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Promoter McLean provided more musical joy than Dylan and Prince combined
She was backstage doing what concert promoters do: Making sure the catering was perfect, making sure the road manager was happy and writing checks to the night’s star, security people and everyone else who helped stage the concert. But Sue McLean wanted to go out and catch a few songs of k.d. lang at the O’Shaughnessy. The promoter went to the back of the auditorium, ducked into a ...
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Good for the arts good for the seals
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner deserves credit on two fronts this week: elevating the role of the arts in the life of the city, and better protection for the seals that have no idea what a fuss they started years ago when they made their home at the Children's Pool in La ...
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Both sides of the story MISS NIGHTINGALE Theatre RoyalAmber Topaz has worked in theatre television and West End musicals including Les Miserables...
Both sides of the story ; MISS NIGHTINGALE Theatre RoyalAmber Topaz has worked in theatre, television and West End musicals including Les Miserables - and in burlesque, where in 2008 she was chosen to represent Britain in Las Vegas' Miss Exotic World Burlesque Hall of Fame. Erik Petersen caught up with her during rehearsals for Miss Nightingale How did you end up moving from West End ...
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Dance teacher charged with grooming child
A SYDNEY dance teacher is accused of trying to groom a child for sex and having a large cache of child porn. The 39-year-old man, who runs a dance studio on Bibby Street in Chiswick, was arrested about 6pm (AEST) on Friday, police said in a statement. Police had launched an investigation after a large amount of child porn and evidence of grooming was found on a computer in April. The man was ...
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It was mass hysteria Jason Isaacs on groupies theatre bores and snogging James Bond
Lucius Malfoy never got to keep his 'Paris Hilton wig'. Or rather Jason Isaacs wasn't allowed to take home Malfoy's so-named, blond hairpiece when they finally wrapped the last Harry Potter ...
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IRS acting commissioner testifies on agency targeting Tea Party groups
NBC's Luke Russert reports on IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller's testimony in front of Congress on Friday regarding the IRS scandal. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of the House Ways and Means Committee also joins The Cycle to ...
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Hangover star Bartha engaged
The Hangover star Justin Bartha is engaged, according to U.S. reports. The actor, 34, proposed to fitness trainer Lia Smith while on vacation in Big Sur, California in early May, and she said yes. A source tells UsMagazine.com, "They're the cutest couple. She was completely surprised by the whole thing." A representative had yet to respond to requests for a comment as WENN went ...
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McCarthy flashes breasts on a dare
Model-turned-actress Jenny Mccarthy gave members of her studio audience an eyeful while pre-taping her raucous Friday night chat show earlier this week by flashing her boobs. Guest Lil Jon dared the former Playboy pin-up to bear her breasts for the cameras and she duly obliged. He said, "I will give you $100 if you show off your t--ties to everyone over there..." McCarthy stood up, ...
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J.C. Penney Stage Stores ViaSat are big movers
NYSEJ.C. Penney Co., down 78 cents at $18.01Still reeling from its former CEO's turnaround plan, the department-store chain said that its loss in the first quarter widened.Stage Stores Inc., down $1.89 at $24.19The department-store operator's first-quarter loss widened as it spent to consolidate some facilities and struggled to get shoppers in its doors.Nordstrom Inc., down 45 cents at ...
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2013 Summer Arts Preview Santa Fe Opera goes Oscar Wilde Central City heads east and more Colorado opera
Planning a trip this summer? Choose your dates carefully - there are more than a few reasons to stick close to home instead. Denver reaches for new heights this season with a brilliant bill of theater, opera, dance, classical music and art. Here is Denver Post arts and entertainment critic Ray Rinaldi's summer opera ...
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Arts Briefly Just Like a Movie Jewel Heist at Cannes
Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry in a late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials said Friday. The robbery at the Novotel hotel took place in the room of a representative of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch ...
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Television Review North America a Discovery Channel Nature Series
Gorgeous nature photography has been abundant on television for a while now, so those who assemble programs from it need to have more than just a string of how-did-they-shoot-that images. A point of view would be nice. Or a narrative sensibility. Anything, really, that connects the oceangoing turtles, migrating butterflies and Labrador caribou, other than that ...
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Critics Notebook TV Networks Upfronts Showcase Shows and Desperation
The network upfronts are about entertainment, but how do they stack up as entertainment? Go to one of them ...
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Bridge Imp Pairs at Bridge Base Online
If you have an hour to spare, compete in one of the tournaments at Bridge Base Online. You will play 12 boards and can win American Contract Bridge League masterpoints. In many of them a human plays North or South at a table with three robots, as the computer programs are called. Since the robots bid and play very quickly, the pace is ...
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Obama meets with new acting IRS head
WASHINGTON -; The White House says President Barack Obama has met with Daniel Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue ...
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Dont expect a Stefon movie Hader
LOS ANGELES - Years of staying up late on Saturday nights to make the nation laugh have apparently left Bill Hader a little sleep-deprived. Hader, who announced earlier this week that he’s leaving "Saturday Night Live" after eight seasons when the show wraps its current season, revealed his plans for the future in an interview with GQ. From the sound of things, he’s ...
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The Met Packs Up Its Notorious Ring Machine
The Metropolitan ...
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Music Review Talea Ensemble and Ekmeles at the Czech Center
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Music Review Young Concert Artists Gala at Alice Tully Hall
Young Concert Artists, which for 52 years has built a solid record of fostering the careers of gifted instrumentalists, vocalists and, since 1994, composers, presents a popular series of recitals in New York. But the organization typically ends the season with a gala benefit concert in which, after some celebratory speeches onstage, three recent winners of its international auditions play ...
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Michigan LGBT Youth Center Does Outreach With A Dance Hook
The Ruth Ellis Center helps about 5,000 young people each year. If you're a homeless young adult, chances are good that you're gay, bisexual or transgender. And if you live in the Detroit area, ...
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Outgoing Acting IRS Director Grilled By House Lawmakers
The House Ways and Means Committee became the first oversight panel in Congress to weigh in on the IRS tax-exempt group controversy on Friday ...
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The Trocks They could’ve danced all night | Dance review
A review of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the touring comic ballet troupe affectionately known as "The Trocks." It entertains audiences at Meany Theater through Saturday, May ...
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Rhapsodys Move to Liner Notes for Digital Tunes May Set Trend
For old-timers who still go to record stores, flip through bins, buy albums and dig into the liner notes, the experience of streaming songs on a service like Spotify or Rhapsody can be dismaying. Listen, say, to Michael ...
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Music Review Julio Estrada at Miller Theater in ICE Composer Portraits
The woman onstage appears to be struggling. The sounds that are coming out of her are wordless, labored and worrying. A wheezing inhalation. A whispered ...
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Eurovision Song Contest celebrates pop excess
Techno beats, over-the-top stage antics and pop stars of the past return to the spotlight in Malmo, Sweden this weekend as the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest ramps up to its showy finale. The unabashed celebration of European pop music excess heads into its climax this weekend, with 20 countries joining the six automatic qualifiers: Britain, Italy, Spain, France, Germany and this year's host ...
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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