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By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 27,2003 12:51 a.m.

PARIS -- Much of Paris' opera and theater world closed its doors Tuesday, as thousands of artists and musicians took to the streets in a protest against government plans to change their unemployment insurance benefits. NEW YORK -- Screenwriter Nora Ephron is this year's recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Writers Guild of America, East. LOS ANGELES -- Filmmaker Roman Polanski's work should be judged on its merits, not on his crime, the victim of a 1977 sexual assault wrote in an op-ed article.

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Grand jury opens investigation into Rhode Island nightclub disaster, deaths

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 27,2003 12:48 a.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A grand jury opened an investigation Wednesday into the nightclub inferno that killed 97 people, and members of the heavy metal group whose pyrotechnics are suspected of starting the fire could testify as early as Thursday. At least two members of the band Great White were seen entering the National Guard training center in East Greenwich where the grand jury met behind closed doors.

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Monologues for the future

By Jane Charney · Thursday, Feb. 27,2003 12:47 a.m.

Last year, Ben Barone worked as an usher for a performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues." Being a male, he could not perform in the show and did not have any other opportunity to help with V-Day, a national effort to abolish violence against women and girls. Now a sophomore, Barone not only is performing a new monologue, but he also co-wrote it with Bloomington residents Patrick Kinsman and Clint Wolfe.

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Maggie Smith makes a Broadway comeback

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 26,2003 12:02 a.m.

LONDON -- Maggie Smith will return to Broadway for the first time in over 13 years late this fall in the David Hare play "The Breath of Life," the play's producer, Robert Fox, said Tuesday. But she won't be joined by her co-star, Judi Dench, who prefers to stay home in England, Fox said.

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Guggenheim art oozes jelly

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 26,2003 12:02 a.m.

NEW YORK -- "The Cremaster Cycle" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is New York's art happening of the year, combining highbrow and high camp with a bit of blarney.

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TV host plays Bloomington bar

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Wednesday, Feb. 26,2003 12:01 a.m.

Paul Gilmartin from the popular TV show "Dinner and a Movie" graced Bear's Comedy Caravan stage with his presence Monday night. The stand-up comedian decided to stop in Bloomington and visit his old stomping grounds. Dressed in everyday attire and reading a newspaper, he seemed at home.

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Grammys become a family tradition

By Neelesh Misra · Tuesday, Feb. 25,2003 12:13 a.m.

NEW DELHI, India -- While Norah Jones' music is little known in most of India, her sweep at the Grammys brought a wave of pride and cheer to a home in southern New Delhi, where her father sat watching the awards ceremony. Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the 82-year-old sitarist who's India's best known musician.

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Four's a charm for 'Cats'

By Meredith Hahn · Monday, Feb. 24,2003 11:45 p.m.

"Cats," the longest running musical in Broadway history and winner of seven Tony awards, plays the IU Auditorium at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday. Since its opening at the New London Theater nearly 23 years ago, "Cats" has been seen by over 8 million people in 26 countries. This week's performances will add more people to that already impressive number.

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By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 23,2003 11:55 p.m.

The 11th annual Comic Relief will take place at 8 p.m. tonight at Kilroy's Sports Bar. The proceeds of this event will fund Shelter Inc.'s work of providing shelter to area individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

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Action flick clings to gold

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, Feb. 23,2003 11:53 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Serious film proved no match for a daredevil and a big old frat party. Ben Affleck's superhero adventure "Daredevil" remained the No. 1 movie for the second straight weekend with $18.9 million, pushing its 10-day total to $70.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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MTV to cover Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Sunday, Feb. 23,2003 11:50 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The network of Eminem and "The Osbournes" is getting ready for war, too. Much like the broadcast and cable news networks, MTV is laying out plans to cover a potential war with Iraq, expecting to be both a news source and sounding board for teenagers and young adults.

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Recalling a half-century of music

By Anita Snow · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 11:53 p.m.

HAVANA -- When 85-year-old trombone master Generoso Jimenez learned he was up for a Grammy, he flashed back to a night more than a half-century ago when legendary band leader Benny More shouted a compliment that became the title of his award-nominated album.

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IU alum Jane Pauley leaves NBC

By David Bauder · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 11:52 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Jane Pauley, who began her NBC career as a 25-year-old "Today" show anchor and has been "Dateline NBC" host for a decade, said Thursday she's quitting in June to pursue new opportunities.

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Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 11:50 p.m.

Nobel prize winner collaborates on slave opera DETROIT -- Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison is collaborating on an opera based on the life of an escaped slave who tried to kill her family to avoid returning to captivity.

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The tale of 'gutsy' Phil

By Jessica Palmer · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 11:48 p.m.

Somewhere between the realms of true brilliance and utter insanity lies a thin line. A line that legendary music producer Phil Spector has fought to balance upon for most of his life. But alas, insanity seems to have finally gotten the best of one of rock's most famous madmen.

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By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 12:22 a.m.

LONDON -- Kenneth Branagh is returning to the London stage for the first time in more than a decade. The National Theater announced Wednesday that the actor and director will star in "Edmond," a David Mamet play that's being revived at the National this summer.

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'My Big Fat Greek' TV honeymoon

By Alyson Brodsy and Bob Thomas · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 12:19 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- They pour out of Nia Vardalos' compact dressing room like a crowd leaving an ocean liner stateroom in a Marx Brothers comedy. They are her big fat Greek family.

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CBS and Fox fight for No. 1 spot

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 12:18 a.m.

NEW YORK -- With a week to go in the February ratings "sweeps" period, Fox is poised for its first-ever victory among television viewers ages 18 to 49. CBS is leading among all viewers during this period, where ratings are watched closely to set advertising rates, with Fox and NBC neck-and-neck for second.

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By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 18,2003 11:53 p.m.

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Billy Bob Thornton will be honored Saturday with the Horton Foote Special Achievement Award for Screenplay Writing. LONDON -- Hollywood hunk George Clooney is proving as popular in the director's chair as he is onscreen.

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