Provides the latest RSS feeds for Arts News. 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/cat/bf7bedafac502d48/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:52:26 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:52:26 -0400 30 Ozzy Osbourne, the Grammy Award winning English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter has revealed that he's no intention of acting in the TV show 'The Osbournes' again. The Black Sabath singer, who has not acted in the reality show for three years, confessed that he's never watched the programme in which he starred with 60-year-old wife and 'X Factor' judge Sharon, daughter Kelly, 28, and son ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240343/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:00:03 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240343/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thomas Wray pumps his fist in support of cabdrivers as they blare their horns in protest outside Seattle City Hall on Monday. Wray is a staffer with Teamsters union Local 117. The drivers want the City Council to regulate ride-share ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262462/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:17:44 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262462/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Being human, homosexual acts, dance, good form and good hygiene, part 2 Editorial, 3/25/2010 Note: This article was added much later as a follow up to the previous article on this subject and to this same addition on 9/27/2010. When looking at the things that make humans distinct from animals in aesthetics, and in following up on my previous article, there are some issues worth mentioning. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262463/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215262463/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Tomorrow, Tower Hamlets council is expected to give the green light for developers to build a 784ft skyscraper on Canary Wharf which is being dubbed a 'town in a ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261642/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:28:01 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261642/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Lyric Opera's unprecedented effort this past season to make itself more generally relevant and to provide what general director Anthony Freud calls "a broader, deeper cultural service to more people around the city" appears to have paid off. What's more, the company ended its 2012-13 season in the black, just as it has done for 25 of the past 26 years. That was the good news ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261658/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:15 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215261658/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 British folk band Mumford & Sons’ bassist Ted Dwane posted a message on Monday saying he was recovering after brain surgery to remove a blood clot. Dwane posted a picture of himself with a shaved head on the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260789/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:03:34 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260789/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Funnyman Jeff Garlin has escaped vandalism charges following his arrest on Saturday. The Curb Your Enthusiasm star was arrested after allegedly smashing the windows of a Mercedes in Studio City, California during a heated altercation with the vehicle's female driver over a parking spot. TMZ.com reports he broke the side window with his hand. Sources tell the website Garlin will not face ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260790/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:03:33 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260790/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Andrew Garfield has been confirmed to don the Spider-Man costume for four films - his Peter Parker alter-ego will be back for three sequels to last year's The Amazing Spider-Man. As the Brit completes work on his second film as Spider-Man, executives at Sony have announced there will be a third and fourth installments of the franchise in 2016 and 2018. A statement from Jeff Blake, the film ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260788/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:03:33 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260788/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 While "pan in the classroom" is here to stay, schools have been given a wider choice of musical instruments which include the harmonium, the ‘tabla’, the ‘dholak’, the guitar and the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260016/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:18:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260016/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 SPIRITED PERFORMANCE: These pupils give a spirited performance of Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl during the first annual Language Arts Department Showcase hosted by Naparima ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260017/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:18:45 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260017/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260791/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:00:15 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215260791/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The channel is in the process of shedding its skin again, this time to appeal to viewers age 14 to 17 who have different preferences than the 18- to 25-year-olds who make up the older portion of the millennial generation (a cohort born roughly between 1981 and 2000 and also known as Generation Y or the Facebook ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259016/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259016/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Includes plays, films, festivals, art exhibits and receptions, concerts, dance shows and more. Deadline is two weeks before event. Father's Day Charity Car Show: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 16, Libertyville Chevrolet, 1001 S. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. The North Shore Corvette Club and Libertyville Chevrolet are sponsoring a Corvette, Chevy and Street Rod car show. Veterans will be ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259074/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:06:08 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259074/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mark Esquero with cartridges he says he found in a landfill in Alamogordo, N.M., where Atari purportedly dumped copies of its scorned E.T. video game in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259779/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:48:38 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259779/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Single dose intraoperative radiation was found to be just as effective as whole breast radiation at preventing breast cancer recurrence. The therapy delivers small amounts of radiation directly to the site of the lumpectomy cavity immediately following the removal of the tumor, which can be more convenient for patients. NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215258109/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:54:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215258109/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Join QMI's Samie Durnford for a live chat at 8 p.m. ET about Desiree's journey for true love (again). Feel free to join in during the show by hitting 'comment ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215258110/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:52:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215258110/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Skylark Opera's "The Fantasticks" (Matt Bellin photo) So here I was Sunday afternoon, sitting in Concordia University's E.M. Pearson Theatre, thinking about the world's largest ball of twine. I was attending an outstanding production of "The Fantasticks" that Skylark Opera is presenting in repertory with Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado." The ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215258111/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:38:00 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215258111/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 MARTINEZ, Calif. -; A woman testified at the trial of two of the men charged with gang raping her at a Northern California high school, saying she doesn't remember the attack, only waking up at a hospital in "excruciating ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257123/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:09:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257123/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 President Barack Obama's recent speech (1) on ending, or winding down, or cutting back on, or doing something to/with the "War on Terror" that the U.S. has supposedly been engaged in since the events of 9/11 has received a great deal of attention (2). Indeed the United States has been engaged in what can be described as "Permanent War" since the Bush/Cheney invasion ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257124/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:03:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257124/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 photographs in which he is shown grabbing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, around the neck , saying it was just ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257126/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:48:57 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257126/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Rapper Lil Wayne has incurred the wrath of American patriots by stomping all over the U.S. flag while filming a music video in Louisiana over the weekend. The Lollipop hitmaker was shooting a promotional clip for his new track God Bless Amerika in New Orleans, when he was captured on camera intentionally dancing on the Star-Spangled Banner - America's symbol of independence. Aside from ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257125/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:48:57 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257125/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 official Lego Sydney Opera House set before as part of the toy company's Architecture range, but let's be honest: an awful lot of detail got lost in the model's tiny size. Lego's about to do something about that, though. On September 1, Lego fanatics will be able to get their hands on an insanely detailed, 2,989-piece model of the iconic building designed by Danish ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257073/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:46:10 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257073/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 There is already way too much happy talk on morning television. So ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257132/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:08:43 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257132/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 MANCHESTER, Tenn. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257076/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:06:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257076/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257131/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:00:48 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257131/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A look at opening weekend of the 2013 Seattle International Dance Festival, which continues with both local and out-of-town performers through June 23, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255993/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:52:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255993/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Saskatoon must do more to celebrate Joni Mitchell's legendary career or her hometown will lose her important artifacts, a close family friend said. Ron Lamb told CBC News that the famous folk singer is frustrated with the city's lack of recognition and feels snubbed, so much so, she might find another home for the artifacts that he has possession of. "I think it's to the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255994/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255994/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Matt Berninger, left, and fellow members of The National perform in 2010. Their latest album is Trouble Will Find Me. (Chris Pizzello/Associated ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255995/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255995/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The filming of "Anger Management" had been pleasantly uneventful to this point -- aside from some Lindsay Lohan-related shenanigans, few reports of dustups on the set of the Charlie Sheen-fronted sitcom have emerged as it plugs away at fulfilling its 100-episode order. The key word there is "had," though. TMZ reports Sheen and co-star Selma Blair are at odds -- so much so ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255996/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:41 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255996/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Troubled actress Amanda Bynes is recovering after undergoing more plastic surgery on her nose. The Hairspray star was photographed by TMZ.com relaxing in a hot tub at the Revel Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey over the weekend with what appeared to be a large black eye, partially covered by her over-sized sunglasses. Now the 27-year-old has spoken out to assure fans all is well - she simply ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255997/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255997/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Dylan Moran likes to start with a pang. In his last two stand-up shows, Mr Moran, an internationally popular comic who has been making a determined push into the American market, began with a greeting, then an anguished stammer, before mumbling the same sentence: ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257130/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:00 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257130/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 New York may be the birthplace of hip-hop, but London has now become one of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257129/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:38:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257129/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 3OH!3 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257075/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:59 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257075/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 NEW YORK -- There were smiles at many Broadway box offices last week as a big financial bounce followed the Tony Awards, with the biggest winners being "Pippin," ''Matilda the Musical" and "Motown the Musical." Data from The Broadway League on Monday shows exposure and statuettes on the June 9 telecast helped many shows have their most profitable weeks ever and ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215254829/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:58:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215254829/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 June 17--Who is Jacques Brel? "I had never heard of him and knew nothing," says Halee Towne, who stars in "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" at the Fine Arts Center. "I assumed he was French. And that was all I had." She's not alone. The name probably doesn't ring many bells today, but during a chunk of the 20th century, the Belgian-born ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215254846/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:52:33 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215254846/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 In 2008 the dancers Chris Yon and Taryn Griggs moved from New York to Minneapolis. On Friday night they returned to New York to perform Mr ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257128/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:44:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257128/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Toronto's historic Masonic Temple, which was built in 1918 and hosted international music acts as a concert venue, has been sold to an Ontario consultancy firm. (Google Street ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255040/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:03 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255040/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 was an unlikely hit fashioned out of a strange story: a tale of obsession, glam rock, a botched sex-change operation and a quest for identity. Mitchell starred in an off-Broadway production that played for two years starting in 1998 in the dilapidated ballroom of an ancient Greenwich Village hotel and reprised the role in a 2001 film version. In a statement, Mitchell said: "Who better to ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215254830/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:00 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215254830/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 At the start of Carl ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255998/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:34:20 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255998/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Stroller-pushing parents, tourists and harried traders in search of coffee were not to be seen at this ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257074/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:30:17 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215257074/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 FILE - In this Sunday, June 9, 2013 file photo, actor Neil Patrick Harris performs on stage at the 67th Annual Tony Awards, in New York. Harris is returning to the stage _ and not to hand out awards. The four-time Tony Award host and former "Doogie Howser, M.D." will star on Broadway in the spring as the gender-bent rock chanteuse at the center of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255623/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:23:09 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215255623/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Just days after Apple introduced the iPad and opened an e-bookstore, the biggest player in the e-book market, Amazon, changed the way it sold digital titles. Steven P. Jobs shot off an e-mail to the Apple executive who had negotiated deals with the publishers. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259086/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:14:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259086/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Larry Helms speaks after accepting the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Henry Bingham in "Fox On The Fairway" during the Theatre Winter Haven's annual Pierrot Awards Ceremony at the Chain O' Lakes Complex Friday night. Helms also won best actor for his role as Clown 1 in "The 39 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253724/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:58:10 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253724/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Denise Richards fully appreciates the special expertise she brings to her role as mother of a suspected teen-killer in the Hannibal-lite teen series Twisted. In it, Canadian-born Avan Jogia plays Danny, who'd been convicted at 11 of killing his aunt, and who is released from juvenile detention at 16 to a school full of former classmates and a waiting media horde. (A very American situation, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:39:20 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 happened, folks. One Direction took on the viral dance at a recent show in Florida, and we've got the evidence. The challenge came from a fan on Twitter during the live-question portion of the concert, but was one major problem: Liam, Harry, Louis, Niall and Zayn weren't quite sure how to do it. So, they all gathered around Niall onstage, who whipped his phone out to do some research. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253730/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:31:13 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253730/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 As Western powers prepare to provide weapons to rebels in Syria's civil war, Iran is reported to be planning to send a 4,000-man contingent of Revolutionary Guards to beef up President Bashar Assad's forces. Britain's Independent newspaper reports Tehran "is now fully committed to preserving Assad's regime, according to pro-Iranian sources who have been deeply involved ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253901/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:23:08 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253901/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Protesters battle riot police in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on June 11, 2013. Calm returned to the square on June 12, 2013 after the protesters were cleared from the area after two weeks of protests against the modernization of the square that quickly became an anti-government protest. UPI/Nasir ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253833/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:23:01 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215253833/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 At least five people were injured just before 1 p.m. Monday when a LexTran bus and an SUV collided at Broadway and West Third Street.None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, LexTran spokeswoman Jill Barnett said.Barnett said the Newtown Pike bus was inbound, headed for the Lexington Transit Center, when the crash occurred.About 16 passengers were on the bus. That's a typical ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252632/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:48:54 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252632/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 U.S.A. v. Apple , being steered toward the end of his cross examination to talk about Steve Jobs. Cue had testified last week that he was under extra pressure to sign publishers up for Apple's iBookstore in 2010 because Steve was nearing the end of his life, and this was a project he cared a lot about. When Cue returned to the stand on Monday, Orin Synder, Apple's chief counsel, did ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252651/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:38:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252651/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that poor eating habits early in life, such as eating in front of the TV, can put today's preschoolers at risk of heart disease later in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252652/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:45 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252652/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 American comedian and actor Dave Chappelle has kept a lower profile since his shocking mid-season departure from his hit program Chappelle's Show in 2005. (Joshua Roberts/Getty ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252653/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:29 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252653/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Greta Gerwig appears to have made the transition from mumblecore to mainstream movies without breaking a sweat. The star of such films as Hannah Takes the Stairs and Baghead appeared in Greenberg (opposite Ben Stiller) in 2010, and moved immediately from indie darling to just plain darling. Gerwig, 29, turned up as Natalie Portman's friend in No Strings Attached and was Russell ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252654/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252654/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Long before he became the lovable shnook, Charlie Kelly on FX's cult sitcom, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Charlie Day went to Merrimack College hoping to one day play professional baseball. That didn't work out and he turned his attention to theatre, performing mainly dramatic roles in regional productions. This summer he swings to both ends of the spectrum -- broad comedy ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252656/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252656/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Why is The Voice only getting stronger while rivals American Idol and The X-Factor struggle for air? Maybe it's the stacked star power of the judging panel or the realness of the singers. Either way, we approve. We're not really sure what's happened to any of The Voice winners. We're also not really sure who watches The Voice, period. But people are viewing, voting and ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252655/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252655/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 German supermodel Heidi Klum, who has strutted from the runway to entrepreneur and reality TV host, is trying her hand as a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent. Klum, 40, nicknamed "The Body" for her statuesque figure, has carved a career beyond modeling, as the host of Lifetime's fashion series Project Runway and Germany's Next Top Model. For America's Got ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252657/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:22 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252657/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Horrid Henry's jealous relationship with Perfect Peter is the original Cain and Abel battle seen in most households, according to their creator, Francesca Simon. Photograph: Tony ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252658/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:29:21 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252658/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The exhibition was Saatchi's idea, say the gallery, and reflects the fact that we are increasingly becoming a paperless society. Photograph: Martin ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252659/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:29:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215252659/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Science Guy has gone from taking on science lessons for children to taking on pundits on cable television on climate change, evolution and science in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251440/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:48:48 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251440/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 June 17--SHANGHAI, China -- A new Imax short documentary on pandas, a 3-D Imax history of Hollywood, and live music or dance shows aimed at tourists are among the projects the owners of the TCL Chinese Theatre are pursuing to draw more visitors -- both American and Chinese -- to the iconic movie palace. Chinese TV maker TCL paid more than $5 million this year for the naming rights to the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251579/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:45:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251579/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Move over, Marvel. A group of teenage girls from Winnipeg has created a set of trading cards starring a squad of superheroes dubbed The Craftastics: Agents for Social Change. Their mission? To combat the everyday evils that lurk in the halls of high school.These young ladies are part of the Valley Gardens Grrlz Club, a River East Transcona School Division after-school program. It's a safe, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251582/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:35:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251582/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 MMVA red carpet in Toronto last night. Hours later, the retweets haven't stopped, the message loud and clear. I'm sitting on raw video that must be shared, so without further ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251581/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:35:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251581/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The prize pot for the RBC Canadian Painting Competition for young, emerging artists has been increased this year, with all 15 finalists named on Monday to receive a cash award. The winning artist takes home $25,000, while the two who receive honorable mentions receive $15,000 each. All three will see their work become part of the Royal Bank's corporate art collection. The 12 remaining ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251580/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:35:23 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251580/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 This home was built in 2010 for Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators and his wife, Carrie Underwood, but less than a year later Fisher was traded to the Nashville Predators. (Photo courtesy of Paul Rushforth Real Estate ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251583/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:35:22 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215251583/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The cast of “Cabaret Nudista,” a Ballet of the Dolls show presenting Myron Johnson’s kitschy take on the music and movement of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250244/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:49:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250244/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Of the two shows of this summer’s Skylark Opera Festival, the co-production with Mu Performing Arts of Gilbert & Sullivan’s "The Mikado" has gotten the most attention. But "The Fantasticks" provided an equally satisfying ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250243/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:49:21 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250243/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Rage Against the Machine drummer Bradley Wilk is heading for divorce after separating from his wife. Selene Vigil-Wilk filed papers to end their union in Los Angeles County Superior Court this month, according to TMZ.com. She has asked for joint legal custody of their two children, but requested primary physical custody as well as spousal support. Wilk, a founding member of Rage Against the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250246/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:32:17 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250246/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 After photos revealed that Nigella Lawson was seemingly choked and abused by her art collector husband Charles Saatchi while they were out at dinner in London, a spokesperson for the TV chef has come forward to offer some insight into the situation. "I can clarify that she has left the family home with her children," the spokesperson for Lawson tells The Telegraph. Apparently there ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250245/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:32:17 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250245/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Stone Roses' concert in Scotland on Saturday was marred by the death of a fan. The 24-year-old female was among 50,000 revellers who showed up for the sold-out gig at Glasgow Green park in Glasgow. Emergency medical workers treated her when she was reportedly found sprawled on the ground, and she was then taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where she was pronounced dead. A source tells ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250247/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:32:16 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250247/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Vidya Balan talks about her experience of being in the jury at the Cannes film festival and working on her first comedy, Ghanchakkar.Q. So how was Cannes?A. Cannes was great because I got to attend a film festival and that too as a member of the jury, which meant that I was treated like royalty.Q. Where does Indian cinema rank compared to world cinema?A. A lot of our films deserve to be there. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250161/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:29:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250161/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 New research suggests that the UK's crumbling prisons should be closed and replaced with superjails. So what better use for the old Victorian prisons than to turn them into hotels? Take a look at some notable conversions from around the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250249/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:24:25 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250249/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 British boutique hotels could be about to get a boost from an unexpected quarter. Yesterday, new plans were put forward for a series of "super prisons" holding as many as 3,000 inmates. Which will mean that some of the nation's most famous old slammers could get a new, and very different, lease of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250248/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:24:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215250248/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 June 16--I appreciate newspaper nostalgia as much as any other ink-stained wretch, and so it was with a sense of keen anticipation that I took my seat for the late Nora Ephron's "Lucky Guy," starring Tom Hanks in his Broadway debut. That "The Front Page," the 1928 Broadway hit by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, should remain the only well-known American play about ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215249006/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:39 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215249006/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Breaking hearts, winning minds ; Five directors have been nominated for the Irish Council for Civil Liberties film award. Here they discuss their ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215248951/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:38 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215248951/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LOS ANGELES ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259085/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:34:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215259085/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 President Obama arrived in Northern Ireland to kickoff the G8 Summit. Also, in Colorado, some evacuation orders were lifted and investigators are trying to determine what started the massive wildfires that killed two people. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215249007/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:19:25 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215249007/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thousands of inmates at a prison in Lima, Peru, work out in a massive aerobics class to try and break a world record. TODAY.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215248794/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:13:59 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215248794/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Elvis impersonations, musical variety and a wedding proposal were all a part of the kickoff week for the Bismarck-Mandan Summer Concert series. Dykshoorn Park in Mandan attracted a crowd filled with families, friends, children and even family pets for the show Thursday. The night featured artist Johnny Vincent, whose show included musical favorites as well as a second half dedicated to Elvis ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247845/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:39:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247845/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 using a pen in her female parts, and another person lying on the floor wearing a worker's outfit pretending he was hurt. The passion of Chinese artists is not limited to the exhibition rooms, and some artists planned to do things that they could not do in China. However, the process in Venice is also not as free as they imaged. Yuan Gong's ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247846/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:38:22 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247846/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Joni Mitchell speaks at Toronto's Isabel Bader theatre as part of the city's Luminato Festival of Arts and Culture on Sunday. (Galit Rodan/Canadian ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247847/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:29:29 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247847/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Pearson uses an LED light to create skeletal figures of people, animals and angels in Pasadena, California. Using a long exposure setting on his camera, the artist whizzes the light through the air to create lines. Each piece takes between two and five minutes to ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247849/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:21:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247849/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Comedian Dave Chappelle served as master of ceremonies at the 5th Annual Directors Guild of America honors on Sept. 29, 2004 in New York. (UPI Photo/Ezio ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247850/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:12:44 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215247850/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 June 17, 2013 The multi-instrumentalist combines folk, blues and bluegrass with African, Asian and Turkish musical traditions, as he seamlessly switches between Weissenborn and bouzouki guitars. Lindley tells host Larry Groce that "practice doesn't make perfect -- it makes ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246743/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:41:58 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246743/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 134-page assessment of Detroit's dire situation is patently bleak. Even those who have followed the city for years learned things they didn't realize about the city's landscape, from its decrepit emergency vehicles to the tangled state of Detroit's payroll system. Orr's report brings to mind another ruthless critique of Detroit just four years ago: the viability ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246744/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:37:29 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246744/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 new Superman movie and a YouTube video showcasing the Hamilton area's natural beauty have at least two things in common. Both were released in the past month and both boast soaring, panoramic aerial photography filmed using sophisticated Oscar -winning, made-in-Hamilton technology. Hamilton-based PV Labs put its Pictorvision Eclipse -- an Oscar-winning aerial camera system that allows ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246738/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:28:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246738/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Days of our Lives executive producer Ken Corday, bottom right, accepts the Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding drama series at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Kevin Winter/Getty ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246745/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:28:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246745/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Andy Murray beat Marin Cilic to win his third Queen's Club title on Sunday, Boris Johnson took to the court for a match in aid of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. His willingness to play the fool is well documented, especially in sports. His ability at tennis, however, probably cannot match his more ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246361/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:39:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215246361/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sigur Ros Kveikur Spring has sprung for Sigur Ros. And about time. The icy majesty and glacial pacing that defined the Icelandic band’s sonic landscape begin to thaw on their seventh studio album, exposing a new world of craggy rock anchored by solid percussion and gritty textures - though Jonsi’s keening falsetto still floats above it all like an angel. Perhaps global warming ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215245687/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215245687/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Man of Steel is a superhero movie that takes an 80-year-old comic book character, re-invents him with the same vigour used to freshen up Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy, and provides a thrilling action drama for modern audiences. Zack Snyder's version of the Superman myth cost $225 million to produce but could end up as a billion dollar boxoffice hit. This is not the Superman of 1933 -- ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215245686/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215245686/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fracking Futures, an installation by HeHe, one of the exhibits at Fact Inside Out, an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of the gallery in Liverpool. Photograph: Christopher ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215245688/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:22:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215245688/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Breaking hearts, winning minds ; Five directors have been nominated for the Irish Council for Civil Liberties film award. Here they discuss their ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215244529/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:42:50 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215244529/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Continental sentinels ... Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne have been vocal in their insistence that cinema should not be part of the G8 talks. Photograph: Matt ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215244649/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:24:33 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215244649/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 MOSCOW, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - Acting Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin on Monday filed his documents with the Moscow City Election Commission to be registered as a self-nominee candidate to Moscow mayor. To be registered as a self-nominee, he will have to collect as many as 73,021 signatures of Moscow’s voters and at least one signature of lawmakers in 110 out of 146 municipal formations in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243762/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:45:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243762/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 At the age of 95, one of Russia's most admired theater directors, Yury Lyubimov, is staging his first ever production at the Bolshoi Theatre, a boldly pared-down version of Borodin's ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243763/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:43:41 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243763/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Rap icon Jay-Z stunned fans on Sunday by announcing plans to release his 12th studio album next month. The 99 Problems hitmaker revealed that Magna Carta Holy Grail will be available to buy from July 4 in a video sponsored by Samsung Galaxy which aired during the NBA finals in the U.S. In the footage, the hip-hop star is filmed in the studio working on his latest material, with contributors ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243764/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:35:29 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243764/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Belmont Park We said in this week's advance story that Saturday's $150,000, Grade III Hill Prince Stakes for 3-year-olds was a wide-open affair and the $4,808 trifecta payoff bears that out. Notacatbutallama rallied five-wide into the stretch and won by a neck over 37-1 chance Play It Loud. Chamois was third at 12-1 and the favorite, Red Rifle, settled for fourth in the 12-horse field. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215244362/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:19:27 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215244362/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The 24th annual Kuumba Festival will be held Thursday to Sunday at four locations in Knoxville -- Krutch Park, downtown and Market Square, Haley Heritage Square, and Chilhowee ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215242970/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:50:03 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215242970/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood has hinted the band is planning to record a new album. The veteran musicians recorded a handful of new songs for a 2012 greatest hits album, GRRR!, which was released last year to coincide with the band's 50th anniversary shows, and Wood has now suggested they might follow their current 50 & Counting tour with a new disc. However, he insists the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243025/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:39:49 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215243025/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 "Good evening, Mr Gill," says the top-hatted commissionaire as we approach, "welcome back to The Grand Eagle Hotel." My wife raises an eyebrow. Honestly, I've never been here before - but then, neither has The Grand Eagle Hotel, which is a sort of pop-up performance space in an old mansion house, taken over for the month by the Secret Cinema organisation for the first of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215242322/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:55:08 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215242322/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Benjamin Britten's 1953 opera was a Coronation tribute that went badly wrong - but perhaps a revival at the site of its disastrous premiere could rescue it yet, says Jessica ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215242352/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:55:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215242352/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 in a recent interview. "I don’t want to clear the ball just to get away from danger, so I always try to connect the ball to my team-mates even when I’m under pressure." Connecting, or mingling with his team-mates is all the more important for Lee, not only because he wears the armband but because he has had relatively short time with them due to his club commitments. In ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240956/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:07:55 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240956/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Turkish unions went on strike Monday to protest attacks on anti-government marchers as police used tear gas to drive activists from Istanbul residential areas. The Confederation of Public Workers' Unions, the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey and three other national trade union centers, representing hundreds of thousands of workers across the country in more than two ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215241213/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:59:15 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215241213/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The biggest star of the MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday night was country crossover star Taylor Swift, who stopped traffic on the red carpet in a sexy, black and white graphic mini-dress before later winning the fan-voted UR Fave international artist for her song, 22. "This is my very first MMVA so I'm so excited," said Swift. "And to the fans, I've had an amazing ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240435/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:08:06 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240435/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 (46 mins ago) Lingnan University is set to announce new president today. The selection committee has recommended University of Science and Technology dean of business and management Leonard Cheng Kwok-hon for the position. Cheng will be questioned by Lingnan teaching staff and student, before the governor board decides if he will get the job. Many students complained that they were excluded ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240436/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:05:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215240436/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ';Far from Heaven'; (at Playwrights Horizons) is a problem musical, a genteel contrivance wrapped in ';issues';—racism, homophobia, misogyny—that limit the show, even as they are intended to expand, and then blow, our minds. There’s nothing sui generis about this latest work by the composer Scott Frankel and the lyricist Michael Korie, who also collaborated ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215239219/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:35:04 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215239219/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Flanked by eight white-clad dancers, Psy -- who was also acting as the show's co-host -- opened the MMVAs with his galloping viral smash Gangnam Style. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Canadian ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215239220/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:22:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215239220/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Actress Heather Tom from "The Bold and the Beautiful" cries as she accepts the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award during the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, California June 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Danny ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215239221/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:22:15 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215239221/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Gunshots echo through the streets of a South Sudanese village. A personal dispute escalates into a violent community conflict. That's part of daily life in South Sudan. Only this time, it’s a scene from a ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215238649/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:42:30 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215238649/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Chris Pizzello Emmy hosts Robin Meade (left) and Sam Champion speaks on stage at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Beverly Hills, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215238177/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:52:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215238177/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The girl on the bus had been promised summer and sunshine, she says, and it is cool and clammy on this wet evening in June. But Mary, 14 years old and fresh from Nigeria, is willing to forgive this new, exciting city its disappointing weather. If she has any suspicion that what awaits at the end of her journey will be beyond forgiveness, she does not betray it. Thus began the performance ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215238178/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:00:09 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/215238178/scat/bf7bedafac502d48