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Grim Brazilian drama opens Cannes film festival (Entertainment, 12 articles)
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After a couple of years where Hollywood threatened to overshadow the more serious side of the Cannes Film Festival, this year's event seems to have taken a step back towards the arthouse. The jury, led by indie darling Sean Penn, will be watching a series of films by festival favourites such as Arnaud Desplechin and Wim Wenders. "Blindness" by director Fernando Meirelles, whose films include "City of God and" The Constant Gardener is about an epidemic of blindness that strikes suddenly and inexplicably, with victims shunted off to a squalid institution. Compare that to past opening night films that have generally been festive or crowd-pleasing und like "Moulin Rouge" or " The Da Vinci Code. The power players of the film world are getting ready to do big money deals and sip champagne in the sunshine of the French Riviera. During a news conference on opening day Wednesday, the actor-director lit up two cigarettes in defiance of French laws against smoking in public buildings. Actor Jack Black was joined by nearly 40 huge "pandas" this morning, to help launch this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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Musicals 'In the Heights,' 'South Pacific' top Tony nominees (Entertainment, 6 articles)
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For a snapshot of the current state of the Broadway musical, look no further than the two shows at the top of this year's list of Tony Award nominees, announced yesterday morning. " In the Heights with 13 nominations, is a fresh first effort by a young unknown, full of salsa-inflected tunes about growing up Latino in Washington Heights. "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific with 11, is... well, it's Rodgers & Hammerstein's" South Pacific the big, lush romance that's a genre standard.
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NFL's Terrell Owens makes sitcom acting debut (Entertainment, 5 articles)
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By ALBERT BREER / The Dallas Morning News abreer Dallas Cowboys star Terrell Owens will take center stage off the field on Wednesday night with a guest spot on Under One Roof, a sitcom starring Flavor Flav on MyNetworkTV. Mr. Owens' screen debut came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday, with a cameo as a wide receiver for the fictional Miami Sharks. By ALBERT BREER / The Dallas Morning News abreer Past contract disputes involving Terrell Owens have led to holdouts, public disputes and sidewalk sit-ups.
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Steve Kelley sports columns (Entertainment, 10 articles)
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My goal each Wednesday and Thursday is to present an insider's look at the Eastside suburbs while sharing the region's amusing stories, growing pains and local news. Seattle Times food writer Nancy Leson serves up the best info and tips on Northwest food, cooking, dining and restaurants. Steve Kelley covers all sports, putting his spin on matters involving both the home team and the nation.
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Neighbor plants reminder of its connection with Apple (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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P Part street theater, part "iPhone slumber party" and served up with a healthy helping of hype, Apple's newest creation hit the streets at 6 p.m. Friday. And for an awful moment, at least at the downtown San Francisco Apple Store, it looked like we might have a geek riot on our hands. Those in the line, which had grown to over 200, began to complain that newcomers were getting " cuts and tempers began to fray.
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Jury orders Nintendo to pay gaming company Anascape $21M (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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Moving beyond the sunlight-deprived young men at gaming's core, Nintendo appealed to the rest of the world with an intuitive, family-friendly entertainment experience. Women, parents, even nursing-home residents have been drawn to the Wii's simple evocations of games such as tennis and bowling. P 05-14) 19:46 PDT Lufkin, Texas (AP) Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.
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Robert Rauschenberg, art's eclectic master, dies at 82 (Entertainment, 6 articles)
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Robert Rauschenberg, the irrepressibly prolific American artist who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, died on Monday night at his home on Captiva Island, Fla. He was 82. Rauschenberg was famous the world over for his assemblages: collage-style pieces built up from the sort of junk that most people would dump out on the street. One of his most famous works, or "combines was" Bed created when he woke up in the mood to paint but had no money for a canvas.
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Robot maestro Asimo conducts Detroit orchestra (Entertainment, 5 articles)
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Orchestral musicians have been muttering "a robot could conduct better than that idiot" since the profession of conductor was invented, in the early 19th century. Standing at just four feet and three inches tall, shiny, white, and with a blank visor instead of a face, the robot called Asimo looked more like a Hollywood special-effect. The bestselling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance.
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