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'Happy-Go-Lucky' could extend filmmaker Leigh's Oscar touch for lead actress Hawkins
AP Movie WriterTORONTO (AP) _ Director Mike Leigh has a knack for putting relatively unknown British actresses into Academy Awards contention, as he did with "Secrets & Lies" and "Vera Drake." His latest find is Sally Hawkins, who co-starred in "Vera Drake" and Leigh's...Tags: Movies, Woody Allen, Brenda Blethyn, Jane Austen, Mike Leigh
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NYC OK's cultural center and housing development
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans for a housing, retail and cultural center in Manhattan. The development project in East Harlem was approved by the City Council on Tuesday. Officials have selected a partnership to build the $700...Tags: Cultural Development, East Harlem, Michael Bloomberg, Manhattan (New York City), Environmental Pollution
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Ravens Q&A with Mike Preston
Editor's note: Ravens questions for Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston can be submitted on game days from halftime until three hours after the game. Selected questions are published in a Q&A on baltimoresun.com later in the week. Listen to Mike...Tags: Football, Samari Rolle, Periodicals, Baltimore Ravens, Brian Billick
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With flying kicks and whipping nunchucks, Bruce Lee to debut on Chinese TV
AP Entertainment WriterBEIJING (AP) _ Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star. Lee became a chest-thumping source of nationalistic pride to Chinese around the...Tags: Movies, Bruce Lee, Television, Stephen Chow, August
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Old Boynton High deserves new life as cultural center
The 81-year-old stands across the street from Boynton Beach City Hall. Disheveled. More than a bit worn. Insides a mess, outside looking scruffy. Yet, somehow still looking proud, still evoking a sense of style — despite facing a highly uncertain...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), High Schools, Schools, Boynton Beach, Florida
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Tips for finding restaurants near cultural venues in L.A. and Orange County
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's long been a logistical nightmare trying to partner dinner and a movie or any kind of cultural event in one evening in Southern California. Yet a burgeoning sophistication about the importance of good food to accompany good culture is spreading across...Tags: Walt Disney, Orange (Orange, California), Theater, Restaurant and Catering Industry, San Gabriel
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LOCAL LIVE
SHWAYZE. His name is Shwayze, kind of like Patrick. WHEN|WHERE 6 p.m. today, Crazy Donkey, 1058 Rte. 110, Farmingdale INFO $22; 631-753-1975, thecrazy donkey.com, clubloaded.com DICKEY BETTS & MARSHALL TUCKER BAND. Long live ye olde Southern Rock....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Susan Tedeschi, Slick Rick, Clubs and Associations, Dickey Betts
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Hollywood Rules: Kind Over Matter
There's only one rule that I know of, babies--God damn it, you've got to be kind. --Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Here's a theory I've been kicking around for a few years: Success in Hollywood—being incredibly well paid to do...Tags: New York University, Judith Light, How I Met Your Mother, Environmental Pollution, Celebrity Mothers
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Immigrant parents want children to remember their roots
South Florida Sun-SentinelDeborah David sits at her dining room table playing with a handful of goat bones. She's introducing her daughter to the Haitian game Oslé, which resembles jacks. Her 5-year-old, Lyrah, watches in amazement as David scrambles to pick up the shiny bones...Tags: Dance, Nova Southeastern University, Demographics, Family, Georgia
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Archive report: Science subverted in AIDS dispute
Tribune reporterThis story was first published in the Tribune on Jan. 1, 1995. In March 1987, President Ronald Reagan and French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac appeared in the East Room of the White House to announce that their governments had settled the question of...Tags: National Government, The White House, Upper House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lawyers
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LIRR needs a switch
Long Island Rail Road employees will continue to ride the disability gravy train until Washington takes away the rubber stamp from an obscure federal agency applying obsolete regulations with no oversight. That's why almost all LIRR workers who retire...Tags: Transportation, Long Island, Long Island Rail Road, Railway Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Villages arts group meets
The Volunteers Performing Arts Alliance, a group in The Villages hoping to create a performing arts center at or near the retirement development, will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Laurel Manor Recreation Center. The meeting will be only for...
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