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LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - "The Hunger Games" and stars Lenny Kravitz and Amandla Stenberg have been targeted in a series of racist tweets. The bulk of the complaints center on the casting of black actors as characters that some Twitter users argue were portrayed as white in the Suzanne Collins' hit book. Kravitz plays a stylist named Cinna. Stenberg portrays Rue, the brave little girl who nurses Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) back to health at a key point in the film. As E! Online notes, contrary to these complaints, Collins actually depicts Rue as having "dark brown skin and eyes. ...
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Lenny Kravitz: cancels rest of Canadian tour
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Lenny Kravitz has cancelled the remaining dates on his Canadian tour after coming down with a throat illness.
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Arcade Fire: Coldplay, Bruce, R.E.M., Wilco, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Feist, Obama Do Rock for Kids Auction
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The twentieth anniversary edition of the annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction will take place December 5 at Chicago's Park West, with the aim of raising some coin for the city's homeless and underprivileged youngsters. Over the years, the Rock for Kids auction has raised more than three million dollars for the cause, and they...
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Lenny Kravitz: pays tribute to Pink Floyd at V Festival
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Lenny Kravitz played a mid-afternoon slot at today's (August 16) V Festival - covering tracks by both Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson.
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Lenny Kravitz: To Front Velvet Revolver?
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Lenny's been seen in the studio with VR
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Lenny Kravitz: Morning Show
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Lenny Kravitz will be the special guest on CBS News' The Early Show this Monday, May 19th & Tuesday, May 20th.
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