: "The funny thing about the song is we only knew it as a reggae song. We had no idea that Neil Diamond wrote it." |
Concerts and Festivals (5)
| 13 July 1974 : Eric Clapton invites Todd Rundgren to play guitar during the encore of Clapton's concert at Madison Square Garden. Todd's guitar rig isn't working. Clapton takes off his guitar, hands it to Todd, and steps aside to listen. |
| 16 July 2009 : At the Latitude Festival, held every year in Henham Park in Suffolk, England, Noah and the Whale debut their feature-length film The First Days of Spring. The film accompanies their new record of the same name due out in August. Written and directed by lead singer Charlie Fink, the film stars model Daisy Lowe, the daughter of fashion designer Pearl Lowe and Gavin Rossdale, lead singer for the alt-rock band Bush. |
| 3 May 2008 : The A-Sides, a brief side project for British indie-folk rockers Noah and the Whale, play a one-off gig at London’s Push Club. They promise new wave interpretations of Noah and the Whale songs, covers and some “punk stylee” new originals. Prior to the show, the band urges fans via their MySpace page to “read the Motley Crue biography The Dirt, because that’s pretty much how it’s gonna go down.” |
| 29 November 2003 : In front of a crowd of 40,000+ at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, The Corrs make their first concert appearance as part of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 campaign to raise AIDS awareness in Africa. Alongside artist like Bono, Beyonce and Peter Gabriel they help raise money for the Nelson Mandela Foundation for AIDS. |
| 17 March 1998 : A live St. Patrick’s Day performance at Royal Albert Hall coincides with the release of The Corrs sophomore album Talk on Corners. The concert includes a guest performance by Mick Fleetwood—the famed drummer sits in on three songs, including a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.” That song would catapult to the top of the UK charts later in the year along with remixed version of several other songs on the new album, finally bringing The Corrs international success. |
Deaths (5)
| 11 February 2012 : Whitney Houston |
| 5 February 1967 : Violeta Parra, chilean composer. |
| 17 January 2012 : Johnny Otis |
| 20 January 2012 : Etta James |
| 8 January 2012 : Omar Shariff |
Debuts (5)
| 11 August 2008 : Noah and the Whale debut Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down is released on the Mercury/Vertigo label. Laura Marling, who was a member of the band at the time of recording but soon left to focus on her solo career, is featured as a vocalist on the album. Fellow indie-folk artist Emmy the Great also contributes vocals to the album. |
| 4 February 2008 : Laura Marling releases her much-anticipated debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim on Astralwerks, a division of Virgin Records. The initial release comes in a unique “songbox” format, containing a CD copy of the album, a code redeemable for a free concert ticket and a memento for each song. |
| 29 August 1980 : UB40 release their seminal debut Signing Off. The album would climb to #2 on the UK Albums Chart, spending a total of 71 weeks on the charts. It is the first-ever reggae record to reach the Top-30 in the UK. In 2010, to mark the group’s 30th anniversary and Signing Off’s far-reaching influence, the band performs the record in its entirety during a series of intimate concerts across the UK. |
| 9 February 1979 : UB40 plays their first gig—a friend’s birthday party—at The Hare & Hounds Pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham. In October 2011, a plaque is placed outside the club to commemorate this performance when the band becomes only the 8th act to receive the Performing Rights Society’s Music Heritage Award. |
| 14 September 2003 : Jet release their debut album Get Born on Elektra Records. Leading the Australian invasion of the early 2000’s with bands like The Vines, the album would go on to sell well over three million copies. The title is lifted from the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” |
Discoveries (4)
| 11 August 1956 : Richard Goodman and Bull Buchanan, recording as Buchanan and Goodman, enter the charts with "Flying Saucer," which is the first song to use what's called the "Break In" technique, dropping in bits of other hit songs throughout. The song would eventually peak at #3. |
| 23 April 1995 : London's Sunday Times reports that Peter Hodgson, whose father once lent Paul McCartney his tape recorder, had found a reel-to-reel of The Beatles' first recordings in his attic. Made in 1959, the tape features sixteen songs, including Hello Little Girl, written by Lennon and McCartney but given to another band, and Ray Charles' "Hallelujah, I Love Her So." |
| 19 February 1878 : Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. |
| 27 July 1958 : A study by Esso Oil (formerly Standard Oil, eventually Exxon) finds that drivers speed more and therefore waste more gas when listening to the new fad of rock and roll music. |
Good Deeds (5)
| 3 November 2010 : UB40 performs a gig at the Rainbow pub in Digbeth, Birmingham, helping the club raise money to sound proof their roof after a series of noise complaints. 500 fans are given a rare chance to see the band play up close and personal in this intimate setting. |
| 25 May 2008 : Jet releases a YouTube video featuring their song “Shine On” that honors the life and work of Australian ophthalmologist Fred Hallows. It is estimated that Hallow’s work in Australia and other developing nations has helped bring eyesight to over one million people. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, lead singer Nic Chester said, "hopefully [the video] encourages people to make a donation to keep Fred's work going." |
| 10 May 2010 : In tribute to the recently deceased Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, Jose Feliciano performs the US National Anthem before the Tigers/Yankees game at Tiger Stadium. In 1968, Harwell had Feliciano sing the anthem before a Tigers World Series game. The 23-year-old, blind, Puerto Rican singer did the first famous non-traditional rendition of the song at that game, and he and Harwell took a lot of heat. In later years, it became common for singers to put their own spin on the song. |
| 16 October 1988 : U2, Ziggy Marley and Keith Richards are among the performers at the Smile Jamaica concert, which benefits victims of Hurricane Gilbert. |
| 27 December 1982 : Billy Joel plays a benefit concert in Allentown, Pennsylvania as his song Allentown makes its way up the charts. |
Health Issues (5)
| 6 March 1994 : While singing "My Way" at the Mosque in Richmond, Virginia, Frank Sinatra slips and falls, losing consciousness. He recovered and played more shows, but his health deteriorated and the singer died in 1998. |
| 23 November 2011 : George Michael is hospitalized mid-tour due to a serious bout with pneumonia. All remaining tour dates are postponed as the singer is placed in intensive care. |
| 20 October 2011 : John Mayer has throat surgery to treat a problem with his vocal cords, pushing back the release of his album Born and Raised. |
| 25 October 2011 : Steven Tyler of Aerosmith falls in a shower during a stay in a Paraguay hotel, knocking out two teeth. A local dentist repairs the famous mouth, and Tyler performs the next day. |
| 9 December 2003 : Ozzy Osbourne crashes his quad bike, breaking several bones including his collarbone and fractured vertebrae. The injuries are considerable, but not life-threatening. |
Incidents (5)
| 29 September 2009 : After playing a gig at Club Academy in Manchester, England tens of thousands of pounds worth of Noah and the Whale’s equipment is stolen from a locked trailer in a car park near the venue. In December, police recover most of the gear, including items of great sentimental value to the band, nearly 100 miles away in a barn where the perpetrators had been storing it. |
| 1 August 2006 : 30-year-old Andy Richardson dies after he is beaten in the mosh pit during The Deftones' set at the Family Values tour in Atlanta. |
| 15 October 2011 : Seal, along with Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme, attends the 35th birthday party of Checken president and human rights abuser Ramzan Kadyrov. The celebrities take a lot of heat for pimping themselves out to this unsavory ruler. |
| 17 June 1997 : At an Ozzfest date, Ozzy's voice gives out. Other bands play in an attempt to stem the discontent - Marilyn Manson among them - but nonetheless the crowd boils over, riots, and ultimately flips police cars. |
| 26 May 2004 : Days after touching down in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to film a documentary on the war-torn country, Sum 41 are forced to evacuate from their hotel in Bukavu after serious fighting erupts. They are rescued by UN peacekeeper, Chuck Pelletier. Sum 41 would go on to name their third studio album Chuck in honor of Pelletier. |
Innovations (5)
| 2 November 1920 : KDKA in Pittsburgh becomes the first commercially licensed radio station in the United States. They are not the first station on the air, but the first to get the broadcast license. With consumers unsure of the benefits of radio, the station announces results of the Harding-Cox presidential election, getting the news to those with a radio much faster than everyone who had to wait for the morning paper. |
| 1 December 2011 : It's a good day for comedy writers and late-night talk show hosts as Hanson announces they will be selling MMMHop beer. |
| 25 March 2001 : At the Academy Awards, where she is nominated for Best Song from her movie Dancer In The Dark, Bjork wears a swan dress complete with a purse that looks like an egg, which she "lays" on the red carpet. Such bold fashion would not be seen again until Lady Gaga's emergence. |
| 17 March 1999 : Sinead O'Connor records the first ever single via the Internet in a BBC studio as part of the Tomorrow's World program. The song is a cover of Bob Marley's "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" recorded for the War Child charity. |
| 20 April 1971 : Five friends at San Rafael High School in California coin the term "4:20" as a euphemism for smoking pot. April 20th becomes a popular day to spark one up, as does 4:20 pm. Note that the Boston song Smokin' clocks in at 4 minutes, 20 seconds, and if you multiply the title numbers in Bob Dylan's Rainy Day Women #12 And #35, you get 420. Dude!. |
Legal Issues (5)
| 18 October 2011 : A Birmingham County Court declares four of the original members of UB40 bankrupt. Even after selling 70+ million records over their 33-year career, saxophone player Brian Travers, drummer Jimmy Brown, trumpeter Terence “Astro” Wilson and percussionist Norman Hassan fail to fight off bankruptcy proceedings over debts related to the band’s now defunct record label DEP International. |
| 12 January 2012 : Lou Reed and John Cale of The Velvet Underground sue the Andy Warhol Foundation for licensing the iconic banana logo Warhol created for the band to third parties. |
| 2 December 2011 : Police in Arkansas find the Country singer Mindy McCready hiding in a closet two days after she kidnapped her 5-year-old son from her mother, who was living with the child in Florida. McCready, who did not have custody of her son, was 7 months pregnant with twins at the time. |
| 14 September 2005 : Tim Foreman, bassist of Switchfoot, speaks out against Copy Protection that Sony have placed on the band's album, Nothing Is Sound. Foreman provides fans with a detailed workaround on Switchfoot's message board, although the forum posting is later deleted by Sony. |
| 7 November 2011 : Dr. Conrad Murray is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Murray was accused of giving the singer a lethal dose of the sedative propofol on the day he died. |
Marriages and Breakups (5)
| 8 December 2011 : Sinead O'Connor marries a drug counselor named Barry Herridge in Las Vegas. The couple splits up a few weeks later. |
| 11 July 2005 : Robin Thicke ties the knot with high-school sweetheart and Precious star Paula Patton. Their first son is born Julian Fuego Thicke on April 6, 2010, just shy of their 5th wedding anniversary. |
| 7 July 2001 : Sharon becomes the first Corr to wed when she marries Gavin Bonnar, a Belfast barrister. To date they have two children, Cathal Robert Gerard and Flori Jean Elizabeth. |
| 22 January 2012 : Seal and Heidi Klum, who got married in 2005 and had four kids together, announce they are separating. |
| 21 December 2005 : Elton John and his partner David Furnish take part in a civil ceremony (gay marriage was not legal in England) to make their union official. Guests at the ceremony, which takes place in Windsor, England, include George Michael, Sharon Stone, and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. |
Miscellaneous (5)
| 17 March 1985 : Richard Ramirez kills a man and attacks a woman at a house in Rosemead, California, leaving an AC/DC hat behind at the crime scene. Ramirez would continue his killing spree and became known as the "Night Stalker." When it becomes clear that AC/DC is his favorite band, the group is accused of encouraging crime and devil worship in their music. |
| 1 January 2012 : During celebrations in Times Square, Lady GaGa shares a kiss with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg just after the ball drops. |
| 10 February 2011 : The video for Rebecca Black's song, "Friday," is uploaded to YouTube. Comedian, Michael J. Nelson, will go on to post about the video on his Twitter account, turning "Friday" into a viral smash. |
| 10 August 2007 : Jon Foreman, front man of Switchfoot, announces the band have left Columbia Records. Switchfoot will soon go on to create their own record label, lowercase people records. |
| 23 September 2011 : Following a Demi Lovato concert at the Nokia Theater, Justin Bieber takes his girlfriend Selena Gomez to The Staples Center, which he has rented out so they could enjoy a private showing of Titanic in the 20,000 seat theater. |
Movies (5)
| 14 August 1991 : The Commitments opens in limited release in the US. The film features all four Corrs in small parts, including the youngest Andrea in a speaking role as Sharon Rabbitte. While auditioning for the film, The Corrs connect with future manager John Hughes who helps the group hone their sound and eventually sign a deal with Atlantic Records for their debut album Forgiven, Not Forgotten. |
| 21 May 1993 : Sliver starring Sharon Stone and William Baldwin is released in the US. The movie is universally panned by critics, but the prominent use of UB40’s cover of the Elvis Presley original “Can’t Help Falling in Love” in the film helps give the band their 2nd #1 hit in the states. The song was originally released as the first single from their 1993 album Promises and Lies. |
| 25 October 1985 : The first rap movie, Krush Groove, is released in American theaters. Featuring Run-DMC, New Edition and Sheila E., the film is based on the life story of Russell Simmons. |
| 21 March 1956 : To capitalize on his hit song, Bill Haley stars in the movie Rock Around The Clock, which is one of the first movies based on rock music and aimed at teenagers. |
| 21 March 1956 : To capitalize on his hit song, Bill Haley stars in the movie Rock Around The Clock, which is one of the first movies based on rock music and aimed at teenagers. |
Music and Politics (5)
| 25 November 1969 : John Lennon returns his MBE (Member of the British Empire) award, which he received in 1965. He says he is returning it in protest of "the Nigeria-Biafra thing," "support of America in Vietnam" and "Cold Turkey slipping down the charts." |
| 5 December 1976 : Two days after he is shot in an assassination attempt, Bob Marley performs at the Smile Jamaica concert, which he organized in an effort to promote peace in the country. The concert became more of a political event after the shooting, which was carried out by a political party who saw Marley as a threat. About 80,000 Jamaicans attended the concert, where Marley took the stage for 90 minutes. |
| 10 March 2003 : Dixie Chicks lead singer, Natalie Maines, sparks political controversy in the run up to the invasion of Iraq after declaring to a London audience: "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." |
| 11 September 2001 : Most radio stations simulcast news after the terrorist attacks take place. As stations gradually return to music, they try to be sensitive about what songs they play, but Clear Channel Communications goes overboard with a list of 165 songs they ask their stations to avoid, including Smooth Criminal and What A Wonderful World. |
| 23 July 1984 : Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America crown midway through her run after naked picture of her appear in Penthouse. The controversy didn't keep her from becoming a very popular actress and singer: in 1991 she released her #1 hit Save The Best For Last. |
Recordings (5)
| 13 September 1990 : Eddie Vedder does some surfing, writes some lyrics, and adds his vocals to three instrumental tracks recorded by the guys he would later join in Pearl Jam. The songs become "Alive," "Once" and "Footsteps." |
| 30 September 2008 : Disney releases Nightmare Revisited, a cover album of songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas.The new album commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the film's original 1993 release, and features new arrangements by KoRn, Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Marilyn Manson. |
| 1 April 1986 : Bruce Hornsby and the Range release The Way It Is, an album that would produce four hits (including the title track) and be certified multi-platinum. |
| 6 April 1993 : Bruce Hornsby releases his first solo album, Harbor Lights. Jerry Garcia, Pat Metheny, Bonnie Raitt, Branford Marsalis, and Phil Collins all make appearances on this jazzy recording. |
| 23 October 2001 : Bush releases <b>Golden State</b>, a commercially disappointing album. It would be the group's final release for ten years, as Bush unofficially disbanded in 2002. |
Releases (5)
| 30 September 2006 : Shine On, Jet’s sophomore album is released to mixed reviews. Most notably the indie music website Pitchfork’s review is nothing but a video of a chimpanzee urinating into its own mouth. The title track and 3rd single from the record “Shine On” is a tribute to Nic and Chris Chester’s dad, who died from cancer in 2004. |
| 2 November 1982 : Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five release the early rap classic "The Message." |
| 15 September 1983 : Huey Lewis and the News release the album Sports, later certified 7x Platinum. The album features the singles "I Want a New Drug", "The Heart of Rock 'n Roll" and "If This Is It." |
| 11 September 2000 : Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow release a cover of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'" as a duet. The single reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a week. The single also appears in the 2000 film Duets. |
| 11 September 2000 : Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow release a cover of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'" as a duet. The single reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for a week. The single also appears in the 2000 film Duets, which starred the pair. |
TV, Radio, Press (5)
30 November 2011 : Robin Thicke's dad, actor Alan Thicke publishes an article in The Huffington Post titled "Boomerology 101: Gangster Father," where he discusses Robin's success despite his "life as the son of a White Canadian Sitcom Dad, aka 'Street Cred Death.'"
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| 24 April 2009 : Robin Thicke performs his smash-hit “Lost Without U” after The Oprah Show on the Oprah Friday’s Live segment. So many viewers complain about missing the performance that Oprah brings Robin back for an unprecedented repeat performance only month later. |
| 5 October 1999 : The Corrs perform live on MTV’s Unplugged at Ardmore Studios in Wicklow, Ireland. The resulting CD and DVD have sold well over 2 million copies. |
| 2 November 2007 : A right of passage for any up-and-coming British musical act, Laura Marling makes her debut on Later…with Jools Holland, performing the songs “Ghosts” and “New Romantic” before a live studio audience. The former Squeeze founder’s late night music variety show has become an institution in the UK, and many other networks rebroadcast it around the world. |
| 2 October 2009 : A half-naked Kate Beckinsale graces the cover of Esquire Magazine as 2009’s Sexiest Woman Alive. A sexed-up video featuring the actress is released with Jet’s “Goodbye Hollywood” from 2009’s Shaka Rock providing the soundtrack. |
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