BSO’s Ninth Symphony not perfect, but it still stirs the blood

Source: The Washington Post

It’s been less than three years since the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Strathmore, but here it was again, on Saturday evening. In 2009, the orchestra’s frequent guest conductor, Gunter H ...
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Albie Manzo is the Best Person on Real Housewives of New Jersey, Which is Why He’s Caroline Manzo’s Favorite

Source: The Hilton Files

Much of my commentary on this season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey has centered around the better-than-a-soap-opera feud between the Gorgas and the Giudices. And can you blame me? They kind of hog the camera with all th ...
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Final Report from Music Matters Asia in Singapore #MM12

Source: AlanCross.ca

The Air China business lounge at Beijing Capital Airport is quite nice--except for the hoops they make you jump through to get WiFi. Then again, this is China. Before I hop on a 13 hour Air Canada flight back t ...
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Jeff Daniels adapts to the long hours of 'The Newsroom' life

Source: Los Angeles Times

Before taking on the lead for "The Newsroom,"HBO's intense drama exploring the behind-the-scenes frenzy of a cable news network, Jeff Daniels received some counsel from the man formerly known as Tony Soprano. "James said, 'Get sle ...
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Sound of My Voice (R)

Source: Miami Herald

“Somewhere in the valley,” Peter (Christopher Denham) tells his girlfriend Lorna (Nicole Vicius), “there’s a woman living in a basement who says she’s from the future — and she’s amassing followers.” Peter, an aspiring filmmaker, has enlisted Lorna’s he ...
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A dying breed of crook

Source: The Star Malaysia

APPARENTLY, Paramount Pictures had allowed the release of The Godfather Returns in 2004, the sequel to the original Godfather novel. But the next sequel, said to have been released without Paramounts knowledge in 2006 by the estate of Mario Puz ...
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Delius: A Mass of Life – review

Source: The Guardian Music

Delius's music is everywhere this year, the 150th anniversary of his birth. The Proms are doing him proud with a generous helping of the major works, but not his vast Mass of Life. You'll have to go to the Edinburgh ...
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War, passion mark 'Hemingway & Gellhorn'

Source: MLive.com

AP Photo | HBOIn this image released by HBO, Nicole Kidman, left, and Clive Owen are shown in a scene from the HBO film, "Hemingway ...
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Ernest Hemingway was a tough man to love

Source: Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL – At the outset of the explosive new telefilm Hemingway ...
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