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March 15, 2012
After two weeks absence, here is this week's edition of your
entertainment news - lite! Short and sweet and you can look
forward to your more complete news next week.
As I previously mentioned, I was attending the 32nd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
... with
Beres Hammond
as the closing headliner. I am currently writing my coverage of
this amazing and fun-filled week of extremely cool and fun parties with
top notch live music.
In this weeks abbreviated news,
Juno Awards
update;
K'naan
featured at Luminato;
Tamia
speaks out on basketball wives;
and more entries are made into the Canadian wireless market;
and
so much more!
Check
it all out under
TOP STORIES.
This newsletter is designed to give you some updated
entertainment-related news and provide you with our upcoming event
listings. Welcome to those who are new members!
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  Juno
Awards: Drake, Michael Buble Won’t Attend, Justin Bieber A Maybe
(Mar 14, 2012) Drake and Michael Buble have a combined seven
nominations heading into next month’s
Juno Awards,
but neither Canadian star will be able to attend the show in
Ottawa.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Nick Patch |
 Luminato
2012: Festival Announces Bold Lineup From K’naan To The War Of
1812
(Mar 14, 2012) The 2012 edition of
Luminato,
Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity is the first one under
its new Artistic Director, Jorn Weisbrodt and it’s not
coincidental that the program announced Wednesday is probably
the boldest and most varied selection of works since the
Festival was launched in 2007.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Richard Ouzounian
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 Singer
Tamia: ”Basketball Wives’ is Not Reality’
(Mar 14, 2012) *When you watch the show “Basketball Wives,” you
wonder if every woman who is married to a ballplayer is as
ratchet as some of these seem to be. The one who may be the
quietest, unassuming one is singer
Tamia.
In a recent interview, she talks about her life as the
basketball wife of Grant Hill.
Source:
www.eurweb.com
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 Wireless
Market In Canada Opens To New Carriers
(Mar 14, 2012) RUSSELL, ONT.—Ottawa moved Wednesday to open the
door to foreign ownership and smaller players in an effort to
boost competition in the
Canadian telecom industry.
Source:
www.thestar.com - Steve Rennie |
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 Hedley
Offers Heartbreak In A Rowboat In High-Octane Show
(Mar 14, 2012) It takes a lot of charisma to make an arena full
of girls squeal at the sight of you in a yellow rain slicker.
Hedley
frontman
Jacob Hoggard
and his band of merry dudes from British Columbia (that’s
bassist Tommy Mac, guitarist Dave Rosin and drummer Chris
Crippin) may not have much originality behind their power-pop
quartet, but they make up for it with a high-octane rock show
that has the calculated theatrics of a Broadway musical.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Chandler Levack
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 Biggie Smalls Remembered On 15th Anniversary Of Death
(Mar 09, 2012) Today is the 15th anniversary of the drive-by
shooting
death of hip-hop legend Christopher Wallace, better known as The
Notorious B.I.G. or
Biggie Smalls.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Jenni
Dunning
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 CBC vs. The Music Biz: How Much Is A Song Worth?
(March 12, 2012) How much is a song worth? In the world of
Internet-based
music services such as Pandora, Grooveshark and the
CBC's new streaming Web radio,
nobody seems to have a clear answer.
Source:
www.globeandmail.com - By Omar El Akkad |
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 Emeli Sande Plays The Drake
(Mar 06, 2012) Looking for the Next Big Thing?
Although
Emeli Sandé’s
debut album Version of Our Events won’t be released here
until June, the buzz emanating from across the Atlantic is
already impressive and considerable.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Nick
Krewen
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 Katy Perry’s 3D Film “Part Of Me’ To Be Released This Summer
(Mar 08, 2012)
Katy Perry’s
3D movie will be released this summer.
The ‘California Gurls’ singer is following in
the footsteps of Michael Jackson and Justin Bieber by releasing
a concert movie, Katy Perry: Part of Me.
Source:
www.thestar.com
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 Audio: Mary J Blige Dishes on ‘Idol’ Visit; New Single ‘Why’
(March 10, 2012) *Mary
J. Blige
put in work this week on “American Idol,” first as a co-mentor
to the contestants alongside Interscope Records head Jimmy
Iovine, and then, as a musical guest during Thursday night’s
results show.
Source:
www.eurweb.com - by Cherie Saunders |
 Monkees Remaining Members Won’t Attend Davy Jones’ Funeral
(Mar 06, 2012) The remaining members of
The Monkees
will not
attend Davy Jones’ funeral.
The 66-year-old singer passed away from a heart attack last week
and while his bandmates are upset, they have agreed to stay away
from his burial as Jones’ family want a “low-key” send-off.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Nick
Krewen
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 Pop Pulls On The Cowboy Boots
(March 12, 2012)
Pop radio and country music
are an odd couple, but thanks to crossover artists from Shania
Twain to Taylor Swift, they've made it work. It's only recently,
however, that the country audience has entertained advances from
other genres.
Source:
www.globeandmail.com - By Dave Morris |
 SWV (Sisters With Voices) Going on Tour
(March 10, 2012) *Since music has taken a turn for the
worst,
SWV (Sisters with Voices)
is taking the industry back and has planned to return to R&B
with a tour beginning March 24.
Source:
www.eurweb.com
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 Ruben
Studdard Talks Divorce, Weight, Taxes, More on ‘Wendy’
(Mar 14, 2012) *Ruben
Studdard
visited by The Wendy Williams Show Tuesday to promote his fifth
album, “Letters From Birmingham,” and discuss a number of other
topics, including who should judge “X-Factor,” the truth behind
his divorce, his tax problems and his former “American Idol”
rival Clay Aiken’s chances on NBC’s “The Apprentice.”
Source:
www.eurweb.com |
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  MUSIC
TIDBITS
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Taylor Swift Is Billboard’s Top Money Maker For 2011
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Bette Midler To Receive Songwriters Hall Of Fame Lifetime
Achievement Award
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Nicki Minaj Says She’s ‘Working on Two Books’
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Doobie Brothers Drummer Michael Hossack Dies
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 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: From Horror To Awe To Oscar
(March 12, 2012)
Saving Face
also became the story of two extraordinary survivors: Zakia and
Rukhsana. At the time of shooting, Zakia – a mother of three,
and the wife of an alcoholic, drug-addicted gambler named Pervez,
who had hurled acid onto her face in broad daylight and in front
of several witnesses – was in the midst of fighting him in
court.
Source:
www.globeandmail.com
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 ’21 Jump Street’ Delivers; Ice Cube Discusses Film and New
Projects
(Mar 14, 2012) *New life has been breathed into 80s TV’s police
procedural crime drama, “21
Jump Street,”
which helped launch the careers of Hollywood luminaries such as
Johnny Depp and our beloved Holly Robinson Peete.
Source:
www.eurweb.com
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 The Story Behind Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
(Mar 13, 2012) Unless you’re a kid (in which case, be sure
to hide this),
it won’t come as much of a surprise to learn that the real
Elmo
is not actually fuzzy red with googly eyes, is not particularly
ticklish and does not live on Sesame Street.
But a large, bald, 50-year-old black man from Baltimore?
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Rob
Salem
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 Derek Luke Grateful for Moments With Whitney Houston in
‘Sparkle’
(March 9, 2012) *Expect to see
Derek Luke
starring in the long
anticipated remake of 1976 classic “Sparkle”
as the love interest of title character played by Jordin Sparks.
Source:
www.eurweb.com - by Cherie Saunders |
 Friends With Kids Review: The Parent Trap
(Mar 08, 2012) Everybody wants to be the couple who has sex
in the restaurant bathroom in between courses and nobody wants
to be the grouchy old marrieds who are covered in baby barf.
First-time director Jennifer Westfeldt starts with that comic
premise in
Friends with Kids
and then starts to layer a much deeper exploration of
relationships upon it.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Linda
Barnard
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 FILM
TIDBITS
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Monsieur Lazhar The Big Winner At Quebec’s Jutra Awards
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Whitney Sings and Sounds Great in ‘Sparkle’: Watch the Video
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Oscars 2013: 85th Academy Awards Set For Feb. 24
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 Top Chef Canada’s Lisa Ray Finds A Life Worth Dining For
(Mar 10, 2012)
Lisa Ray
swirls red wine around her mouth and her
eyes flutter closed in ecstasy.
“It looks peculiar in polite company,” she says, laughing and
aerating the Malbec between her teeth with a swooshing sound.
Then she laughs some more.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Vinay
Menon
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 Ashley Judd Goes Missing
(Mar 12, 2012) But it’s nothing compared to the real-life
challenges facing
Ashley Judd,
who portrays her in
Missing,
a 10-episode mid-season thriller debuting Thursday night at 8 on
ABC and CTV.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Rob
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 Donnie Wahlberg Talks Blue Bloods
(Mar 13, 2012) It has been 28 years since
Donnie Wahlberg
burst into
the bedrooms of teenagers around the world as part of boy-band
pop sensations New Kids on the Block. Now, at 42 years old and
the star of CBS cop drama
Blue Bloods
(airing Fridays at 10 p.m. on CTV), the Bostonian is known as
much for his acting as his ability to make girls swoon to his
treacly ballads and suggestive hip thrusts.
Source:
www.thestar.com - By
Hamish McKenzie
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 TV
TIDBITS
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Stephen Hawking To Appear On The Big Bang Theory
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Mad Men Actors Discuss Season Five
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 Ski Cross Coach Says Team Wants To Go On, To 'Do It For Nik'
(March 13, 2012) Ski cross coach Stanley Hayer heard about
the death
of
Nik Zoricic
on a day when some of his teenaged students were about to take
part in a Nor-Am race at Lake Louise, Alta., last Saturday.
Source:
www.globeandmail.com - By Beverley Smith |
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 Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Superstar, Will Play
Thursday
(March 13, 2012) Now that it’s official and
Sidney Crosby
is back, the
question becomes where he’ll play on a marvellously resilient
Penguins team that performed extremely well without him.
Source:
www.globeandmail.com - Mark Zwolinski
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OLG
Changes Show There’s More Honesty At Racetracks Than At Queen’s
Park
(Mar 14, 2012) It used to be stated here, and seconded
elsewhere, that
horse racing
was its own worst enemy. For sure, that no longer is the case.
Source:
www.thestar.com - Dave Perkins |
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 20-Minute Home Fitness Workout
If you’ve suddenly been hit with a busy schedule or just need
something quick, I have the home fitness workout for you.
This series of fitness workout movements will take about 20
minutes or less. Yep, you’re reading correctly — just 20
minutes. You can do them 3-4 times per week. Your
entire body will be stimulated, and you’ll feel rejuvenated
without all the added stress of having to go to the gym.
Raphael Calzadilla, BA, ACE, RTS1, Fitness Pro
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 Giving
material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an
attitude of generosity into all one's behaviour. Being kind,
attentive, and honest in dealing with others, offering praise
where it is due, giving comfort and advice where they are
needed, and simply sharing one's time with someone - all these
are forms of generosity, and they do not require any particular
level of material wealth.
Source:
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