Pricey gift: MLB offers Series film set for $2,229
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NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession. A 20-DVD set of World Series films can be bought for $2,229, and it contains authenticated...
Halifax's Joel Plaskett takes leading two trophies at Canadian Folk Music Awards
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OTTAWA - Halifax singer/songwriter Joel Plaskett led a big night for East Coast musicians at the fifth annual Canadian Folk Music Awards on Saturday. Plaskett was the only multiple...
Assault, harassment charges dismissed against singer John Rich over spat at nightclub
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NASHVILLE - A Nashville judge has dismissed assault and harassment charges against country music singer John Rich. Rich and other witnesses testified Friday before Judge John Aaron Holt
'Big Brother' winner accused of trying to sell painkillers renews bail request
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BOSTON - The winner of the CBS reality television show "Big Brother 9," accused of trying to sell a powerful prescription painkiller, is again asking to be released on bail until his...
Eminem's 'Relapse 2,' originally scheduled for 2009, pushed back to next year
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DETROIT - Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums. That turned out to be only partially true. "Relapse," the Detroit rapper's first...
'Big Brother 9' winner renews bail request in drug case
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BOSTON - The winner of the CBS reality TV show "Big Brother 9" accused of trying to sell a powerful prescription painkiller is again asking to be released on bail until his trial. Adam
Books about civil war, Great Depression win Cdn Children's Literature Awards
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TORONTO - Books about civil war and the Great Depression have won Canadian Children's Literature Awards. "The Bite of the Mango," written by Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland, won...
Jiri Jelinek joins National Ballet as principal dancer in January
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TORONTO - Jiri Jelinek will join the National Ballet as a principal dancer in January, artistic director Karen Kain announced Friday. Jelinek has been a principal dancer at Stuttgart...
Artists, NDP ask Ontario gov't to extend film tax credits to live performances
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TORONTO - A proposed bill is asking the Ontario government to extend film tax credits to live shows such as dance, theatre and the opera. New Democrat Peter Tabuns says extending...
Police: Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Va.; star wasn't aboard
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belonging to entertainer Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said. Sgt. Thomas Molnar said the bus ran off the left...
Chinese terracotta warriors coming to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2011
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THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Ancient terracotta warriors from China are coming to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for an exhibition planned in 2011, the museum says. The show will...
Less than 2 years left for 'Oprah' show: let's hurry up and start missing Oprah!
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NEW YORK - Is it too soon to begin missing Oprah? Why put it off? In less than two years, she will vanish from sight as a five-hours-weekly broadcast TV fixture. How could we not be...
Vivendi executive says decision over sale of NBC Universal stake is ’complex’
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PARIS - Media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi SA is nearing a decision on whether to sell its stake in NBC Universal and clear the way for the creation of one of the most powerful...
Police: Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Va.; 'Hannah Montana' star not aboard
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DINWIDDIE, Va. - Virginia State Police say one person was killed when a tour bus belonging to Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star was not on board. Sgt....
Native New Yorker Irina Shabayeva wins 'Project Runway' with a New York moment
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NEW YORK - New York designer Irina Shabayeva's collection took the gold in "Project Runway," winning $100,000 toward her line, an agent and a trip to Paris. Judges Heidi Klum, Michael...
Paris auction of designer Yves Saint Laurent's belongings, artistic and prosaic, wraps up
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PARIS - A four-day-long auction of late French designer Yves Saint Laurent's ravishing artwork and the everyday objects that packed his residences wraps up Friday at Christie's auction...
From Liberace to Palin. Winfrey has created years of noteworthy TV moments
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LOS ANGELES - Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving. some embarrassing - to her or others - and a handful became pop-culture...
From Liberace to Palin, Winfrey has created years of noteworthy TV moments In this Sept. 9, 2004 file photo, talk show host Oprah Winfrey sits atop a Pontiac G6 outside her Chicago studios, surrounded by some of the 276 people from her audience who each
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by some of the 276 people from her audience who each received one of the new cars at the start of the show to celebrate the premier of her 19th season. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Harpo...
Oprah Winfrey set to announce 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' will end in 2011
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Caryn Rousseau, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire...
Rainy weather in Toronto doesn't deter Twilight fans at Canadian red carpet premiere
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TORONTO - Throngs of fans braved rainy weather for the Canadian red carpet premiere of "Twilight: New Moon," the highly anticipated second instalment in the blockbuster vampire romance...
Oprah Winfrey's production company says she'll announce show will end in 2011 Oprah Winfrey, executive producer of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," waves to photographers at the premiere of the film at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Sund
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the film at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Pizzello) CAPTION 1 Caryn Rousseau, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO - "The Oprah Winfrey Show,"
Top South Korean model found dead at Paris apartment; cause of death under investigation
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SEOUL, South Korea - An official says one of South Korea's top fashion models has been found dead at her home in Paris. The Foreign Ministry official says French police found...
Army limits media access to Palin book signing at US base, citing anti-Obama ’grandstanding’
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters on the post,...
Vcr author's book about six-year-old aboriginal boy wins kids' book prize
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TORONTO - A story about a six-year-old native boy who leaves home with his sister to enter a residential school has won the $25,000 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. "Shin-chi's
Pedro Almodovar discusses his childhood, his influences and what he won't put on film
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NEW YORK - Sex. Drugs. Prostitution. Pedophilia. Rape. Pedro Almodovar has been able to translate some of the most delicate subjects to the big screen with grace and humour. But the...
Anatomical art once owned by Ben Franklin go on display at Philadelphia hospital
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PHILADELPHIA - Centuries before X-rays, CAT scans and ultrasounds gave doctors a view inside the human body, the best images medical students often had were illustrations drawn by artists
Maine author wins National Book Award for account of young civil rights pioneer
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PORTLAND, Maine - Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all the more moving because she took the stage with...
Parker-Broderick surrogate testifies items missing from her home
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - The woman who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick says she was living in a West Virginia motel around the time a police chief is accused
Latin superstar Ricky Martin teams up with German broadcaster for youth centre
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COLOGNE, Germany - Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Thursday he is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and build a youth centre for children in his native...
Army keeping media out of Palin book event, fearing politics against Obama
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The U.S. Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama,...
'Dance Canada"s Nico and Natalli to perform with Janet Jackson at AMAs
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TORONTO - Two hoofers from "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" will perform with Janet Jackson at this Sunday's American Music Awards. Nico Archambault and Natalli Reznik will be in...
HMV Canada: "My World" by Justin Bieber tops CD sales list
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TORONTO - The following is HMV Canada's top 10 CDs based on national sales for the week ending Nov. 21. CDs 1 My World - Justin Bieber 2 Them Crooked Vultures - The Crooked...
"The Bishop's Man" tops Maclean's fiction list for the week ending Nov. 17
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TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week of Nov. 17 compiled by Maclean's magazine. FICTION 1 (10) The Bishop's Man - Linden...
Artist Jeanne-Claude dies in NYC; created 'The Gates' with husband Christo
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NEW YORK - Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died....
Turning cameras on reporters, Reitman documents his promotion of 'Up in the Air'
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NEW YORK - The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You...
Sorry, Michael Moore: 'Capitalism: A Love Story' not on short list of potential Oscar nominees
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LOS ANGELES - Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love...
'Palin! Palin! Palin!' crowds chant as hundreds line up to see Palin on book tour
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight to make sure they get an orange wristband that would let them meet...
New York novel, Vanderbilt biography win National Book Awards
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fiction prize at the 60th annual National Book Awards. T.J. Stiles' biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, "The First Tycoon," was the nonfiction winner; Phillip Hoose's "Claudette Colvin"...
'Palin! Palin! Palin!' crowds chant as hundreds line up in Michigan to see Palin on book tour
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight to make sure they get an orange wristband that would let them meet...
And the winning date for next year's Emmy Awards: August, not September
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LOS ANGELES - NBC has scheduled next year's Emmy Awards for August, instead of September when they're usually aired. The network says the decision to slot the TV awards show for Sunday,
Tales of rich and poor are themes at National Book Awards ceremony
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night's nominees for the National Book Awards. Finalists included Bonnie Jo Campbell's short fiction about hard times in Michigan, "American Salvage"; Daniyal Mueenuddin's tales of the