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Infinity Theatre making connections between Annapolis and Broadway
Jenny Lee Stern stars as Patsy Cline in the Infinity Theatre Companys production of "Always Patsy Cline," opening June 8 in ...
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New Xbox faces wider range of competition
Microsoft sees the Xbox One as an all-in-one gaming and entertainment system. It’s set to go on sale in time for the holidays Microsoft ...
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Luke Skywalkers pants up for auction
The pants worn by actor Mark Hamill in the first Oscar-winning "Star Wars" film are being sold at auction and could go for up to $100,000, auctioneers announced Monday. The young Jedi Knight wore the sand-colored regular Levi's pants throughout the 1977 movie, which launched the world-beating franchise by director George Lucas. The pants will be put up for auction on Tuesday, ...
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Drake MTrench nab most MMVA nods
Marianas Trench, Drake and Classified have nabbed the most nominations at this year's MuchMusic Video Awards. Canadian pop rockers Trench earned six, Drake five and Classified four, it was announced Tuesday. Trench's video for Desperate Measures is up for video and pop video of the year. Both Drake and Classified are also nominated for video of the year, Drake for Started From The ...
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McCarthy fires extra for abusing child
LOS ANGELES - Melissa McCarthy allegedly booted a female extra from the set of her directorial debut "Tammy" on Monday after catching the woman mistreating, and possibly even abusing, her child. TMZ reports the unidentified woman reported to work on the Wilmington, N.C., set with a 4 to 5 year-old child in tow and struggled to control the child’s behavior. McCarthy’s reps ...
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Movie Review Plimpton Directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling
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Movie Review 3 Geezers Directed by Michelle Schumacher
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Movie Review Doin It in the Park a Film About Pick-Up Basketball
A labor of hoophead love by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, ...
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Phoenix Arts Group spreads wings globally
/enpproperty--> Chen Weihong never became a painter like he wanted to, but at the age of 40 he has managed to build an art materials empire on his own. The Phoenix Arts Group, in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, is the world's second-largest art materials supplier in terms of production capacity, after the United Kingdom-based Winsor & Newton. "We plan to open our second overseas ...
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Former RCMP Musical Ride member sues says colleagues dragged her through feces
RCMP Staff Sgt. Caroline O'Farrell is shown in a handout photo from the law firm who is representing her.A Mountie who was once part of the famed Musical Ride is suing the national police force, alleging she was sexually assaulted, harassed, repeatedly doused in cold water and dragged through horse feces by colleagues. THE CANADIAN ...
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Theatre review Compelling story of recovery discovery
REVIEWAn AccidentTheatre: Northern LightDirected by: Trevor SchmidtStarring: Melissa Thingelstad, Michael PengWhere: PCL Studio Theatre, ATB Financial Arts BarnsRunning: Through Saturday, May 25Tickets: ...
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Chief Keef arrested Report
Rapper Chief Keef has been arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, according to U.S. reports. The 17-year-old hip-hop sensation, real name Keith Cozart, was detained in DeKalb County on Monday and charged with disorderly conduct, reports TMZ.com. Details surrounding his arrest were unavailable as WENN went to press, but the star posted a short rant on his Twitter.com page on Tuesday after leaving jail. ...
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Marion Cotillard stalker sentenced
Marion Cotillard poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Blood Ties" during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 20, 2013. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul ...
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David Bowies Bassist Trevor Bolder Dies
Uriah Heep and Spiders From Mars bassist Trevor Bolder has died aged 62 following a battle with cancer. Bolder joined David Bowie's backing band in 1971, appearing on classic albums including Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane. He went on to join Uriah Heep five years later and only stopped playing with the band a few months ago, due to his poor health. Tributes were paid to him tonight as ...
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Glafira Rosales Is Named in Government Suit
In a case of alleged forgeries that roiled the New York art market and led to a host of civil lawsuits, federal authorities on Tuesday declared a series of works sold as Modernist masterpieces to be fake and charged a little-known Long Island dealer at the center of the scandal with tax fraud. Prosecutors charged that the dealer, Glafira Rosales, 56, of Sands Point, N. Y., failed to ...
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Theater Review Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon at LaMaMa
The first thing you notice about Fred Ho and Ruth ...
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Music Review Giorgio Moroder in Red Bull Music Academy Series
A packed dance floor was the appropriate greeting for the pioneering producer Giorgio Moroder, 73, on Monday night at the Brooklyn club Output. Billed as Mr ...
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Latest Quincy Jones Hyphenate Manager
Normally, it would have been a valedictory moment. This February, when Quincy Jones accepted a lifetime achievement award from the producers and engineers wing of the Recording Academy, that famed trumpeter, composer and producer of landmark albums like Michael ...
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Theater Review The Golden Dragon by Roland Schimmelpfennig
Plan your evening carefully if you choose to see ...
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Books of The Times Southern Cross the Dog a Novel by Bill Cheng
Bill ...
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Music Review Laura Benanti Sings Cabaret at 54 Below
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Music Review Laura Mvula at the Bowery Ballroom
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UPDATE 1-Court revives lawsuit vs Electronic Arts over video game image
Tue May 21, 2013 5:10pm EDT * Ex-Rutgers quarterback Hart may challenge use of image * Activision, Take-Two, media companies supported EA By Jonathan Stempel May 21 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc by a former Rutgers University star football quarterback, who accused it of using his image in a video game without permission. By a 2-1 ...
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A Pearl Buck Novel New After 4 Decades
The manuscript was stumbled upon in a storage unit in Texas and returned to the Buck family in December in exchange for a small fee, said Jane Friedman, the chief executive of Open Road Integrated Media, the ...
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Paula Cole On Mountain Stage
May 21, 2013 The bestselling singer-songwriter gives a stripped-down and intimate performance, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. Here, Cole plays a few new songs, as well as two of her biggest hits: "I Don't Want to Wait" and "Where Have All the Cowboys ...
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Morocco recieves aid as part of EU ties
Morocco has taken another step forward in its several years long pursuit of closer ties with the EU, receiving a vote of confidence from the continent’s organizing body in the form of aid, which will be used to pursue areas of development needed to modernize and reform the country.
Morocco is to receive Euro 580 million (roughly MAD 6 billion) from the European Union over the next four years, according to a joint agreement that was signed between Morocco and the EU recently, which it is hoped will provide the country with the means to further integrate itself with the European economy. Read more
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