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Choirs and Black Violin for youth arts festival
Adelaide 5000 Rain has forced a last-minute change for an opening performance of the Come Out youth arts festival in Adelaide.A choir of 1,800 students was to perform on the Festival Centre plaza but will be split in two to perform inside Adelaide Railway Station and at the Town Hall.Festival creative producer Michael Hill said those heading to the Town Hall would get an audience they had not ...
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Alice Eve underwear scene gratuitous
LOS ANGELES - "Star Trek Into Darkness" co-writer Damon Lindelof has kind of, sort of apologized for anyone offended by the gratuitous display of Alice Eve’s nearly-naked body in movie theaters (and the movie’s marketing) around the world. "I copped to the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in our representation of a barely clothed ...
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Energy chief vows to review exports before acting on LNG applications
WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said on Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what effect the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and ...
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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
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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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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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