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Seattle Opera’s new general director Aidan Lang
Aidan Lang, director of New Zealand Opera, will become general director of the Seattle Opera in September 2014, after the retirement of longtime general director Speight ...
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Hathaway Sexiest celeb vegetarian
Oscar winner Anne Hathaway, Peter Dinklage, Bill Clinton and vegan mums Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Kristen Bell are on the shortlist for PETA's annual Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity. The stars will be up against Portia De Rossi, Casey Affleck, Dax Shepard, Rooney Mara and Edie Falco when the new king and queen of meat-free diets are crowned later this month. Fans can cast their votes at ...
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Chet Flippo dead at 69
The revered journalist, who began writing for the music magazine when he was a student at the University of Texas in Austin, became Rolling Stone's New York bureau chief in 1974 and took on the title of senior editor in 1977. He left the publication in 1980 and devoted his life to becoming a biographer, penning tomes on Hank Williams, Paul McCartney, David Bowie and the Rolling Stones. He ...
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Watch A 2-Minute Animated History Of Arts And Crafts
Long before the term got co-opted by summer camp sessions filled with friendship bracelets and Popsicle stick boxes, Arts and Crafts represented a major movement in the history of design. It's influential enough, in fact, to be chronicled, along with the Gothic Revival and Modernism periods, in one of six mini-movies produced ...
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Paula Deen Admits Using the N-Word Yes of Course but Its Been a Very Long Time
admitted to past use of the N-word and to telling what could be perceived as racist jokes, her admission coming last month in a video deposition as part of a $1.2 million lawsuit filed against her by a former employee."Yes, of course," the 66-year-old Food Network ...
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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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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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