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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to perform work inspired by music of Grateful Dead

BALTIMORE - When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra warms up a week from Friday, the musicians will be clad in their usual summer attire: White dinner jackets and bow ties for the men, white tops and bl...

Buddy Guy is fierce and inspired on first albums of originals, 'Skin Deep'

Buddy Guy "Skin Deep" (Silvertone/Zomba) Blues may be an ageless music, but most players ease into old age with relaxed grace. Not Buddy Guy, who sounds as distinctively piercing on "Skin Deep" ...

X-ray shows Picasso's 'Guernica' painting has suffered a lot but is not in danger

MADRID, Spain - Picasso's masterpiece "Guernica" depicts intense suffering, but its own health is not in danger. That's the diagnosis after the first X-ray of Pablo Picasso's 20th century anti-war ...

Obama's young daughters have clear rules at home: People Magazine

WASHINGTON - The rules in the Obama household for Malia and Sasha are clear-cut: -"No whining, arguing or annoying teasing," their mother, Michelle Obama, told People Magazine. -Make the bed. "D...

Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell'in 37th novel 'My Sister, My Love'

"My Sister, My Love" By Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco) Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fic...

Firm sues Courtney Love over Nirvana catalogue sale

LOS ANGELES - A business management and accounting firm sued Courtney Love for nearly $1 million on Tuesday, claiming she failed to pay them a share of profits from the sale of Nirvana's publishing ca...

Jonas Brothers buy house in Dallas-Fort Worth area

WESTLAKE, Texas - The Jonas Brothers are reported to have bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb - and some young neighbours sound thrilled. Tarrant County records obtained by The Dallas Morn...

One of only two females among remaining nine Canadian Idol hopefuls eliminated

TORONTO - There's one lone female remaining among the final eight contestants on Canadian Idol. Tuesday night's results show saw Katherine St-Laurent eliminated from the competition. The CTV pro...

Mulder, Scully creators believe 'X-Files' audience will flock to new film

LOS ANGELES - Some Mulder and Scully fans were dubious when the title for the new movie based on their favourite TV show was announced: "The X-Files: I Want to Believe." How, the skeptics wondered,...

'Gossip Girl' television series will launch new racy promos

NEW YORK - "Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap. The show's second season begins Sept...