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Goerke stars in Lyric's blood-soaked 'Elektra'
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:40AM October 07, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — "There will be blood!" insist the ads for Lyric Opera's production of "Elektra," — and indeed there is, cascading down the steps of Agamemnon's palace near the end of Richard Strauss' one-act opera.
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Millions of pints later, Oktoberfest closes
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:26AM October 07, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — Munich's famed celebration of beer, the Oktoberfest, is drawing to a close after some 6.4 million visitors downed an estimated 6.9 million liter mugs of Bavarian brew — some 14.6 million pints.
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O'Reilly, Stewart joust at mock debate
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:41AM October 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — This high-stakes debate had some props that even the presidential candidates might want at their own events.
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Big Bird wings it to 'Saturday Night Live'
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:48AM October 07, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — In a week when Big Bird was in the news, it seemed fitting to find him perched at the parody news report on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
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O'Reilly, Stewart tangle in mock debate
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:27PM October 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — There were all the trappings of a high-octane presidential debate: the over-the-top declarations, the pre-practiced zingers and the schmaltzy appeals to America's truest values. But the presidential candidates were nowhere to be found.
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Phoning home again: 'E.T.' 30 years later
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:28PM October 06, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — How old is too old to sob like a little girl at "E.T. — the Extra-Terrestrial"? Not 40, apparently.
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Blaine goes for shock-factor with latest stunt
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:36AM October 06, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Daredevil stuntman David Blaine lit up New York's Pier 54 on Friday for his latest high voltage feat.
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Calif. artist wins $200K at ArtPrize in Mich.
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:09PM October 05, 2012 CommentDETROIT (AP) — Adonne Khare's carbon pencil on paper drawing "Elephants" isn't just a massive display of the lumbering yet beautiful mammals. It's a long look — spanning across a 13-foot-by-8-foot canvas — at a part of her life.
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'Sopranos' creator Chase premieres 'Not Fade Away'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:46PM October 05, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — David Chase has returned with his first work since "The Sopranos" went black.
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Elvis Among New Balloon Shapes at New Mexico Event
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:25PM October 05, 2012 CommentALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A giant Elvis, an ice cream cone and a child in a wheelchair are among the new shapes set to take to the sky at an annual hot-air balloon festival in New Mexico that's expected to draw more than 700,000 visitors from around the globe.
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Giants, 49ers, yachts, fests: SF braces for crowds
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:36PM October 05, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An unusual convergence of sporting and entertainment events in San Francisco this weekend promises to bring up to a million extra people into the densely populated bayside city.
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'GMA' weathercaster Sam Champion planning marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:04PM October 05, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — "Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion is tying the knot.
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Mel Brooks to receive AFI life achievement honor
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM October 05, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — It'll be springtime for Mel Brooks when the American Film Institute presents him with its highest honor, the Life Achievement Award.
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Chazz Palminteri brings his advice to radio
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:31PM October 05, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — In his autobiographical movie and subsequent play, "A Bronx Tale," Chazz Palminteri doles out lots of advice as a young man learns from two father figures.
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Meryl Streep donates $1M to The Public Theater
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:03PM October 05, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to The Public Theater in honor of both its late founder, Joseph Papp, and her friend, the author Nora Ephron.
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Study finds rise in gay characters on network TV
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:52PM October 05, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV is at its highest-ever level in the season ahead, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The total on cable television is also going up.
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Lady Gaga wins LennonOno Grant for Peace
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:28PM October 05, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Music superstar Lady Gaga will share a peace prize in memory of John Lennon to honor her work campaigning for equality for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
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Leona Lewis at peace with One Direction fans
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:09PM October 05, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Leona Lewis understands that One Direction fans are protective of their lads.
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Boston man named 1st 'Price Is Right' male model
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:01PM October 05, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Boston man has won an online competition to become the first male model in "The Price Is Right" history.
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets Smithsonian showcase
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:29PM October 05, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who helped design Beijing's Olympic Stadium and has since drawn tough scrutiny for his political activism, is opening the first North American retrospective exhibition of his work in Washington.
