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The success of any tightly scripted, live event is certainly measured in ratings, ticket sales, buzz, and -- with regard to quadrennial political nominating conventions -- voting returns. But the real yardstick for any major pop-culture event comes down to one simple element: The surprise celebrity cameo. Recent examples include James Bond and Queen Elizabeth skydiving into the London Olympics Opening Ceremonies; Tupac Shakur's hologram at Coachella; and when Jon Hamm popped up to say goodbye to Kristen Wiig on "SNL."

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SI.com: Ben Fowlkes: Swick set for UFC return after more than two years on sidelinesupdated: Thu Jul 26 2012 16:29:00

Go to a nice restaurant with UFC welterweight Mike Swick and odds are you'll get to meet the chef. It starts when he orders something off the menu and has to specify that he'd like it prepared without garlic or spices, on account of an esophageal condition that doesn't react well to many of the mainstays of the restaurant industry.

CNNMoney: Tupac hologram is cool. Real profits are cooler.updated: Tue Jun 19 2012 14:40:00

I just might be crazy enough to shell out big bucks for a Led Zeppelin "reunion" show if Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by a hologram of the late John Bonham banging away on the drums during "Moby Dick."

Cyberattackers grab more info on Arizona agency employeesupdated: Wed Jun 29 2011 22:44:00

A second hacking attack has yielded personal information belonging to nearly a dozen of its employees, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.

Hacking collective LulzSec says it is disbandingupdated: Mon Jun 27 2011 08:42:00

LulzSec, the gleeful and secretive band of hackers who appear to be responsible for a string of high-profile and sometimes embarrassing Internet attacks, said it was disbanding.

Hacktivists: What do they want?updated: Wed Jun 22 2011 11:02:00

CNN's Errol Barnett talks with Nicholas Thompson about the LulzSec-Anonnymous online plot called "AntiSecurity."

Hacker group LulzSec downplays arrest, claims Brazil attackupdated: Wed Jun 22 2011 11:02:00

The computer hacking collective LulzSec denied that a teenager arrested this week was a key player in the group, and claimed Wednesday it brought down the Brazilian government's website.

19-year-old arrested over Sony hack, London police sayupdated: Tue Jun 21 2011 13:13:00

A teenager has been arrested near London in connection with the hacking of Sony, London's Metropolitan Police said Tuesday.

Nick Broomfield: Tanzania is the next movie hotspotupdated: Tue Jun 21 2011 11:17:00

It's a country known for its stunning safari landscapes, long beaches and towering Mount Kilimanjaro.

People.com: Tupac Shakur Shooter Confesses to Role in 1994 Attackupdated: Thu Jun 16 2011 15:09:00

Dexter Isaac says he was one of the men who wounded the rapper, setting a bitter feud in motion

Hackers claim attack on CIA websiteupdated: Thu Jun 16 2011 13:01:00

Computer hackers who promise "high-quality entertainment at your expense" claimed to have taken down the Central Intelligence Agency website in support of WikiLeaks, but on Thursday the website appeared to be operating normally.

New York police will investigate claim of Tupac Shakur attackupdated: Thu Jun 16 2011 06:42:00

New York police said Thursday that they will talk to an inmate who admitted to being part of the 1994 robbery and shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur.

CNNMoney: Group claims fresh hack of 1 million Sony accountsupdated: Thu Jun 02 2011 18:50:00

Sony just can't catch a break from hackers. A group calling itself "Lulz Security" announced a fresh attack on Thursday, posting online snippets of data it says came from a breach earlier this week of more than 1 million user accounts on Sony's website.

Hackers pirate PBS website, post fake story about Tupac still aliveupdated: Mon May 30 2011 07:57:00

Online hackers have pirated the PBS website and posted a false story claiming the rapper Tupac Shakur -- who has been dead for almost 15 years -- is alive and living in New Zealand.

People.com: Donald Trump: I'm Not Running for Presidentupdated: Mon May 16 2011 18:50:00

"This decision does not come easily or without regret," he says

Pres. Obama gets paybackupdated: Mon May 02 2011 11:55:00

President Obama speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Obama lampoons Trump, releases 'birth video' at annual dinnerupdated: Mon May 02 2011 11:55:00

President Barack Obama poked fun at everyone -- from his wife to Donald Trump -- during the annual White House Correspondents dinner, before ending his speech with a tribute to journalists who brave deadly conditions to get a story.

Trump gives high marks to Obama's comedic timingupdated: Sun May 01 2011 22:04:00

Despite the ribbing he took from President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers, media mogul Donald Trump proclaimed Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner "an entertaining evening."

Trump reacts to zingersupdated: Sun May 01 2011 22:04:00

CNN's Don Lemon talks to Donald Trump about jokes at his expense at last night's White House Correspondents Association Dinner.

FBI reveals documents in Biggie Smalls death probeupdated: Fri Apr 08 2011 15:23:00

The 1997 murder of Christopher Wallace, the rapper also known as The Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls, remains an unsolved crime despite Los Angeles police and FBI investigations that lasted for years.

Will.I.Am upset over new MJ albumupdated: Wed Dec 15 2010 05:22:00

HLN's A.J. Hammer explains why Will.I.Am is so upset over the release of Michael Jackson's new album.

Iraqi rappers voice reality, pain: 'We livin' in hell'updated: Sun Dec 05 2010 19:47:00

Wearing hooded sweatshirts, baseball hats and sports gear, the five young men alternated between nodding their heads to the rhythm and taking hold of the microphone to pour out their anger, their insights, their pain.

Rap music mogul 'Suge' Knight arrested outside California restaurantupdated: Sat Dec 04 2010 20:45:00

In his latest run-in with the law, rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested at a suburban Los Angeles outdoor shopping mall for failing to appear in court on a traffic violation.

People.com: Mike Tyson and Wife Expecting Second Child Togetherupdated: Wed Sep 08 2010 17:28:00

More than a year after the tragic death of his daughter, the former boxing champ will become a father again in January

Tupac movie to focus on rapper's final dayupdated: Mon Aug 30 2010 09:26:00

The long-gestating Tupac Shakur movie may finally begin production this November, now that director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") has brought on Oscar-nominated screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson to pen a new script.

Suge Knight is '100 percent innocent,' lawyer saysupdated: Fri May 21 2010 11:49:00

The lawyer for Marion "Suge" Knight insists the rap music mogul did not point a gun at a man Wednesday night in the Los Angeles area.

Rap music mogul Suge Knight arrestedupdated: Thu May 20 2010 16:56:00

Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of pointing a gun at a man, authorities in California said.

Rap mogul arrested on weapons charge, Los Angeles police sayupdated: Thu May 20 2010 15:46:00

Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of pointing a gun at a man, authorities in California said.

People.com: Behind DJ AM's Iron Man 2 Cameoupdated: Fri Apr 23 2010 08:27:00

Before he passed away last year, he filmed a brief scene for the hit movie's sequel

Tupac song selected for Vatican playlistupdated: Fri Dec 04 2009 14:19:00

Music from late rapper Tupac Shakur has been included as part of the Vatican's official MySpace Music playlist.

Small changes create big waves in educationupdated: Thu Sep 10 2009 07:06:00

Stepping into a Chicago, Illinois, classroom, Enoch Muhammad cranks up the stereo and Tupac's "Brenda's Got a Baby" blares into the students' ears.

Students narrow suspects in Levy case to oneupdated: Fri Feb 27 2009 12:55:00

For more than a year, the criminal justice students jotted details of Chandra Levy's final movements onto a huge timeline taped to a classroom wall, culled the Internet and public records for scraps of information, and pored over the model skeleton laid out on a table in their lab at Bauder College in Atlanta, Georgia.

People.com: INSIDE STORY: Will the Biggie Case Ever Be Solved?updated: Sun Jan 25 2009 14:18:00

Twelve years after the murder that inspired the film Notorious, the rapper's mother still hopes for justice

Elvis, Marvin Gaye shake moneymakers in afterlifeupdated: Wed Oct 29 2008 12:19:00

Elvis Presley may have left the building three decades ago, but he raked in more money last year than many living titans of the music industry

Time.com: Hip-Hop Label Auctioned for $24Mupdated: Mon Jul 14 2008 19:00:00

Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million

Students try to crack famous cold casesupdated: Tue Jul 01 2008 15:57:00

The homicide cop, the prosecutor, the stalking expert and the psychic fielded questions about two unsolved mysteries in a large, sunny room with a skeleton laid out on a table and timelines posted on the walls.

People.com: Alicia Keys Clarifies Her Rapper Conspiracy Remarksupdated: Tue Apr 15 2008 16:25:00

Alicia Keys is clearing the air on her statements that gangster rap was a government "ploy to convince black people to kill each other" and that the government and media were responsible for the drama between slain rappers Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.

Time.com: LA Times Apologizes for Rapper Flubupdated: Thu Mar 27 2008 11:00:00

The Los Angeles Times has apologized for an article on the 1994 assault on rapper Tupac Shakur that was based on apparently phony documents

Time.com: How Phat Conquered Palestineupdated: Wed Dec 05 2007 14:00:00

Young Arabs are turning to hip-hop to express their feelings about conflicts in the Middle East

SI.com: All eyes on Bobupdated: Wed May 16 2007 01:36:00

"Change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy."

Biography: Ice Cubeupdated: Fri Dec 15 2006 06:46:00

"It's boyz in the hood, it's toys in the hood Y'all wanna know why there's noise in the hood Cause there's drugs in the hood, thugs in the hood Nigga killed a Crip and a Blood in the hood" - Ice Cube, "Why we thugs"

Los Angeles: City overviewupdated: Thu Oct 05 2006 05:42:00

A vast, decentralized urban sprawl, Los Angeles challenges conceptions of what a city should be. It's the ultimate monument to America's love affair with the automobile, where even the food is fast -- four wheels good, two legs bad. These days of course the freeway ain't so free. The 16-lane snarl-up is an occupational hazard for L.A. commuters who reputedly total up 99 million miles a day between them. Autopia has become autogeddon, complete with a sub-culture of car chases, car-jackings and drive-by shootings. Built as far west as geography would allow and hemmed in only by the Pacific, LA is a crazy town where manifest destiny has been given free reign, where anyone can turn up and claim to be someone -- if their agent is any good. It's a city of angels and demons, where a thin sheen of plastic surgery perfection barely conceals a seedy underworld of hustlers, dealers and movers on the make. That side of the city has long fascinated crime writers from Raymond Chandler to James Ellroy and, more recently

EW review: Johnny Cash's brilliant finaleupdated: Tue Jun 27 2006 14:46:00

Has there been a recent musical project more death-obsessed than Johnny Cash's American Recordings cycle?

Artists see jazz's future going globalupdated: Tue Sep 06 2005 16:36:00

The leader of one band taking part in the 48th Monterey Jazz Festival says his collection of rock stars sets out to create improvised "chaos" on stage -- with the possibility of a "train wreck."

EW review: '90s set? Eh, 'Whatever'updated: Thu Jul 21 2005 10:01:00

Last year, in this very section, I griped that in the face of rampant '80s nostalgia, I was prepared to prematurely revisit the decade that followed -- anything to ward off those inane old Poison videos that had returned to haunt us.

Hip-hop violinist infects Billboard chartsupdated: Mon Jun 14 2004 09:49:00

Violinist Miri Ben-Ari studied Beethoven and Bach as a child, but her passion followed the rhymes of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac.

Rap mogul 'Suge' Knight out of jail, back at workupdated: Fri Apr 23 2004 21:21:00

Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight went back to work Friday after spending 10 months in prison for his second parole violation in two years.

Fortune: January The FORTUNE Business Calendar "Everything you need to know about what's going on, and a whole lot you don't."updated: Mon Jan 07 2002 00:01:00

For more information on these events, see fortune.com/calendar.

Money Magazine: Stocks Are For Kids At California's Chatsworth High, a student-run investing group has suddenly become the hottest club in schooupdated: Sat Apr 01 2000 00:01:00

When I was 12, my dad gave me 10 shares of IBM. Pointing to the columns of tiny numbers in the business section of the Sacramento Bee, he explained that at $66 a share, the total cash value of my "...

Fortune: THE MARKET COOLS TO RAP MUSICupdated: Mon Jul 10 1995 00:01:00

Word to Senator Bob Dole: get with it, bro. The Republican presidential hopeful recently scored big points bashing rap music and record companies such as Time Warner (parent of Fortune's publisher)...

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