- Broadway stagehands, producers back at the table
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- 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. more »
- Theatre to stage Little House on the Prairie musical
- The frontier-life stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder will be adapted for the stage, with a musical version of Little House on the Prairie slated to debut in Minneapolis next summer. more »
- Show does not go on as Broadway strike enters 3rd day
- The strike by stagehands on Broadway continued into its third day with both sides flinging barbs at the other. more »
- Veterans moved by Edmonton theatre's special Vimy showing
- The Citadel Theatre in Edmonton held a special presentation of Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen's new work, Vimy, for an audience of soldiers from the past and present. more »
- Most of Broadway goes dark as stagehands strike
- Many shows on Broadway are cancelled as stagehands went on strike on Saturday, with pickets going up at theatres around Times Square in New York City. more »
- Bennathan choreographs dance inspired by manga
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- Met triples venues featuring high-def opera simulcasts
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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.
- 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.
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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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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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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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