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The Music Academy of the West announced two major donations this week.
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TORONTO - Dozens more films from around the globe, including several star-studded titles, have been added to the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Local calendar, August 14
TONIGHT Redlands Theatre Festival presents "Beehive," 8:30 p.m. at the Avice Meeker Sewall Theater in Prospect Park, Redlands. Continues Aug. 18 and 21. Other plays, presented in repertory, are "Big River," "Tuesdays With Morrie," "The Good Doctor" and "Beautiful Bodies." Single tickets are $18, season tickets $72. Information: (909) 792-0562 or www.rtfseason.org
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Drummer gigs downtown
Mississauga drummer David MacDougall teams up with rising jazz saxophonist Ryan Oliver next week at a couple of clubs in Toronto. MacDougall, a graduate of the arts program at Cawthra Park Secondary School, plays with Oliver Tuesday at The Trane Studio (964 Bathurst St.) and Thursday at Gate 403 (403 Roncesvalles Ave.).
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Italy blocks Swedish file-sharing site
An Italian judge has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into copyright law violation, officials said Thursday.
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Kid Rock to perform at Video Music Awards, but this time, only hits should come onstage
NEW YORK - Kid Rock is returning to the Video Music Awards for another hit performance — and this time it doesn't involve a fistfight with Tommy Lee. The boisterous rocker is slated to perform "All Summer Long" off his platinum-selling CD "Rock 'N Roll Jesus."
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Italy blocks Swedish file-sharing site
(AP) -- An Italian judge has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into copyright law violation, officials said Thursday.
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Upgrading Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
It seems elephants and tigers and clown cars just don't cut it anymore. (Oh, my.) Rap music, video screens and extreme acrobatic action are blowing the top off the big top at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus these days.
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Long hours, long drives the norm for Weaver family
It seemed like every time Linda Weaver drove her son, Garrett, home from performing "The Sound of Music" in Palatine, there was a blizzard.
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Kid Rock to play 'All Summer Long' at VMAs
NEW YORK—Kid Rock is returning to the Video Music Awards for another hit performance—and this time it doesn't involve a fistfight with Tommy Lee. The boisterous rocker is slated to perform "All Summer Long" off his platinum-selling CD "Rock 'N Roll Jesus."
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Italy blocks Swedish file-sharing site
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 (10:27 a.m.) An Italian judge has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into copyright law violation, officials said Thursday.
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Austinist Show Preview: Black Joe Lewis at the Parish
image from MySpace Black Joe Lewis at the Parish Thursday, August 15 The Parish Room ( 214 East Sixth Street ) $12, doors at 8 [ info ] One of Austin's most dynamic acts, Black Joe Lewis has been blazing a trail for local blues artists these past few years, and we're lucky enough to get another shot at seeing him live tomorrow night at the Parish Room, one of Sixth Street's cozier ...
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Tonight: Fanny Hill just one option
SNOWMASS VILLAGE - This summer's Snowmass Free Concert Series has cycled through bluegrass, rock, Celtic, swing, soul, New Orleans brass and country-folk - which means it must be time for Fanny Hill to get the blues. Which it does, in a big way.
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P. Diddy's Olympic gold: Sexual stamina
The music mogul claims he would win the top prize if he took part in a contest to see who could have sex for the longest amount of time.
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Kid Rock to play 'All Summer Long' at VMAs
Kid Rock is returning to the Video Music Awards for another hit performance — and this time it doesn't involve a fistfight with Tommy Lee.
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Tattoo expo in Deerfield Beach this weekend
Tattoo artists, music fans, car enthusiasts and body-piercing aficionados are getting together in one place in South Florida this weekend.
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Italy blocks Swedish file-sharing site
An Italian judge has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into copyright law violation, officials said Thursday. Since last week, Italy's anti-fraud police have been informing providers they must heed the order of a judge in the northern city of Bergamo, police Col. Alessandro Nencini said. Nencini ...
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Breakout bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent leads IBMA nominations
Nominees for the 19th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards include up-and-coming performers and five Bluegrass Hall of Fame members. The nominees were announced Thursday morning at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum, as Del McCoury and Kathy Mattea read the list of honored performers.
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Instructor mixes science, performance
Abbas Jaffary was always interested in music, but didn't play any instruments until he was in high school.
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Reagan Trail Days festival starts Friday
DIXON - The annual celebration of Ol' Dutch - the Reagan Trail Days festival - promises three days of food, dance and culture, starting Friday.
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Kid Rock Commits To VMAs; Spears’ Status Still Unknown
Kid Rock is coming back to the MTV Video Music Awards to perform his hit single “All Summer Long” during the live telecast on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. ET. And speculation abounds that Britney Spears might return for a chance at vindication.
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San Jose Music Teacher Accused Of Soliciting Minor
San Jose police have arrested a high school band leader for attempting to solicit lewd acts from a minor.
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Local Briefs
DANCE: The Indiana Dynamic Singles will its annual muscular dystrophy dance Friday at the Rayne Drop Inn. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. and a donation of $7 will be accepted. Dancing will be from 9 p.m. to midnight to the music of DJ Larry of Greensburg, who is donating his time for the cause.
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RATM Joins Anti-War Fest
Rage Against the Machine will join Flobots , The Coup , State Radio , and Wayne Kramer at a festival during the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
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Cast Announced for New Italian Straw Hat Musical at South Coast Rep
Daniel Blinkoff, a veteran of South Coast Repertory productions, will play a harried bridegroom in SCR's world-premiere musical An Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville in Costa Mesa, CA, Sept. 5-Oct. 5.
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