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September 4,
2008
Welcome to full throttle September! So much going on that there's
hardly time to catch your breath! And of course, NOW the
weather decides to cooperate!
Lots of TIFF activities and movies to check out so ensure that you
get the chance to peruse the schedule. And back to school for so
many - continued success in your studies.
For those that are curious, my recovery is going well and I'm
walking on a cane now and I'll be returning to work at the end of
this month. Thanks for your prayers, concerns and wishes.
Tons of entertainment news on all fronts this week!
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.gif) Michael J. Fox a Canadian Returns For Walk Of Fame
(September 02, 2008)
Michael J. Fox
may have become a U.S. citizen a few years back, but when it came to the
recent Beijing Olympics, the Edmonton-born actor was cheering for the
Canucks all the way. "In my heart, I'm a
Canadian, I'll always be a
Canadian," he said in a recent telephone interview from Long Island,
N.Y. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com
- Andrea Baillie,
The Canadian Press |
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 Usain Bolt Eases To 100 Win
(August
29, 2008)
ZURICH, Switzerland –
Usain Bolt
returned to the
track after the Olympics to win the 100 metres in 9.83 seconds
at the Weltklasse meet on Friday.
The superstar of the Beijing Games was merely excellent on a
night when his performance was upstaged by 18-year-old Pamela
Jelimo of Kenya, who
clocked 1:54.01 in the women's 800, the
fastest time in more than two decades to become the third
fastest in history at the distance. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com
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The Associated Press |
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 LeBron
James Heads To Toronto For Big Screen Debut
(September 03, 2008) CLEVELAND–LeBron
James
has gone from the gold-medal stand to the silver screen. The Cleveland
Cavaliers' megastar, fresh off
helping the U.S. basketball team win gold
at the Beijing Olympics, will be at the Toronto International Film
Festival this weekend for the debut of
More Than A Game |
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Source:
www.thestar.com -
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Historic First: Obama Nominated By
Democrats
(August 27,
2008)
DENVER (Reuters) - To shouts of "Yes we can,"
Democrats nominated
Barack Obama on
Wednesday as their presidential candidate in a
historic first
for a black American, sending him into battle against Republican
John McCain. |
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Source:
www.eurweb.com
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Steve Holland, Reuters US Online Report Politics News |
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Grandfather Of Paparazzi Reflects On
Storied Career
(August
31,
2008)
Marlon Brando knocked out his teeth. Jackie Onassis
took him to court. You know his photos even if you don't know
his name. He has photographed Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Redford,
Frank Sinatra and Dustin
Hoffman and countless other stars in
unguarded moments.
He is
Ron Galella,
the grandfather of paparazzi, a self-described "artist with a
camera" and his work is the subject of an exhibit at the
Roots flagship store. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com
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Malene Arpe,
Pop Culture Writer |
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 Bliss in Bermuda
Steeped in British tradition and oozing its own unique charm,
Bermuda
is a serene sliver of sunny Shangri-la and a short commute to a world
away. With
azure water, rolling hilltops, architecture swathed in
tropical hues and glorious stretches of sandy beach, it is, indeed, the
Caribbean’s hip haven for rejuvenation. |
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By Melanie Reffes |
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 A Veteran Of Funk And Soul Turns To Klezmer
(August 28, 2008)
Fred Wesley
has had a varied career.
The 65-year-old Alabama native played piano and trumpet before
making his professional debut on trombone with a local big band
at age 12. He cut his teeth with Ike and Tina
Turner, Hank
Ballard and U.S. army bands before launching his own R&B/ hard
bop band, the Mastersound, in 1967. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com - Ashante Infantry,
Pop & Jazz Critic |
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More Than Coffee At This Canadian Music
Café
(August 30, 2008)
So it was no big surprise to Toronto-based film and TV music
supervisor Michael Perlmutter – he built the soundtracks for the
TV series Queer As Folk and DeGrassi: The Next
Generation, and helped put the music together for the
Gemini-nominated Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala – that
more
than 200 Canadian songwriters and artists responded to the
industry-wide call for submissions to participate in the
fourth-annual
Canadian Music Café. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com - Greg Quill,
Entertainment Columnist |
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Grammy Award Winning Soweto Gospel Choir's New Project
(August 25, 2008) On Sept 16 the
Soweto Gospel Choir
will
simultaneously release their new CD/DVD 'Live at the Nelson
Mandela Theatre.'
It comes just in
time for their Oct. 3rd 48-city North American
tour kick-off, which will run through the holiday season - a
first for the Choir in America.
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Source:
www.eurweb.com
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In The End, Her Voice Will Go On
(August
29, 2008)
One of the most obvious trends in the music scene
over the past couple of years has been the aggrandizement of the
live concert experience.
And somewhere in the middle of this visual cacophony is Celine
herself, moving energetically from side to side (to side to
side) of the stage, and down the
runways to the smaller stages,
until keeping up with her movements becomes a sort of Where's
Waldo? exercise (if Waldo had a five-octave vocal range, that
is). |
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Source:
www.globeandmail.com
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Alan Neister |
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Michael Jackson Turns 50, Shadow Of Superstar Self
(August
29, 2008)
LOS
ANGELES– Singer
Michael Jackson
turned 50
Friday, a shadow of the superstar once known as the "King of
Pop" whose records thrilled
millions before his bizarre personal
life eclipsed his musical brilliance. |
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Source:
www.thestar.com
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Jill Serjeant,
Reuters |
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Latest Pop Sensations Are Anything But Stationary
(August
29, 2008)
Mason Musso has only been a pop star for a couple of
months, but that doesn't mean the 19-year-old isn't capable of
nostalgia.
"It was different when we were just making music in my basement
... I kinda miss it," says
Metro
Station's
Musso from the road, en route to Toronto. "There's (people) in
my family who are getting older and I'm kinda missing out on
that." |
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Source:
www.thestar.com
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Garnet Fraser,
Toronto Star |
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New Courses Help Kids Tune In To Language
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