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- Spider-Man swings onto Broadway in December
- The long-awaited Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark musical, with songs by U2 members Bono and The Edge, will open on Broadway on Dec. 21.
- Russia's Sinaisky tapped for Bolshoi music post
- Russian composer and conductor Vassily Sinaisky has been named to the top musical post at the famed Bolshoi Theatre.
- Marsalis begins Brubeck 90th birthday tribute
- Jazz legend Dave Brubeck turns 90 on Dec. 6, but the birthday celebrations got off to an early start on the closing day of the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.
- Ex-Fugee backs Wyclef rival for Haiti president
- Grammy-winning musician Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency has garnered another critic: his former Fugees bandmate, Pras.
- Lightfoot announces 8 Ontario shows
- Gordon Lightfoot will take the stage in five Ontario cities next May and is also planning a more extensive tour.
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Entertainment news from Canadian Press
- Wes Williams - aka Maestro - recalls lean years in new self-help book
- Official: 44 different drugs found at home of Anna Nicole Smith
- Canuck films from Baruchel, Speedman, Parker among homegrown slate at TIFF
- Seriously talented, humorous Karamazov Brothers juggle with danger, gravity
- Facebook group won't give up in trying to lure Ellen DeGeneres to Oktoberfest
- Cera, Wright, Schwartzman hold court at Toronto homecoming of 'Scott Pilgrim'
- Margot Kidder still has ball gowns from 'Superman' days
- Disney's 3rd-quarter profit soars past expectations on bump from ESPN, movie studio turnaround
- Marquee deal: Netflix to pay nearly $1 billion to stream movies from Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM
- 'Bachelorette' Ali Fedotowsky leads show to its first top spot in weekly television ratings
Media news from Canadian Press
- Does Vogue Italia's eery oil spill-inspired fashion spread cross the line?
- Transcontinental founder 'monetizes' 30 per cent of his shares for $57.6 million
- News Corp. sells controlling stake in China TV businesses
- News Corp. sells controlling stake in China TV businesses to government-backed fund
- Conrad Black drops request to return to Canada, won't appear in court this month
- Controversial CBC boss Richard Stursberg leaves network after six years
- Rogers Media to expand overall online presence and presence in Quebec
- Washington Post shares fall on concern over federal education rules
- Hefner's political, human rights battles laid bare in documentary
- Parent company of Yellow Pages expects more digital growth; will build websites
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- McDonald, Tierney, Dolan films at TIFF
- New films from Bruce McDonald, Jacob Tierney and Denis Villeneuve are just a few of the homegrown offerings that will unspool at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.
- Spider-Man swings onto Broadway in December
- The long-awaited Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark musical, with songs by U2 members Bono and The Edge, will open on Broadway on Dec. 21.
- Witherspoon takes on Peggy Lee
- Reese Witherspoon and Fox 2000 are mounting a biopic of the late great jazz singer, Peggy Lee.
- Portrait of daughter playing dead earns art prize
- A painting of Michael Zavros's young daughter playing dead has earned the Australian realist artist the country's richest portraiture prize.
- Feature: Joan Rivers talks about her eye-opening documentary
- Legendary comedienne dishes on showbiz, her work ethic and her plastic surgery.
- Russia's Sinaisky tapped for Bolshoi music post
- Russian composer and conductor Vassily Sinaisky has been named to the top musical post at the famed Bolshoi Theatre.
- Marsalis begins Brubeck 90th birthday tribute
- Jazz legend Dave Brubeck turns 90 on Dec. 6, but the birthday celebrations got off to an early start on the closing day of the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.
- Gabor's hospital stay extended indefinitely
- Zsa Zsa Gabor has developed an infection that will keep her in hospital indefinitely.
- De Rossi wants DeGeneres as last name
- Actress Portia de Rossi, who is married to comedian Ellen DeGeneres, has filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.
- Kazakh director plans unofficial Borat sequel
- A Kazakh filmmaker has announced plans for an unofficial sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America To Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan that will present a more positive view of the Central Asian nation.
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