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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 »
- Writers claim victory after DeGeneres pulls NYC shows
- Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has cancelled plans to tape her show next week in New York after striking members of the Writers Guild East protested.
- CBC to air controversial Falun Gong documentary
- A controversial documentary, Beyond The Red Wall: The Persecution of Falun Gong, will be broadcast on The Lens Nov. 20 after the documentary was pulled earlier this month following a complaint from the Chinese embassy.
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- 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.
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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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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.
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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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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
- The Broadway stagehands union and theatre owners and producers say they will resume negotiations this weekend.
- 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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