Symbolina

2019 (1)

2019 December (1)

• "Q&A: Andrea Swensson on Becoming a Prince Expert -- The Current radio host talks about how she got involved in writing the liner notes for the super deluxe reissue of Prince's 1999 album."
  • by Steve Marsh
  • in Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
  • on 12 December 2019
  • about Andrea Swensson, memoir, Prince: The Story of 1999, Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2016 (4)

2016 October (1)

• "Prince's 'wall of security' didn't keep Tommy Smith from getting great photos"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 26 October 2016
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2016 April (1)

• "C.J.: Writing a book with Prince 'would be a nightmare job,' Neal Karlen says"
  • by C.J. (Cheryl Johnson)
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 15 April 2016
  • about airport, C.J., memoir, Neal Karlen, Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2016 March (1)

• "C.J.: Cuteness alert: KARE 11 anchors Williams and Hepola expecting twins"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 14 March 2016
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2016 February (1)

• "C.J.: James Corden is not vague about examining Prince's facial hair"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 25 February 2016
  • about C.J., Donald Trump, Symbolina, Trump
  • (mirror)

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2015 (2)

2015 January (2)

• "C.J.: Slide over to Beverly Hills Pawn for a pair of Prince's shoes or Mayte's handcuffs"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 21 January 2015
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Prince is a gem for "Diamonds and Pearls" vocalist Rosie Gaines"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 13 January 2015
  • about Symbolina, Today Show (TV show)
  • (mirror)

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2014 (7)

2014 September (1)

• "C.J.: 'Black-ish' actor Anthony Anderson falls deeply under the spell of Prince when so invited"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 22 September 2014
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2014 August (1)

• "C.J.: Home to visit family, musical anchor John Reger makes a Prince sighting"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 13 August 2014
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2014 June (1)

• "C.J.: Mischke explains the art of never being employee of the month"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 14 June 2014
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2014 May (1)

• "C.J.: Dr. Crutchfield wants to be paid for bad Sade experience"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 21 May 2014
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2014 April (2)

• "C.J.: Jay Leno sets the pace for PACER guest stars"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 28 April 2014
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Prince couldn't thrill all Paisley Park party fans"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 1 April 2014
  • about Mall of America (place), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2014 February (1)

• "C.J.: Jessica Biel's stop to shop leaves Minneapolis merchant red-faced"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 13 February 2014
  • about Nordstrom (place), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2013 (10)

2013 August (2)

• "C.J.: KARE 11's Sven gets love peck from a bat"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 28 August 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Prince makes list of top tax liens: $1.6 millon"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 14 August 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2013 July (1)

• "C.J.: Take note: Pen and paper among parting gifts for Queen Bey"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 12 July 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2013 May (1)

• "What's Prince up to now? -- Prince has been moving all around Chanhassen lately, and yet he still hasn't found time to pay his property taxes."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 3 May 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2013 April (2)

• "C.J.: Will Prince be flattered by kiss-and-tell?"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 30 April 2013
  • about memoir, Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Will our Prince testify in MJ case?"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 1 April 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2013 March (2)

• "Some swore they saw Prince at Bobby Z's heart gala"
  • by C.J.
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 11 March 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Immature Prince treats borrowed guitar like his own before tossing it"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 4 March 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2013 February (2)

• "C.J.: WCCO's Santaniello gets caught in a fur-trimmed trapper hat"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 27 February 2013
  • about Nordstrom (place), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Jason Matheson reportedly leaving Fox 9 -- Word has it Jason Matheson is leaving Fox 9 after 12 years."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 11 February 2013
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2012 (6)

2012 September (1)

• "PA's secure in his 'masculine femininity' -- Yes, there was an elephant in the lobby of Winter Park when KFAN's Paul Allen, "Voice of the Vikings," and 18-year Canterbury Park track announcer, talked to me for this Q&A."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 22 September 2012
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2012 August (1)

• "C.J.: NYT food writer was joking -- not inventing stereotypes -- New York Times food writer Julia Moskin sounded as if she was just a tad weary Friday over getting feedback from her Aug. 1 article about Bachelor Farmer."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 13 August 2012
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2012 July (1)

• "C.J.: TSA agent's comments stun former producer for Oprah -- In a nutshell, author Janet Lee found remarks last week by a Chicago-based TSA agent ethnically offensive."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 18 July 2012
  • about Mall of America (place), Oprah (TV show), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2012 March (2)

• "C.J.: Piece of purple past posted at a princely price -- Do you desperately need to own a teeny-tiny piece of Prince's Purple House?"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 14 March 2012
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Remembering Davy Jones: 'He was just fun' -- Davy Jones was easily Twin Cities PR woman Mary Haugen's favorite Monkee."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 1 March 2012
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2012 February (1)

• "C.J.: Madson gets ready to strut his stuff in charity dance-off -- Brad Madson's hips don't lie -- or apparently move that much at all."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 23 February 2012
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2011 (12)

2011 November (2)

• "C.J.: Tardy Bieber didn't make photo cut; too bad for him -- Justin Bieber was reportedly late, extremely tardy, which is not exactly an innovation in the annals of rudeness."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 22 November 2011
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "Jimmy Jam: He loves California, misses 'Nice' -- Music producer and performer Jimmy Jam returned to his hometown to perform with the Original 7ven at the State Theatre. These are the original members of the Time, the band Prince put together in 1981 but won't give permission to use the name by which they are best known because Symbolina owns the rights to it. After the group autographed copies of their new CD "Condensate" at the Mall of America for some of their most longtime, devoted fans, Jimmy Jam talked with me about more pleasant matters. A sports fan and former Wolves courtside season ticket holder, he says something that may have jittery Vikings fans praying from "Jimmy's lips to Zygi's ears.""
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 14 November 2011
  • about Mall of America (place), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2011 September (1)

• "C.J.: Bobby Z making great strides, wife says -- Beating drums has ceased to be Bobby Z's only form of exercise, since his heart attack scare earlier this year."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 26 September 2011
  • about Jellybean Johnson, Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2011 May (2)

• "Prince gives Whitney Houston the hook -- A Prince concert at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., is just one more place Whitney Houston shouldn't be seen while enjoying the outpatient part of rehab."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 13 May 2011
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "C.J.: Prince gives Whitney Houston heave-ho from stage -- Troubled Whitney Houston was gently escorted off stage and reportedly added to the "banned" list by Prince and/or his people after her antics at the Forum."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 11 May 2011
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2011 April (3)

• "C.J.: Coolio was just asking for it at the Lounge -- Word is that Coolio showed patrons at the Lounge nightclub Thursday what a disgusting foolio he's capable of being on stage."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 17 April 2011
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "Ask twice for the skinny on Erica Kane -- Susan Lucci is apparently no Erica Kane."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 6 April 2011
  • about Mall of America (place), memoir, Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "'Snow-bate' lands new film 'Lumpy' in Minnesota -- A tipster overheard actors Justin Long and Jessica Weixler being told to check out St. Paul's Little Szechuan when the stars of "Lumpy" asked where they could get good Chinese food."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 5 April 2011
  • about Mall of America (place), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2011 March (1)

• "For Prince, a slightly manlier mane -- Is a ballet dancer bringing out the boy in Prince?"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 2 March 2011
  • about Oprah (TV show), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2011 February (2)

• "Will Prince and ballerina live happily ever after? -- Prince has a new love interest, a ballerina, who is being described as "his first sister since Sheila E" by Mediatakeout.com"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 19 February 2011
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "Divas' do's, and the guy who does 'em -- Who's a bigger diva, Diana Ross or Naomi Campbell? I asked a hairstyling icon who'd know the answer on Monday at the Wayzata location of Jon Charles Salon."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 10 February 2011
  • about Nothing Compares 2 U (song), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2011 January (1)

• "Safe Bette: The cold was too much for Midler -- Next time Bette Midler gets a wintertime job opportunity in Minnesota, maybe she should decline."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 24 January 2011
  • about Oprah (TV show), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 (12)

2010 December (1)

• "Red tulips win her heart -- It started with red tulips and purple irises delivered to VIP Hair & Nails Salon owner Tiffany Wilson around Valentine's Day, along with a mysterious anonymous note about how they might meet in the future. "Regards," the note ended, formally."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 25 December 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 September (1)

• "Kelly Carlson nips Stamos rumor in the bud -- "Nip/Tuck" star Kelly Carlson tells me there's a huge problem with Globe magazine's account of a romantic dinner she supposedly shared in L.A. with John Stamos: "Completely fabricated, 100 percent.""
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 13 September 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 June (2)

• "Jimmy Jam enjoys some home cooking at Rudolph's -- Rudolph's Bar-B-Que was calling, and Jimmy Jam was answering."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 14 June 2010
  • about Jerome Benton, Jimmy Jam, Morris Day, Oprah (TV show), Symbolina, Terry Lewis
  • (mirror)

• "Cheryl Tiegs: There's no 'Love Story' with Ryan O'Neal -- Cheryl Tiegs is NOT dating Ryan O'Neal, even though the alleged romance is all over the Web."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 6 June 2010
  • about memoir, Oprah (TV show), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 May (1)

• "Wolfgang Puck eats up fashion talk -- First Lady fashion, a delightful unexpected dish, was on the menu Friday when Wolfgang Puck was at his 20.21 restaurant at the Walker Art Center."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 24 May 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 April (1)

• "Princely visions at Cub -- Prince really must consider more sensible footwear for traipsing around the Twin Cities. Shouldn't aging hips, punished by years of high-heel dancing, require it?"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 3 April 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 March (1)

• "Hey, Mister Hill, can you sign this? -- Grant Hill is -- as talk show host Wendy Williams would say -- all kinds of sexy. How you doin'?"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 29 March 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 February (2)

• "Vonn's SI bikini has Minnesota ties -- One of the bikinis Minnesota's skiing Olympian Lindsey Vonn wore for SI is creating a sensation around the LA offices of swimsuit designer Kerry Cushman, a native of Cambridge."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 10 February 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "Down, but maybe not out -- "It's all about ratings. It's not about finding a date or anything like that," Shauna Raisch said, explaining her unforgettable TV energy with Bravo's repugnant "Millionaire Matchmaker.""
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 6 February 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2010 January (3)

• "Prince's 'fight' song sounded familiar - and led to a familiar result -- Thanks a lot for the rousing "Vikings fight song," Prince."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 25 January 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "Prince's Vikings song savaged -- Prince may feel a tad blue after Friday's installment of ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption," where the song he wrote for the Vikings, "Purple and Gold," got savaged."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 22 January 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "Dishin' -- The buzz in the music world is that Prince may be seen more around his hometown. I'm told that Symbolina is moving back, but since I never thought he totally moved away ..."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 10 January 2010
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2009 (2)

2009 August (1)

• "C.J.: Look out! Melinda is hooked on Meier -- Melinda Jacobs kept getting her hooks into a man while fishing for an episode of "Cook What You Catch with Randy Meier.""
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 18 August 2009
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2009 February (1)

• "Keillor's marital status on Facebook? It's (not that) complicated -- Twenty-four hours of un-wedded abyss came to an end at 4:34 p.m. Monday for Garrison Keillor."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 16 February 2009
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2008 (8)

2008 December (2)

• "Prince's sister Tyka is singing her own tune on new gospel CD -- Listeners to Tyka Nelson's new gospel CD, "A Brand New Me," could swear they hear her older brother on background vocals."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 29 December 2008
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "What's OK in the locker room isn't OK on Fox or YouTube, OK? -- As overexposures go, Visanthe Shiancoe thinks his moment of nakedness on Fox could have been much worse."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 9 December 2008
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2008 November (2)

• "C.J.: Prince told New Yorker writer no to tape recorder, notepad -- As suspected, New Yorker mag contributor Claire Hoffman didn't write up her gay-marriage-is-wrong interview with Prince from notes or a tape recorder."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 26 November 2008
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

• "Suddenly, the explorer found himself face to face with an ... Oprah -- Somewhere during taping of the seventh segment, it hit Dan Buettner: "I was on with Oprah!""
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 24 November 2008
  • about Oprah (TV show), Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2008 August (1)

• "From Dungy to A.J. to Symbolina: Readers have lots on their minds -- At least Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a sense of humor about those satellite dishes on the sides of his face. I make this observation while kicking off today's batch of reader complaints and comments."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 4 August 2008
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2008 July (1)

• "Wanna-be authors as inscrutable as their would-be subject -- "I'm going to write a book, write a book about the life of a farm boy and a rock star," said Carson Erickson."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 8 July 2008
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2008 June (1)

• "Washburn High's class of '58 reunion will be right on the button -- Members of Washburn High's Class of 1958 who held on to a homecoming button designed by Charles Schulz have a piece of memorabilia that might be worth more than a few peanuts."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 2 June 2008
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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2008 April (1)

• "Hirshfield's-Britton feud is a colorful one -- Hirshfield's is painting Edina makeup queen Carroll Britton in an unflattering light."
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 26 April 2008
  • about Symbolina
  • (mirror)

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