Archive for the ‘Arts & Entertainment’ Category

Sheen kicks off tour in Detroit; crowd yells for refund

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Mike Householder, The Associated Press Charlie Sheen and his “goddesses” took the stage to thunderous applause Saturday night for the first leg of his “Torpedo of Truth” tour. The 70-minute show hadn’t even ended when the first reviews were in, and they were brutal. The former Two and a Half Men star showed that comedic [...]

CRAIGNESS in Thursday Night Magazine

Watch the CRAIGNESS! S&M spoof featuring the kink-tacular Society of Bastet, MissJaded, and the talent of local Burlesque performer Brittany Dawn. Then, hop on over to FACES MAGAZINE (http://www NULL.facesmagazine NULL.ca/halifax_awards/people/ )and vote Craig Layton for Faces Choice Awards 2011 Halifax – Entertainer of the year! Do it now or risk a spanking!

Alec Baldwin To Charlie Sheen: ‘Beg For America’s Forgiveness’

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By Alex West 30 Rock” funnyman Alec Baldwin has had his own share of creative differences with studio executives and he’s offering some advice to fellow actor Charlie Sheen — apologize.In a blog for The Huffington Post, published on Friday, Alec recounted his own battle with a studio head over the Jack Ryan role, before [...]

Lifting up his voice

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Freelance Writer | Paul Fitzgerald Thursday Night Magazine Reports Homeless man with million-dollar inflection offered job with Cleveland Cavaliers, pursued by NFL Films By Tom Withers (AP)From the streets to the studios. Ted Williams, whose deep, velvety radio voice and touching story prompted an outpouring of sympathy and job offers from across the United States, [...]

Gerry Rafferty dies in hospital

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By Milton Howe Paisley-born singer and songwriter passed away after battling liver failure Baker Street singer Gerry Rafferty has died in hospital at the age of 63. The songwriter was admitted to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in November 2010 with suspected liver failure. Rafferty, who was born in Paisley in 1947, had received treatment for [...]

Lennon’s Words and Music are Still Here

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Public Relations and Communications Firm With No Boundaries Yoko Ono on anniversary of John Lennon’s death: I still can’t bear to leave our home at The Dakota The Associated Press – Thirty years after his tragic death, John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, says she still can’t bear to move out of their Upper West Side [...]

Now this is getting scary

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I still recall it as if it happened only yesterday. It was a Saturday afternoon back in 1981 to be exact, and a friend and I found a way to sneak in to see the debut screening of Halloween II (1981). That was my first horror “treat” and I credit this film for making me [...]

The final days of Dennis Hopper

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By Emma Clarkson If you wanted to understand Dennis Hopper late in his life, after five decades of fighting the system, firing up revolutions and invoking dark nightmares onscreen, all you had to do was look at his home in Venice, California. That it looked like no other home — a weird warehouse set among [...]

Canada’s Gone Up in Smoke

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By Bill Adams – Cheech and Chong have got some pretty blunt advice for Prime Minister Stephen Harper when it comes to Canada’s marijuana’s laws. “Wise up, you douchebag,” Cheech Marin says with some glee when asked what he’d tell the prime minister. Chong, who hails from Edmonton, nods in agreement. The team of tokers [...]

David Gilmour to play mystery date with Waters

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By Neil Harriggan – Former Pink Floyd member David Gilmour will make a surprise appearance during former bandmate Roger Waters’s upcoming 30th anniversary tour for The Wall, announced Waters via his Facebook page on July 14. Marking a reconciliation after years of feuding, the two will perform together at an as-yet-unknown gig during the 2010-11 [...]