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- Sirius, XM shareholders approve U.S. satellite radio merger
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- Boy George faces false imprisonment charges
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- Heather Mills drops divorce lawyers
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- Group protests CBC scuttling of Falun Gong doc
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- O.J. Simpson burst into room with gun, court told
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Music »
- 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.
- Versatile Toronto pianist John Arpin dies at 70
- Canadian pianist John Arpin, dubbed the "Chopin of Ragtime" by jazz great Eubie Blake, has died.
- 'Energy city' Estevan wins global warming music festival
- The Saskatchewan city of Estevan, which calls itself "The Energy City" because of its coal-fired generators and oil production, has won the right to host a national music festival to raise awareness of climate change.
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TV »
- Rural-targeted TV network picks up forthcoming Imus radio show
- Just a few weeks before embattled shock jock radio host Don Imus is set to return to the airwaves, a Nashville-based network has announced it will also simulcast his program on television.
- Battle on for public sympathy in screenwriters strike
- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met Monday with leaders of the Writers Guild of America and planned to talk to studio executives Tuesday in an effort to kick-start talks in the screenwriters strike.
- Actors union warns studios about layoffs during writers strike
- The actors union known as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has sent out a warning to Hollywood studios concerning the layoff or suspension of actors during the writers strike.
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Books »
- 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.
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Film »
- 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.
- Chinese student sues over censored Lust, Caution
- A Chinese moviegoer is suing his country's film censor over an edited version of Ang Lee's sexy Second World War drama Lust, Caution, saying it infringed on his "consumer rights," according to the Beijing Times.
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Art & Design »
- 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.
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Theatre »
- Red Sky Performance director named to Banff Centre post
- Sandra Laronde, an award-winning director, dancer and actor based in Toronto, has been appointed director of the aboriginal arts program at the Banff Centre.
- Broadway stagehands, producers back at the table
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- B.C. pledges $49M for downtown Vancouver arts campus
- Premier Gordon Campbell was in Vancouver Tuesday to announce the province would contribute $49.3 million toward a new art school that will be part of the Woodward's redevelopment project in the Downtown Eastside.
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