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Music Headlines
- Neil Diamond reveals it was 'Sweet Caroline' Kennedy
- Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond kept it secret for decades, but he has finally revealed that former U.S. president John F. Kennedy's daughter was the inspiration for his smash hit Sweet Caroline.
- 70 years of Met opera made available online
- New York's Metropolitan Opera has made 100 famous operas from its back catalogue available online through the digital music service Rhapsody.
- Finger on the mend, Zeppelin's Page ready to play a new song
- Led Zeppelin plans to introduce fans to a never-before released song at its London reunion concert on Dec. 10.
- New copyright law on its way: Industry Canada
- New copyright legislation could be introduced in Canada within the next few weeks, according to Caroline Grondin, a spokeswoman for Industry Canada.
- Ronnie Hawkins, Nickelback honoured at SOCAN Awards
- Veteran rocker Ronnie Hawkins and polka king Walter Ostanek received major awards this year at the annual gala of the The Society of Composers Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.
- American Idol alumni take trios of trophies at American Music Awards
- American Idol alumni came out on top at the American Music Awards as Daughtry, the band fronted by ex-Idol loser Chris Daughtry, shared the triple-winner spotlight with Idol champ Carrie Underwood.
- Trumpeter Alpert blows $30M on UCLA music school
- Grammy-winning musician Herb Alpert has donated $30 million US to a new music school at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).
- Police reunion tour top draw for 2007
- The Police reunion tour has become the top grossing and top ticket-selling tour of 2007, according to Billboard.
- Wayne Newton sidelined with heart disease
- Danke Schoen crooner Wayne Newton has cancelled a two-month gig in Las Vegas because of a recurring heart infection.
- Halifax park 'not appropriate' for Celine Dion
- A Celine Dion concert scheduled for August has been cancelled because the Halifax Common park is 'not appropriate' for the singer's elaborate show.
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Film Headlines
- Academy attempts to block sale of Mary Pickford's Oscar
- A contentious legal battle is brewing near Los Angeles over one of two Oscars given to Canadian-born Mary Pickford, a star of the silent film era.
- Canadian director Raymont makes documentary long list for Oscars
- Canadian filmmaker Peter Raymont's latest documentary will vie against films by Michael Moore and Phil Donahue in the race to the Oscars next February.
- Chinese officials urge caution over lusty Ang Lee thriller
- State officials in China are unsure which is more dangerous about downloadable versions of Ang Lee's spy thriller Lust, Caution — the computer viruses or the sex.
- Hollywood screenwriters, producers set to resume talks
- As the Hollywood screenwriters strike enters its third week, there is a glimmer of hope for a resolution before the end of the month, with both sides agreeing on a date to return to formal talks.
- DreamWorks ready to ditch Paramount for Universal: report
- DreamWorks, the production house run by Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, is reportedly deep in talks to move operations to NBC Universal from its current home at Paramount, according to the New York Times.
- University film archive gets $2M boost from Hefner
- Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy Enterprises, has donated $2 million US to the University of Southern California to fund an archive to preserve student films and historic documents.
- Oscar-winning editor of Deer Hunter, Godfather dies
- Peter Zinner, whose decades-long career as a film editor included the first two Godfather films and an Oscar for 1978's The Deer Hunter, has died. He was 88.
- Screenwriters around the world to support U.S. strikers
- Screenwriters from Canada plan to participate in an international day of solidarity on Nov. 28 in support of striking U.S. film and TV writers.
- Spielberg named next DeMille Award recipient
- Steven Spielberg will add the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award to his collection of lifetime achievement honours.
- People taps actor Damon as 'sexiest man alive'
- After winning an Oscar and being named Hollywood's most bankable star, actor Matt Damon can don another mantle: sexiest man alive.
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TV Headlines
- Border cops, hockey wives highlight CBC winter season
- CBC Television is heating up its winter lineup with a gritty drama about immigration police and a steamy series about the women in the lives of hockey players.
- Slice TV network adds new Canadian reality shows
- Canadian reality shows will dominate the schedule on the Slice TV network in winter 2008.
- International Emmy-winner Gore urges TV industry to spread climate change message
- Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore called on television executives, producers and performers to help warn viewers about global warming as he accepted a special honor Monday at the 35th International Emmy Awards.
- Longtime Charmin pitchman, Canadian airman dies
- Prolific character actor Dick Wilson, who is probably best remembered for playing the grocer who pleaded "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin," has died.
- Trump enlists celebrities for newest Apprentice
- Gene Simmons, Stephen Baldwin, Carol Alt and Lennox Lewis are among the famous faces from the worlds of music, film, fashion and sport vying for the top spot in an upcoming edition of Donald Trump's The Apprentice.
- Hollywood screenwriters, producers set to resume talks
- As the Hollywood screenwriters strike enters its third week, there is a glimmer of hope for a resolution before the end of the month, with both sides agreeing on a date to return to formal talks.
- SNL stages two-hour live theatre show in Manhattan
- About 150 people in New York City were treated to a special stage performance of Saturday Night Live with guest host Michael Cera, the Canadian actor of Superbad and Juno.
- MTV launches new Arabic channel
- American music channel MTV has launched an Arabic service, beaming into 36 million households
- NBC to broadcast web show Quarterlife
- NBC has announced it will air the internet series Quarterlife on television, marking what is believed to be the first time a program originating online is broadcast on a major American network.
- Hollywood scribe strike starts shuttering B.C. productions
- As the strike by Hollywood screenwriters heads into its 12th day, the ripple effect is increasing north of the border.
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Books Headlines
- Amazon launches e-book reader
- Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to invigorate a nascent market for electronic books by offering its own e-book reader with free wireless connectivity, introduced on Monday.
- U.S. reading skills, comprehension declining: study
- Americans are reading less and reading skills are deteriorating, especially among young people, according to a comprehensive U.S.-wide study of reading skills by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
- Essay on Gould and his art wins Montreal book prize
- An analysis of the artist's place in society, centred on the work of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, has won Montreal's $15,000 Grand Prix du Livre.
- Iran bans latest Gabriel Garcia Marquez book
- Nearly a month after the first edition of celebrated author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's latest book sold out in Iran, cultural officials have reportedly banned the title.
- Denis Johnson, Sherman Alexie win U.S. National Book Awards
- Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke, a 600-page journey through the physical, moral and spiritual extremes of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, won the U.S. National Book Award for fiction in New York Wednesday night.
- First edition of Wuthering Heights sells for $225,500
- A rare first edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte has been sold for about $225,500 at a London auction.
- Follett's gothic romance chosen for Oprah's book club
- Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club selection.
- Ira Levin, author of Rosemary's Baby, Stepford Wives, dies
- Ira Levin, the author of bestsellers such as Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives, has died.
- Chinese writer wins first 'Asian Booker' award
- Chinese writer Jiang Rong has captured the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize for the novel Wolf Totem.
- Rowling launches lawsuit against Harry Potter lexicon
- A publisher in Michigan has halted plans to release a Harry Potter encyclopedia after author J.K. Rowling launched a lawsuit.
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Media Headlines
- Arts groups rail against CanWest-Goldman Sachs deal for Alliance Atlantis
- The proposed takeover of Alliance Atlantis by CanWest Global Communications and its U.S. partner Goldman Sachs came under fire again on Tuesday from Canadian arts groups.
- Rock icon Brian May to head British university
- The world of British academia is welcoming Brian May with open arms, with the Queen guitarist and astrophysicist named a university chancellor on Monday.
- U.S. military set to charge photographer in Iraq
- The U.S. military says it plans to lay criminal charges against an Associated Press photographer who has been jailed for 19 months on suspicion that he helped Iraqi insurgents while working in the wartorn country.
- CBS news writers ready to strike
- CBS news writers could soon join writers for network shows such as Rules of Engagement and Two and a Half Men on picket lines after voting in favour of a U.S.-wide strike.
- Unions fear U.S. control in CanWest deal for Alliance Atlantis
- CanWest Global's deal with U.S.-based Goldman Sachs to take over Atlantis Alliance is an attempt to introduce foreign ownership of Canadian media interests by a back door, says a group of unions representing media workers.
- Tudors star Rhys Meyers arrested after airport outburst
- Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was charged with public drunkenness and breach of the peace after a clash at Dublin Airport, Irish media reported Monday.
- Montreal filmmaker subjected to closed-door trial in Iran
- Mehrnoushe Solouki, a Montreal filmmaker, appeared at a closed-door trial in Tehran accused of the 'intent of committing propaganda' against the Iranian government, according to a group of friends urging for her release.
- NBC to broadcast web show Quarterlife
- NBC has announced it will air the internet series Quarterlife on television, marking what is believed to be the first time a program originating online is broadcast on a major American network.
- Lindsay Lohan a jailbird for 84 minutes
- Actor Lindsay Lohan spent 84 minutes in a Los Angeles jail Thursday after pleading guilty earlier this year to drunk driving and cocaine possession.
- Judge rules O.J. Simpson must stand trial in robbery case
- O.J. Simpson and two co-defendants must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges, a justice of the peace ruled Thursday.
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Art & Design Headlines
- $55-million plan to transform former Toronto brickyard
- The site design for Toronto's Brick Works, a unique project that involves restoring nature in the city and incorporating both heritage buildings and an art component, was unveiled Tuesday.
- Fortin landscape sells for $807,500 at auction
- A canvas by Marc-Aurèle Fortin sold for a record $807,500 Monday during the annual fall sale of important Canadian art held by Sotheby's in association with Ritchies.
- Artist Twombly gets one euro award for unwanted kiss
- A woman who left a lipstick imprint on an all-white painting by American artist Cy Twombly has been ordered to pay one euro (about $1.43) in damages to the painter himself.
- Swedish museum reveals its Andy Warhol Brillo boxes are fakes
- Six Brillo boxes in the Andy Warhol collection at a Swedish museum are fakes made in 1990, three years after the famed pop artist died, the museum said Friday.
- Tom Thomson paintings highlight Canadian fall auctions
- Always a draw for Canadian collectors, works by Tom Thomson will be among the major highlights on offer in Toronto next week at the annual fall auctions of Canadian art.
- Koons, Bacon works sold at record-setting NYC auction
- Sotheby's is resting easier on Thursday after registering the most lucrative contemporary and postwar art auction in its history, just a week after a disappointing showing at its Impressionist sale.
- Rothko, Freud, Warhol works sell at enthusiastic NY auction
- A $325-million US auction of postwar and contemporary artwork in New York Tuesday night has helped allay concern that the international art world was heading for a downturn.
- Mayor angry Charlottetown left out of picture
- Charlottetown should be allowed to compete as the location for a new national portrait gallery, says Mayor Clifford Lee.
- Montreal set for $120M revamp of entertainment district
- An area of downtown Montreal is earmarked for a major facelift after all three levels of government pledged $120 million toward the revamp as an attractive arts and entertainment hub.
- Donors help National Gallery buy third Mueck sculpture
- Ottawa art lovers Harvey Benoit and Dr. Lynne Freiburger-Benoit enjoyed the art of hyper-realist Ron Mueck so much, they wanted more of it to remain in their hometown.
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Theatre Headlines
- National Ballet's Nutcracker to be simulcast in cinemas
- The National Ballet of Canada is bringing a high-definition version of its holiday classic, The Nutcracker, to Canadian cinema audiences next month.
- Cirque to stage new Hollywood-inspired show at Oscar's house
- The Oscar Awards are getting a new roommate, as the Cirque du Soleil has unveiled plans for a permanent, movie-inspired show based at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
- Talks between Broadway stagehands and producers break down again
- Talks broke down between striking Broadway stagehands and theatre producers, with the producers' league announcing it has cancelled performances through the upcoming lucrative U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
- Broadway stagehands, producers in 2nd day of negotiations
- Talks are continuing for a second day between theatre producers and the union representing striking Broadway stagehands.
- Havel's first play in 18 years published
- The first play by former Czech president Vaclav Havel in 18 years will be published in his country this week.
- Stratford, Shaw festivals fear losing American audience
- Two major Canadian theatre festivals say they're worried the strong dollar is turning away their American fan base.
- Talks resume in Broadway strike
- Negotiations were to restart Saturday between striking Broadway stagehands and theatre producers at an undisclosed location.
- MacHomer's Miller back with a Hardsell for theatre audiences
- Actor-playwright Rick Miller, whose one-man show MacHomer was an international hit, is teasing laughs out of a new target — our consumption-crazy world.
- What a way to make a living: Dolly Parton to debut 9 to 5 musical
- A musical based on the 1980s workplace comedy 9 to 5 will get the stage musical treatment next year, featuring a score by one of its original stars: Dolly Parton.
- Cirque du Soleil acrobat hurt in fall at Vegas show
- A 29-year-old Cirque du Soleil acrobat was hospitalized after she was injured in a fall during a performance of the Zumanity show at the New York-New York hotel-casino in Las Vegas, a show official said Thursday.