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Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. In a...Tags: Saudi Arabia, International Organizations, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Health Organizations, Politics
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Eifman's sudsy 'Rodin' full of startling dance
Boris Eifman's work is always surprising, stumbling here and there, maybe, but determined to recycle classical ballet into new shapes, with novel plot lines. He and his Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, which played the Auditorium Theatre over the...
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Cannes 2013: Opening night welcomes 'Great Gatsby,' Euro-style
CANNES, France -- The movie world feted an old friend Wednesday night, or at least an old sport. Two weeks after celebrating Baz Luhrmann's big-budget adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel with a throwback party at the Plaza Hotel in New York,...Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Music, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Iron Man 3 (movie), Midnight in Paris (movie)
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John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'
John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
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Leonardo DiCaprio of 'Gatsby' tells Cannes he has a new point of view on the American tale
Associated PressCANNES, France (AP) — Like millions of others, Leonardo DiCaprio read and loved "The Great Gatsby" as a teenager. But he says he only recently began to understand it. The star of Baz Luhrmann's kaleidoscopic screen adaptation, said reading F. Scott...Tags: Entertainment, Leonardo DiCaprio, Literature, Film Festivals, Joel Edgerton
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'Great Gatsby' stars dazzle despite damp Cannes opening
ReutersCANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival conjured up the "Roaring Twenties" on Wednesday with a glamorous opening night premiere of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby", complete with dancers in flapper dresses on the red carpet and umbrellas to...Tags: Literature, Ethan Coen, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan
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66 finalists named for lucrative Knight Arts Challenge grants
One of the remarkable things about the 66 finalists announced Monday for the annual Knight Arts Challenge grants is their range, both artistically and geographically. Over the course of five years, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has...
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Fine dining stakes claim in Berwyn
To corrupt an old saying, the good Lord never closes a condo without opening a bungalow.
Berwyn is on the rise. The financial crisis has turned the near west suburb into a hot spot of affordable housing, and young couples and families are crowding in....Tags: Restaurants, CLTV News, Spiaggia, Pancakes, Dining and Drinking
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Cannes set to ditch austerity with "Great Gatsby" launch
Reuters* "The Great Gatsby" offers chance of lavish launch * Cannes film festival has grown closer to Hollywood * Spielberg heads jury that includes Nicole Kidman By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, France, May 15 (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival may get some...Tags: Literature, Ethan Coen, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Carey Mulligan, Cannes Film Festival
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CORRECTED-FEATURE-Rumours, grief and questions: A virus ravages a Saudi family
Reuters(Removes erroneous reference to deaths in France, para 7) By Angus McDowall HOFUF, Saudi Arabia, May 12 (Reuters) - On the third day after his father's death from a respiratory infection, Hussein al-Sheikh began to feel feverish. Shortly afterwards,...Tags: Literature, Vaccines, Diabetes, France, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor
Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....
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Frank Black Plays The Spaceland Ballroom on May 15th
Frank Black Wed., May 15 p.m. $20. The Spaceland Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. (203) 288-6400. spacelandballroom.com Charles Thompson (a.k.a. Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis, a.k.a. the frontman for the Pixies) is a straight-shooter. When...
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