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1 hr ago | BroadcastNewsroom

British ballet dancer David Wall dies of cancer aged 67

British ballet dancer David Wall, known for becoming the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet at the age of 21, has died of cancer aged 67 at his home in London.

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Related Topix: Ballet

5 hrs ago | LA Daily News

'Winter in the Blood' and 'Drug War': LAFF Picks of the Day for Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Acclaimed Native American author James Welch's first novel, "Winter in the Blood," is brought to the screen by the well-regarded twin filmmakers Andrew and Alex Smith .

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, The Slaughter Rule, Drama Movies, Cinema, Health

10 hrs ago | Sunherald.com

Madonna premieres tour film, talks secret project

You won't see those behind-the-scenes battles in her new concert film, "The MDNA Tour," which premieres Saturday on the online and cable network Epix.

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Related Topix: Dance, Pop/Rock, Madonna, Theater, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy

11 hrs ago | SFGate

Critics hail Daniel Radcliffe's latest stage turn

This is a Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 file photo of British actor Daniel Radcliffe, star of the supernatural thriller "The Woman in Black," as he is interviewed at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, The Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe, Cinema, Seven Psychopaths, Ireland, Europe, World News, Entertainment

15 hrs ago | The Leaf-Chronicle

Orchestra lays off catering, dining staff

The financially strapped Nashville Symphony has laid off its catering and dining staff.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Tennessee

19 hrs ago | The York Daily Record

The best camera apps for the wannabe Ansel Adams

Or not. In the world of digital photography, you don't have to flash a smile. Instead, just digitally paint a grin on your face afterward.

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Related Topix: Photography

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Hampshire Chronicle

JMW Turner print could return to Winchester

Mr Weeks, assistant manager at the National Trust property, said: "It's a once in a lifetime thing.

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Related Topix: Painting, United Kingdom, Isle of Wight County, England

The Winnipeg Free Press

Renowned Newfoundland tenor heads home for Festival 500 choral showcase

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Tenor David Pomeroy's star is still rising on the international opera stage but he traces an already acclaimed career back to Saturday mornings at his grandfather's house in St. John's, N.L. "He would sit at the piano and I would sing 'I Dream of Jeannie ' and these old songs," said Pomeroy.

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Related Topix: Canada, Opera, Comedy, I Dream of Jeannie, Entertainment, Television, Luciano Pavarotti, Pavarotti, Classical

EDGE

10 to See at the Ptown International Film Fest

There's no film festival like Provincetown. While other festivals focus on independent films, or genre films, or foreign cinema; The Provincetown International Film Festival casts a wider net.

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Related Topix: Cinema, Sundance Film Festival, Carrie, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Spring Breakers, Valhalla Rising

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Arkyd telescope latest space project to create buzz through crowdsourcing

The Arkyd telescope, a publicly funded project planned by Planetary Resources, will let people control the satellite for education, space photography and A A'space selfies,A images with Earth in the background.

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Related Topix: Photography, Bellevue, WA, UC Berkeley

WFAA-TV Dallas

Mom: RI theater threw out disabled girl over noise

A Massachusetts woman says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a Providence, R.I., theater during a "Beauty and the Beast" performance because the girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she's happy.

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Related Topix: Theater, Providence, RI

Lethbridge Herald

Inquiry looks at report Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, wife know unborn baby's gender

Health officials in Mumbai are investigating reports that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife know the sex of a baby they are having through a surrogate mother.

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Related Topix: Shahrukh Khan, Bollywood, World News, India, Cinema

Mon Jun 17, 2013

EDGE

The Hottest Places to Stay in Provincetown

Provincetown is known for its guest houses that are old captain's mansions restored to glory by ambitious entrepreneurs, who have invested their lives to pampering their clients.

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Related Topix: Provincetown, MA, Interior Design

Daily Times

My love life has been unsuccessful: Sonam Kapoor

She is young, vivacious and has played the love struck romantic in reel life, but Sonam Kapoor confesses that she has not been lucky when it came to love in real life, Zee News reports.

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Related Topix: Anil Kapoor, Shahid Kapur, Cinema

USA Today

Paralyzed painter depicts country stars from wheelchair

There's a country song by Carrie Underwood, 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' that Richard Masters has often listened to while he paints in the basement of his home.

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Related Topix: Carrie Underwood, Webster, NY, Painting

Seattle Times

Tony Awards spur box offices on Broadway

There were smiles at many Broadway box offices last week as a big financial bounce followed the Tony Awards, with the biggest winners being "Pippin," "Matilda the Musical" and "Motown the Musical."

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Related Topix: Theater, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Entertainment

Connecticut Post

Tony Awards spur box offices on Broadway

This June 9, 2013 file photo shows Patina Miller accepting her Tony Award for best actress in a musical for her role in "Pippin" at the 67th Annual Tony Awards in New York.

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Related Topix: Theater, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Entertainment

Seattle Times

Helen Mirren in 'The Audience' sets NT Live record

National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play "The Audience" has captured its largest audience to date.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Helen Mirren, Elizabeth Ii, Europe, United Kingdom, World News, Princess Diana, Theater, Entertainment

Cool Hunting

Interview: Spencer Tunick: Liberating the nude condition on an epic scale with stunning photography

Photographer Spencer Tunick fills landscapes and public places with the naked body.

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Related Topix: Photography, Oil Spill, Mexico, NY, World News, Mexico,

TheDay.Com

Renovation of Avery Point student center frees a Coast Guard frieze

Renovations of a former Coast Guard building to a new student center at UConn Avery Point in Groton, seen Wednesday, are nearing completion.

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Related Topix: Theater, Groton, CT, University of Connecticut, New London, CT, Trumbull, CT