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Arts endowment names Allison, Palmieri, Donaldson and NYC club owner as Jazz Masters for 2013
WASHINGTON – Pianists Mose Allison and Eddie Palmieri, saxophonist Lou Donaldson and New York jazz club owner Lorraine Gordon are being honoured with the nation’s highest honour in jazz.
Mose Allison, Lou Donaldson, Eddie Palmieri chosen as 2013 NEA Jazz Masters
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Pianist-songwriter Mose Allison, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and Latin jazz bandleader Eddie Palmieri have been chosen to receive the nation’s highest jazz honour.
‘Mad Men’ seeks Emmy bid that could lead to a record; will ‘New Girl,’ ‘Girls,’ hit big?
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – This year’s Emmy nominations are set for Thursday morning in Los Angeles, with “Mad Men” making a bid for Emmy history, while a couple of fresh-faced girls flirt with possible first nominations.
‘Mad Men’ seeks Emmy bid that could lead to a record; will ‘New Girl,’ ‘Girls,’ hit big?
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – This year’s Emmy nominations are set for Thursday morning in Los Angeles, with “Mad Men” making a bid for Emmy history, while a couple of fresh-faced girls flirt with possible first nominations.
Emmy nominations announced for best actor in a television drama series
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best actor in a television drama series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Emmy nominations announced for best television miniseries or movie
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best television miniseries or movie have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Emmy nominations announced for best television drama series
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best television drama series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Emmy nominations announced for best actress in a television drama series
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best actress in a television drama series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Emmy nominations announced for best television comedy series
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best television comedy series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
List of Emmy Award nominations in major categories
Nominees in major categories for the 2012 Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Faber, Barao want to make up for injuries at UFC 149 with memorable fight
CALGARY – A fight between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao may not have been the first choice for the main event of UFC 149, but the two fighters are determined to make their battle in Calgary a memorable affair.
Some choose back-row seats, others check for police, but fans still throng ‘Dark Knight Rises’
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The three 18-year-olds, friends since middle school, are about to go off separately to college this fall. But on Sunday, these avid fans of the Batman film franchise had no doubt where they wanted to be: Together, at the movies, watching “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson, who penned ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ dead at 87
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Cool Hand Luke” has died.
Review: ‘The Secret World’ – a thinking person’s online role-playing game
It’s no secret that most massively multiplayer online games take place in either fantasylands, sci-fi galaxies or apocalyptic dominions, which is why it’s so refreshing that “The Secret World” is ambitiously set in a twisted take on our own world where apparently everything that ever happened on “The X-Files,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Fringe” is real.
Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson, who wrote ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ dead at 87
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Cool Hand Luke” has died.
New dance company created for Ovation competition show from producer Nigel Lythgoe
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Reality TV mogul Nigel Lythgoe is producing a new competition series where a dance company is created in just 28 days.
DreamWorks, Chinese partners plan ‘Kung Fu Panda’ co-production, Shanghai entertainment centre
BEIJING, China – DreamWorks Animation and Chinese partners announced plans Tuesday to co-produce the next “Kung Fu Panda” movie and develop an entertainment district in Shanghai, expanding Hollywood’s fast-growing ties to China.
Sylvester Stallone skips ‘Expendables 2’ promotions in the wake of his son’s unexpected death
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The cast of “The Expendables 2” say they’re giving co-star and writer Sylvester Stallone space after the death of his son last month.
Alan Thicke to star on stage in ‘Queen for a Day: the Musical’ in Ontario
TORONTO – Alan Thicke is returning to Canada for a brief stage engagement, playing iconic TV personality Jack Bailey in “Queen for a Day: The Musical.”
Gay athletes win Olympic medals, but only a few ready to go public about their sexuality
LONDON – It has been a great games for gay Olympians — probably.
Dale Olson, publicist for such Hollywood greats as Marilyn Monroe and Gene Kelly, dead at 78
BURBANK, Calif. – Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78.
Dozen cities to see rallies for Russia’s anti-Putin punk rockers in wave of global support
MOSCOW – The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison.
Troy Garity clashes with the ‘Boss’ on Starz drama set in Chicago’s political minefields
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Troy Garity has identified four pillars of American life: the Government, the People, People with Money, and the Press.
Madcap ‘Die Fledermaus’ returns to COC starring Canadian tenor Michael Schade
TORONTO – The Canadian Opera Company is reviving “Die Fledermaus,” an effervescent operetta of mistaken identity and glamorous parties set in early 20th-century Vienna.