Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, who was influenced by John Coltrane, added a jazz component to the band’s rock sound and filled the role of bassist. The band charted 15 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 starting in 1967.
When the Doors were still a fledgling quartet, and the band members were honing their chops playing five sets a night at the London Fog club in Hollywood, it wasn’t rock stardom on keyboardist Ray Manzarek’s mind as he and his three band mates laid down an extended jam for their debut album that ran more than seven minutes.
Drake Gets His Afro On While Filming Cameo For Anchorman 2
Because this week has been the best kind of Ron Burgandy overload EVER, between the multitude of celebrity cameos being filmed recently for the much-anticipated sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, as well as the just-released DEBUT theatrical trailer!
And get this: there are STILL unexpected celebrities showing up on set to get their ’70s on…in a big way!
Like Drizzy EFFING Drake!
Eurovision goes back to basics in Malmo
Emmelie de Forest triumphed for Denmark in a year when the Eurovision Song Contest went back to basics.
The 20-year-old gave Scandinavia its second consecutive win and her country’s third victory in the history of the competition with her song, Only Teardops.
Culture
Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor
John Hurt has experience with extra-terrestrial life forms. One memorably burst out of his chest in Alien. His arrival in the final frame of Doctor Who (BBC One) was much less gory but almost as shocking.
Hurt’s cameo, miraculously kept secret ahead of tonight’s series finale, capped an episode full of high-stakes drama, head-spinning twists and surprises.
News
Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 91
A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools.
The injured flooded into hospitals, and the authorities said many people remained trapped, even as rescue workers struggled to make their way through debris-clogged streets to the devastated suburb of Moore, where much of the damage occurred.
Sports
Spurs prove too much for Warriors
After double-OT shootouts, Tony Parker midrange clinics and all manner of ill-advised-for-anyone-but-Steph shots, the Spurs finished off the beat-up Warriors 94-82 Thursday night without Tim Duncan or Manu Ginobili on the floor in crunch time. Meanwhile Parker, the only member of the Big Three in the game, was in the midst of one of the worst shooting nights of his career.
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