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Paleface On Mountain Stage
May 23, 2013 The underground singer-songwriter has influenced many contemporary indie-folk and rock acts. Hear four songs from Paleface, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, ...
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Little Miss Sunshine musical heading off-Broadway
May 23--The "Little Miss Sunshine" minibus is fueling up to head cross-country again, this time from the West Coast to New York. The stage musical based on the Oscar-winning 2006 movie will reportedly open at the off-Broadway Second Stage Theatre in New York next season, with previews expected to begin in October. A spokesman for the company didn't respond to a request to confirm ...
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Bling Ring author says movie is dark
There's just something intriguing about the process of thieves. "It's like watching a rat figure out how to get into a house and take the cheese," says author Nancy Jo Sales. "You don't admire it, but it's kind of fascinating." Sales, a New York City-based journalist, releases her first book this month - and it's all about brazen teenaged thieves. ...
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Watoto children sing and dance out the pain
Shraf and his 21 comrades ages 7 to 13 in the Watoto Children's Choir will be performing African dance and singing, and telling their stories of life transformation, at three Pittsburgh-area church concerts this weekend. Orphaned Ugandan children -- who have lost one or both parents to HIV, war, abandonment or poverty -- form the choir, which tours through the United States, Australia, ...
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Kew Gardens pond transformed into giant fruit salad
IncrEdibles summer festival , the duo have built a floating ziggurat, topped with a giant golden pineapple, in the ornamental pond in front of the 19th-century Palm House. Wrapped in lurid Hawaiian prints, ...
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Little Miss Sunshine Musical to Open Off Broadway
had a 2011 tryout at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, but has undergone further fine-tuning for its New York bow. "It seems appropriate to kick off this landmark season with a musical about optimism and resiliency, two qualities that are crucial for any not-for-profit theatre celebrating its past while also looking to its future," ...
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Police Impersonators Stage Home Invasion In Miramar
MIRAMAR (CBSMiami) - Police in Miramar are searching for four suspects involved in an armed home invasion robbery while impersonating police officers. The crime took place in the 2000 block of SW 117th Avenue around 1:15 a.m. ...
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Come Dance The Rite Of Spring With Us
triggered an uproar at its world premiere in Paris a century ago. Now we're asking you to help celebrate the centennial by creating a dance of your ...
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Berlin Warsaw to stage European finals in 2015
Berlin will stage the Champions League final for the first time in 2015 and Warsaw will be the venue for the Europa League final, UEFA said Thursday."Two beautiful venues for our finals for 2015," UEFA Secretary-General Gianni Infantino told a news conference.The timing could not have been better as far as Germany is concerned with an all-German Champions League final between Bayern ...
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Movie Review Before Midnight With Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
Where did the time go? Has it really been nine years since we last saw Celine and Jesse, in Paris, rekindling the romance that first sparked nine years before that, in Vienna? Luckily (for us and for them) they are still together, having hatched a pair of sweet blond twin girls and glided, or maybe stumbled, into their 40s. And, of course, because they are played by Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, ...
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Can KKR dance the Saks two-step
KKR ) reportedly is considering a massive luxury retail consolidation move: Buying both Saks Inc. (which just went on the block) and Neiman Marcus (being sold by a PE group that includes TPG, Warburg Pincus, Leonard Green and Credit Suisse) -- and then merging the two companies together. To be sure, there are some good business arguments for such a move. For example, a Citi research note points ...
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Downtown Saskatoon movie theatre to serve liquor add three VIP auditoriums
The Portland Winterhawks scored three times in the third period Wednesday to defeat the Saskatoon Blades 4-2 in the final round-robin game at the MasterCard Memorial ...
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Pussy Riot member denied parole despite Paul McCartney plea
Opposition activists attending an anti-government rally in March demanded the release of political prisoners, while brandishing the portraits of jailed Pussy Riot members Maria Alekhina, left, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. (Andrey Smirnov/AFP/Getty ...
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Knaan tries his hand at filmmaking with Sundance workshop
K'naan, seen performing in Ottawa in 2012, has drawn from his past to for his film project Maanokoobiyo, being featured at Sundance Festival workshop. (Patrick Doyle/Ottawa Bluesfest/Canadian ...
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Psy hits out a Cannes imposter
South Korean pop sensation Psy has publicly shamed a lookalike who has allegedly been impersonating the rapper at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The Gangnam Style hitmaker was said to have been spotted at a series of glitzy parties in Cannes this week, posing with fellow celebrities and walking red carpets, but Psy has now confirmed he is currently thousands of miles away in Singapore. ...
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What Hader really thinks of Bieber
Now we know what Bill Hader really thinks of Justin Bieber. The newly-retired "Saturday Night Live" star spilled the beans about what it was like backstage when the pop star hosted back in February. While on Howard Stern's radio show on Wednesday, Hader said that Bieber’s large entourage was distracting and made it hard for the cast and crew to work around. "Justin ...
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Hobby Lobby crafts store appeals Obamacare birth control requirement
Last year, a federal judge ruled that Hobby Lobby was not a religious organization though it calls itself 'biblically founded'. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the ...
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Photographer Wayne F Miller - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. Photographer Wayne F Miller, who produced some of the most enduring combat images from World War II and created an excellent series of images chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, died yesterday at age 94. He became a member of Magnum Photos in 1958. He aspired to 'photograph mankind and explain man to ...
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De Pauw wins stage five and Bialoblocki keeps lead
A lightning fast bunch sprint into Mitchelstown saw Belgian rider Moreno de Pauw (Belgium National Team) take the stage five victory of the An Post Ras, with Marcin Bialoblocki (Britain UK Youth Pro Cycling) retaining the overall lead of the race. Rasmus Guldhammer (Denmark Blue Water Cycling) finished in second place with Belfast man Connor McConvey (Azerbaijan Synergy Baku) taking third. ...
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Have talent will travel Andrew Crowe goes where acting music take him
May 23--Andrew Crowe's home is 30 feet long. He hauls it on wheels behind his Chevy truck. The recreational vehicle is Crowe's base of operations as the actor travels from show to show across the country. Most recently, Crowe steered his RV to Fayetteville, where he is starring in Cape Fear Regional Theatre's production of "Cotton Patch Gospel." The annual river show is ...
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Daft Punk Eyeball Dance John Edward Doyle Has A Weird Wonderful Talent
Everyone has a special talent. John Edward Doyle's is giving us all Daft Punk-scored nightmares. Via Blame It On The ...
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The Dance of the Planets Is an Actual Thing and Its Happening Now
Prom night! In 2009, in the night sky over the Very Large Telescope observatory at Paranal, Chile, the moon "danced" with Venus and Jupiter. (ESO/Wikimedia Commons) It's prom season -- for the planets. Every couple of years, give or take, planets get together in the night sky in such a way that they seem to be aligned with each other. They seem to be, really -- from Earth's ...
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Frances Ha review Life is a dance and she knows all the steps
The key scene in "Frances Ha" shows Frances dancing through the streets of New York as David Bowie's "Modern Love" blasts on the soundtrack. It's a scene so exhilarating you almost feel like you're the one skipping through crowds of people, who magically part to give you room to execute your sweet dance moves. As executed by the vibrant, unself-conscious ...
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Britains Tate museum sets $34 million record for Constable painting
LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 10:10am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - The Tate Britain museum bought 19th century English painter John Constable's masterpiece "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" for 23.1 million pounds ($34.75 million), making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold. The painting, dated 1831, of the towering cathedral in the middle distance under an ...
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Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes
From second left, actress Sabrina Ferilli, director Paolo Sorrentino and actor Toni Servillo arrive for the screening of The Great Beauty at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel ...
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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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