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Sorkin leaving 'West Wing'

By Lynn Elber · Friday, May 2,2003 12:45 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Aaron Sorkin, creator of the Emmy-winning White House drama "The West Wing," is leaving the series after this season, he said Thursday. Sorkin, who was involved in writing most of the scripts for the NBC series, also served as executive producer. Thomas Schlamme, another executive producer, also is leaving.

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Angela Lansbury returns to role in TV movie

Friday, May 2,2003 12:44 a.m.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Angela Lansbury -- very much in character as her renowned snoopy sleuth Jessica Fletcher -- walks briskly up to a police car as cameras roll.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 30,2003 12:20 a.m.

Metallica to present new 'Headbangers Ball' LOS ANGELES -- Metallica is back at the "Headbangers Ball."

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Museum marks 10th anniversary

By Alyson Brodsy and Carl Hartman · Wednesday, April 30,2003 12:18 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Holocaust Museum is marking its 10th year with a display on book burning that includes images from a New Mexico town where Harry Potter books were torched by people who said they teach children to become witches.

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Tap dancer recounts tour experience

By RonNella Moore · Wednesday, April 30,2003 12:17 a.m.

Tuesday afternoon, the African-American Dance Company was treated to having a member of the "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" talk with the dance company about the night's show.

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'Noise/Funk' steps it up

By Jane Charney · Tuesday, April 29,2003 12:33 a.m.

Winner of four 1996 Tony Awards, "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" will play at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday at the IU Auditorium. The show uses tap dance to illustrate and celebrate the history of African-Americans. It is a journey through the colonial era, the Civil War and the present using tap, poetry, lighting, song and percussion.

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'1776,' 'Titanic' writer dies

Monday, April 28,2003 1:03 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Peter Stone, who won an Oscar, an Emmy and three Tony awards during a career in which he wrote the musicals "1776" and "Titanic" and the film classic "Charade," has died. He was 73.

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Step show features local and state teams

By RonNella Moore · Friday, April 25,2003 1:02 a.m.

Saturday night, 12 of the best collegiate step teams from IU and other colleges across the state will present their 2003 step routines. These teams will be competing at 6 p.m. Saturday in the inaugural Little 5 Stepdown Competition for the title of "Best Step Team in Indiana." "This is a chance for the teams to display their creativity," said junior Jeremy Morris, a Union Board member. Rickey Smiley will be the host for the event. Smiley is a former host of BET's popular comedy showcase "Comic View."

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Representing differences

By RonNella Moore · Friday, April 25,2003 12:28 a.m.

IU Soul Revue will present its annual spring concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave.

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Local resident teaches about Japanese music

By Martha Berry · Friday, April 25,2003 12:27 a.m.

Last weekend about 100 people had the chance to "visit Japan." Bloomington resident Molly Atkins Jeon and her teacher Baisho Matsumoto performed 16th century Japanese folk music as part of the musical program "A Visit to Japan" at the John Waldron Arts Center auditorium.

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Dance group presents 'dreams'

By RonNella Moore · Friday, April 25,2003 12:26 a.m.

Dancers from around the city gather in the auditorium of the John Waldron Arts Center displaying flexibility and mastery of the dance skills as they stretch, warm up and focus for rehearsal.

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Making IU beautiful

By Jane Charney · Thursday, April 24,2003 1:23 a.m.

Dave Hurst has kept a file of thank you notes close to his desk for the past 11 years. But they aren't for scholarship recommendations, although he has written his share. The file makes for a remarkable history album of IU's development. The thank you notes are from faculty, staff, students and parents writing to thank Hurst and his colleagues for a beautiful campus. As Campus Division Manager, Hurst is part of an on-going effort to keep the campus aesthetically pleasing to the eyes of visitors and residents.

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'Echoes of Blue'

By Alyson Brodsy and Tara Burghart · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2:01 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The painting is beautiful to see -- an orange-striped curtain hangs from a wood pole above a shimmering ocean -- but the title "Separation" hints at another meaning. The curtain painted by Shahla Etemadi represents those put up in Caspian Sea swimming spots in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to keep men and women separate. The painting is a part of "Echoes in Blue," an exhibition of contemporary Iranian artists on view through April 29 at The National Arts Club.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 23,2003 12:02 a.m.

MTV plans new 'Wuthering Heights' NEW YORK -- First, MTV updated "Carmen." Now, the cable music channel is offering a modern take on "Wuthering Heights."

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Country star Felice Bryant dies

By Alyson Brodsy and John Gerome · Tuesday, April 22,2003 11:59 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Felice Bryant, who with her late husband wrote "Bye Bye Love" and other Everly Brothers hits and the hand-clapping bluegrass standard "Rocky Top," died Tuesday. She was 77.

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Jazz great Nina Simone dies in France

By Nekesa Mumbi Moody · Tuesday, April 22,2003 12:51 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Nina Simone, whose deep, raspy, forceful voice made her a unique figure in jazz and later helped define the civil rights movement, died Monday at her home in France, according to her personal manager. She was 70.

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