Posts Tagged Arts and entertainment

Moscow blasts alleged vote theft at Eurovision

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts — alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Crews search through the night after tornado slams Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51

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Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man

Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, before the House subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on Advocating for American Jacob Ostreichers Freedom after two years in Bolivian detention. Ostreicher was arrested in June 2011 by Bolivian police after it was alleged that he did business with “people wanted in their countries because of links with drug trafficking and money laundering.”  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors.

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Review: Spirited, sexy version of ‘Master Builder’

This undated publicity image released by the Brooklyn Academy of Music shows Wrenn Schmidt, left, and John Turturro in a scene from Henrik Ibsen’s “The Master Builder,” currently performing at the BAM Harvey Theater in  New York. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stephanie Berger)

NEW YORK (AP) — If you didn’t think Henrik Ibsen’s work was sexy and racy, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by BAM’s production of “The Master Builder,” which embraces a whole new interpretation of that classic 1892 tragedy.

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Bills DE Williams says texts taken out of context

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Mario Williams refused to be labeled as someone who was emotionally unstable in dismissing questions about his mental state raised by a series of text messages from his former fiancee.

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