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'Hack' brought back for second season

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:13 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- It's sweltering and he's wearing a buttoned-down shirt and blue jeans, but actor David Morse appears cool as he hops out of his cab and saunters up the steps of a row house on the set of "Hack" in West Philadelphia.

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Jazz festival honors legend

By Alyson Brodsy and Jane Charney · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:11 a.m.

Brent Wallarab was still in high school when he first heard a live jazz performance. He had been playing in the school's band, but jazz wasn't something the orchestra performed.

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Avoiding the 'fall fumble'

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrice Worthy · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:11 a.m.

Monday is not only the start of another school year, but it is also Labor Day, a national holiday celebrated by vacationing workers all over the U.S. While many people will be spending the day in bathing suits and summer dresses, here in Bloomington, we will wake up with the dreaded decision of what to wear to class.

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Jackson plans on opening estate

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 28,2003 1:50 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Like a real-life Willy Wonka, Michael Jackson has announced plans to open his carnival-style Neverland Ranch estate to 500 guests.

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Toby Keith leads CMA nominees

By Alyson Brodsy and John Gerome · Thursday, Aug. 28,2003 1:48 a.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Toby Keith got seven nominations for the Country Music Association Awards Tuesday, with Johnny Cash picking up four, two involving his rendition of a song by rock act Nine Inch Nails.

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Allen debuts film in Venice

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 28,2003 1:46 a.m.

VENICE, Italy -- Woody Allen has a past in Venice: The 67-year-old filmmaker got married here, he's filmed in the canal city and he's won awards here. But never before has he turned up at the world's longest-running film fest -- until now.

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PAINTING FOR LIFE

By Alyson Brodsy and Joelle Petrus · Thursday, Aug. 28,2003 1:46 a.m.

Wayne Manns says he probably has more paintings on campus than any other living IU artist. The Arts Administration graduate student and oil painter has been using a paintbrush and canvas as his means for political expression, and not even a serious medical diagnosis can stop him.

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Iconic college film turns 25

By Alyson Brodsy and Anthony Breznican · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2003 2:17 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Maybe you were the beer-belching omnivore Bluto, the fun-loving yet responsible Katy, the smooth ladies' man Otter, the cackling anarchist D-Day or the geeky romantic Pinto.

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PBS film looks at gay kids

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2003 2:16 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- In this summer of lighthearted gay-themed programming, a new PBS documentary is a reminder of how disconnected glossy TV images can be from real life.

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A world of opportunities

By Joelle Petrus · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2003 2:01 a.m.

With a wide range of venues both on and off campus, finding culture in Bloomington is merely a matter of keeping your eyes open. Because the vitality of this area permeates deep into the IU experience, we here at the Arts desk have dedicated ourselves to reflecting the vibrance of the arts community.

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Around The Arts

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:05 p.m.

French director Jacques Deray dies at 74 in Paris PARIS -- French director Jacques Deray, known for classic thrillers and police movies, died at home in a Paris suburb, his family said Sunday. He was 74. Deray made nine films starring actor Alain Delon, notably "La Piscine," (The Swimming Pool), a 1968 psychological drama set in a villa in the beach resort of Saint-Tropez. Austrian actress Romy Schneider also appeared in it.

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Newsroom minorities fall

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:03 p.m.

DALLAS -- In just two years, the percentage of minorities in television newsrooms nationwide has dropped from 25 percent to 18 percent, according to an annual survey. Leaders of three groups of journalists, speaking Friday at the National Association of Black Journalists' national convention in Dallas, called the decline highly alarming and pledged to work together to increase minority participation in television and radio newsrooms.

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Tap dancer Gregory Hines dies of cancer at 57

By Tim Molloy · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:03 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who also transcended the stage with successful film and television roles, has died at 57. Hines died Saturday in Los Angeles of cancer, publicist Allen Eichorn said Sunday.

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Gibson gives private 'Passion' viewings

By Amy Westfeldt · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:03 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Those who have seen Mel Gibson's film about the final hours of Jesus Christ have called it beautiful, magical, a great and important work. Those who fear "The Passion" could fuel anti-Semitism, however, until now hadn't been allowed to see the film. Seven months before its release, this extraordinary vanity project is stirring passions over Gibson's exclusionary screenings and the potential for a negative depiction of Jews.

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Around The Arts

Wednesday, Aug. 6,2003 9:02 p.m.

Roger Ebert to undergo radiation for cancer CHICAGO -- Film critic Roger Ebert will undergo radiation treatment for cancer next month. The treatment will be for a cancerous tumor in Ebert's salivary gland, the Chicago Sun-Times reported in its Wednesday editions. The 61-year-old critic underwent surgery twice in February 2002 for cancer in his thyroid and salivary gland.

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British opera based on 'Jerry Springer'

By Fawn Vrazo · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2003 8:59 p.m.

LONDON -- The first hint that this is not your usual opera comes long before the diaper-clad fat guy sings, before the line of Ku Klux Klan members does a snappy dance in white robes and masks, before the chorus trills, "My mom used to be my dad!" The production's very name suggests that something extraordinary is about to unfold on one of London's premier stages: "Jerry Springer -- the Opera." If your reaction is "What!?" you aren't alone.

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