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Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo headlines NY arena, conquering an expatriates audience

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:44:31 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where singer Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even ...

Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo headlines NY arena, conquering an ex-patriots audience

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:34 +0000

Brazilian superstar headlines US arena, conquering an ex-patriots audience

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:14:19 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even noticed...

'Meek's Cutoff' questions whether ego-driven leader is ignorant or evil

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:21:37 +0000

VENICE, Italy - Lost wandering in the Oregon desert for five weeks when the journey should have taken two, low on water, food and patience, a young emigrant played by Michelle Williams says of the gro...

Venice Film Fest: Ozon says Sarkozy-Royale race inspired adaptation of French play Potiche

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:21:45 +0000

VENICE, Italy - French director Francois Ozon's says he was inspired to go ahead with his latest film, a battle-of-the-sexes comedy, after the presidential election pitting Nicolas Sarkozy against Seg...

Detroit Institute of Arts puts up ornately framed, life-sized copies of paintings outdoors

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:21:34 +0000

DETROIT - The Detroit Institute of Arts is putting up ornately framed reproductions of some of its most significant paintings on the streets of southeast Michigan as part of a celebration of its 125th...

Toronto author Allan Stratton thrilled with 'Chanda's Secrets' film adaptation

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:21:42 +0000

TORONTO - Toronto author and playwright Allan Stratton had never seen such a rapturous standing ovation. There he was, last May at the Cannes film festival world premiere of "Life, Above All" — b...

K'naan says he feels 'sickly'after 'going through the motions' onstage

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:39:18 +0000

TORONTO - It looks like a breakout year has taken its toll on K'naan. The Somali-born, Toronto-raised hip-hop star took to Twitter on Saturday to come clean over what he felt was a half-hearted per...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame renames atrium to honour US Sen. George Voinovich

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:09:01 +0000

CLEVELAND - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has renamed its atrium to honour Sen. George Voinovich. Officials from the museum called Voinovich a tenacious supporter of the hall as they ce...

Emma Donoghue says massive success of novel 'Room'is a 'freak situation'

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:19:48 +0000

TORONTO - She'll find out Tuesday whether she's made the short list for the Man Booker Prize for fiction, but Ontario-based author Emma Donoghue already has many reasons to celebrate. Last October,...

Venice Film Fest: Fedorchenko presents tender road trip, farewell journey in 'Silent Souls'

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:19:59 +0000

VENICE, Italy - There's never been a road trip quite like this in cinematic history. Russian director Aleksei Fedorchenko's poetic new movie "Silent Souls" tells the story of a Russian factory mana...

Standup comic Robert Schimmel, frequent guest on Howard Stern show, dies after car accident

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:20:41 +0000

PHOENIX - Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60. Schimmel's spokesman, Howard Bragman,...

Larry Ashmead, editor of Asimov, Hillerman and other writers, dies at age 78 in NY

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:04:14 +0000

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Larry Ashmead, a former book editor who worked with Isaac Asimov, Tony Hillerman and other authors, has died at 78, his former employer, former employer, HarperCollins, said Friday. ...

Prom-less young mom Bristol Palin tells Leno 'Dancing with the Stars' was an easy choice

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:21:29 +0000

BURBANK, Calif. - Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life. In an appearance Friday on NBC's "Tonight Show wit...

'Twilight' actor Taylor Lautner settles suit with Calif. dealership over late delivery of RV

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:29:49 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A lawyer for Taylor Lautner says the "Twilight" star has settled a lawsuit with an RV dealership he claims didn't deliver a $300,000 coach in time for a movie shoot. Attorney ...