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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Florida Statesman.com http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/10/id/bf7bedafac502d48/ en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 18:12:39 -0400 Sat, 17 May 2008 18:12:39 -0400 30 Legendary rocker David Bowie has given permission for a stage show based on his songs. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360304/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:00:22 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360304/cs/1/ London, May 17 : British actor Daniel Day-Lewis is all set to make his first musical debut on the big screen. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360444/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:00:34 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360444/cs/1/ London, May 17 : Glam rock legend David Bowie has given permission for a stage show based around his mighty catalogue of classics. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360407/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 07:01:00 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360407/cs/1/ London, May 17 : A martial arts expert stunned the audience by holding a running drill to his head and walking away without a scratch. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360401/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:50 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/360401/cs/1/ You don't need a degree in applied mathematics to unravel their formula. In Katie White, they boast a frontwoman so pretty you feel like giving her a round of applause just for existing. In That's Not... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14898113/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:26:38 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14898113/ At complicated times one envies born-again Christians their patent, decision-making system, What would Jesus do? How comforting to have a test that apparently works just as well for motorised Christia... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14898111/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:26:33 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14898111/ , comes from a poor, rural village. He's desperate to break out of the "Darkness," as India's hinterland is called, and move to the big city. In witty, often humorous prose, Adiga shines a light on ho... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14896126/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:30:34 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14896126/ Italy's Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier Duval team won the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia cycle race from Rivisondoli to Tivoli on Saturday. Ricco beat compatriot Paolo Bettini and Davide Rebellin i... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14895630/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:54:57 -0400 RTE http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14895630/ Tivoli, Italy - Italian Ricardo Ricco on Saturday scored his second stage victory at this year's Giro, when he took the 208 kilometre-long stage from Rivisondoli to Tivoli. The 24-year-old Saunier rid... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14895631/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:44:26 -0400 Earth Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14895631/ CANNES, France -- Woody Allen's latest film touches on that classic male fantasy, a romantic threesome with two women. Has Allen ever entertained the notion himself? "You know, it's hard enough to ge... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14895053/ Sat, 17 May 2008 12:03:38 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14895053/ The Barnes Foundation collection, seen here in 2007, is located in Lower Merion, 17 kilometres outside Philadelphia. Officials plan to move the collection to the downtown core. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894600/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:26:06 -0400 CBC News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894600/ Joe Handley, who retired as premier of the Northwest Territories last year, has been appointed to the CBC's board of directors. Federal Heritage Minister Josée Verner announced Handley's appointment... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894601/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:26:06 -0400 CBC News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894601/ MONTGOMERY - Gadsden State Community College has a new acting president starting Monday.Alabama Community College System Chancellor Bradley Byrne Friday named Valerie Richardson as acting president be... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894116/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:13:39 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894116/ Alice in Wonderland--A new opera by composer Peter Westergaard will have it's premiere in Princeton, NJ, and New York City by the Center for Contemporary Opera. New York, NY ( http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894114/ Sat, 17 May 2008 10:56:43 -0400 PR Web http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14894114/ Reba McEntire acknowledges the crowd during taping of "CMT Giants" honoring Reba McEntire, in this file photo from Oct. 26, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. the tireless country star is ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14893100/ Sat, 17 May 2008 09:12:49 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14893100/ Fox has become the first distributor to buy Steven Soderbergh's Che double bill, buying rights to distribute the film in Spain.Fox has been building its profile in Latin America in recent years and pl... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14893783/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:34:50 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14893783/ Tyson is director James Toback's portrait of the artist as self-loathing, self-justifying screw-up. Here is a film that supposedly allows the boxer free rein to set the record straight and yet actuall... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14893782/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:34:49 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14893782/ Actor Kris Marshall has made his debut in West End comedy Fat Pig as planned, three weeks after suffering head injuries when he was hit by a car. The former My Family star showed no ill effects fro... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14890635/ Sat, 17 May 2008 05:25:26 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14890635/ Theatre performers get the chance to demonstrate their rock-n-roll chops May 17 when the second annual Broadway Battle of the Bands plays the Zipper Factory. Original Jersey Boys cast member Daniel R... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14887281/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:49:44 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14887281/ Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, who was recently seen in the starry Chess concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, makes an in-store appearance at Dress Circle May 17. Menzel will head to the London s... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14887283/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:49:42 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14887283/ photo by Halsman (Martin) and Joan Marcus (O'Hara) "A Salute to Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific" is the title of a May 17 television special that will air in the metropolitan area on WABC-TV. T... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14887280/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:49:42 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14887280/ View related video LOS ANGELES -- Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celeb... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14885838/ Fri, 16 May 2008 22:44:33 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14885838/ It will be art and it will also, quite possibly, be terrifying - unless the feeling of paddling off the side of a building, or lying 20ft in the air on a transparent pillow, is one that fills you with... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14886160/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:54:51 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14886160/ · An impossibly glossy Brangelina, actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, have appeared on the red carpet; the streets are throbbing with scantily clad wannabes; restaurants are heaving with empu... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14886159/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:54:48 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14886159/ ghostbike.org , there are now similar memorials in more than 30 cities across the world. I've never seen one in London, but there are, apparently, ghost bikes in Manchester, Oxford and Brighton.On the... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14886158/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:54:47 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14886158/ PESCOCOSTANZO (Italy): Gabriele Bosisio of LPR won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy here yesterday on a day when Giovanni Visconti retained the overall lead and Danilo di Luca and Riccardo Ricco... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14884623/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:53:08 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14884623/ May 16, 2008 - It's been more than a century since the Fisk University Jubilee singers started performing Negro spirituals and slave songs. Today, the Fisk singers are still spreading the songs of ens... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14881494/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:48:18 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14881494/ Andrew Gans 16 May 2008 Erik Liberman, who received a 2008 Helen Hayes Award nomination for his performance in the Signature Theatre production of Merrily We Roll Along, will play Julius "Groucho... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14882680/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:25:20 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14882680/ Robert Simonson 16 May 2008 The Provincetown Playhouse, the Greenwich Village theatre built in 1918 which many historians regard as one of the crucibles of modern American theatre, may be saved f... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14882679/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:25:19 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14882679/ Fox Broadcasting says it's trying a "potentially revolutionary" concept in North American television by cutting the amount of commercials by half for two of its new prime-time dramas airing this fall.... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14882509/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:20:46 -0400 CBC News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14882509/ NEW YORK : The joint financial triumph enjoyed by the two giants dominating the international auction scene that concluded sales of contemporary art this past week has no precedent in art market histo... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879714/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:08:28 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879714/ May 16, 2008, 04:00 pm ET · It's true: "Desperate Housewives" will flash-forward five years.Marcia Cross, who plays domestic goddess Bree on the ABC comedy-drama, told AP Radio in a recent phon... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879201/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:49 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879201/ photo by Jim Cox Winners of the 74th Annual Drama League Awards were announced May 16 at a luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel hosted by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, wh... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879457/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:34:05 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879457/ Andrew Gans 16 May 2008 Yes, Disney's High School Musical is, unsurprisingly, one of the most-produced musicals in high schools around the country, but it isn't at the very top of the list: That ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879456/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:34:04 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879456/ photo by Tristram Kenton The world-premiere staging of the new musical Marguerite began previews in London May 7 and will officially open May 20. The final production of Jonathan Kent's Theatre Royal... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879454/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:34:02 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879454/ The Regina Symphony Orchestra has held its own version of Canadian Idol and crowned its first-ever Symphony Singing Star, who will perform with the RSO next year. Makyla Ingram was selected by audien... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879221/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:28:46 -0400 CBC News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14879221/ Adam Hetrick 16 May 2008 Olivier Award winner Deborah Findlay will star in the New York premiere of Vincent River, presented as part of the ongoing Brits Off-Broadway series at 59E59 Theatres. F... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875857/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:23 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875857/ In this May 14, 2008 file photo, American actress Eva Longoria waves as she arrives to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness," at the 61st International film festival in C... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875602/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:05:09 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875602/ photo by Aubrey Reuben Hallie Foote and David Rasche have been named the 2008 recipients of the annual Richard Seff Awards, presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation. The announcement was made May 1... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875856/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:24 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875856/ Andrew Gans 16 May 2008 Kathy Brier and Friends, starring daytime actress and former Hairspray star Kathy Brier, will be presented at the Metropolitan Room May 16 and 17. The 10 PM concerts, ben... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875860/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:21 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875860/ Kenneth Jones 16 May 2008 Alabama Shakespeare Festival's sixth annual Southern Writers' Project Festival of New Plays May 16-18, shedding light on five new scripts, boast four that are set in Ala... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875865/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:18 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875865/ and her husband for taking photos of them while they were vacationing in the Maldives. Britain's High Court says The Big Pictures and Eliot Press Sarl agencies have apologized for using a long le... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14876123/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:15:19 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14876123/ Ernio Hernandez 16 May 2008 New Dramatists honored Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein during its 59th Annual Spring Benefit Luncheon May 15. Friends and collaborators of the actor-playwright-lib... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875864/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:17 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875864/ Residents of Calgary and Ottawa had their eye on the deadline Friday for cities bidding to host the Portrait Gallery of Canada. Dozens of supporters who want the gallery in Ottawa, including artists ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875620/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:35:56 -0400 CBC News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875620/ Singer R. Kelly, right, leaves with a bodyguard after the first day of jury selection on May 9 in his child pornography trial at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875619/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:35:56 -0400 CBC News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875619/ Andrew Gans 16 May 2008 British actor, director and teacher Mark Wing-Davey has been named chair of and arts professor at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Wing-Davey will begin... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875859/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:21 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875859/ William Elder, the illustrator who pioneered the visual style for iconic humour title Mad magazine, has died at the age of 86. Gary VandenBergh, Elder's son-in-law, told comic world blog Journalista ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875618/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:35:55 -0400 CBC News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14875618/ Will the Zutons send the Glastonbury crowd crazy with their zombie soul? Sylvia Patterson meets a young band dead set on raising the temperature http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14877229/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:23:37 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14877229/ This month, The Birthday Party returns to the same theatre where it opened exactly 50 years ago. Slated by the critics, it nearly ended Harold Pinter's career. So how did it go on to become such a cla... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14877228/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:23:36 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14877228/ Lured by the success of the Indian Premier League, Cricket Australia has started the ground work for staging its own version of the Twenty20 tournament within two to three years.The CA would retain so... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870934/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:42:01 -0400 NDTV http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870934/ CANNES : Artists are like the rest of us, but perhaps they retain everything - happy and sad - that happened in childhood. All those family feasts, spoiled. At Christmas, they still open their present... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872579/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:21:02 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872579/ NEW YORK : Without horses, where would we be? Trousers might never have become fashionable. The violin might never have come into existence. The Aztecs might have thrived another few centuries. The In... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872577/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:20:59 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872577/ Brisbane - The Western Force made a stunning comeback to beat the ACT Brumbies 29-22 in a Super 14 match in Perth on Friday. Down 22-0 after 20 minutes, the Force scored 29 unanswered points. Bo... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870937/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:11:07 -0400 IOL http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870937/ American Idol " alum will join the Broadway cast of "Grease" on June 6, playing Teen Angel in the revival of the popular musical. The gray-haired singer -- whose "Idol" fan base was called "The Sou... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870939/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:22:05 -0400 Newsday http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870939/ Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 09:00 CDT What if you gave a concert and the crowd refused to watch? It's not as far-fetched as it seems. As more and more concertgoers fiddle with cell phone cameras ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870935/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:43:28 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870935/ May 16, 2008 · The Black Entertainment Television Network was created to bring authentic representations of African-Americans to cable television. After a couple of decades, however, it finds i... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872112/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:10:34 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872112/ bread and brewing a smooth cup of espresso. But although he made espressos for years at his bakery, he only recently bought an espresso maker for his home. He was eager to show me what he could do wi... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870936/ Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:59 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870936/ Adrian Bailey, who was severely injured prior to the May 10 matinee performance of The Little Mermaid at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, filed a petition May 14 with the Manhattan Supreme Court. Th... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872306/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:46:22 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872306/ Lynn Redgrave, who was most recently seen on the New York stage in the Mick Gordon-AC Grayling play Grace, will present her latest solo show June 2 at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. Following ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872308/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:46:21 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14872308/ HARDIN CENTER COURTYARD: Courtyard Concert Series; decisions on weather cancellations made by 4 p.m. on show days; 543-2787, ext. 0, for status; today, Ed Howard; Saturday, no concert; May 23, Foggy H... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870938/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:27:21 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870938/ CANNES, France : The apocalypse came early to the Cannes Film Festival this year, filling screening rooms with snarling dogs, bursting bombs, shouting men and screaming women. Midway through Day 2, on... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14869352/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:22:29 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14869352/ DHAIRA, SOUTH LEBANON, 16 May 2008 (IRIN) - Several hundred Palestinian refugees marched to the Lebanon-Israeli border on 14 May exchanging loud-hailer greetings and storming part of the fence in dram... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14868032/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:33:37 -0400 IRIN http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14868032/ Lucky me. I've got an advance copy of the new Woody Allen film, Cassandra's Dream, so I invite friends rounds for tea and a private screening. We're all Woody fans, and as usual there is a starry cast... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870262/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:15 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870262/ It was 1968, so what more natural time to make a film about Che Guevara? And what better place to make it than Cuba's close relative, Puerto Rico, with its palm trees and rainforest and fancy hotels? ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870260/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:12 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870260/ There are few guitarists who can claim to have created a style quite as individual as that of Debashish Bhattacharya. He's not just a composer and virtuoso instrumentalist, but has also transformed In... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870259/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:09 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14870259/ Reggie Watts first gained fame in the late '90s as the singer for Seattle band Maktub. Now he's into alternative comedy, but with a musical twist. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14868034/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:15:03 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14868034/ In this 2008 file photo actress Portia de Rossi, left, and television personality Ellen DeGeneres arrive at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in the Hollywood section of ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14865865/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:12 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14865865/ May 16, 2008, 03:58 am ET · The U.S. Olympic Committee's aggressive plan to start its own cable network is moving forward, though officials are giving no indications that the network will be on... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14865864/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:11 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14865864/ Richard Jones is a director who oscillates between the sublime (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) and the ridiculous (A Flea in Her Ear). But this revival of Brecht's political parable reveals Jones, in tandem... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14867249/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:39:02 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14867249/ The Brochu brothers are shinning examples to us at John Robert Powers of just how remarkable our acting school system is in placing today's children and young adults in local and national commerc... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864744/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:34 -0400 PR Web http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864744/ Local photographers, Meghan Arts and Jim DeLillo will each be exhibiting their perspective on Nature. An opening reception will be held on May 24 from 7-9 p.m. at Ruby Leif, 631 Route 23 South, Pompto... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864743/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:20:28 -0400 PR Web http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864743/ This Dec. 28, 2003, image provided by New Mexico Arts shows a Matachines dancer performing in Alcalde, N.M. The ancient and colorful Matachines dance is a fixture in small villages and is depicted on ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864723/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:16 -0400 Deseret News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864723/ Assignment: Pick a topic with potential for dramatic conflict. Subject: mothers and daughters. At least that much was a no-brainer. The harder part came next, as a cast and crew of more than 50 high... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864050/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:44:10 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14864050/ photo by Paul Kolnik Congratulations to all of the 2008 Tony Award nominees. This week we chat with the enormously talented women who have been nominated for a Tony for Best Performance by a Leading A... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14863251/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:10:24 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14863251/ In this May 15, 2007 file photo, singer Shania Twain arrives at the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Twain and her husband-producer are splitting up after 14 years of marriage... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14860713/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:52:08 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14860713/ One of the most important agents to infiltrate the IRA has publicly distanced himself from a biopic of his life which is being marketed at this year's Cannes film festival.Fifty Dead Men Walking, star... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861771/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:30 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861771/ Names such as Timbaland and Santogold crop up in the credits to Bittersweet World, which is the first red herring: Ashlee Simpson's third album is all about her, and much of the time she's just playin... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861769/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:28 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861769/ There are bands whose appeal is strange, alchemical and impalpable. It's something to do with the perfect conjunction of people, time and place, but its essence so utterly evades definition that not e... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861766/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:23 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861766/ Gay marriage is an issue on which the three major presidential candidates — John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton — are pretty much in agreement. All oppose it, while saying... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859978/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:49 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859978/ The National Gallery is urgently reviewing its handling procedures after a Renaissance painting broke in two while being moved from an exhibition.Although the gallery never discusses the value of its ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861768/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:28 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861768/ ANTALYA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey`s fight against terrorism came to a significant stage with the recent successful operations carried out by Turkish armed forces and po... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859980/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:37:30 -0400 Turkish Press http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859980/ The Guardian Maria Vinenkova plays young Russian Tsaress Catherine the Great in a musical version of her life at a theatre in Yekaterinburg. Photograph: Vladimir Pustovalov/Reuters http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861770/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:31 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861770/ Kenneth Jones 15 May 2008 Chicago theatre producer Walter Stearns announced on May 15 plans to open The Lincoln Park Theater, a not-for-profit operation at 1425 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago, in ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14860832/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:30:07 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14860832/ Three years ago, UK-resident Swiss guitarist Meier made his powerful world-jazz debut Orient, a set strongly featuring Turkish music plus the input of Israelis Gilad Atzmon (sax/clarinet) and Asaf Sir... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861764/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:25 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861764/ In early 2004, you might have been forgiven for thinking the world of music was about to change forever. This paper wrote of a group of MCs who were about to be "the biggest thing in pop". The Daily T... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861763/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:19 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861763/ The appearance of the beautiful, understated Plant-Krauss collaborative album Raising Sand coincided with a rare reunion of the band in which Plant made his name, Led Zeppelin. Their charity performan... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861762/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:18 -0400 The Guardian http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14861762/ Priamo's compatriot Giovanni Visconti, who rides for Quick Step, took the leader's pink jersey. Priamo built up a decisive lead over the final run-in of the 231km stage after a breakaway of more than ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859977/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:12:53 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859977/ There was no surprise as regards the performance which garnered the most number of trophies at the Boh Cameronian Arts Awards 2007 held recently. KHAIRUL ANWAR MOHAMED, however, feels grateful to the ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859976/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:12:00 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14859976/ Rapper DMX leaves Maricopa County Superior Court after a hearing, Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Phoenix. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded not guilty plea to felony drug possession and misdem... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14858400/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:18:37 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14858400/ This photo released by Warren Cowan and Associates shows legendary Hollywood press agent Warren Cowan. Cowan, who represented such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra, died Wednes... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14858399/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:18:36 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14858399/ By DEBORAH BAKERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SANTA FE -- The ancient and colorful Matachines dance is a fixture in small villages and on Indian pueblos, where it has been performed for centuries. But f... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14856497/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:18:18 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14856497/ May 15, 2008, 06:09 pm ET · Fernando Meirelles did boys with guns in "City of God" and murderous corporations in "The Constant Gardener."With "Blindness," the opening night entry at the Cannes ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14857596/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:05:27 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14857596/ May 15, 2008 · Seven famous faces associated with Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano's racketeering case:— Keith Carradine: The 58-year-old actor's ex-wife, Sandra Will Carradine, pl... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14857595/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:05:26 -0400 NPR http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14857595/ Kenneth Jones 15 May 2008 Following the May 13 announcement that In the Heights had earned 13 Tony Award nominations, the box office for the musical boomed as if someone had won the lottery. A p... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14857767/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:41:50 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14857767/ A zombie horror film partly shot in Govan and Dumfries Galloway opens in UK cinemas on Friday. Kieran Parker and Arabella Croft, who live in Glasgow, remortgaged their home to raise the money to make... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14856496/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:50:56 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14856496/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic "Barbarella" and a lovesick Russian seaman in "The Russians ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14854765/ Thu, 15 May 2008 18:19:49 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14854765/ photo by Joan Marcus Without earning a single 2008 Tony Award nomination, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is still smokin': Producer Stephen Byrd announced May 15 that he and his partners have recouped their $2... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14853760/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:43:44 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14853760/ Playbill Radio offers the following special programming. The schedule for the week of May 20-May 26 follows. Center Stage May 20: The grandson of Richard Rodgers, son of Mary Rodgers and cousin of ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14853761/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:43:43 -0400 Playbill http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf7bedafac502d48/id/14853761/