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American director takes top prize at Cannes

By Angela Doland · Wednesday, May 28,2003 9:08 p.m.

CANNES, France -- A film loosely based on the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School by American director Gus Van Sant captured the top prize this year at the Cannes Film Festival. Featuring real high school students

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German films shut out of Cannes festival again

By Angela Doland · Wednesday, May 21,2003 9:55 p.m.

CANNES, France -- You'd never know German cinema is enjoying a renaissance by attending the Cannes Film Festival. For the 10th year in a row, German movies have been shut out of the main competition. But almost everywhere except the French Riviera, they're getting seen -- and getting awards.

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Wednesday, May 21,2003 8:55 p.m.

Likely van Gogh fake still draws crowd OSLO, Norway -- A prized self-portrait by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh might be fake, but Norway's National Gallery couldn't be happier.

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Disney to test TV downloads

By Gary Gentile · Wednesday, May 21,2003 8:50 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Co. will test two technologies this fall -- movie downloads and self-destructing DVDs -- designed to broaden the distribution of its films and boost profits by cutting out the middleman.

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Indy offers artistic endeavors

By Liv Cole · Wednesday, May 21,2003 8:49 p.m.

Still in Bloomington this summer and wondering what to do with your full tank of gas? Indianapolis, the nation's 12th largest city, is a little over an hour away and is packed with things to do. In fact, the early summer is the best time to visit Indy.

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Wednesday, May 21,2003 6:49 p.m.

Bloomington Early Music Festival this weekend The Bloomington Early Music Festival kicks off its 10th year Friday with the performance of the seldom heard opera "Piramo E Tibse," produced by stage director Chía Patiño and music director Stanley Ritchie. This opera begins the 10-day festival celebrating early music and cross-cultural compositions.

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Apple circumvents online music piracy

By May Wong · Wednesday, May 21,2003 6:46 p.m.

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Allen Evans of Middlesex, Vt., is no stranger to digital music. About two-thirds of his music collection comes from free copies on file-swapping networks. The remainder was ripped from CDs he and his family already owned.

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Matrix dominates sales at box office

By Alyson Brodsy and Gary Gentile · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:50 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Hordes of fans took another trip down the rabbit hole with Neo, Trinity and the other characters of "The Matrix Reloaded," giving the sequel the highest opening weekend gross of any R-rated film on record. The Warner Bros. sequel to 1999's "The Matrix" took in an estimated $93.3 million from Friday through Sunday, capturing 59.8 percent of the total gross of the weekend's top 12 films, according to studio estimates.

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By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:59 a.m.

IU's School of Music announced May 13 that it received a three-year, $345,000 grant from the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation to continue developing the IU String Academy. The academy is designed for children aged five to 18 to study violin, viola, cello, bass and double bass. The vigorous curriculum includes private lessons, chamber music and performance opportunities.

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Hollywood execs fight DVD duplication

By Alyson Brodsy and Ted Bridis · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:59 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Brian Martin, a computer consultant in Maryland, is careful when he handles the plastic discs in his DVD library of more than 200 movies. But accidents, and scratches, still happen. "The worst thing is, one little scratch is enough to make the movie skip forward a chapter," says Martin, who estimates his collection at more than $3,000. "That's become really annoying with a few of mine."

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'Les Miserables' closing after 16 years

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:58 a.m.

LONDON -- Cameron Mackintosh will bid "adieu" Sunday to his Broadway production of "Les Miserables," but the British producer says the imminent departure of a musical fondly known as "The Glums" has not got him down. "I feel complete happiness," said Mackintosh, 56, about a musical with a heavy story line that ends in death. He was speaking a month before he rings down the curtain on the epic show adapted from Victor Hugo's novel.

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Early Music Fest showcases period art

By Matt Laughlin · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:58 a.m.

Now in its 10th year of existence, the Bloomington Early Music Festival once again brings a unique and captivating two weeks of solo and ensemble concerts, opera and workshops to the Bloomington community. What makes this series of events so special is the incorporation of period-style instruments, musical styles and seldom heard literature from the early music tradition.

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Monday, May 19,2003 7:47 p.m.

Eminem won't allow 'Weird Al' parody video NEW YORK -- Eminem might poke fun at himself in videos, but he doesn't want "Weird Al" Yankovic doing it. Eminem won't give Yankovic permission to shoot a video for his new song, "Couch Potato," a parody of Eminem's Oscar-winning tune "Lose Yourself," Yankovic said.

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Friday, May 9,2003 12:30 a.m.

LONDON -- Police have arrested four people on suspicion of stealing two copies of the eagerly awaited new Harry Potter novel that were found dumped in a field in eastern England.

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Rocker Townshend cleared of possessing child porn

By Alyson Brodsy and Jill Lawless · Friday, May 9,2003 12:28 a.m.

LONDON -- Rock guitarist Pete Townshend, co-founder of The Who, was cleared Wednesday of possessing pornographic images of children but still was placed on a national register of sex offenders. That registration was part of a formal police caution Townshend received for accessing a Web site containing images of child abuse.

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