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‘Hollywood won’t yield to those of color’
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Harry Belafonte says Hollywood has yet to explore the breadth of black experience and that the industry will “never ever yield to the needs of people of color.”The 84-year-old entertainer made the remarks at a presentation on artists and activism Wednesday during the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s 102nd annual convention in Los Angeles. Harry Belafo
People July 28, 2011
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Nicolas Cage to star in film about Alaska serial killer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ― The hunt for Alaska’s most infamous serial murderer is about to get the Hollywood treatment.Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage will star in “Frozen Ground,” a movie detailing the police investigation of serial killer Robert Hansen, Variety reported Wednesday. He will play an Alaska State Trooper who investigated the murders.Filming is scheduled to start in Anchorage
Film July 28, 2011
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Cuba cigar factory ‘readers’ keep oral tradition smoking
HAVANA (AFP) ― Perched on a wooden dais in front of 600 workers rolling Cuba’s legendary cigars, Grisel reads aloud ― poems, novels and even sex tips from the newspaper ― keeping workers entertained, their attention rapt, just the way it has been done for 150 years.Grisel, 55, a petite former teacher who wears reading glasses she adjusts frequently, may have a job that predates electricity. Cuban
People July 27, 2011
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Israeli orchestra wows crowd at home of Wagner
BAYREUTH, Germany (AFP) ― An Israeli orchestra made history Tuesday by performing a concert in Bayreuth, the spiritual home of Hitler’s favorite composer Richard Wagner, and received a standing ovation.“It was a joy for us to play Wagner here,” Roberto Paternostro, the conductor of the Israel Chamber Orchestra, said after the first-ever performance by an ensemble from the country in this southern
Performance July 27, 2011
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Family, friends say goodbye to Winehouse
LONDON (AFP) ― Amy Winehouse’s family and friends paid their last respects to the troubled British soul singer at her funeral on Tuesday, three days after the 27-year-old was found dead at her London home.Her father Mitch Winehouse ended his eulogy with the heartbreaking words: “Goodnight my angel, sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much.”He and his ex-wife Janis have said they were “de
Performance July 27, 2011
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Hollywood’s Medavoy to make film on Chile miners
SANTIAGO (AFP) ― Hollywood producer Mike Medavoy will turn the epic story of the 33 men trapped last year deep inside a Chilean mine for 69 days into a movie, representatives for the miners said Tuesday.The miners signed an agreement with Medavoy ― the man behind such hits as “Black Swan” and “Shutter Island” ― to produce “the only official and authorized film on the accident and rescue,” read a s
Performance July 27, 2011
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Campbell offers more than scary stories
Books July 26, 2011
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Private funeral planned for Winehouse
LONDON (AFP) ― The family and close friends of British soul singer Amy Winehouse were Tuesday set to hold a private funeral after a post-mortem failed to establish a cause of the 27-year-old’s death.A family spokesman said the ceremony for the troubled diva, who was found dead at her London home on Saturday, will be confined to family and close friends. He did not disclose the location or the time
Performance July 26, 2011
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Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contest
KEY WEST, Florida (AP) ― A white-bearded, 64-year-old Florida man has won the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition at a Florida Keys bar once frequented by the author.Matt Gineo of Jensen Beach, dressed in a wool fisherman’s sweater to emulate photographer Yousuf Karsh’s famous portrait of Hemingway, bested 120 other entrants after an unprecedented tie-breaker vote. It was Gineo’s 12th t
People July 25, 2011
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Israeli orchestra confronts taboo
Performance July 25, 2011
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Coppola unveils 3-D horror ‘Twixt’
Film July 25, 2011
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At home in Turkey: Staying with villagers in Kurdistan
Before most people are awake, Pero Salva has baked a day’s worth of bread over an open fire, milked the cows, fed the chickens and used a broom made from twigs to sweep the dirt walkway in front of the house she shares with her husband and three children.As the roosters crow and a muezzin sings the Muslim call to prayer, we take our places for breakfast on the floor around a table fashioned from a
Travel July 22, 2011
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Asian collectors fuel wine buying spree
Food July 22, 2011
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Produce, not pasta, key to summer salads
Summer salads are the culinary workhorses of picnics, potlucks and patio parties, and pasta versions are more plentiful than mosquitoes.But isn’t it time to use your noodle ― or rather lose your noodle ― and expand your potluck palette?There are plenty of great-tasting salads sans pasta that are fresh, light and capture the essence of the season much better than mayo-laden macaroni.Find inspiratio
Food July 22, 2011
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Wine of the week: 2010 Domaine du Gros’Nore Bandol rose
Quick swirl.A beautiful Bordeaux Blanc with a bouquet of acacia, lime and fresh-cut grass. A blend of 40 percent Sauvignon Blanc with an equal amount of Semillon and 20 percent Muscadelle, the 2009 from Chteau Lamothe de Haux has the bracing minerality that makes these wines such terrific summer drinking. And this one is a particularly wonderful bargain.Drink it as an aperitif, with chilled shellf
Food July 22, 2011
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