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John Terry "all over wife Toni" at MJ musical
British professional football player John Terry is said to have showered all his attention on his wife Toni at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End for the Michael Jackson musical...


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Placido Domingo undergoes colon cancer surgery
Opera singer Placido Domingo has undergone surgery for colon cancer, revealed a...
Acting New York State Police Superintendent Retiring
March 9, 2010 - Albany, NY - ( release ) Today New York State Police Acting Superintendent Pedro Perez announced his retirement after 28 years of service. By operation of law under Section 6 of the...
Chesney to appear at Regal's Pinnacle Theatre for Variety children's charity
National country star and East Tennessee's own Kenny Chesney is set to appear at a movie premiere in Knoxville next month, to benefit Variety, the Children's Charity. It's one more in a long string...
Cultural 'women to watch' omissions
Fifty "women to watch" have been selected for the Cultural Leadership Programme by a panel of judges including choreographer Wayne McGregor, broadcaster Jenni Murray and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah....
Jenny Holzer: Nightmares in neon
You can drown in these words ... Jenny Holzer's Monument, 2008. Photograph: Mark Pinder A river of words runs across the floor. "I swim in her," say the 10 lanes of yellow text, streaming through...
Sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera' opens in London
(AP Photo/Joel Ryan)The Phantom, played by Ramin Karimloo, right, performs a scene with Christine, played by Sierra Boggess, from the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, "Love Never Dies" at the...
Fawcett memorial more suited to Emmys: Academy
The late actress Farrah Fawcett, shown Aug. 13, 2006, in Los Angeles, was not mentioned during the 'in memoriam' segment of the 2010 Academy Awards. Fawcett died of cancer in June 2009 at the age of...
Concert news: Steve Martin bringing his banjo to State Theatre in...
Actor/comedian Steve Martin will present "An Evening of Bluegrass and Banjo" June 13 at the State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. Tickets are $65 to $35 and will go on sale at noon Friday through...
New York City Opera goes 20th century next season
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York premieres of Bernstein's "A Quiet Place" and Stephen Schwartz's "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," the world stage premiere of John Zorn's "La Machine de l'etre" and the U.S....
Special Report: Paris Fashion Week: Fur Takes Center Stage Again
Paris in winter has a fairy-tale quality. There are silver skies, palatial buildings and enchanted forests of shivering black trees lining the avenues. There are beauties and there are beasts —...
Ronald Searle: a life in pictures
London – Revolt in Trafalgar Square, 1964, by Ronald Searle. Photograph: Reproduced by kind permission of the artist and the Sayle Literary Agency./© Ronald Searle. When I first wrote to Ronald...
Boeing Exec: Tanker ‘Soap Opera’ May Not Be Over
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Northrop Grumman Corp.’s decision to forgo bidding on the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion refueling tanker program, leaving Boeing Co. without a competitor, may not...
'Spartacus' star has non-Hodgkin lymphoma
NEW YORK -- Andy Whitfield, who plays the title role in the Starz Original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The British-born actor will begin...
On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
NEW YORK -- A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument. "Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" is a game first and...
Peru drops some claims against Yale
The government of Peru has withdrawn six of the 17 elements of its 2008 lawsuit against Yale University that demands the return of Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu. Yale holds more than...
B.C. Haida artist Robert Davidson gets Governor General's visual-arts award
MONTREAL - Eight Canadian artists, were named winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Tuesday at the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal.They are: - Haida sculptor...
Electronic Arts to publish new Big Huge Games title
Electronic Arts . Redwood City, Calif.-based EA (NASDAQ: ERTS) struck a deal with Big Huge Games’ parent company 38 Studios LLC to publish a roleplaying game it has codenamed “Project...
Concert news: Steve Martin bringing his banjo to State Theatre in Minneapolis
Actor/comedian Steve Martin will present "An Evening of Bluegrass and Banjo" June 13 at the State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. Tickets are $65 to $35 and will go on sale at noon Friday through...
New York City Opera Goes 20th Century Next Season
The New York premieres of Bernstein's "A Quiet Place" and Stephen Schwartz's "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," the world stage premiere of John Zorn's "La Machine de l'etre" and the U.S. stage premiere of...
Manipur lawyers stage sit-in
IMPHAL: Lawyers, who have been abstaining from the Manipur High Court since Monday demanding an inquiry into Saturday's shooting of Advocate-General Nongmeikappam Koteswor, staged a demonstration in...
Guardian Camera Club: YesBut on night photography
YesBut participates in the night photography monthly assignment.London at night (or any large city) can be a never ending source of inspiration for photographers. In 'Chips with everything at Lower...
Electronic Arts to publish new title from Big Huge Games
Big Huge Games will be published by gaming industry leader Electronic Arts. Redwood City, Calif.-based EA (NASDAQ: ERTS) struck a deal with Big Huge Games’ parent company 38 Studios LLC to...
Hilary Duff to write young adult book series
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Welcome the latest celebrity children's author, Hilary Duff. Simon & Schuster Books for Young readers said Tuesday the actress-singer will work on a series of...
Malkovich to play serial killer on Toronto stage
American actor John Malkovich will make his Luminato debut playing a notorious Austrian serial killer in a musical performance this June as part of the annual festival of arts and...
Edmonton Opera’s next season includes Alberta twist
EDMONTON — Edmonton Opera hopes to thrill opera lovers next season with a scrumptious Puccini sandwich stuffed with the genius of Mozart and a Klondike twist on The Barber of Seville.The 2010-11...
Keep Amazon out of Canada, booksellers ask
The Canadian Booksellers Association is trying to block Amazon.com from setting up a distribution centre north of the border. Amazon now uses Canada Post to fulfil Canadian orders from its U.S. hub....
Terry Ryan honoured for advancing Inuit art
*/ Terry Ryan, an artist who managed the Cape Dorset artists' co-op and is now director of Dorset Fine Arts in Toronto, has been honoured for his 50 years of work in promoting Inuit art. Ryan won...
B.C. Haida artist Robert Davidson get governor general's visual-arts awards
MONTREAL - Eight Canadian artists, were named winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Tuesday at the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal.They are: - Haida sculptor...
Special Report: Fur Takes Center Stage Again
Paris in winter has a fairy-tale quality. There are silver skies, palatial buildings and enchanted forests of shivering black trees lining the avenues. There are beauties and there are beasts —...
Sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera' Opens Today
The theater world was eagerly awaiting today's premiere in London of “Love Never Dies,” the sequel to Lloyd Webber’s global hit “Phantom of the Opera.”...
Bonnet takes Paris-Nice stage two
William Bonnet raced to victory on stage two of the Paris-Nice into Limoges on Tuesday afternoon. The Frenchman took the win for the Bbox Bouygues Telecom team on the 201.5-kilometre trek from...
'American Idol': The Real Drama Is Off-Stage
judges Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres watch a performance on stage, though the real drama is at the judging table. Cowell plans to move on to another show while DeGeneres's longevity is also in...
Welcome back to the big leagues: Opera denies severity of 10.5 exploit
12:02 pm EST March 9, 2010 · A spokesperson for Opera Software provided Betanews this morning with a summary of a complete blog post on the alleged exploit of Opera...
Irish arrest 7 over threat to kill Swedish artist
FILE- In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 file photo, Lars Vilks speaks in an interview with the Associated Press in Klippan, Sweden. Irish police arrested seven people Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill...
Alleged plot to kill Mohammed cartoonist foiled
Police in Ireland have arrested seven people over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog. Irish police said four men and three women...
For New York City Opera Season, Bernstein, Strauss and New Works
New York City Opera , operating with a slender financial cushion, announced plans on Tuesday for another stripped down, five-production season but said it would add a series of concert...
Opera Confirms Critical Browser Bug
How to Fight Malware The Norwegian browser maker did not set a timeline for fixing the bug, but a spokesman Monday said it would be released "as soon as possible." The flaw, which Danish bug tracking...