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- Bret Michaels sues over nixed Syracuse concert
- Bret Michaels is suing a concert promoter who postponed a New York gig this month apparently without informing the rocker and reality TV star.
- VIDEO: Arcade Fire singer criticizes Wyclef's presidential bid
- Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is campaigning for president of Haiti and he's drawing criticism from some unlikely quarters, including from Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, whose wife, Régine Chassagne, is of Haitian origin and who has questioned Jean's French language fluency.
- Rock 'n' roll footwear on show at CNE
- An exhibit of rock and roll memorabilia to be displayed at this year's Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto will include shoes once worn by Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Rod Stewart and Barbra Streisand.
- Country star Brandt surprises farmer
- Canadian country musician Paul Brandt made a surprise visit to a farmer's field near Winkler, Man., to shoot a music video Monday.
- Former arts council chair slams B.C. cuts
- The chair of the B.C. Arts Council said she stepped down from the post so she can speak freely on cuts to arts spending.
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Entertainment news from Canadian Press
- Stern's sister testifies she doesn't recall Anna Nicole Smith drug shipments
- Capsule reviews of 'Piranha 3D,' 'The Switch,' 'Nanny McPhee Returns' and other new releases
- Tobacco use on silver screen down; still in half of PG-13 rated movies: study
- Dating site for bookworms banking on Larsson, Vonnegut love matches
- Arcade Fire's Win Butler criticizes Wyclef Jean's run for Haitian presidency
- Movie review: Run, don't walk: 'Piranha 3D' is hilariously, cleverly gory
- Mike Posner enjoying hit album months after his college graduation
- Review: 'Lottery Ticket' doesn't hit the jackpot but it's not a total loss
- Academy to announce Grammy nominations on prime-time TV Dec. 1
- Box office preview: 'The Expendables,' 'Eat Pray Love' should repeat
Media news from Canadian Press
- TechBits: Drawing tablet; TV on iPad; AOL plans to increase local news network
- WikiLeaks: Pentagon says willing to discuss request for help in reviewing Afghan war documents
- 'Rethink Alberta' group brings anti-oilsands billboards, ads to UK
- All convictions against Conrad Black should be upheld, prosecutors say
- North Korea turns to Twitter and YouTube in apparent propaganda war
- CTV executive Keith Pelley appointed as new president of Rogers Media division
- Facebook photos with bound Palestinians thoughtless, not humiliating: Israeli
- Conrad Black's convictions should be dropped because of court's error: Defence
- Transcontinental launches searchable online flyer service for consumers
- Ex-Israeli soldier posed in Facebook photos with blindfolded Palestinians
Headlines »
- VIDEO: Arcade Fire singer criticizes Wyclef's presidential bid
- Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is campaigning for president of Haiti and he's drawing criticism from some unlikely quarters, including from Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, whose wife, Régine Chassagne, is of Haitian origin and who has questioned Jean's French language fluency.
- Ottawa film festival to focus on local scene
- The organizers behind the first Ottawa International Film Festival opening this weekend are hoping to draw the eyes of the world on what they say is a thriving local film scene.
- 3-D is exploding - but where's the next Avatar?
- Eight months after the premiere of Avatar, Hollywood is still using 3-D technology mostly for cheap thrills.
- Country star Brandt surprises farmer
- Canadian country musician Paul Brandt made a surprise visit to a farmer's field near Winkler, Man., to shoot a music video Monday.
- Rock 'n' roll footwear on show at CNE
- An exhibit of rock and roll memorabilia to be displayed at this year's Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto will include shoes once worn by Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Rod Stewart and Barbra Streisand.
- Horror master Roth turns to exorcism
- In producing The Last Exorcism, horror master Eli Roth began with the premise that no one can top The Exorcist.
- Scottish poet Edwin Morgan dies at 90
- Poet and translator Edwin Morgan, who was named Scotland's first national poet — the Scots Makar — in 2004, has died at the age of 90.
- Bret Michaels sues over nixed Syracuse concert
- Bret Michaels is suing a concert promoter who postponed a New York gig this month apparently without informing the rocker and reality TV star.
- Plinth art contenders unveiled in London
- A blue rooster, an oversized cake made of bricks and an elaborately decorated military hero are among the latest candidates for the empty plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
- Spike Lee doc returns to New Orleans
- Spike Lee began his documentary on the five-year followup to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans thinking it would be a portrait of a city still struggling, but making progress.
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