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Entertainment briefs: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
TV NEWS •Oklahoma oilman on "Black Gold” Oklahoma native Mike LaMonica is one of the oilmen featured in the new series "Black Gold” that premieres at 9 p.m. Wednesday on truTV. "Black Gold,” which features a theme song written and recorded by Trace Adkins , follows the real-life, high-stakes world of the oilmen and roughnecks drilling for oil in west Texas. read more
The Oklahoman |
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Band to perform in library system's 'Bug-aloo and Boogie' summer tour
The Sugar Free Allstars will perform a series of children's concerts at libraries in the Pioneer Library System this summer. Bug-aloo and Boogie is the name of their summer tour. It coincides with the children's reading program theme, "Catch the Reading Bug.” The Allstars will perform: •10:30 a.m. today at the Purcell Public Library, 919 N Ninth. •2 p.m. today at the Shawnee Public Library, 101 ...
The Oklahoman |
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Art On The Rocks - Art show slated for July
When a ‘museum’ comes up in conversation, it might conjure images of dark quiet rooms filled with glass and wooden cases with strict ‘no touch’ policies.
The Mining Journal |
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Rolling Stones eye Live Nation deal?
The Rolling Stones are reportedly in talks to sign a multi-million pound deal with concert promoter Live Nation.
world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Indian awards will overtake Oscars: Kamal Haasan
Chennai, June 17: Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, whose latest release "Dasavatharam" is making waves across the country, says Indian film awards will soon overtake the globally famed Oscars.
New Kerala |
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Fool's Gold: Date night no-brainer
Fool's Gold (Warner Bros.) Movie: (out of 4) DVD: Fool's Gold should have been a date-night no-brainer. Remove Matthew McConaughey's shirt, slide Kate Hudson into a swimsuit, place them in a sunny locale (Florida as played by Australia) and let the sexy banter and calypso music fly.
Toronto Star |
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Cowboy Jim's is family experience
Sizzling steaks and seafood, live music, waterfront dining and homemade ice cream make a visit to Cowboy Jim's Riverside Restaurant in Covington County an experience the entire family can enjoy.
Hattiesburg American |
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Katrina victims will sing
The public is invited to attend a free musical concert at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Doylestown. on Saturday presented by The Coast Chorale "Voices of the Mississippi Gulf Coast" along with the Bucks County Choral Society.
phillyburbs.com |
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Concert limit hits sour note
DOYLESTOWN - Live music belongs in Doylestown, protesters said. The borough doesn't necessarily agree.
Bucks County Courier Times |
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Week celebrates role of refugees
Educating people and celebrating the contribution refugees make to Scotland is a key part of a week of events promoting diversity, organisers said. Refugee Week Scotland 2008 aims to inform people of the issues refugees face when fleeing abroad and integrating into communities.
ic Lanarkshire |
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Barbershoppers return to Opera House
After an enthusiastic welcome back to the Opera House last year following an absence of almost 15 years, the chords and harmonies of “The Huron Shore Chorus” from Alpena, “The Harmonie Meisters” from Gaylord and the hilarious “Four Man Fishin' Tackle Choir” will ring again in a concert that begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 21 at the Cheboygan Opera House.
The Mackinaw Journal |
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Unite to Cease Funding Rise Stage After Mayor's Political Censorship
Unite the Union is to cease financially supporting the Latin American stage at the Rise Festival after the Mayor's Office has targeted its partner in the production, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, as being a "political campaign group" and therefore unacceptable.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Golfers hold nothing back in thriller
The comparisons between journeyman pro golfer Rocco Mediate and film myth Rocky Balboa are inescapable after yesterday's epic battle in the U.S. Open between the likable 45-year-old and Tiger Woods coming down to a sudden-death finish on the 91st hole.
Baltimore Sun |
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Gornick is featured performer for Organs in Revue series
CHISHOLM — The next in a series of summer organ programs sponsored by Organs in Revue, Inc. will be at noon, Wednesday, June 18, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Chisholm.
Hibbing Daily Tribune |
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Copyright bill strikes discordant note with Canadian musicians, consumer groups
Canadian artistes as well as other consumers will be singing the blues, while big businesses reap mega profits if Bill C-61 – the proposed amendment to the Copyright Act – is passed into law, say local musicians and consumer rights advocates.
ITBusiness.ca |
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Alan Hewitt and SoulJam Headline Coltrane Jazz Festival
Multi-platinum artist Alan Hewitt and the SoulJam Orchestra with special guest Maysa Leak will headline the Southside Holiday Blues and Coltrane Jazz Festival in Dallas, Texas on July 5, 2008. Hosted by media personality and former Dallas resident, Lynn Briggs of KOAS-Las Vegas, this 4th of July Weekend festival celebrates the spirit of American music with other special guests like Nick ...
All About Jazz |
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BMOP/Sound Releases Its Fourth Album: Gunther Schuller's Journey into Jazz
BMOP/sound, the nation's foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music recordings, announces the release of its fourth CD Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz. Representative of the “Third Stream" genre, a revolutionary style of music brought forth into the mainstream by Schuller in the 1950's, the three pieces on this album unite the structural complexities found ...
All About Jazz |
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2008 Playboy Jazz Festival Review
Young performers impress (not that Herbie Hancock and Al Jarreau don't). Music at the Playboy Jazz Festival always has been inextricably connected to the sun, the wine and the partying, and this year was no exception.
All About Jazz |
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Variety is what thrills Rajat Kapoor
An actor in Khoya Khoya Chand , industrialist in Corporate , music producer in Bheja Fry and now a journalist in Via Darjeeling , actor-director Rajat Kapoor says he enjoys playing different roles in his films.
Hindustan Times |
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Police arrest protesters after attack on MTV office in India
Police arrested 70 Sikh protesters after the MTV music channel's office in western India was vandalized over posters showing a Sikh girl massaging
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul |
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Meet the falconer
As patriotic music blares from the loudspeakers, Uncle Sam leaps from a cage hidden behind an American flag. He flaps wildly and bows to the crowd as his handler, Jonathan Wood, salutes. Uncle Sam is a rescued bald eagle who travels with the Raptor Project. Jonathan Wood, co-founder of The Raptor Project with his wife, Susan, is a well-known master falconer and wildlife rehabilitator
The Herald-Mail |
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Dracut, Tyngsboro students rack up awards
BEVERLY -- And the award goes to ... Students from Tyngsboro High School and Dracut High School walked away from the third annual North Shore Music Theater Spotlight Awards ceremony on June 2 with a little bit of hardware and pride in a job well done.
Lowell Sun |
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Stoughton minister delivers ‘The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen’
To the list of good-read tomes devoted to the Bruce Springsteen catalog you can add ``The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic'' by the Rev. Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz, a Universalist minister in Stoughton.
The Patriot Ledger |
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A bustling season at The Washington Center: Performing arts fans are in for surprises
Mark Morris Dance Group (Dec. 5): The Seattle native's contemporary dance group is one of the leading dance companies in the world.
The Olympian |
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Average iPod has 800 illegal tracks
Young iPod owners are walking around with an average of 842 illegally copied songs, according to research by the University of Hertfordshire. The survey, which questioned 1,200 participants, also revealed that nearly two-thirds of young people download music tracks illegally.
Infomatics |
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