Arts + Entertainment
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week in 1990
This week 24 years ago the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart was an eclectic mix of rock, pop and R&B. The...
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Honey Maid features gay parents in ‘wholesome family’ ad
We suddenly have the urge to buy some graham crackers. Honey Maid’s latest advertisement centers on the idea of “wholesome” — from its wholesome snacks,...
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‘Game of Thrones’ actor comes out
Kristian Nairn, one of the stars of Game of Thrones, has come out as gay in an interview with Winter Is Coming, a fansite dedicated...
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Review – South Park: Stick of Truth
Let’s get this out of the way first: if you’re coming to South Park: The Stick of Truth because you like turn-based RPGs, you’re going to be...
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Unromantic Comedies
Have you ever nodded off at the theater? Do you worry that you might be particularly prone to doing just that during Shakespeare, the bard...
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Rah-Rah for Rye Rye
''My show is really high-energy, a lot of dancing -- Baltimore club dancing,'' Rye Rye says. Anyone who's seen the Charm City rapper perform knows...
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Anglophilic
''All three of these choreographers are at the top of their game,'' Septime Webre says, referring to Trey McIntyre, Christopher Bruce and Christopher Wheeldon. As...
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British broadcaster celebrates same-sex marriage with a musical gay wedding
British broadcaster Channel 4 is celebrating the start of same-sex weddings in England and Wales in the most appropriate way possible: by televising an hour-long...
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Classic album revisited: Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” turns 25
Twenty-five years ago this March, after months of feverish anticipation, one of the most successful pop albums of the ‘80s hit stores with a whiff...
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Flashback: Cold War songs of the ’80s
With the escalating tensions between Russia and the US and Europe over the developing situation in Ukraine, thoughts of the Cold War surge back into...
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Ellen Burstyn to star as “Earthy lesbian” in Amy Poehler pilot ‘Old Soul’
Deadline is reporting that Ellen Burstyn has joined the cast of Amy Poehler’s NBC comedy pilot Old Soul. The Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning Burstyn...
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Bob Mould celebrates his silver anniversary at the 9:30 Club
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Mould, the lead singer and guitarist of the pioneering alt-rock band Hüsker Dü and also the pioneering power-pop band Sugar released...
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Oscar's Glamorous Night
''It's not your regular old Oscar party,'' Michael Fowler says of Glamour, Glitter & Gold. ''It's The DC Center's Oscar party – but on hyper-drive.''...
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Big Apple’s Late-Bloomer
''Sometimes people get this idea in their head,'' blogger and journalist Kenneth Walsh says. ''Oh, if I get a nose job, my life will be...
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Creative Capital
''It's a great place for people who are interested in starting to build a collection,'' Lisa Gold says of Select 2014. ''Or people who are...
