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ReutersHas Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' Album Gone Platinum Before Its Release? By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jay-Z once spit, "I deserve platinum plaques, to match my bezel." And while the rapper's got a bunch of those (and plenty of bezels),...Tags: Lotus (music group), Joint Ventures, International Military Interventions, Muhammad Ali, Mamma Mia! (movie)
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Chinese state media chide U.S. over Edward Snowden's allegations
BEIJING -- Officially, the Chinese government has nothing at all to say about Edward Snowden. But unofficially, it is only too happy to dump on the United States. After days of silence, state media have let loose with a barrage of criticism concerning...Tags: Politics, China, Electronics, Edward Snowden, Human Rights
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Snowden's spying allegations spur Chinese to criticize U.S.
BEIJING — Officially, the Chinese government has nothing to say about Edward Snowden. But unofficially, its representatives are only too happy to dump on the United States. Chinese state media have let loose with a barrage of criticism of the...
Tags: Politics, China, Edward Snowden, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Summer movie evenings at PFAC
The Peninsula Fine Arts Center will screen movies on three evenings this summer in the gallery, beginning Thursday, June 20. According to the center, “Art After 5 Movie Series” includes three films about the art world. Screenings are June 20,...
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Bringing art to the middle class in China
BEIJING — As the world's top collectors, gallerists and dealers converged in Hong Kong a week ago for Art Basel, the city's inaugural edition of one of the world's premier art shows, a very different kind of art venture was launching in the...Tags: Artists, Arts, Starbucks Corp., Fine Artists, China
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World's largest Lego sculpture lands in New York; California's next
The world’s largest Lego model, an X-wing starfighter, has landed in Times Square with enough cockpit space for Luke Skywalker. The life-size model weighs 46,000 pounds and spans 43 feet from tip to tale, which is about the size of the ship...Tags: Times Square, Entertainment, LEGO Group, Czech Republic, Music
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Ai Weiwei releases profanity-filled music video
Not surprisingly, Ai Weiwei's new music video features wall-to-wall profanity and an aggressive anger aimed at China's ruling Communist party. The celebrated Chinese artist has released a new heavy-metal music video about the 81 days he spent in...
Tags: Artists, Prisons, Entertainment, Arts, Apple iTunes
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Can you hear me now? Symphony plays 'Carmen' on mobile devices
First the Bard on iPad and now an all-digital symphony? In an ad for a European bank, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra played "Carmen" entirely on smartphones and tablets. The 2 1/2-minute spot shows Czech conductor Libor Pesek stepping up to the...Tags: Entertainment, Culture, Music Industry, Music, Apple iPhone
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China milk powder firms court foreign cachet for domestic gains
ReutersBy Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI, May 23 (Reuters) - The rolling green hills and gurgling blonde toddlers in the ads for Yashili International Holdings Ltd underscore how keen China's biggest milk powder producers are to appear global to emerge from the shadow...Tags: Canterbury, Abbott Laboratories, China, Consumers, Corporate Performance
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Chinese hail planned return of bronze heads by French billionaire
BEIJING-- The rabbit and the rat are finally coming home. Two bronze heads that were looted from Beijing’s old Summer Palace in 1860 are to be returned to China this year by a French billionaire who acquired them from Christie’s auction...Tags: Arts, Museums, China, Francois-Henri Pinault, Francois Hollande
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Two new lovers named for Broadway's 'Once'
Producers have again rotated the lead lovers in the Tony-winning musical “Once.” Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie, both from Britain, will make their Broadway debuts Tuesday in the roles of Guy and Girl, respectively. The pair replace...
Tags: The New York Times, Once (musical), BBC
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Ai Weiwei stage play gets favorable reviews in London
There have been a number of stage plays devoted to the lives of visual artists -- Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso and Mark Rothko have all received the grand theatrical treatment. But Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is unlike the others in that he is a bonafide...Tags: Artists, Entertainment, Twitter, Inc., London Theatre, Theater
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