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Bob Dylan's acrylic 'Brazil Series' on display in Denmark National Gallery
COPENHAGEN - Denmark's National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public. Curator Kasper Monrad says the paintings in Dylan's "Brazil ...
Nearly 200 int'l, Cdn films set to be screened at 30th Atlantic Film Festival
HALIFAX - The Atlantic Film Festival has revealed a lengthy lineup of Canadian and international flicks as the annual event celebrates its 30th year. Nearly 200 films — including 96 shorts and 85...
Hockey musical 'Score' to kick off 5 Canadian film festivals this month
TORONTO - "Score: A Hockey Musical" will kick off five film festivals across Canada this month. The movie will open the Toronto International Film Festival next week, and go on to open events in Ha...
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' tops Amazon.ca fiction list for the week ending August 30
TORONTO - Here are the 10 bestselling fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Aug. 30 rom Amazon.ca. Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week. FICTION 1 The Girl...
Venice Film Fest: Vietnamese-French director crosses borders in 'Norwegian Wood'
VENICE, Italy - Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, "Norwegian Wood," based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel. The Osc...
'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest'tops Maclean's fiction list for the week ending Aug. 31
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week of Aug. 31 compiled by Maclean's magazine. FICTION 1 (1) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest _ Stie...
Katy Perry proves initial success was not a 'lottery' with hit album, shows different sides
NEW YORK, N.Y. - To some, the most surprising part of Katy Perry's sophomore success is that it exists. After all, this was the ever effervescent girl who rose to fame two years ago with a song abo...
Rapper T.I, wife arrested on drug charges during L.A. traffic stop
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood on drug charges. Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Mark Pope says the arrests for possession of a...
Skype becoming popular tool for network news telecasts
NEW YORK, N.Y. - When he wanted to interview a source in Connecticut for a recent "World News" story on technology, ABC reporter Pierre Thomas didn't even leave the office. ABC's cameras showed him si...
Mobile gambling growth, led by China, to exceed $48 billion by 2015: report
It's a huge pot, and analysts are betting it will only get bigger. A report published today by Britain's Juniper Research estimates that wagers on mobile gambling will top $48 billion a year by 201...
True stories invented: Tao Lin keeps it real, and unreal
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Tao Lin's new novel is based on a true story, his own. "It just started out of my life, what was happening to me," the 27-year-old author says of "Richard Yates," a novel about a y...
Indiana State Police say 'Transformer 3' movie extra seriously injured during action shoot
HAMMOND, Ind. - Indiana State Police say an extra at a "Transformers 3" production site was seriously injured during the filming of a stunt. Authorities say the "Transformers 3" crew was filming la...
NY woman says 'Diddy' Combs fired her after hip surgery, claims age discrimination
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New York woman has sued rapper-producer Sean "Diddy" Combs, saying he fired her because of her age two decades after she helped launch his career. Fifty-one-year-old Francesca Sp...
Nicolas Cage lawsuit blaming former business manager for financial woes is dismissed
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Court records show a lawsuit in which Nicolas Cage accused a former business manager of mismanagement has been dismissed. A counterclaim by the manager, Samuel J. Levin, also ...
Portrait of confusion: NYC woman says co-owner of missing $1.3M painting is admitted art thief
NEW YORK, N.Y. - First it was a curious tale of a $1.3 million painting a middleman said he drunkenly lost while trying to help a friend sell it. Now the story has gotten stranger still: A part own...
Among fall's TV frosh, these 10 new series just might bring you back for a second look
NEW YORK, N.Y. - So many shows! So little time! You already have to keep up with your slate of favourite returning shows. Now the networks expect you to carve out more hours to sample their 22 newc...
Capsule reviews of 'The American,' 'Machete'and 'Going the Distance'
Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "The American" — Hidden from critics until just before its release, the dirty secret about Anton Corbijn's movie turns out to be that it's an "art film...
US art museum exhibits more than 100 prints from James McNeill Whistler collection
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - An exhibition of more than 100 prints by James McNeill Whistler at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is the largest collection of the 19th century American artist's work to b...
Movie review: Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in 'Going the Distance'
In "Going the Distance," Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing the old arcade games in bars. Jason Long, on the ...
Summary Box: Apple refreshes iTunes with social features to recommend music, updates iPods
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS: People who use Apple Inc.'s new iTunes 10 will be able to see what songs friends and music celebrities are buying. SOCIAL AMBITIONS: The features are part of P...
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long insufferable in 'Going the Distance': review
In "Going the Distance," Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing the old arcade games in bars. Jason Long, on the ...
Miranda Lambert sparks 'Revolution' with record 9 CMA nominations; Lady A gets 5
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Miranda Lambert made history Wednesday morning when she was nominated for nine CMA Awards, the most for a female country music artist. She'll be celebrating with close friends La...
Rapper Young Buck files for bankruptcy after IRS raid on his Tennessee home
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Rapper Young Buck has filed for bankruptcy after an Internal Revenue Service raid on his Hendersonville, Tenn., home. The Tennessean newspaper reports that a judge has accepted t...
Paste music mag, which asked for donations to stay afloat, halts print edition
ATLANTA - The music monthly Paste has printed its last magazine after struggling financially for more than a year. Editor-in-chief Josh Jackson said Wednesday that the publication based in suburban...
Christopher Plummer to reprise Tony-winning role in 'Barrymore' in Toronto
TORONTO - Canadian actor Christopher Plummer will start the new year reprising his Tony Award-winning role in the play "Barrymore" in Toronto. Producers say the show will run for 30 performances at...
Met opera expands to 1,500 theatres in 46 countries with live high-definition performances
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The close-ups were so tight you could see a tear slowly trickling down the tenor's face — and that the soprano's fingernail polish didn't match the colour on her toes, though she di...
September 2nd celebrated as '90210 Day,'an ode to 'Beverly Hills, 90210'
NEW YORK, N.Y. - OMG, it's like one of those freaky Mayan calendar things or something. But, yes, it's true: Thursday Sept. 2, 2010, is being celebrated as "90210 Day." It's the one day this centur...
Celebrity chef Chuck Hughes aims for fun in new season of 'Chuck's Day Off'
MONTREAL - There's no question about how much celebrity chef Chuck Hughes loves food. All you have to do is look at his arms. There are tattoos of lemon meringue pie and lobster. Another of shrimp ...
Paris Hilton banned, boyfriend dismissed from Wynn resorts in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Paris Hilton was banned Wednesday from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, and her boyfriend was dismissed as a nightclub partner following their arrests in a vehicle that polic...
Movie review: Revenge romp 'Machete' cuts Trejo loose to serve up relentless, bloody action
Certainly, "Machete" is the best feature-length extension of a fake movie trailer in Hollywood history. Fans who saw the trailer in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 "Grindhouse" double...
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