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"Merry, Merry Christmas," New Kids on the Block ( Sony). One of the most egregious holiday albums ever made is New Kids on the Block's "Merry, Merry Christmas" from 1989. The album includes "Funky, Funky Xmas," which manages to be not even remotely funky,...Tags: Bananas, Sony Corp., Placido Domingo, Christmas, Religious Festivals
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The Portal: A guide to new and cool stuff
On the Web One company making a name for itself in this new media world is ON Networks (onnetworks.com). Featuring more than two dozen original shows on such topics as video gaming, travel, cooking and sports, ON Networks offers high-quality,...Tags: Bob Hope, Christianity, Amy Poehler, Amy Grant, Dean Martin
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From Cultural Revolution to culture
He cheered when his piano teacher was jailed. He destroyed classical recordings by the wagon-load. He broke into libraries to steal books. He was such a ruffian, even the army didn't want him. But today, Hao Jiang Tian is a model of civility,...Tags: Family, Jack London, Placido Domingo, Folk Music, Fiction
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No Rooms At Goodwin?
The planned closing of the Goodwin Hotel, Hartford's luxury lodging in the heart of downtown, comes as a shock. The 124-room hotel at Asylum and Haynes streets, purchased by Northland Investment Corp. in 2005, was in the middle of a major renovation by...Tags: Mick Jagger, XL Center, Joan Collins, Tourism and Leisure, Unions
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'Celebrating Pavarotti'
It's hard to believe just over a year has passed since the world lost the great Luciano Pavarotti, arguably the greatest opera tenor the world has seen. The College of DuPage's New Philharmonic's "Celebrating Pavarotti" will pay tribute to Pavarotti's...Tags: Glen Ellyn, Classical Music, Ottorino Respighi
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Wig keeper to the opera stars at NYC's Met
New York Times News ServiceOn the opera stage, barrel-chested bassos and sylph-like sopranos have one thing in common: big hair. Up top, just above the source of the ringing notes, sits a lacquered, powdered, teased or pouffed wig, styled within an inch of its life and holding on...Tags: Placido Domingo, New York Times, Music Theater, Maria Callas
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Don't Disrupt Your Evening With New Fox Series 'Do Not Disturb'
Tonight's new network offering is actually a throwback to old TV. "Do Not Disturb" (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) is shot in a studio before a live audience, with all the limitations that entails. Jerry O'Connell stars as the manager of a boutique hotel challenged by...Tags: Martin Short, Warren Sapp, Jay Leno, Placido Domingo, National Football League
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Time for a change in Obama's playlist
Questions posed to presidential hopefuls reflect their times. Remember the famous one for Bill Clinton during the Rock the Vote forum - boxers or briefs? In the latest example, Rolling Stone asked Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to...Tags: Political Candidates, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Jay-Z, John McCain
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Yang Peiyi, Lin Miaoke
Lin Miaoke may have appeared to be the star of the Olympics opening ceremony after she sang "Ode to the Motherland;" however, one member of China's Politburo revealed Miaoke had lip-synched the song, after the original singer, Yang Peiyi, was told she was...Tags: Holidays, Cartoons, Multi-Sport Events, Academic Progress
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Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face
A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said - the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect...Tags: Holidays, Cartoons, NBC, Multi-Sport Events, Academic Progress
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The 'Age of Fake': Fireworks, singers, and beyond
Tribune criticNo, really: Were you upset about the Chinese kid who lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland" during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing? Or about the soul-stirring fireworks at the same event--many of which were, we now know, digitally...Tags: James Frey, Corporate Crime, Olympic Games, John Edwards, Oprah Winfrey
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China abuzz over lip-syncing singer in Olympics opening ceremony
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterChina's $100-million Olympics opening ceremony wowed its global TV audience with a lavish spectacle and pizazz that tried to present a perfect image of China to the world, right down to the perfect teeth of the little girl who took center-stage and sang...Tags: Confucianism, Animals, Philosophy, Society, Saturday Night Live
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