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Saldana defends weight reveal
Zoe Saldana has defended the editors of U.S. magazine Allure after they sparked a backlash by revealing the actress' weight on their latest cover. Readers complained about the controversial June headline, which described the Star Trek beauty as "115 pounds of grit and heartache", but Saldana believes the tagline perfectly sums up the contrast between her larger-than-life ...
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Construction of the Blackwall Tunnel - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. On this day in 1897, the Blackwall Tunnel was officially opened and, at 6,200 feet, it was the longest underwater tunnel in the world. Engineered by Alexander Binnie, it was built to provide a road link under the Thames between Greenwich and ...
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Engineer crafts induction-powered LED ring for love
(Credit: Ben Kokes/Enfinicorp) Engineer Ben Kokes is a lot of things. He's an outdoor enthusiast. He's a Bronco mechanic. He's a tinkerer who builds electronic gadgets for fun. He's also in love. I'll let him tell his story in his own words: "Once upon a time, a boy met a girl. Then a short amount of time later, the boy decided to design and build a ring for ...
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Musical Arab-Jewish youth seek the key to coexistence
A Yale University alumnus and veteran of the school's famed a capella groups has brought his talents to Jerusalem, where he launched an Arab-Jewish youth ...
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Obama seeks to make acting GSA head permanent
WASHINGTON -; The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate Dan Tangherlini to run the General Services Administration, the agency in charge of federal buildings and ...
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CBS to Keep Airing Tony Awards Through 2018
CBS announced Wednesday morning that it would continue what has become a 35-year tradition for the network, by agreeing to a deal with The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing that will extend its rights to broadcast the annual Tony Awards show through ...
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Battle of the Blades back in CBC fall-winter lineup
Crossing Lines. The public broadcaster has bought the new police drama, starring Donald Sutherland and William Fichtner, which is about an international police unit based at the International Court in the Hague. It also will air in the U.S. and Europe. The CBC has prided itself in recent years on a primetime lineup of homegrown shows. Most of its Canadian-made hits are returning - ...
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Pauly D gets classy makeover
Who knew a Jersey Shore star could clean up so well? Paul DelVecchio, better known to his fans as "DJ Pauly D," appears to have exchanged his club-ready blow back hairstyle and blinged-out chains for a more clean cut look. This is the photo Pauly D posted of himself to Instagram Monday, showing a Great Gatsby-inspired sophisticated style, complete with parted, slicked-back hair and a ...
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Orlando dancer wows So You Think You Can Dance
Sebastian Serra, 23, of the Orlando Ballet impressed the judges in Tuesday's telecast and moved on to Vegas Week. Serra, who is from Puerto Rico, has been with the Orlando Ballet for three ...
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Nick Jonas Miss USA Host Jonas Brothers to Perform on Stage
Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brothers and E! News' Giuliana Rancic will host Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant, which takes place on June 16. Winner of the pageant will go on to compete for Miss Universe.Jones tweeted his excitement about becoming the host on Tuesday after the announcement was made."Excited that I will be hosting the 2013 #MissUSA pageant on 6/16 LIVE on @NBC at 9pm ET ...
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Jimmy Kimmel Jon Stewart crack jokes about Rob Ford
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's woes over crack cocaine allegations are providing plenty of late-night television fodder for Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart and other comedians south of the border. ...
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Miguel memes explode after singer accidentally leg drops fan
Miguel is getting the kind of publicity money can't buy this week after giving one memorable -- and apparently quite memeable -- performance at the 2013 Billboard Music ...
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Pitt Aniston marriage a dark time
Actor Brad Pitt (R) escorts his then-wife actress Jennifer Aniston during red carpet arrivals for the screening of German director Wolfang Petersen's 'Troy' at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, May 13, 2004. REUTERS/Eric ...
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Brown girlfriend in car accident
Embattled R&B star Chris Brown suffered more car trouble on Tuesday when he accidentally hit another motor vehicle while driving through Beverly Hills with his on-again girlfriend Karrueche Tran. After crashing his Porsche into a wall back in February, Brown was taking down insurance details again after he reportedly rear-ended a black Mercedes. Brown and Tran were on their way to the ...
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Oncolytics cancer drug meets mid-stage trial goal shares rise
(Reuters) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc said preliminary data from a mid-stage trial showed that its cancer drug, Reolysin, met the main goal of reducing the size of tumors in patients with metastatic melanoma, a type of skin cancer. Shares of the Calgary-based company rose as much as 11 percent to C$3.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Its Nasdaq-listed shares were up 10 percent. ...
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When culture is treated as commodity no wonder its temples are sold off | Owen Hatherley
public speech as culture secretary last month to insist that funding for the arts will have to be justified by returns. If, in her words, culture is a commodity, albeit a "commodity worth buying into", then what happens to culture that doesn't pay "healthy dividends", as she delicately puts it?As luck would have it, a test for the policy comes with the mooted closure of ...
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Short Story Theatre to perform at Cellar Gate Winemarket
Susan Block, the co-founder of Story Teller Theatre, and is scheduled to be one of four participants in its May 23 show at Cellar Gate in ...
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Death of musical heroes a reminder of our mortality
Ah. Of course. Ray Manzarek. The name may not light up the average brain as fast as the name Jim Morrison does, but without Manzarek, a native of Chicago's South Side who co-founded one of the great rock bands of all time, Morrison's name might not be legend either. When I heard that Manzarek had died, my mind immediately broke into the opening piano riff to "Light My ...
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Talks over Vimpelcoms Djezzy at delicate stage source
MOSCOW/CAIRO (Reuters) - Russia-focused telecoms firm Vimpelcom's talks to sell a controlling stake in its Algerian mobile business Djezzy to Algeria are at a delicate stage but have not failed, a source with knowledge of the discussions said on Wednesday.Algeria wants to nationalize Djezzy and has pushed Vimpelcom into discussing a sale of a 51 percent stake.A report by Dow Jones earlier ...
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Pop songwriters find excitement in stage musicals
FILE - This Nov. 5, 2012 file photo shows John Mellencamp performing during a campaign rally at the American Civil War Center at the Historic Tredegar Ironworks, in Richmond, Va. More and more singer-songwriters from the rock and pop world are turning to the stage. Mellencamp, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Edie Brickell, David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello and The Flaming Lips ...
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4-D cinema opens at Beijing airport
/enpproperty--> A 4-D cinema opened at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Monday, making it the first airport in China with such a facility to help passengers pass time while waiting for flights, www.carnoc.com reported. The 4-D cinema combines a 3-D movie with physical effects. The cinema, in the domestic departure area of Terminal 3, shows films of 10 to 15 minutes. The ticket ...
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Dance industry needs greater scrutiny former teacher
Chiswick 2046 A former colleague of a Sydney dance teacher charged with possessing child pornography and grooming teenage girls says there needs to be greater scrutiny of the dance industry.Grant Davies faces a total of 10 charges, including possessing child abuse material and multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault of a person under 16.Davies and his sister Rebecca together set up RG ...
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Sport picture of the day blazing a trail in the Alps
Dwarfed by the peaks of the Italian Alps, trail-runner Susan Sauze is scarcely noticeable at first glance as she pounds gallantly up the unforgiving terrain towards the camera. Accentuated by the soft colour spectrum and the effect of lens flare, it's a wonderful landscape image in which the detail is as breathtaking as the ...
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Sergio Garcia said Tiger Woods fried chicken remark not racist
Sergio Garcia walks off the 2nd green after missing a putt for birdie during the second round of the Masters at Augusta National on April 12, 2013 in Augusta, Georgia. UPI/Kevin ...
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Fatal FBI shooting in Orlando linked to Boston bomb suspect
Boston Marathon bombing suspects, a friend who knew him said. The suspect, identified by the friend as Ibragim Todashev, 26, was from Chechnya, WKMG-TV, Orlando, reported. A former FBI agent who now works for a news organization told WKMG the FBI was trying to re-question Todashev at his Orlando apartment when "something went wrong." The FBI has confirmed a shooting took place but ...
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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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