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Michael Jackson may have been the King of Pop, but Prince is surely next in line for the throne.

From left, actors Josh Emerson, Hayden Panettiere and Jack Carpenter attend a special screening of 'I Love You, Beth Cooper' hosted by Seventeen Magazine, Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in New York.

Kristina Bogdanov, an assistant professor of fine arts at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware -- was awarded an honorable mention for her work The Chromosome Chain , which will become a permanent part of the competition collection.

DOUG ELFMAN MORE COLUMNS Starting Wednesday, Carmen Electra will dance for two shows a night in the nearly nude revue "MGM Grand's Crazy Horse Paris." Her stint will end July 13.

Caption: Prince Coachella Music Festival 2008 - Day 2 Indio, California .... Soul superstar PRINCE proved he can still draw a crowd after selling out two upcoming concerts in less than eight minutes when tickets went on sale on Saturday .

Hearing rumblings about some Twin Citians who've reportedly done work for Prince and are unhappy that the checks have not been reliably in the mail.

Organizers of the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland say more than 7,000 tickets for two concerts by Prince were sold out within eight minutes of going on sale Saturday.

Many questions loom regarding Michael Jackson's untimely death. One remains unanswered: Where is Prince? I remember when I was a gangly teenager when Prince Rogers Nelson burst onto a scene already well-saturated and dominated by Michael Joseph Jackson.

Europe's most prestigious jazz festival just got a bit more funky today as Prince was confirmed for a two-show set to close the Montreaux Jazz Festival.

WHAT could Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers possibly have in common with Prince and his former protege Apollonia? They're both on the bill for a holiday-weekend near-marathon of musicals spanning six decades.

Share + Jul 2, 2009 11:10 pm US/Central Reporting Frank Vascellaro MINNEAPOLIS 1 of 1 Michael Koppelman has lived an interesting life.

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"I see a few of the brothers out there are using a lot of Afro Sheen," Prince quipped at his recent Philadelphia show.

The rumor had legs. It was all supposedly hush-hush but enough of a crowd gathered to fill the Dakota's bar side and spill outdoors onto the patio.

When "Purple Rain" opened in late July 1984, Pioneer Press writer Rick Shefchik said Prince was better onstage than on-screen, but he also said some nice things about the Purple One's film debut.

Scott Anderson knows how these rumored Prince performances in small rooms go. After all, he had seen the Purple One in concert at First Avenue a few times in the early 1980s.

The impact of Prince's "Purple Rain" soundtrack was swift and stunning. It spent nearly half the year atop the Billboard charts and spawned four top 10 singles, two of which went all the way to No.

There are great movies, and there are great rock movies. "Purple Rain," Prince's first film, might just be a great rock movie, but it's no "Gone With the Wind." The movie has some definite strengths - Prince's acting, Prince's singing, Prince's songs and Prince's buddy Morris Day.

Free is the new black, and here are two cool new albums you can cop gratis. First, Spin magazine commissioned a well-curated Prince tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain featuring respectable acts like Riverboat Gamblers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Of Montreal and Lavender Diamond.

The St. John Festival held the Prince and Princess competition and they selected Daniela Joseph as the St.