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Lawyers for the estate of Nina Simone are reportedly suing smartphone and tablet manufacturer HTC for using one of her songs in a commercial without permission. According to TMZ, the lawsuit accuses HTC of using Simone’s 1965 single “Sinnerman” without obtaining the rights. The ad uses a Felix da House Cat mix of the song. […]

  Phone company HTC has some trouble on their hands in the form of Nina Simone‘s estate. The estate for the late High Priestess of…

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The birth places of Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix and Rosa Parks are set to be restored on a new reality show on the History Channel and PBS. The remarkable story of the legendary singer, Nina Simone, will be told and recaptured as the show takes audiences on a journey back to her birthplace in Tryon, […]

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LONDON (AP) — Zoe Saldana has played an alien and a future space traveler — but taking on the role of an actual famous person proved even harder. The 34-year-old star of “Avatar” and “Star Trek” plays pianist, singer and activist Nina Simone in the forthcoming biopic “Nina.” Her casting drew criticism from some, who […]

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Yesterday marked what would be the 80th birthday of legendary singer Nina Simone.  Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, Nina Simone’s music was a soundtrack of civil rights. She was a student at Julliard until she ran out of money. She was later rejected by Curtis Institute of Music because she was black. Despite the odds, Nina […]

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Yesterday marked what would be the 80th birthday of legendary singer Nina Simone.  Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, Nina Simone’s music was a soundtrack of civil rights. She was a student at Julliard until she ran out of money. She was later rejected by Curtis Institute of Music because she was black. Despite the odds, Nina […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of talking black history with Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou breaks out singing a hymn a cappella. The acclaimed poet and author wants to show Keys, a New Yorker, what “lining out,” call-and-response singing that is popular in black churches down South, sounds like. That teaching moment is […]

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People are really upset Zoe Saldana is set to play Nina Simone. Aaron Overfield, website content manager for ninasimone.com composed a scathing open letter to the actress and the film’s director, Cynthia Mort, for the yet to be seen “disrespectful portrayal of Nina Simone.” Yikes, he’s not playing either. First of all, he writes that […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Stroud, a former New York City police detective who was singer Nina Simone's ex-husband and one-time manager, has died. He was 86. His niece Joyce Stroud said he died in his sleep on Saturday, in the Bronx. Stroud met Simone in early 1961. They married later that year, and later […]