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Relative Unknown Chosen to Direct Fifty Shades
It was coveted by a range of big-time filmmakers, but a woman from the cinematic minor leagues won the job: Sam Taylor-Johnson will direct the film adaptation of the best-selling erotic novel ...
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Educators artists lawmakers urge more emphasis on the arts
new report on the role those subjects play in shaping the national character The report issued Wednesday by American Academy of Social Sciences, entitled The Heart of the Matter, argues that the humanities and social sciences are essential, but under-funded and under-appreciated. They include subjects like literature, history, film and languages and the arts, as well as anthropology, ...
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Oduamadi I love to dance
. "That's why I missed the last Africa Cup of Nations, which my team-mates won in such spectacular style. "I've been given the chance to show what I can do in the national team now though, and I don't want to waste it. I'm very happy with the first steps I have taken in the competition, and I'm going to give my all to help my team go as far as possible. ...
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Lavals corrupt image scares off choral festival sponsors
Mondial Loto-Qubec de Laval festival founder Gregory Charles cancelled his own tribute concert to Elton John because of a shortfall in funding from corporate sponsors. (CBC/Pierre ...
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Cyrus gets wild in racy new video
Miley Cyrus is set to shock fans with her new party video for the track We Can't Stop. The promo debuted online on Wednesday and features the former child star cavorting with pals at a wild bash, where she French kisses a doll in her own likeness, works out on an exercise bike, swims in a see-through string vest with her nipples covered by tape and dances suggestively with cuddly toys and ...
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Woodley cut from Spider-Man 2
Actress Shailene Woodley has been cut from the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man sequel after producers decided to delay the introduction of her character, Mary Jane Watson, until later in the film franchise. The Descendants star shot scenes with Andrew Garfield earlier this year, but she will no longer feature in the 2014 release of 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2.' Instead, Woodley's ...
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A true political warrior leaves the stage
A true Canadian political warrior, Toronto Liberal MP Bob Rae is leaving the stage. Whatever opponents think of his political stances over the years, his departure is a loss. He was the interim Liberal leader after the disastrous 2011 federal campaign and gave the demoralized party some hope. He led the New Democratic Party to its only provincial victory in Ontario in 1990. He was a civil, ...
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Critics Notebook Musical Relics From Paganini and Mozart Still Sending Blessings
The trade in religious relics has ebbed substantially since the Middle Ages, when wealthy collectors and ambitious clerics vied for possession of a ...
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Arts Briefly Seattle Opera Names A General Director
Speight Jenkins has been the general director of the Seattle Opera for 30 of the ...
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Bridge Remembering Seymon Deutsch
One of the true gentlemen of bridge, Seymon Deutsch, died in San Antonio on June 12. He was 78. Deutsch played competitive bridge while studying at Trinity University in San Antonio, where one of his contemporaries was Bobby Wolff. But after graduating, he returned to his hometown, Laredo, Tex., married the former Linda Brand and dedicated himself to their four children (all of whom, ...
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Sothebys Considers Putting Its Headquarters Up for Sale
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City Bills Shakespeare in the Parking Lot for Summer Use
For the last 17 summers it has been one of New ...
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Theater Review In On the Town Sailors on Leave Look for Love
PITTSFIELD, Mass. ...
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Theater Freckleface Strawberry The Musical
A new era has begun at Old Log Theater. But the new owners have carried on the theater’s tradition of summer children’s shows with "Freckleface Strawberry: The Musical." The show is actually ...
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Venezuela and France Announce New Stage of Bilateral Relations
Paris, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The presidents of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and France, , today described as very positive their meeting at the Elysee Palace and announced a new stage of bilateral cooperation relations. Speaking to reporters after the meeting of nearly an hour, the Venezuelan president said before returning home, that in July there will be the fourth high-level joint commission ...
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Two Archival Releases Fill in the Gaps in Phoenixs Musical History
Even the most ardent music fans have a skewered impression of Phoenix's early rock musical landscape. It starts with Sanford Clark and Marty Robbins, then you cross a whole spread of barren desert 'til you get to Lee Hazlewood and Duane Eddy, and then nothing until the early rumblings of Waylon Jennings and Alice Cooper. Local music historian John P. Dixon has worked tirelessly to ...
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Books of The Times The Son a Novel by Philipp Meyer
The words of Edward Gibbon bookend Philipp ...
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Chart-Topping Boy Band Creator Brian Lukow and Director Martin Guigui Get CRAZY FOR THE BOYS a Girl Group-Themed Tween Musical Dramedy
NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 06/19/13 -- Teen pop impresario and songwriter Brian Lukow has nabbed director Martin Guigui to helm the feature film Crazy For The Boys, a musical dramedy aimed at the lucrative tween and teen audience. The film will be produced by Michael Z. Gordon, a BMI Award-winning songwriter whose film and television credits include Pulp Fiction, Everybody Loves Raymond ...
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Dance Review Savion Glovers New Show at the Joyce Theater
Within the first minutes of ...
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Music Review Blue Monday at the Cotton Club
Familiar sights and sounds greeted visitors to the Cotton Club in Harlem on Tuesday night. Stepping into the modern-day incarnation of that storied Prohibition-era nightclub, you heard swing standards brightly played by the Cotton Club All-Stars: ...
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Jackson video testimony airs in court
Paris Jackson posted a picture on Instagram with the caption: 'the joys of having my kind of hair is i don't need hairspray to make it big and puffy!! (Paris Jackson/Instagram - ...
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Cannon tried to reach out to Bynes
TV personality Nick Cannon has attempted to reach out to his former 'All That' co-star Amanda Bynes amid concerns about her mental well being, but he could not get in touch with her management team. Mariah Carey's husband starred alongside Bynes in the hit U.S. sketch show for three years, and he admits it's been tough for him to watch the Hairspray star's life play out ...
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Thomas Heatherwick accused of plagiarism over Olympic cauldron
Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron (left) and the concept the New York design studio Atopia submitted to Locog in 2007. Photograph: Getty ...
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Angelina Jolie Visits Syrian Refugees in Jordan for World Refugee Day
Sent by the UNHCR Special Envoy on Tuesday, Jolie's visit was "to show support for Syria's refugees, to call on the world to address their plight, and to better understand needs in Jordan and other countries in the region most directly affected by this devastating conflict," Us Magazine reported."The worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century is unfolding in the ...
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TBWAMedia Arts Lab Earns Press Grand Prix for Apples iPad Mini Ads
CANNES, France-The U.S. has won its second Grand Prix of this year's Cannes Lions festival, with TBWAMedia Arts Lab in Los Angeles earning the top prize in the Press Lions contest for its magazine ads for Apple's iPad ...
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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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