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  • Man found hanging at St. Petersburg theatre

    A workman who disappeared from St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in December was found hanging in the theatre's attic, investigators said. The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope. Investigators believe he hanged himself. The legendary Mariinsky Theatre opened a new $700-million stage earlier this month in a gala ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin. --IANS/RIA ...

  • Kimberly Walsh loves her body

    Singer-songwriter Kimberley Walsh loves her toned up body and credits her participation in dance reality show "Strictly Come Dancing" for it. "The best piece of advice I could give anyone who wanted to lose weight and tone up would be: Go on 'Strictly...'! I've spent many years putting myself under the spotlight but now, in my 30s, I've accepted my body," dailystar.co.uk quoted Walsh as ...

  • Summer theater Tunes take the stage across KC

    May 23--Here's what summer theater in Kansas City means: Musicals, heat, musicals, air-conditioning, musicals, Shakespeare, musicals, drama, musicals, comedy, musicals and and more musicals. And summer 2013 is shaping up to be firmly in that tradition. The annual mix of elevated language and accessible entertainment known as the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival this year returns to ...

  • Bynes lifestyle exposed by tabloid

    Embattled star Amanda Bynes' lifestyle and living conditions have been exposed by editors at a U.S. tabloid, thanks to two sneaky snappers who attended one of the Hairspray star's recent all-night parties. The actress' mental health has become a talking point in recent months following a series of traffic violations in Los Angeles and some bizarre behaviour on the streets of New ...

  • Houston Grand Opera Embraces Multicultural Chorus of Community Stories

    Where can you take in the first Mariachi opera in addition to the "classics"? Jeffrey Brown reports on the Houston Grand Opera's unique mission: to engage audiences from the city's diverse, multicultural community by staging productions originating from the experiences of its ...

Movie Review

Coyote Ugly

"Coyote Ugly" is not much more than a silly, groan-inducing tale of a good girl trying to make it in big bad New York City livened up with a few rousing scenes of curvaceous young women in tight leather pants and wet tank tops shaking their stuff on a bar. It is of little surprise that the film's entire ad campaign has been based on the latter part of that description, rather than the former, eve ... ...

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  • Behind the screens with Paramount Theatres film programmer

    May 22--Stephen Jannise has the soul of a cinephile. He has been professionally programming movies in Austin for two years, but the 27 year-old head of the Paramount Theatre's film department has been thinking like a programmer since he was a teenager. When Netflix debuted during Jannise's high school years, the Nederland native considered starting a program were people could go online ...

  • Fort McMurray postal workers stage wildcat strike over outsourcing parcel delivery

    About 50 postal workers in Fort McMurray walked off the job Wednesday in protest of Canada Post’s intention to bring outside contractors on in October to take over parcel ...

  • Quebec gives dance community a boost

    Quebec Premier Pauline Marois, centre, Élaine Ayotte, left, a member of the executive committee with responsiblity for culture for the city of Montreal, and provincial culture minister Maka Kotto, chat while posing for a photograph outside the Wilder building in Montreal, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, following a news conference announcing funding to help renovate the ...

  • The Perfect Gentlemans variety show at Covina Center for the Performing Arts San Gabriel Valley Tribune

    The Perfect Gentlemen, national a cappella champions, headlined the Covina Center for the Performing Arts on May 17 and 18 where they delivered a family-friendly show with comedy, unique instruments and impressive vocal harmony. The center, located at 104 N. Citrus Ave. in Covina, was packed this past weekend with eager viewers ready for a fun night. They weren't disappointed. Phil Gold, ...

  • Arts tax redux Deadline extended to June 10

    PORTLAND, Ore. – Do you still need to pay your Portland arts tax? The city has now extended the deadline to June 10 after its website crashed on the night of the first deadline. A spokesman for Mayor Charlie Hales said ...

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