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W E E K L Y N E W S L E T T E R
July 1, 2010
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!
Hope you are all enjoying
yourselves somewhere today with a BBQ, patio or pool or all three!
 Please
enjoy safely. And Happy Pride
weekend! Seems to have snuck upon us this year - probably because
of all the G20 drama and chaos next week. Check out the news and
calendar of events
below
with lots of LIVE MUSIC on downtown streets this weekend!
Special CD GIVEAWAY again this week.
Sheryl Crow's newest release, 100 Miles from Memphis!
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Tons of news this week ... scroll down
and find out what interests you - take your time and take a walk into
your weekly entertainment news!
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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 Sheryl
Crow’s ‘100 Miles from Memphis’
For Sheryl Crow, the title of
her seventh album isn't just a location; it's a state of mind. "I
grew up in a small town
100 miles from Memphis, and that informed not only my musical taste,
but how I look at life," she says. "The drive to Memphis is all
farmland, and everyone is community-oriented, God-fearing people,
connected to the earth. The music that came out of that part of the
world is a part of who I am, and it's the biggest inspiration for
what I do and why I do it." |
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.gif) Pride
Toronto To Hit This Weekend
(June 30, 2010) The big parade won’t hit Toronto until Sunday
but there are still plenty of
Pride events
around the city. The festival, organized by
Pride
Toronto,
has been running since 1981 and an estimated 1.2 million people
are expected to attend this year. Last year, there were
worries that a
strike by municipal employees would cancel the party
– but it went off without a hitch. |
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Source: CityNews.ca Staff |
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 Lauryn Hill on Performing Again: ‘I Think It’s Just Time’
(June 28, 2010) *Lauryn
Hill
gave a rare interview to National Public Radio’s Zoe Chace
following her
performance in Santa Rosa, Calif. over the weekend.
The singer-rapper, known for her work with the Fugees and
Grammy-winning solo album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” has
been largely off the scene since 1999. She’s only released one
album since 1998′s “Miseducation”: 2002′s “MTV Unplugged,” and
some have wondered if the artist had suffered a nervous
breakdown. |
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Source:
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Russell
Peters Awards The Inaugural $20,000 Russell Peters North Peel
Scholarship
(June 29, 2010) Toronto –
Russell Peters
presented graduating student, Randy Adams with the first Russell
Peters North Peel Scholarship at tonight's commencement at his
Alma Mater, North Peel Secondary School . The award worth
up to $ 20,000 is intended to finance up to three years of
college to a graduating student with strong academic standing
and attending a college in the fall. Adams has been
accepted into the Electrical Engineering Technician program at
Georgian College. |
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Source: Sonya Bhatia, Publicist |
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Video: Prince Honoured at BET Awards
(June 27, 2010) *Sunday at the BET Awards in Los Angeles veteran
funk-rocker
Prince
got his props and was given a lifetime achievement award. Prince
watched in the audience as Stevie Wonder paid tribute in a
video, and onstage Janelle Monae gave an energetic rendition of
his “Let’s Go Crazy” while disco diva Patti Labelle pumped out a
rousing “Purple Rain.”
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Source:
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 Bermuda
On A Budget? Westjet May Make It Possible
(May 19, 2010)
Southampton,
Bermuda—The
man approached me as I sat waiting just south of the local craft
market at the Royal Naval Dockyards for a ferry. I’ve been to
many islands and I was sure the scenario about to unfold would
end the same as the others: Do I want to buy something/try
something/give something? So from the moment the man with the
old baseball cap and grizzly salt-and-pepper beard made eye
contact with me I knew what was coming. |
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Source:
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Toronto Jazz Festival Was Musical Oasis During G20 Mayhem
(June 27, 2010) Getting the
24th annual TD Toronto Jazz Festival
off the ground in the midst of the G20
summit has been the event’s “toughest ever” challenge, says
executive producer Pat Taylor, but the downtown concerts
provided a musical oasis throughout a weekend of uncertainty and
mayhem. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com - Ashante Infantry |
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Drake Still Flying High
(June 30, 2010)
Call
it a bit of turbulence. Last week, Playboy filed a suit against
the Toronto rapper Drake
for copyright infringement on his 2009 song Best I Ever Had.
Earlier this month, he had the hip-hop community buzzing after
an offhand remark that “he feels unsafe at all times” in his
hometown since being held up at gunpoint (so much for that
street cred).
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Source: www.globeandmail.com - Katie Hewitt |
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Esthero Is Still Working On It
(June 27, 2010) The drought is almost over.
Esthero
admirers who have been jonesing for some new music
ever since 2005’s Wikked Lil Grrrls will finally get some
relief in 2010: first with Sunday’s
Lee’s Palace gig featuring
the dazzling hometown girl and her 10-piece band, and then a new
album called Everything is Expensive that she’s intent on
finishing in time for Christmas. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com - Nick Krewen |
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Peterson’s Piano Lives On In Ottawa
(June 29, 2010) Duke Ellington once called
Oscar Peterson
“the maharajah of the keyboard.” And Wednesday is the day the
Queen of Canada will pay her respects to the maharajah.
The official festivities, including a free concert as well as
speeches, are set for 1 p.m., as a prelude to Canada Day, on a
prime Ottawa corner, Albert St. at Elgin St., in front of the
National Arts Centre. |
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Source: www.thestar.com - Martin Knelman |
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BET Awards (Video): Chris Brown, T.I. Kanye and More
(June 27, 2010) *It was a night of comebacks at the BET Awards,
and none more unexpected than
Chris Brown
performing an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson.
The embattled pop star has mostly kept a low profile since
pleading guilty to felony assault for beating up Rihanna in
February 2009. But here he was, center stage, mimicking
Jackson’s signature dance moves with almost eerie accuracy. |
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Source:
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Jazz Trumpeter Dave Douglas Tackles Frankenstein
(June 24, 2010) Trumpeter/composer
Dave Douglas
has paired up with indie filmmaker Bill Morrison for an
intriguing new multimedia work that will mark its third
performance and Canadian debut at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival
next week. Spark of Being purports to be a reimagining of
Frankenstein with an original score from Douglas and his
electronic sextet Keystone, previously noted for generating new
scores for classic movies. |
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El DeBarge Debuts Music From New Album ‘Second Chance’ on
‘BET Awards’ Show
(June 27, 2010) *El
DeBarge’s
triumphant return to the stage at the 2010 “BET Awards” on June
27th was only
the beginning of life’s second chance for one of R&B Pop’s most
distinctive and popular voices.
[Scroll down to watch a short film on the making of 'Second
Chance'] |
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Source: Shorefire Media – Marilyn Laverty,
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Songbirds Draw Festival Crowds
(June 27, 2010) If the G20 frightened anyone from venturing out
to opening night of the 24th edition of the
TD
Toronto Jazz Festival,
it was the male headliners who were shortchanged.
Songbirds Nikki Yanofsky and Martha Wainwright drew sold-out
crowds to their Friday concerts (albeit at venues located
further from the summit epicentre), while instrumentalists Maceo
Parker and Sparks, League & Thomas performed to smaller
audiences than they deserved. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com - Ashante Infantry |
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Joshua Redman Performs With New Band At Toronto Jazz Festival
(June 28, 2010) Since graduating from Harvard in 1991, turning
down Yale Law School and winning the Thelonious Monk
International Jazz Saxophone Competition that same year,
Joshua Redman
has been acclaimed as one of the most talented horn players of
his generation. |
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Kenny G: He’s A Soul Man
(June 30, 2010)
Over the years, soprano
saxophonist Kenny G’s
music has drawn a lot of different listeners. He’s been played
on Top 40 stations and smooth jazz outlets, and classified as
everything from easy listening to adult contemporary. Heck, his
version of Auld Lang Syne even cracked the U.S. country
charts. |
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Source: www.globeandmail.com - J.D. Considine |
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Foul Times For Lilith Fair
(June 25, 2010) Ask
Sheryl Crow and
Sarah McLachlan,
separately, to offer up a particularly wild and crazy
antic from back in the
Lilith Fair day and each
recounts the same story: “I flashed Chrissie Hynde onstage,”
McLachlan says. “She fell onto her knees. I brought Chrissie
Hynde to her knees.” |
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Source:
www.globeandmail.com - Marsha Lederman |
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Macy Gray Tries Again
(June 30, 2010)
Whatever the reception to
Macy Gray’s
new album, she’s just happy to take responsibility.
The background material accompanying The Sellout, which
was released last week, refers to the singer’s “long,
soul-numbing journey through the music biz’s star-making
machinery” and quotes her as saying this fifth album “tells the
story of how I found my salvation in just being myself instead
of who other people thought I should be.” |
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Source: www.thestar.com -
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Ne
Yo Sets Pre Libra Scale International Tour Dates
(June 27, 2010) *Ne
Yo
is taking his “Beautiful Monster” show on the international road
for the summer.
He’ll be stopping in Australia and South America. He may even be
sneak peaking some of his new music on his fourth album, “Libra
Scale.” |
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Steven Tyler: I’m Back, And ‘I’m A Dancing Fool’
(June 28, 2010) NEW YORK —Steven
Tyler
can laugh about it now.
The fall off the stage that caused the cancellation of
Aerosmith’s 2009 summer
tour. His stint in rehab for
prescription drug abuse. The fights with his bandmates, and the
talk of replacing him as lead singer for Aerosmith.
That’s because now that he’s back at the helm of the group –
belting out songs in front of thousands of fans – nothing else
matters. |
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MUSIC
TIDBITS
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Drake’s Big Party In Town Aug. 1
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Video: Fantasia’s Soulful ‘Bittersweet’ is Anything But
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Jay-Z Em Tour Dates Added
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John Legend Makes New Joints
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Marsalis Family Earns Nation’s Highest Jazz Honour
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 Twilight 3 Is Feeling Like Same-Old
(June 29, 2010)
Twilight
is still at the kissing stage, and a bad case of “bite-us
interruptus” is starting to take hold.
As with most third instalments of a franchise (Toy Story 3
being a notable exception), Eclipse suffers from an
excess of characters and dialogue and a shortage of real plot
changes, even with Hard Candy’s sharp-eyed David Slade at
the helm. |
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Source: www.thestar.com - Peter Howell |
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Anthony Anderson F.A.C.E.S Diabetes: Actor Gets Candid About
Deadly Disease
(June 29, 2010) *Anthony
Anderson, if you knew him, would be one of the
funniest people you have ever met. Quick with a joke, a pun or a
funny story. You don’t know him? There’s a high probability that
you do not, but our Lee Bailey does. |
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Source: www.eurweb.com - By Ricardo Hazell |
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Cyrus: A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother
(June 24, 2010) The most sincere moment in any movie you are
likely to see this year comes in the twitch of an
angry neck vein. The object of his ire is
Cyrus
(Jonah Hill), the 21-year-old son of John’s new girlfriend Molly
(Marisa Tomei). The baby-faced boy-man is the title character
and pointed focus of Cyrus, the latest minimalist study
in maximum emotions from the talented brotherly team of Mark and
Jay Duplass. |
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Source:
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Helen Mirren: Queen Of The Madams
(June 28, 2010)
Helen Mirren
is the opposite of royalty in her new film, Love Ranch,
playing the madam of a
Nevada whorehouse. Yet she can’t escape her most regal role.
When her character, Grace, gets too uppity for Charlie (Joe
Pesci), her husband and brothel co-owner, he impatiently asks
her, “Who do you think you are, the Queen of England?” |
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www.thestar.com - Peter Howell |
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Katie Holmes, Suri Spotted Berry Picking In Markham
(June 28, 2010) Katie
Holmes,
actor and wife of Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, was spotted at
Whittamore’s Farm, in Markham this weekend.
Her arms were full, laden with a bag containing fresh fruit pies
and, of course, her 4-year-old Suri.
Holmes, who is here making a TV mini-series on the Kennedys,
took her daughter berry picking around 3:30 Sunday afternoon. |
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Source: www.thestar.com - Debra Black |
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Michael Douglas: Facing Act 3 Of His Famous Life
(June 25, 2010) After being romanced by Kathleen Turner, stalked
by Glenn Close and flashed by Sharron Stone,
you might think that nothing could faze
Michael Douglas.
Think again. In his latest film, Solitary Man (opening in
Toronto July 2), the 65 year-old Oscar winner finds his life
being destroyed by a young woman just out of her teens. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com - Richard Ouzounian |
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New Comedies Aren't Corner Gas, But I'll Give Them Another
Shot
(June 27, 2010) Neither one has turned out to be the next
Corner Gas — despite CTV’s best efforts to convince us
otherwise. But all the building-sized billboard images of
Hiccups’
reunited Brent Butt and Nancy Robertson, together with Dan
for Mayor’s Fred Ewanuick, cannot change the fact that both
these new sitcoms have fallen considerably short of Gas’s
admittedly unattainably high standard. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com - Rob Salem |
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It's About Time: A Canadian Edition Of Survivor
(June 27, 2010) Fire up the tiki torch and pass the Doritos. The
No. 1 show in Canada for the 2009-2010 TV
season wasn’t
American Idol, wasn’t a red hot newcomer like
Battle of the Blades or
Glee, wasn’t popular imports
Grey’s Anatomy or
House. It was a decade-old series in its 20th
edition —
Survivor. |
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 Oprah Tops Forbes Annual List Of 100 Most Powerful Celebs
(June 29, 2010) Tennis
has its player rankings. Soccer has its World Cup standings.
Celebrities have Forbes
magazine's top 100 list of
The World's Most Powerful Celebrities, which this year has
turned younger in flavour.
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Source: www.globeandmail.com - Guy Dixon |
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Larry King To Leave Nightly CNN Show After 25 Years
(June 29, 2010) NEW YORK, N.Y.—Larry
King,
who interviewed statesmen and stars from a prime-time perch at
CNN for 25 years but has faded in ratings and influence lately,
said Tuesday that he will step down this fall from his nightly
show.
“It’s time to hang up my nightly suspenders,” King said in a
message sent to fans via Twitter. |
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Source: www.thestar.com - David Bauder |
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Hangers-On And Humping Hunk Return
(June 27, 2010) The HBO comedies Hung and Entourage
return Sunday night for, respectively, their second and
seventh seasons — proving once and for all that there are no
small parts, but there are small actors.
Together, they add up to the most misogynist hour — 90 minutes,
if you lump in Monday night’s Californication — of comedy
currently on
television. |
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TV
TIDBITS
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Tyra to Create Beauty-Themed Media Brand
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The Show Does Go On, But Not Without Incident
(June 30, 2010)
Since
its premiere in 1979, David French’s
Jitters
has become a beloved part of the Canadian canon and made a
splash beyond our borders as well – so much so that critics have
used the words “perfect” and “comedy” in the same sentence when
describing it. This behind-the-scenes, backstage farce about the
pitfalls of putting on a play does have serious overtones about
the life of a performer, but it mostly goes down right because
everything that can go wrong does go hilariously wrong. |
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Source: www.globeandmail.com - James Bradshaw |
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Choreographer Helps Cirque Du Soleil Find Their Feet
(June 29, 2010) Everyone knows that the heart of
Cirque du Soleil
is in Montreal, but did you realize that its feet are in Brantford?
That’s the home of Debra Brown, the multi-talented choreographer who has
staged the musical numbers for 13 of Cirque’s shows, including
Alegria, which opens in a new, arena-style staging at the Air Canada
Centre on Wednesday night. |
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Stratford Summer Music to honour Maureen Forrester
(June 28, 2010) Stratford Summer Music is planning to pay
tribute to
Maureen Forrester
at the 2011 instalment
of the festival.
According to a news release, the tribute concert will honour
Forrester's “life and art.”
Organizers say a “likely” date for the show is July 25, 2011 –
which would have been Forrester's 81st birthday.
The contralto opera singer died earlier this month at age 79.
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Rock Of Ages Wins People’s Choice Best Show
(June 29, 2010) The hard-working and talented cast of
Rock of Ages
must have felt vindicated on Monday night when they didn’t walk
home from the Dora Awards empty-handed. Despite the jurors’
bizarre decision to only give the hit show one grudging
nomination (for choreography), the theatregoers of Toronto spoke
loud and clear by writing in the show as the unquestioned winner
of the 2010 People’s Choice Awards as Best Show of the Year. |
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 World
Cup Coverage
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Raptors Select North Carolina’s Ed Davis With 13th Pick
(June 24, 2010) NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Toronto
Raptors
selected University of North Carolina forward
Ed
Davis
with the 13th pick in the
NBA draft Thursday, a
replacement perhaps for all-star Chris Bosh and the first piece
of an uncertain roster puzzle in an off-season marked by
questions. |
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www.thestar.com - The Canadian Press |
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 LeBron Triggers NBA Free Agent Quake
(June 28, 2010) The landscape of the NBA and the competitive
balance for perhaps half a decade is at stake when the likes of
Cleveland’s
LeBron James,
Miami’s Dwyane Wade, Toronto’s Chris Bosh and Atlanta’s Joe
Johnson offer themselves to the highest bidder starting Thursday
night. |
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Isner
Wins Record-Breaking 11-Hour Wimbledon Match
(June 24, 2010) LONDON—The longest match tennis has ever seen
finally came to an end on Thursday when
American
John Isner
beat France's Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set of their
titanic battle at Wimbledon.
Isner triumphed 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 on Wimbledon's Court 18 in
a match which lasted 11 hours and five minutes. The final set
alone lasted eight hours and 11 minutes. |
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Source:
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Serena Williams Advances, Sister Venus Loses At Wimbledon
(June 29, 2010) WIMBLEDON, UNITED KINGDOM—There will be no
all-Williams final at Wimbledon this year.
Defending champion
Serena
has a good chance of playing for her fourth title on Saturday,
but big sister and five-time winner
Venus
will be a spectator this time.
Venus was ousted in the quarterfinals Tuesday, losing 6-2, 6-3
to 82nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. |
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Source: www.thestar.com
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 Top 10 Fitness Lies
Biting my tongue has become second nature to me. Why? Because I
hear endless questions like this: “If I
purchase one of those ab machines I see on late-night
infomercials, will that make my stomach flatter?” Or, “If I lift
light weights and perform a lot of repetitions per set, will
that get me a defined body like Madonna?” |
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Source: Raphael Calzadilla, eDiets Chief Fitness Pro |
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 Motivational Note
"The
greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in
rising every time we fall."
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Source: - Nelson Mandela |
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Have a great week!
Dawn
Langfield
Langfield
Entertainment
www.langfieldentertainment.com
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