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illegal immigration search results on washingtonpost.com (Entertainment, 12 articles)
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Editor, The Times: I don't demonstrate in front of schools and clinics with picket signs regarding my thoughts on abortion issues, and I don't know anyone who does. It isn't relevant this campaign cycle, it wasn't relevant last campaign cycle and it shouldn't be an issue in the governor's race. He knows it wouldn't go anywhere in a Democrat-controlled Legislature and in a state that has overwhelmingly voted to maintain this right. Let's quit the one-size-fits-all attacks on Rossi about wanting to overturn Roe v. Wade or being George Bush's long-lost twin and move to issues that are relevant to this election - Christina Schiro Congratulations to the University of Washington for raising more than two billion dollars in contributions Small army at UW raised $900K a day page one, July 16. If you miss an episode or tune in late, readings heard on Sirius satellite are posted here while the book is on the air and for a short while afterwards. Episode Three aired Wed July 2 listen runs 15:03 Episode Four aired Thurs July 3 listen runs 15:04 Episode Five aired Fri July 4 listen runs 14:58 Alias Grace wk 4 by Margaret Atwood.
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The Dark Knight: Movie Showtimes and Reviews on washingtonpost.com's City Guide (Entertainment, 9 articles)
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Mamma Mia leaves its actors a bit stranded Dark Knight already sets a box office record Toys and collectibles go batty over Dark Knight ' Batman, Joker fall into turmoil and obsession Arthouse films Holy spin-off. Dan Fellman said the latest Batman movie might break the opening-weekend record of $151.1 million, also held by Spider-Man 3. That bested the 2005 performance of " Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith which took in $16.9 million during its midnight debut in 2,915 venues.
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'Mad Men,' 'Damages' make Emmy noms history :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Television (Entertainment, 7 articles)
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In the lead drama actor category, four of the six nominees were stars of cable shows, including Jon Hamm of `` Mad Men. LOS ANGELES - Teens and 20-somethings may be the target demographic for many TV shows, but when it comes to top actresses, over 40 is where it's at. Only one actress nominated for an Emmy on Thursday is in her 20s: 24-year-old "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera, for lead actress in a comedy series.
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Hollywood producers say SAG rejects contract offer (Entertainment, 7 articles)
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The guild's national negotiating committee met in a closed-door strategy session and remains " committed to continuing to bargain for a fair contract SAG said in a statement Friday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Friday released remarks made at a bargaining session Thursday by Carol Lombardini, the group's executive vice president for business and legal affairs. The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Tuesday that its members had ratified a three-year prime-time TV contract with studios with 62 percent of voting members supporting it, after fierce opposition from the larger Screen Actors Guild.
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The Times Proms Podcast: episode one (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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Jeff Beck was making a surprise appearance at the Proms last night - and creating a piece of musical history. Beck who made his name with the Yardbirds in the 1960s, was due to play a guitar solo during a late-night concert of jazz and blues organised by Nigel Kennedy It is the first time a genuine rock star has played at the 113-year-old festival even if the Proms, which are mainly a celebration of classical music, have on occasion broken the mould with performances by Michael Ball and Ravi Shankar.
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Nintendo and Sony Unveil Games (Entertainment, 6 articles)
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Even with the breakneck pace of technological advancement, the concept of using thoughts to control games and devices seems more at home in science fiction than in the living room of the near future. Everyone with an interest in video games - consumers, industry insiders and stock markets alike - has learnt not to ignore (or mock) Nintendo's crazy ideas. Under Iwata's guidance, the company has torn up the rulebook of interactive entertainment, creating new ways for people to interface with games and in doing so, it has become one of the world's wealthiest companies.
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WTO publishes trade ruling against China (Entertainment, 6 articles)
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YOU wouldn't think, with all the things on the collective Chinese mind these days - Tibet, the Sichuan earthquake and especially the looming Olympics - that an American animated film about a panda would generate any pained discussion. China violates global trade rules by requiring automakers operating there to buy components from local suppliers or face penalties, the World Trade Organization ruled on Friday. " The panel report leaves no doubt that China's discriminatory treatment of U.S. auto parts has no place in the W.T.O. system the United States trade representative , Susan C. Schwab, said in a statement.
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Jo Stafford, Wistful Voice of WWII Era, Dies at 90 (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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Stafford died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at her Century City home, her son, Tim Weston of Topanga, said Friday. Despite her shyness, Stafford appeared before studio audiences in radio and television during the 1940s and 1950s. A favorite of American servicemen, Ms. Stafford earned the nickname G.I. Jo for her recordings in which her pure, nearly vibrato-less voice, with perfect intonation, conveyed steadfast devotion and reassurance with delicate understatement.
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McCartney tells Quebec nationalists to smoke 'the pipes of peace' (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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Quebec nationalists opposed to a free gig in the Canadian city this weekend by Sir Paul McCartney should "smoke the pipes of peace", the singer has said. Luc Archambault said he didn't mean to suggest McCartney wasn't welcome in the provincial capital, where the singer plans to play a show on Sunday marking Quebec City's 400th anniversary. Archambault's open letter, signed by several artists and sovereigntist politicians, stirred up a firestorm in the province, which prompted McCartney to comment publicly on the flap.
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Angelina Jolie and her twins give paparazzi the slip, leave French hospital in Nice - (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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AP Television cameras outside the hospital filmed a large white van with tinted windows leaving one of the hospital's back entrances at that time. Jolie checked into the hospital on July 2 and delivered the babies by Cesarian section ten days later. The Jolie-Pitt clan had rented four rooms on the fifth floor of the maternity ward of the Lenval hospital, appropriately located on Nice's beach-front California Avenue.
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