A collection of lithophones, an ancient musical instrument consisting of 11 slabs (photo), was found by researchers working for the Lam Dong Museum on Thursday. With 30 slabs, this is the largest lithophones find to...
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People can be divided into two groups – those who love musicals and those who emphatically don’t. And rarely have the twain met, until now. The stage adaptation of The Harder They Come, based on Perry Henzel’s 1972 “gateway” reggae movie of the same name, makes a...
The 62nd Tony Awards were given out this past Sunday. "Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific" dominated Broadway's top honors, the Tony Awards, with seven prizes on Sunday, followed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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I can't really think of a body of work more suitable for a good musical than that of David Bowie's. There's so many characters to draw from, not to mention opportunities for glammy aliens." If anyone could actually...
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UPDATE | April 30 - Conchords Climb the ChartsAnd just like that, the Conchord kids have become an American sensation — though it is strange to see that chart-topping albums barely sell 50,000 copies."A pair of...
The life of Diana, Princess of Wales may be turned into a Broadway musical. I can't imagine having to write that death song..."Former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, whose biography of the princess was a bestseller...
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A UK court has overturned a €25,000 libel judgement against a newspaper for writing a negative restaurant review."
Belfast High Court has ordered a retrial in the case of a newspaper's appeal against a €25,000 libel award over a restaurant review.
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe President of the United States in preparation of his eventual departure from office next year arrived in style at Washington Journalists Dinner. President Bush donning...
""They are guilty under Articles 359 and 360 of the penal code on negligence causing others killed or injured, and may face a jail sentence of five years. We declared the three as suspects after questioning 51 witnesses of the organizing committee, members of the musical...
Temper, temper, Mister StarrHow I wonder what you are;Why storm off a tv show?Regis, Kelly, they don't know Temper, temper, Mister Starr,How I wonder what you are...doing to upset folks wherever you go..."Ringo Starr...
It's great to see how far we've come since the days of Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom being the only mainstream television series that promintently featured gay and lesbian characters. As GLAAD Presiden Neil Giuliano notes, "This year's extraordinary nominees exemplify the...
Every year the pundits say, "This'll be the biggest year for blah blah blah..." Inauspicious start, guys and gals, with the ultimate creators of these projects still on strike: anything not already in the can or in...
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Can't say I was ever a fan -- it's a bit too Friends-ly for me -- but it is sort of an historical moment. The producers of 12-years-running Broadway play Rent have announced that the final show will be June 1 of this...
Click the link to the full story and read the awesome exchange between Sage Francis' rep and the scammers. I hope that bands don't get suckered into believing a fake number of plays on MySpace will really boost their...