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Arts & Entertainment at a Glance
Headlines
- Zukerman extends NAC Orchestra contract
- Pinchas Zukerman has renewed his contract as the National Arts Centre Orchestra music director for another four years.
- Toronto baritone wins Met competition
- Toronto-born baritone Elliot Madore is still on a high after being selected as one of five winners at Sunday's Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
- Big Star musician Alex Chilton dies
- Singer-guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen during the 1960s and later became a cult hero with Big Star, has died at age 59.
- Keys, Peas will rock FIFA crowds
- Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas and a dozen other artists have been announced for a concert to be performed in Johannesburg during the World Cup.
- Junkhouse guitarist Achen dies playing hockey
- Dan Achen, who used to play with the rocker band Junkhouse, has died at the age of 51 while playing a game of pickup hockey.
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Entertainment news from Canadian Press
- Fess Parker, idol of baby boomers as Davy Crockett, dies in California at 85
- Music videos are an endangered species on TV but online they're thriving
- Music producer files $30M lawsuit against Grammy Award-winning singer Lady Gaga in NYC court
- 'Twilight' stars keep busy with fan conventions between movie releases
- Is clock ticking on "22 Minutes"? Show appears to be on the bubble for renewal
- After sweeping Hollywood's awards season, Oscar winner Sandra Bullock plagued by private drama
- With NBC part of his past, Conan O'Brien in talks with Fox for a new show
- Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie among writers to be featured at literature event in NYC
- 'Davy Crockett' and 'Daniel Boone' star-turned-developer Fess Parker dead at 85
- Alex Chilton, who sang 'The Letter' and influenced generation of musicians with Big Star, dies
Media news from Canadian Press
- Christiane Amanpour replaces Stephanopoulos for ABC Sunday morning job
- CRTC says private conventional TV stations booked $116.4 million loss last year
- Cable companies see profit rise, TV networks take another hit
- An old soldier remembers well and a footnote to history stands corrected
- Obama spars with Fox News anchor during interview punctuated by interruptions and chiding
- World newspapers critical of Tiger Woods' return to golf at next month's Masters
- Printer, publisher Transcontinental posts Q1 profit despite 11 pct revenue drop
- Paralympic closing ceremonies go from no-show to live-show on CTV
- IPad subscriptions could boost magazine circulation under new audit rules
- Huge television audiences expected as Tiger Woods returns from golf hiatus
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- Fess Parker of Davey Crockett fame dies
- Actor Fess Parker, who played American frontier heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, died Thursday. He was 85.
- Beaverbrook Foundation faces money woes
- The Beaverbrook U.K. Foundation may have to sell some of its assets to pay mounting legal bills stemming from its seven-year dispute with Fredericton's art gallery, an audit has revealed.
- Canadian broadcasters lost money in 2009
- Financial data on Canada's private broadcasters confirms a steep slide in industry profitability and revenues in 2009.
- Big Star musician Alex Chilton dies
- Singer-guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen during the 1960s and later became a cult hero with Big Star, has died at age 59.
- French photographer wins $46K prize
- French photographer Sophie Ristelhueber has won this year's Deutsche Borse Photography prize.
- Crime novelist sued by Parisian fabric store
- French mystery writer Lalie Walker is being sued for defamation by the owners of the well-known Parisian fabric store where she set her latest crime novel.
- CBC literary award winners revealed
- Winners of the 2009 CBC Literary Awards have been announced, with six winners each for previously unpublished English and French works in creative non-fiction, poetry and short story.
- Toronto baritone wins Met competition
- Toronto-born baritone Elliot Madore is still on a high after being selected as one of five winners at Sunday's Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
- Slam poet's Olympic performance hits home
- The poet who touched hearts with his moving tribute to Canada during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies says he's been caught by surprise by the warm reaction to his work.
- N.B. artist looking to sell 2 m eagle carved on whim
- A New Brunswick artist is looking to sell a massive wooden eagle he carved on a whim.
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