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Small theatres bring controversial Rachel Corrie play to Canada
By Martin Morrow, CBCNews.ca
Top Headlines
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sorkin play goes down the tube as Broadway strike continues
- The strike by Broadway stagehands, now in its fifth day, has scuttled one of the most highly anticipated premieres, that of The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing.
- Sirius, XM shareholders approve U.S. satellite radio merger
- The shareholders of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio voted Tuesday by an overwhelming margin to approve Sirius' proposed acquisition of its rival.
- O.J. Simpson hearing approaches trial decision
- O.J., C.J., Spencer, Goldie and a couple of Charlies. For three days, their nicknames have been heard in obscenity-laced audio tapes and sometimes dramatic testimony about how O.J. Simpson and armed men confronted two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas trying to sell items the aging football star claimed were his.
- Hit manga Dragonball to become live-action film
- Dragonball, the massively successful Japanese manga, is set for a live-action, silver screen adaptation.
- 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.
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Film »
- 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.
- Hit manga Dragonball to become live-action film
- Dragonball, the massively successful Japanese manga, is set for a live-action, silver screen adaptation.
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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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Media »
- 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.
- 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.
- O.J. Simpson hearing approaches trial decision
- O.J., C.J., Spencer, Goldie and a couple of Charlies. For three days, their nicknames have been heard in obscenity-laced audio tapes and sometimes dramatic testimony about how O.J. Simpson and armed men confronted two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas trying to sell items the aging football star claimed were his.
More »
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,
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Art & Design »
- 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.
- Long-lost Blake watercolours shown for 1st time
- Eight recently discovered watercolours by British Romantic poet and artist William Blake are being shown publicly for the first time by Tate Britain in London.
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Theatre »
- Sorkin play goes down the tube as Broadway strike continues
- The strike by Broadway stagehands, now in its fifth day, has scuttled one of the most highly anticipated premieres, that of The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing.
- 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.
- 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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- Nancy Grace hospitalized with blood clots in her lungs after childbirth
- Striking TV, film writers take their protest to Wall Street Tuesday
- Glamorous opening nights are casualty of the Broadway strike
- Don Imus to hang his cowboy hat at new cable TV home on the range
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- Donda West's plastic surgeon sought Hollywood limelight despite past problems
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- Ont. appeal court rules against Ottawa newspaper in defamation suit
- Singer Lyle Lovett wants performers to be paid for radio play
- Yahoo settles lawsuit by jailed journalists over decision to give info to Chinese government
- Foreign ministry and Beijing Olympic officials deny reporter monitoring
- Spanish cartoonists fined; depicted crown prince in sexually explicit drawing
- JumpTV's new CEO to focus on niche communities, cost-cutting in short term
- Score Media reports year-end profit of $2.8 million vs. $13 million last year
- Anticipating big ad revenue, Murdoch says he expects to drop subscription fees, says report