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Mariahs dress pops open on TV
Mariah Carey suffered a major wardrobe malfunction on live TV on Friday morning after her dress popped open as she prepared to perform on Good Morning America. The hitmaker donned a sequin Versace frock for her appearance on as part of the program's summer concert series in Central Park, but the zipper to her form-fitting gown split down Carey's back as she spoke with anchor Lara ...
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David Hockney on assistants death I nearly gave up
sudden death of his young assistant earlier this year.The 75-year-old artist told the Guardian that he had stopped working for a while following the shock death in March of Dominic Elliott, 23, whose family said he was like a son to Hockney. Grieving and "very upset", Hockney put on hold plans to document the seasons in the east Yorkshire wolds in 2013 - a ritual he has carried out ...
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The future of virtual reality want to conquer vertigo or have a go at surgery
Inition , it feels like you have entered the gadget-strewn lair of James Bond's Q branch. Its bright white walls are lined with cameras and screens, egg-shaped experience pods and glowing motion-capture units. A 3D-printed brain stands to one side, while across the room a holographic image of a watch spins in front of a monitor. Violent grinding noises erupt from behind a door in the corner ...
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Manchester International Festival 2013 | The art of command
For two decades, maverick art movement Do It has been issuing surreal, witty instructions. As a new exhibition opens at MIF, Sarah Lucas and Hans-Ulrich Obrist explain its ...
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Interior design ideas mid-century modern – in pictures
This modern, stone-clad house was, before its renovation, an unprepossessing 60s box in a village outside Bristol, built into the side of a steep hill with views over an abandoned wildlife park. It needed some TLC: a glass bay window was sagging and a70s extension had confused the layout.The kitchen was cold, dark and claustrophobic. For owners Peter Flach and Lisa Lloyd-Flach, the contrast with ...
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Pictures of the week Water Memories
Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine's editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy. This week, their choice is Michel Huneault's Water ...
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Tim Walker a fashion fairytale
He shot his first Vogue story when he was 25, and has photographed everyone from Tilda Swinton to Kate Moss. But Tim Walker has never been interested in clothes. We talk to him about making his dreams ...
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Weekend readers best photographs shimmer
From dogs to egrets: your best pictures on this week's theme, shimmerThe next topic is cycle (to appear June 8). Email a hi-res image (one per entry), plus a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo, ...
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Museums Move to Return Human Remains to Indigenous Peoples
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Prem Nazir lone Malayalam celebrity in cinema centenary stamps
Kerala News: HIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a new set of stamps, depicting 50 iconic film personalities, to be released by India Post to commemmorate the centenary of Indian cinema, Prem Nazir will be the lone Malayalam celebrity to ...
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Les Miserables returns to Broadway Sacramento retooled
May 24--Andrew Varela admits there have been times during "Les Miserables" when he wondered, "Who Am I?" The veteran Broadway actor knows how easy it is to stumble into the wrong lyrics -- and the wrong ...
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BRIEF Modesto Performing Arts seeks talent for 42nd Street
May 24--MODESTO -- Modesto Performing Arts will present the musical extravaganza "42nd Street" from Aug. 10 to 18 in the Foster Family Theater at the Gallo Center for the ...
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Giros stage 19 canceled due to snow on course
DANIEL DAL ZENNARO/EPA PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy (AP) -- The 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia was canceled Friday due to snow along the route and Saturday's penultimate stage was altered for the same reasons, leaving Vincenzo Nibali with a much milder finish to defend his lead. On Friday, organizers said there were "adverse weather conditions and, in particular, snow on ...
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Rapper Tim Dog faked death
An arrest warrant has been issued for veteran rapper Tim Dog - three months after his alleged death. The New York native, real name Timothy Blair, was a longtime diabetes sufferer and was widely reported to have passed away on February 14, following a seizure. However, Mississippi prosecutor Steven Jubera claims he has yet to receive any proof confirming the 46 year old’s death, so he ...
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Tim Curry has stroke report
Rocky Horror Picture Show star Tim Curry has reportedly suffered a stroke. The 67-year-old British actor is recovering after collapsing at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday. His longtime agent Marcia Hurwitz has refuted speculation Curry is struggling to speak after falling ill, telling Britain's Daily Mail, "Tim is doing great. He absolutely can speak and is recovering at this ...
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Nitehawk Cinema Serves Dinner With A Movie In Independent Theater Revival
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- At the Nitehawk Cinema in New York's Williamsburg neighborhood, all the meals are served and eaten in the dark, lit only by the flickering images on the screen. Menu items like mussels, owner Matthew Viragh learned, don't go over so well in the dim lighting. But finger foods? A huge hit. The Nitehawk has been open for less than two years, but already the dine-in ...
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Brooklyn Bridge under construction - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. The Brooklyn Bridge opened on this day in 1883 linking the two New York boroughs of Manhattan and ...
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Sweden Russia Nato and the theatre of military-industrial complex
Dateline Dalarna, Sweden: Sometimes truly extraordinary events occur, events which impact an entire nation's people, though, the word 'surreal' perhaps fits better than 'extraordinary' in describing events here during the last third of April. Of course, too much has too long been overblown, the strongest of adjectives too frequently employed to mask the weakest of ...
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Ryan Hart’s Lawsuit Against Electronic Arts And Who Gets The Money From NCAA Games
wrote about the lawsuit against EA Sports, which creates avatars of college athletes that closely match their physical appearance and performances in games, but changes their names so they don’t have to pay up the way they normally would if they were benefiting from their use of a real person’s image. Now, Rutgers quarterback Ryan Hart has won an appeal against EA, after a 2011 ...
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Lois Lerner and the problems with not acting swiftly
IRS official Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave following reports she refused to resign as director of Exempt Organizations. But should Lerner be penalized for pleading the Fifth? And what has the public and administration learned from this controversy? The Morning Joe panel ...
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Mount Cashel abuse settlement sets stage for more suits
The Mount Cashel Orphanage, seen in 1989 when a scandal broke about systemic sexual abuse at the instution, was demolished three years later. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian ...
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Bachelors Bachelorettes still on TV
Everyone wonders about their old girlfriends and boyfriends. Are they in love? Where are they now? What are they doing? Similarly, it's hard not to ask the same questions about all the Bachelors and Bachelorettes we've come to know during the past decade. And with The Bachelorette returning for Season 9 Monday, one thing is for certain: even if they've given up on love, ...
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Fitch Downgrades StaGe Mezzanine
U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April. However, even at 15.1%, asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch ...
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Dean Brody Serena Ryder Sam Roberts Band among big names set for Stampede’s Coca-Cola Stage
The Stampede's free Coca-Cola Stage will once again be stacked with an eclectic array of national talent this year -- including some, as usual, that's homegrown. Organizers announced the lineup Thursday night during the Covert Concert event at Flames Central, which featured surprise performances from Dean Brody and Down With Webster.Taking the stage this year are artists that run the ...
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Whole new world for Arrested
The seven-year game of Bluth or Consequences finally has come to an end. Arrested Development, which follows the shenanigans of the Bluth family, is back with 15 new episodes, available exclusively via the internet on Netflix. All 15 instalments will be there for you to watch starting Sunday. Who would have predicted seven years ago that if Arrested Development ever did come back, it would not ...
A Look at Copenhagen
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Copenhagen leading the eco-charge
Copenhagen has, for many decades, been an extremely influential city in world affairs, most notably in the realm of environmental management and conservation activities. It is in Copenhagen that world leaders meet to agree on eco-friendly policies at the famous Copenhagen Accord, and the city will host mayors from around the world at the Copenhagen Summit. So what is the extent of the city’s leadership on such issues?
Copenhagen has long been considered one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. In 1973 Denmark was the first country in the world to implement a national Environmental Law, and this paved the way for a strong combination of national and municipal legislation aimed at limiting the cities carbon footprint. Read more
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