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For fall: Bond's back
Harry Potter pulled a disappearing act from Hollywood's fall and holiday schedule, his sixth big-screen adventure bumped from this November into next summer. That leaves a little more room to roam at the box office for the likes of James Bond, a vampire heartthrob, the "High School Musical" kids and all those talking cartoon critters studios are about to unleash.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Huntsville Times
Jazmin Ghent, a senior and saxophonist at Sparkman High School, received a bronze medal in the instrumental, contemporary music category at the recent NAACP ACT-SO national competition.
The Huntsville Times |
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Gambia: A New Initiative for Artists
In an effort geared towards promotion, development and preservation of arts and culture in The Gambia, Africa and the world at large, a music production centre called,"Wannabi" Stars Production Enterprise is set to be established in the country.
AllAfrica.com |
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Obama picks Hollywood sock-puppet for running mate
BARACK OBAMA has chosen one of the most rabid pro-music and film industry senators in the business to be his running mate in the forthcoming presidential elections.
The Inquirer |
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BANATSKI SOKOLAC, Serbia (Reuters) - A Serbian village unveiled what it said was Europe’s first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley on Saturday, to promote tolerance in a region still recovering from war.
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'it' Girl Public Relations Signs Multi-Talented Konvict Musik/Interscope Superstar Colby O'Donis
it" Girl Public Relations, one of the industry's leading entertainment PR firms, announces its latest acquisition; multi-talented music artist and producer, Colby O'Donis.
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Cars roar into town for Cruise Weekend
Saskatoon's 26th annual Rock 102 Cruise Weekend began quietly on Friday: A tail fin among the evening traffic, a flash of deep colour creeping across the Broadway Bridge and, every once in a while, a cheer reverberating as a convertible roared to life in the crisp evening.
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Farm Aid's New England Concert to Broadcast Live in HD and Commercial Free Exclusively on DIRECTV's The 101 Network
Farm Aid today announced that its Sept. 20 New England music festival will be broadcast live on DIRECTV's The 101 Network, which reaches more than 17 million viewers. This broadcast will mark the first time that Farm Aid's annual benefit concert airs live in HD.
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Serbs unveil statue to Bob Marley
BANATSKI SOKOLAC, Serbia (Reuters) - A Serbian village unveiled what it said was Europe's first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley on Saturday, to promote tolerance in a region still recovering from war.
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County preserves mark 50 years
The Lake County Forest Preserve District threw a rock 'n' roll birthday party for its 50th anniversary.
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Clarion Corporation of America Unveils ClarionMiND at IDF 2008
The ClarionMiND combines connected personal GPS navigation and real-time POI with Internet-based entertainment and full web browsing. The ClarionMiND enables access to two-way connected navigation, high-speed Internet, digital music and video playback.
Digi Times |
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Performers hone 'Flashback' show
At 8 p.m. Saturday, as fizzling Fay brushed downtown Mobile with occasionally blustery conditions, a full-scale concert was in progress at the Mobile Civic Center.
Mobile Press-Register |
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This is the life // Amy McDonald
And you singing the song thinking this is the life And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size where you gonna go, where you gonna go, where you gonna sleep tonight?
jetzt.de |
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Deafened reader offers special music sites
In your letters section, Jordan McKenzie complains that owners and users of extra-loud boom boxes in their cars are being discriminated against. They should have areas set aside where they can enjoy (?) their music (?) without bothering others.
Montgomery Advertiser |
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Serbs unveil statue to Bob Marley
A Serbian village unveiled what it said was Europe's first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley on Saturday, to promote tolerance in a region still recovering from war.
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London parties like it's 2012
Pop stars, choirs, dancing policemen and a boisterous singalong to We Are The Champions. After the orderly precision of the Beijing Olympics, it was time on Sunday for a first look at what organizers hope will be the fun of London 2012.
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Gary Telgenhoff
Gary Telgenhoff is a dark human being. He’s also a doctor. The Clark County medical examiner does autopsies by day and writes morose heavy-metal music by night, as the front man of band Skinner Rat.
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Surreal scenes at Latino Theatre Fest
The lobby of the Goodman Theater morphed into an informal dance club Friday night as this summer's Latino Festival entered its final weekend of performances, and a trio of superb musicians with Cuban and Puerto Rican roots set at least some brave souls into motion.
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Seeing, hearing 'The Planets' under the stars
A rambunctious round of applause greeted Chicago Sinfonietta Executive Director Jim Hirsch's request that the thousands before him in Millennium Park "clap sheepishly" if they were hearing this orchestra for the first time.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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The party gets started in London for 2012
Pop stars, choirs, dancing policemen and a boisterous singalong to "We Are The Champions." After the orderly precision of the Beijing Olympics, it was time yesterday for a first look at what organizers hope will be the fun of London 2012.
Toronto Star |
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'Through the storm'
For '90s hit-maker Marc Cohn, there are scarier things than a bullet to the head. "I'm kind of through the storm," said the singer-songwriter, who was shot in a 2005 carjacking after a show in Denver. The bullet bounced off his skull and he walked out of the hospital the day after the attack.
The Lewiston Sun Journal |
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Soundmatters introduce the Foxl, high quality Bluetooth sound system
New music system includes noise cancelling microphone
Mobile Choice Magazine |
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SPECTACLE OF SUCCESS
BEIJING — The 2008 Summer Olympics closed Sunday night in a display of tightly scripted merriment and lavish fireworks, a final burst of pomp ending 17 days of sports and celebration that Chinese authorities organized with flawless precision and an unbending security clampdown.
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Concert Review: Outside Lands 08 - Day One (Friday)
The Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival rocked Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. San Francisco's Golden Gate Park hosted the First Annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival to much applause and yearning. With so much available open space, it's hard to imagine that there hasn't been a music festival that has rocked the park past sunset.Touted much as a green event, festival organizers heavily ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Maine bluegrass festival draws thousands
SIDNEY (AP) - The 31st Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival has already drawn several thousand music enthusiasts to Sidney, Maine. Organizer Greg Cormier said the final shows on Sunday would probably draw the biggest crowds of all.
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