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Articles for Kris Kristofferson

Remembering singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Remembering singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson

NPR  

Remembering singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson, who died Sept. 28, was a Rhodes Scholar and an Army Ranger before taking a chance at songwriting. GROSS: Well, I'd like to close with another song from your new CD, "The Austin Sessions." His new CD, "The Austin Sessions," features new versions of his best-known songs, including the song that's quoted …

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Jennifer Aniston gets emotional over death of onscreen father Kris Kristofferson on late-night talk show
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jennifer Aniston gets emotional over death of onscreen father Kris Kristofferson on late-night talk show

Daily Mail  

Jennifer Aniston praised the late Kris Kristofferson, who played her father in a 2009 film, on Wednesday while promoting her children's book on a late-night talk show. Jennifer Aniston praised the late Kris Kristofferson, who played her father in a 2009 film, on Wednesday while promoting her children's book on a late-night talk show 'Yes. The late actor and Jennifer …

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Kris Kristofferson was 'a walking contradiction,' a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kris Kristofferson was 'a walking contradiction,' a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends

Hindustan Times  

LOS ANGELES — If Kris Kristofferson's life were fiction, it would feel a little implausible. Kristofferson's title character could be a description of himself: “He’s a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction, Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home.” Though the “lonely” part certainly didn't apply. Legendary Western director Sam Peckinpah saw him as a perfect …

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Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Webb and more stars pay tribute to Kris Kristofferson
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Webb and more stars pay tribute to Kris Kristofferson

The Independent  

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Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88

ABC  

US actor and singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson has died aged 88. Kristofferson, who was from Texas, was known for many songs including Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Help Me Make it Through the Night, For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee. Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known when performed by others, whether Ray …

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Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter who changed country music, dies at 88
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter who changed country music, dies at 88

LA Times  

He disliked being called a poet and thought, more or less accurately, that he sang like a barking bullfrog, but Kris Kristofferson did more to change country music than a legion of golden-throated balladeers. “Because he changed everything.” Meticulously crafting songs that were mournful and fatalistic without being mawkish, Kristofferson invited listeners to share the regrets of a man who …

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The 10 best things we saw at Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concert
1 year, 7 months ago

The 10 best things we saw at Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concert

LA Times  

It’s not much of an exaggeration — and yet it defies logic — to say that you could trace the history of American music’s past 100 years during the two nights of Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. Sturgill Simpson Best banter of the night came from Simpson, who told the audience, “There’s only …

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Live from Willie Nelson 90 tribute: Keith Richards joins Willie at the Bowl
1 year, 7 months ago

Live from Willie Nelson 90 tribute: Keith Richards joins Willie at the Bowl

LA Times  

Welcome to Day 2 of our coverage of Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, the two-night tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl to Shotgun Willie on this, his 90th birthday weekend. — Erin Osmon 6:38 p.m. Bluegrass phenom Billy Strings opens Night 2 with his magnetic take on Nelson’s “Whiskey River,” a welcome repeat of last night. 7:00 p.m. Allison …

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At Willie Nelson 90, country, rock and rap stars pay tribute, but Willie and Trigger steal the show
1 year, 7 months ago

At Willie Nelson 90, country, rock and rap stars pay tribute, but Willie and Trigger steal the show

LA Times  

On this, his 90th birthday weekend, newly minted nonagenarian Willie Nelson and a slew of his famous friends and admirers are gathering at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate his decades of musical genius. Although Nelson has been slowed some by age, his performance at last year’s Palomino Festival in Pasadena prompted The Times’ Mikael Wood to rave, “Nelson’s singing was …

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Why Kris Kristofferson’s forgotten Cisco Pike has become a cult film
2 years, 6 months ago

Why Kris Kristofferson’s forgotten Cisco Pike has become a cult film

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As Kristofferson’s faded musician – the titular Cisco Pike – strides beside the murky, pre-gentrification …

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