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Harry hits stores in June

By Sue Leeman · Thursday, Jan. 16,2003 10:24 a.m.

LONDON -- More Muggles mania is expected after J.K. Rowling's publishers announced that her fifth book about wide-eyed junior wizard Harry Potter will be published in Britain, the United States and several other countries on June 21.

Have you been Googled lately?

By Emily Veach · Thursday, Jan. 16,2003 10:04 a.m.

The days of truly blind dates are over. Now Internet users can google their way through cyberspace to uncover personal details about almost anyone who has surfed the Web.

Co-op gallery features locals

Wednesday, Jan. 15,2003 12:14 a.m.

The heart of the Bloomington Playwrights Project building isn't related to theater. Instead, the lobby houses the Bellevue Gallery, a co-op exhibit space for Bloomington area artists. "In this town, there are very few places to get work shown," said Betty Sander, Gallery treasurer. "It's a bunch of artists who want to show their work."

Rap, Hip Hop headline 2003 AMA winners

By Anthony Breznican · Tuesday, Jan. 14,2003 10:39 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The biggest winners turned out to be MIA at the 30th annual AMAs, including Eminem, winner of a leading four American Music Awards. Others absent when their names were called at Monday night's American Music Awards were the bands Creed and the Dixie Chicks, who won two awards apiece.

Music, tech groups OK copyright plans

By Ted Bridis · Tuesday, Jan. 14,2003 10:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The leading trade associations for the music and technology industries, which have been at loggerheads over consumers downloading songs on the Internet, have negotiated a compromise they contend will protect copyrights on movies and music without new government involvement.

Critics ignored: 'Just Married' on top

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:52 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Audiences ignored the critics and propelled the Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher comedy "Just Married" to the top of the weekend box office.

Disney breaks into China

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:51 p.m.

HONG KONG -- At a groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong Disneyland, top executives of Walt Disney Co. said Sunday they were confident their first theme park on Chinese soil will draw millions of visitors a year despite the global economic downturn.

Guitarist claims porn used for book research

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:50 p.m.

LONDON -- Guitarist Pete Townshend of 'The Who' said Saturday he downloaded child pornography from the Internet while researching an autobiography discussing his suspected childhood sexual abuse.

Maurice Gibb: Legendary founder of Bee Gees dies Sunday at 53

By Alyson Brodsy and Adrian Sainz · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:49 p.m.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Maurice Gibb, who with his brothers built the Bee Gees into a disco sensation that ruled the charts in the late '70s with hits like "Stayin' Alive" and "More Than a Woman," died Sunday at the age of 53.

Channel's new leader sees future in reality TV, movies

By Gary Gentle · Friday, Jan. 10,2003 1:38 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Angela Shapiro had been president of the ABC Family Channel only a few weeks when she approved her first show, a reality program featuring families who think they're funny enough to star in their own sitcom. "I did it on two sentences from (producer) Bruce Nash: 'Haven't you always said your life is funnier than a sitcom? Well we're going to find the families whose lives really are,'" Shapiro said Wednesday.

Composer Ron Goodwin dies

Friday, Jan. 10,2003 1:38 p.m.

LONDON -- Ron Goodwin, who composed a string of classic movie scores including "Where Eagles Dare," "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" and Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy," has died at 77, his wife said Thursday.

One night's worth of reality TV

By Frazier Moore · Friday, Jan. 10,2003 1:37 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Actress Kim Coles got the boot, along with 10 handsome bachelors and four star-struck performers. All were casualties on the same night as a trio of new series swelled the ranks of "reality TV."

Scholar's Inn Bakehouse food varies

By Adam Streer · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:37 a.m.

Most of the time, I love exotic food. With finals looming just a few days away, this was not one of those times. I needed some good old fashioned comfort food. With this in mind, I found myself in The Scholar's Inn Bakehouse.

A POPS kind of Christmas

By Kristen Van Hoesen · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:36 a.m.

It wasn't Radio City, and it wasn't Carnegie Hall. But it was Christmas. Christmas With the Pops Saturday night rang full of the traditional music and magic of the holidays, as the warmth of Christmas carols resonated through the IU Auditorium, sheltered from the snow and icy winds outside.

Rocking out in high heels

By Jane Charney · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:35 a.m.

Most of the time, I can't even wrestle my way to walking in one-inch heels, much less three-inch ones. But the ability to walk in heels isn't Jeffrey Eisner's main talent (though I have to give major props to any guy who can handle 90 minutes of standing, dancing, running and jumping in three-inch heels).

Students publish literary journal

By Maura Halpern · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:39 a.m.

This is the creativity of everyday life -- the folklore of IU students. Feelings about life, love and pain are espoused for everyone to read. This is the new edition of Canvas, IU's creative arts magazine that was unveiled Wednesday evening at the Indiana Memorial Union's State Room East.

A Rock Journey

By Jane Charney · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:29 a.m.

When Jeffrey Eisner first started at IU as a musical theater major through the Individualized Major Program, he knew his final project would not be something as simple as a few cabaret tunes. Finally in his senior year and due to graduate in May 2003, Eisner is directing, producing and starring in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." The critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock hit is a story of an East German rock singer Hansel, who suffers a botched-up sex change operation to get over the Berlin Wall.

Collector buys clues to 5th 'Potter' book

By Audrey Woods · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:08 a.m.

LONDON (AP) -- An American collector has paid more than $45,000 for a card full of clues to the plot of the long-awaited fifth Harry Potter book. The unidentified buyer made the winning bid Thursday for the card, handwritten by author J.K. Rowling as a charity fund-raiser. The money will be used to buy more than 18,000 books for schools in Africa.

Promoter pulls plug on Axl

By Josh Hoffner · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:08 a.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Guns N' Roses announced they were going on tour this fall after a nine-year hiatus, fans of the heavy metal band snapped up tickets. Axl Rose was back and there was talk of a new album. But the comeback has been no "Paradise City.''

12 animals, woman share makeshift home

By Sara Kugler · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 11:59 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Backstage at Radio City Music Hall, past the Rockettes' dressing rooms, three camels, six sheep, two donkeys and a horse keep a woman awake each night. But it's not the noise. Except for an occasional bleat from the sheep, the four-legged stars of the "Christmas Spectacular" sleep soundly. Their human handler, Bambi Brook, dozes fitfully in her makeshift apartment across from the donkey pen and below the stage, where she lives throughout the eight-week run of the show to take 24-hour care of her flock.

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