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MarylandLeader.com Thursday 29th July 2010 Issue 305/2010
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London to host Emirati musical play
A musical play - 'Zayed and the Dream' - with performances by over 100 artistes from China, Spain, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be performed in London this...


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Photog sues Will Smith, Jay-Z's Broadway musical FELA
American actor Will Smith and rapper Jay-Z's hit Broadway musical FELA has been sued by a New York photographer after she alleged that one of her pictures was used in the production without her...
Four Indians advance in world junior squash
The Indian team had a good start at the world junior men's squash championships with four players progressing into the top 32 stage...
Kylie Minogue joins Scissor Sisters onstage for Aussie show
It was a memorable gig, as Kylie Minogue took to the stage with The Scissor Sisters for a show in Melbourne,...
Aretha Franklin, Condoleezza Rice perform for charity concert
Putting all her political views aside, Aretha Franklin recently took to stage with Condoleezza Rice for a charity...
Paris Hilton's second album inspired by Kylie Minogue
Paris Hilton is set to release her second album, which is inspired by her musical icon Kylie...
Roush Review: Good Medicine in Boston
(Thursday, 10/9c, ABC) reminds us truth is often much more compelling than recycled fiction. With pulse-quickening immediacy and wrenching intimacy, this summer ABC News docuseries tracks life (and...
Ready to be Roasted: David Hasselhoff Says "Bring it on!"
I did speak to her and I really can't tell you what she said but I had already convinced myself that I wanted to do it before that. I think she came across really great on that show. I think that...
Charlie Sheen Returns to Two and a Half Men
goes into production. And if there's anyone happier than Sheen to put this awkward period behind him, it's executive producer Chuck Lorre. "I was in denial through the whole process," said Lorre at...
Keck's Exclusives: CBS Press Tour Party Scoops
Maria Lark ) switching identities. It's not a dream, but I don't want to say what causes the switch. They will each be consumed by the other's spirit and hilarity ensues with mom going to school and...
Check Out the Heroes Season 4 DVD Extras
may have ended, but that doesn't mean you can't get your superheroes fix from the show. Get a sneak peek of the Season 4 DVD extras, which include an interview...
Critic's Notebook: CBS at TCA
This summer's press tour journal starts with CBS, where "stability is a good thing," this understatement coming courtesy of entertainment pres Nina Tassler, kicking off the network portion of the...
Vampire Diaries' Julie Plec: The Love Triangle Becomes a Square
Villain vampire Katherine, who once turned the Salvatore brothers into sexy undead fangers, has returned to Mystic Falls — and boy, is she ready to cause some...
President Obama: "I Don't Know Who Snooki Is" ? But She Knows Who He Is
castmates two months ago at a White House Press Correspondents Dinner, when referring to the new indoor tanning tax. But the site also speculated — gasp — that someone else may have...
Top Chef's Andrea: "I Should Have Stolen the Pea Puree"
power-lunch elimination challenge, a container of pea puree took center stage as the cheftestants and viewers were left to wonder if Alex actually stole the side dish from Ed and passed it as his...
A Birthday Present to the World: A New Dance By Paul Taylor
80th birthday of Paul Taylor , one of America's most celebrated modern choreographers. Since beginning his career as a student at the Julliard School and then performing with the Martha Graham Dance...
The Healing Arts Center & Spa at Cavallo Point Lodge Expands Into Integrative Medicine
The Healing Arts Center & Spa at Cavallo Point Lodge introduces integrative medicine to its wellbeing services. Program led by Dr. Brad Jacobs. (Kodiak...
Hip-hop dance culture is breaking out in Las Vegas
The 9th annual Hip Hop International competition is bringing more than 1,500 dancers from more than 30 countries to Red Rock Casino this week, and two local Las Vegas Prodigy crews made it to...
Ex-USDA worker Sherrod will sue blogger
(Gregory Bull/Associated Press) Ousted U.S. Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged...
Feature: Novelist David Mitchell explains Thousand Autumns
(Torsten Silz/AFP/Getty Images) “Words are great, aren’t they?” If it came from any other writer, that musing might feel cutesy. But coming from acclaimed British...
Residential school commission calls for art
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools is inviting submissions of art work that relates to experiences at the schools, or to the legacy of those experiences. The art...
Efron denies strip club spree
Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron has laughed off reports he splashed out $2,000 during a recent night out at a New York strip club. The 22 year old hit the headlines after a late night out at the...
Sharon jokes at Ozzy's expense
Co-hosts of a new daytime talk show, from left, Sara Gilbert, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Holly Robinson Peete, Sharon Osbourne, and Julie Chen. (Cliff...
'Lantern' tough on Reynolds
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- In the movie, Ryan Reynolds is green. But in real life, he's black and blue. "You want to be able to stay out of the hospital for as long as you possibly can during the shoot....
Theatre-goers' plea to run venue
The management of the theatre would be separated into two functions - the promotion and programming of events run by FOTG and the management of the building itself run by a...
Movie Review | 'Dinner for Schmucks': Steve Carell Stars in ‘Dinner Game’ Remake
“Dinner for Schmucks,” directed by Jay Roach (“Meet the Parents”) and based on a 12-year-old French movie known in English...
Dance Theater Workshop Announces New Season
Dance Theater Workshop and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, the theater on Thursday announced a full 2010-11 season featuring the work of choreographers from Europe, Africa and of course...
Theater Talkback: Preaching to the Choir on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'?
This summer, ArtsBeat is inviting members of the theater world to contribute to the weekly Theater Talkback column, alternating with the critics Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood. The playwright...
Popcast: Ricky Skaggs on God and Music and More
Is good music a gift from the divine, no matter how much helter-skelter the musicians might get involved in? Ricky Skaggs, the renowned bluegrass singer, thinks so. In an interview on Popcast, The...
Spike TV’s ‘Scrappers,’ Brooklyn Junkmen
HERE’S Frankie Fidilio rolling down Avenue U in Brooklyn on the second-hottest day of the year in his blue 1986 GMC Suburban. The van has no air-conditioning, but that’s the least of its...
New assignment: Pet photography
video . The subject is pet photography. If you haven't got one, not even a stick insect, you'll have to beg, borrow or steal one to pose for you. Have a look...
Former AMC CEO Brown invests, joins board of Cinedigm Digital Cinema
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. , a company that works with exhibitors, distributors and studios to provide digital programming to movie theaters. Cinedigm, based in Morristown, N.J., on Thursday...
China appoints acting governor of northwest province
Liu Weiping, deputy secretary of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was appointed acting governor of the province on Thursday.Liu, 57, was appointed at the 16th...
The Mother of All Seasons?
Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Does this mean we're finally going to meet the mother after so many close calls? They'll neither confirm nor deny, although said mother's roommate (played last...
Timberlake's William Rast to launch at Target
FILE- This Feb. 17, 2010 file photo shows Justin Timberlake, left, and Trace Ayala as they acknowledge the audience after the William Rast fall 2010 collection show during Fashion Week in New York....
Obama not on Chelsea Clinton's wedding guest list
In this publicity image released by ABC, President Barack Obama, third left, joins the co-hosts, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on...
Amazon CEO hopes new Kindles stoke sales
SEATTLE -- Jeff Bezos isn't just confident you'll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you'll also want ones for your kid heading to college, your...
M. Night fires back at critics
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is convinced he'll never be able to please his critics - because they set impossibly high standards for him after his early career success. Shyamalan shot to fame after...
'Pie' star extends rehab stay
Actor Chris Klein has extended his stay in rehab as he battles alcohol addiction in the wake of his recent DUI arrest. The American Pie star was driving through Los Angeles when his car was pulled...
Crew the apple of Efron's eye
Canadian actress Amanda Crew may describe herself as a dork, but she's the dork who gets to romance Zac Efron in a new movie. In Charlie St. Cloud, opening Friday, Crew plays the woman whose love...
Susan Lucci writing memoirs
Veteran actress Susan Lucci is preparing to tell all about her life in TV - she's signed a deal to write her memoirs. The 62 year old has played seductress Erica Kane in U.S. soap opera All My...
Did We Stutter? Film Society to Pay Tribute to John Hughes
Film Society of Lincoln Center is planning a two-day celebration of Mr. Hughes’s films that hopefully won’t interfere with your detention obligations. On Thursday the Film Society said it...
London Theater Journal: 12 and Miserable
Royal Court Theater does remind you that unhappiness can be a fertile muse. Perhaps I’m being presumptuous. For all I know, Ms. Reiss (whose credits in the program end with “Anya is currently...
A Preview of Kanye West's 'Power': 'Apocalyptic in a Very Personal Way'
Kanye West endured, only to return the following year to promote your new album, how do you organize your charm offensive to tell your audience you’re not the same person you used to be? If...
It’s Been a Gloomy Summer on New York Stages
Memorial Day and sandy shores beckon, even serious readers are allowed to stuff something light in their tote bags. One year it’s the badly written roman à clef by the assistant at Vogue,...
Tech Stocks: Nvidia, Symantec losses take tech's center stage
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks were mostly on the rise Thursday, but the sector's gains were tempered by big declines from the likes of Nvidia Corp., Akamai Technologies Inc. and Symantec...
Top tips: Pet photography
If I was a cat I would want to be my brother's. His cat has more toys than Hamley's, mostly handmade. Equally my friend Jonathan takes his dog rabbiting. Is that fun or just poaching? Try deploying a...
Guardian Camera Club: David Thomson on texture photography
The 2 dimensional 'Texture 2' demonstrates good composition and excellent colours; 'Texture 1' however includes intriguing forms, but the point of focus is wrong, and the picture fails to work. More...