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We’ve all heard about celebrities with drug addictions who check into rehabilitation clinics, and many people have known at least one person in their

FILM OF THE WEEK THE UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY (Cert 15, 130 mins, Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd, Drama/Romance/Musical, available now on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services, available from June 7 on DVD £19.

comments To full comprehend the hard road Billie Holiday traveled in her final years, see if you can get your hands on "Lady in Autumn: The Best of The Verve Years." More than merely a compilation, these songs gleaned from sets recorded between 1946 and 1959, the year she died at age 44, create an unsparing biography of decline told through Holiday's voice. You can hear the ways that substance abuse and despair ravaged her voice, and you can also sense the spirit beneath it remained unbowed through those final sessions. Whether Andra Day listened to this collection to inform her perform...

Who was Billie Holiday and how did she die? A BIOGRAPHICAL film about legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday was released on Hulu on Friday, February 26. During the late 1930s, Holiday released her hit single Strange Fruit, which is considered one of the first great protest songs aimed at sending a political message. 5 Who was Billie Holiday? Born April 7, 1915, Eleanora Fagan, better known by her stage name Billie Holiday, was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day," Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumental...