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- Los Angeles police say they will seek the extradition of a woman who fled to Canada after slashing actor Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken beer bottle at a party. more »
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Music »
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TV »
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- The U.S. film actors union says its members will boycott the Golden Globe Awards next weekend in solidarity with their writer colleagues.
- Premier outraged Idol skipping Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall is calling on fans of Canadian Idol to lodge a protest after Saskatchewan was left of the list of audition locations this year.
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Books »
- Spanish company to produce Anne Frank musical
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, considered the most widely read book on the Holocaust, is being turned into a Spanish musical.
- Newly opened Mailer archive contains unpublished manuscripts
- An archive with more than 1,000 boxes of writing, letters and unpublished manuscripts belonging to celebrated American writer Norman Mailer has been opened to the public.
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- George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman series of historical adventure yarns, died Wednesday, his publisher said. He was 82.
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Media »
- China puts limits on internet video
- China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of internet videos â?? including those posted on video-sharing websites â?? to sites run by state-controlled companies and will require providers to report questionable content to the government.
- Number of slain journalists up 244% over 5 years: watchdog
- The number of journalists killed in the field has skyrocketed by 244 per cent in the past five years, and more than half of the 86 reporters slain in 2007 fell in Iraq, according to an annual tally compiled by Reporters Without Borders.
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- Former rapper MC Hammer is taking on YouTube with plans for a new website dedicated to dance videos.
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Art & Design »
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- Many national museums in France, including the venerable Louvre in Paris, will be offering free admission in the coming months.
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- Norval Morrisseau, one of Canadian's most acclaimed aboriginal artists, has finally been laid to rest after a protracted battle between his children and the man who cared for him in his final years.
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- A group of Czech artists who staged a fake nuclear blast over national television will be sent to criminal trial, a state prosecutor said Thursday.
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Theatre »
- Spanish company to produce Anne Frank musical
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- Quebec City's 400th birthday party begins Monday night with a major concert and a fireworks display in the city's historic Old Town.
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- Novelist Richard Wright, author of Clara Callan, and Paul Shaffer, music director for David Letterman's late night talk show, are to be awarded the Order of Canada.
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