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October 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES — Organizers of the Academy Awards are ironing out the logistics of moving the ceremony up to late January or early February starting in 2012, and the potentially accelerated schedule means Oscar voters may be watching contending films — and voting for the winners — on their laptops.
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Academy looks to move 2012 Oscar ceremony up several weeks
October 6, 2010
When Michael Feinstein was almost too small to climb onto the bench, he pulled himself up to the family piano and started to play. The Feinstein home in Columbus, Ohio, was always full of popular music — his father sang; his mother was an amateur tap dancer — and little Michael somehow knew just how to place his fingers to create those same notes and chords.
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Feinstein plays preservationist for American musical history
October 6, 2010
Dear Abby: My boyfriend, “Ronnie,” and I have a very active and “different” sex life. I’m happy I have found someone who is so compatible, but it has also presented a problem for me when we’re out with friends.
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Dear Abby: Woman wants her boyfriend to hang up his party line
August 21, 2010
As summer ends in a month, ZeMis’ Fall-Winter collection for 2010-2011 bursts in glorious splendor with natural stones playfully mixed in with sparkling crystals and glass beads, forming whimsical yet elegant statement neckpieces. ZeMis’ narrower but more specialized anthology of designer accessories for this season entitled “Elements of Nature,” is a throw back to the ancient times when philosophers, astrologers and [PR.com]
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Earth-Friendly Designer Accessories for Fall-Winter 2010-2011 at ZeMis
August 14, 2010
With the recent launch of ZeMis’s Fall-Winter 2010-1011 Designer Accessories collection entitled “Elements of Nature,” the online green store is eager to present the first of the series entitled – Water – Giver of Life. The mini-collection is composed of wired necklaces and pendants made largely of freshwater pearls, red coral and various shells, wonderfully hand wired with Swarovski crystals and glass beads. [PR.com]
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Water-Themed Designer Accessories for Fall-Winter 2010-2011 at ZeMis
August 12, 2010
Liz Gilbert is the type of character I am drawn to in real life, or in the case of “Eat Pray Love,” a person whom I truly admire from a distance. Based on Gilbert’s memoir, “Eat Pray Love” is, at its simplest, the story of one woman’s search for herself.
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Roberts satisfies with emotional performance in ‘Eat, Pray, Love’
August 12, 2010
The Hampton Beach Children’s Festival kicks off Monday for a week-long party at which kids rule and the fun is free. The festival starts with a magic show and continues throughout the week with everything from face painting to live music and a talent show. It culminates in a costume parade for which every participating child gets a prize, such as stuffed animals, a kite or other toy.
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Fun for Little Folks
August 9, 2010
Dear Abby: My widowed father-in-law is 77 and my mom is 71. I try to spend time with them so they won’t be lonely. The problem is they now have only one interest — gambling
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Dear Abby: Daughter wants to spend time, not money, with gambling mom
July 13, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters says she is “fully recovered” just two months after open heart surgery. Walters made her first TV appearance Monday since the procedure in May to replace a faulty valve. She checked in with her fellow panelists on ABC’s “The View.”
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Walters: I’m fully recovered from heart surgery
July 13, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s quarter-century run on daytime TV may be accompanied by a TV film dramatizing her life. Veteran producer Larry A. Thompson said Monday the planned two- or four-hour Winfrey film will be based on Kitty Kelley’s tell-all biography
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Winfrey biopic based on Kitty Kelley book planned
July 12, 2010
Dear Abby: My parents are both in their 80s, and I try to stay in touch with them as often as possible. Unfortunately, one issue I cannot get through to them is when to call 911 for help. Example: If Mom trips and falls, Dad needs to call 911 rather than struggle to help her up.
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Dear Abby: Aging parents’ go-it-alone attitude can be dangerous
July 2, 2010
ZeMis has successfully priced its timeless designer accessories to attract stylish buyers who appreciate nature made accessories that make a statement, yet are classic in form. For the entire month of July, ZeMis will be offering its complete collection from Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer 2010 at 50% off. [PR.com]
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ZeMis’ Handmade Designer Accessories at 50% Off
June 3, 2010
LAWRENCE — Leslie Costello sits barefoot at a paint-splattered table in the Essex Art Center, remembering the moment when she saw the city of Lawrence emerging over the skyline as she approached it in an airplane.
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Artists to gather in Lawrence on Saturday for New Paint fundraiser
June 3, 2010
The end of April was Michael Franti’s 10-year anniversary of going shoeless. Even in the winter time, he goes shoe-free. “I always carry a pair of flip flops in a little bag for places that require shoes,” said Franti, the frontman of Michael Franti and Spearhead, who play the House of Blues in Boston on Friday
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Music with a message: Michael Franti and Spearhead play the House of Blues on Friday
June 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Zach Braff will return to the stage this summer in the off-Broadway comedy “Trust,” a new play by Paul Weitz that explores the corrosive effect of power in relationships. Previews begin July 23 at the Second Stage Theatre. “Trust” will open Aug.
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Zach Braff to star in off-Broadway comedy ‘Trust’
May 31, 2010
Dear Abby: I had to write regarding “Doc in Distress” (March 26), who allowed a critically wounded comrade to push him away so he could save others. I spent eight years as a combat medic in the Army.
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Dear Abby: Combat medic’s hard choice wins praise and veneration
May 30, 2010
For some audiences, it’s a pure nightmare transferred to the screen, an apocalyptic vision of a future where the dead come back to life and feed on the living. For others, the thrill of watching the undead against the living is sheer, bloody brilliance
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A Q&A with zombie movie master George Romero
May 9, 2010
A movie franchise can only take us by surprise once, and by that measure, “Iron Man 2″ is a preordained letdown. But so much of what gave the first film its gas — the sass, the pizzazz, the ironic amusement of cast and script at the very idea of a rich, party-animal arms dealer (Robert Downey Jr.) remaking himself and the world with an ultimate-weapon armored suit — is still here. If the morality, the pathos of death, the tenderness of the would-be romance between Tony Stark/Iron Man and his assistant, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), are missing, “Iron Man 2″ is still a fun ride.
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Sequel a bit of a letdown, but still a "fun ride"
May 9, 2010
Mickey Rourke was jailed on a recent trip to Russia. That wouldn’t be news, except this time the hell-raising actor was doing research. His voluntary three-hour lockup in Moscow’s notorious Butyrka Prison was part of his preparation to play Ivan Vanko, an inventor-turned-convict-turned-bionic-bad-guy, in “Iron Man 2.”
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Mickey Rourke wrestled with Russian role for ‘Iron Man 2′
May 9, 2010
High school may mark the beginning of adulthood, but in the fictitious town of Dillon, Texas, it’s primarily the time one is forced to abandon childish things, whether it’s the roar of adoring football fans or the notion that you’ll live happily ever after with the hottie from your homeroom.
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‘Friday Night Lights’ continues to reinvent itself