Provides the latest RSS feeds for Arts News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Baltimore Star.com http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/cat/bf7bedafac502d48/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:36 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:36 -0400 30 Pop star Lady Gaga, who underwent a hip operation earlier this year, is likely to perform on stage at a Beyonce Knowles' show in New York in August. Gaga is said to be planning her live return at the said show. If the news turns out to be true, it will be her first major gig following an operation on her hip in February. The grapevine is abuzz after a reported email sent by concert listings ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748729/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:02 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748729/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Woodward Avenue faade of the Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit's unelected emergency financial manager, Kevyn Orr, has asked for an appraisal of the collection held by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to determine whether the city could sell off the art works to help pay off Detroit's $15 billion in long-term debt. This outright provocation comes in the wake of Orr's ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752966/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:08 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752966/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 It was a dream come true for 13-year-old Alyssa Bartlett as she twirled in the hand of her dance partner, Steve Craft. The smile on her face was unmistakable. She was having the time of her ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:31:46 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy | The 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia was canceled Friday because of snow along the route and Saturday's penultimate stage was altered for the same reasons, leaving Vincenzo Nibali with a much milder finish to defend his ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752303/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:34:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752303/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Ashmolean Museum, one of the world's oldest public museums, launched an exhibition of master drawings to mark its founding in 1683.The exhibition will run from Saturday to August 18, bringing together 70 pieces of works on paper, including those from Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt and Turner, among others."Looking closely at drawings is an intimate ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752304/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:24:59 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752304/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ISADORA OPEN: No one could question the dedication of Nicola Follows, who danced here with Paras Terezaki and Anna Wyman's troupes, owned her own Main Dance company, and headed a $4.3-million fundraiser that resulted in the Davie-at-Granville Dance Centre at Scotiabank Dance Centre.She and husband Dr. Robert Follows were at it again Thursday, when they, fellow donors Mo and Yulanda Faris and ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752305/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:15:41 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214752305/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The creepy, kooky "Addams Family" dance their dark family dynamics into the Tennessee Theatre May 31-June 1. The musical starring Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Lurch, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandma is the last of the theater's 2012-13 Broadway at the Tennessee ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214750780/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:11:57 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214750780/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 * Wayward Productions and Chicago Fusion Theatre's "Sons of Anarchy"-inspired production of Shakespeare's "Richard III" gets a remount at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. Director Carlo Lorenzo Garcia imagines the Rose Wars as a fight between two outlaw motorcycle gangs in this production, which was a hit earlier this year at The Underground Wonder ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214750786/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:11:56 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214750786/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Drowsy Chaperone -- the last production of the season for Regina's Globe Theatre -- is impressive and entertaining, and seemed to delight the opening Thursday night audience.The Globe's version of the Tony-award-winning Broadway musical involves a strong cast with many talents and some creative adaptations for the theatre-in-the-round setting. Before the show, Globe artistic ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214750787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:00:46 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214750787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 It's impossible to picture the Pacific Northwest without the image of a totem pole. Considered by many as the emblem of the native people of North ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214749816/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:43 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214749816/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 With comic-book stores, indie cinema, live gigs, theatre, cutting-edge galleries - and great coffee of course - Portland punches way above its weight for a city of its ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214749817/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214749817/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The original series of the American Guide provided a written and visual record of the US in the 1930s and 40s. Its social media-driven revival hopes to deliver an equally powerful ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214749818/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:40 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214749818/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Tom Cruise has reportedly dropped out of the movie adaptation of cult TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The actor was slated to portray American agent Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer in director Guy Ritchie’s film, but according the The Hollywood Reporter, his deal was never closed and now he has walked away from the project. Hammer is still onboard to play Solo’s Soviet ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748901/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:45:46 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748901/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 I was on the phone, listening to the actor and director John Malkovich talk about his latest projects, and trying to come up with a description that does his purring voice justice. He speaks lightly, quietly. He metes out his syllables slowly, but also slides them into one another, from word to word and from sentence to sentence. He sounds partly bored and partly amused, like he's whispering ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747771/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:58 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747771/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 franchise is still going strong. To borrow a bit of stunt-car parlance made famous by Quentin Tarantino, we might say that the brand is Death Proof. How else to explain the presence in Justin Lin's film of Michelle Rodriguez, last seen taking a fatal bullet two sequels ago? The sudden resurrection of a fallen heroine- and the fact that she's been saddled with a convenient case of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:56 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The bass, at least, was unstoppable. Intestine-jiggling stuff. Face-vibrating stuff. Consciousness-destabilizing ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748858/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:39:44 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748858/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Even the number in the title is a hint of what's to come. This movie is loud and proud. Number 6. Dealt with it. If you don't remember why, we'll drum it into your heads with a montage over the opening credits. Dominic (Vin Diesel) and his crew of street racers are facing off against a new master criminal Shaw, which forces them to work with Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson, the only ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747788/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:53 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747788/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Leonardo DiCaprio adjusts his bow tie on May 15, 2013 as he arrives for the screening of the film "The Great Gatsby" ahead of the opening of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (AFP PHOTO/ALBERTO ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747789/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:47 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747789/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Prof. Evans Yonson (seated, second from right) with his performers and staff And then the unthinkable happened--a new mayor was elected in Cagayan de Oro City, replacing someone entrenched in power for 15 years. But for those who attended or were behind the pre-election musical theater event at Centrio, the Ayala Mall in Northern Mindanao, four nights before election day, this was a no-brainer. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747790/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747790/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 You probably ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748857/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:17:11 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748857/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747796/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:57 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747796/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The 50th UJA-Federation of New ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747795/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:22 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747795/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747686/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:04:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747686/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 In Darrell ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747794/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:01:38 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747794/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Among ensembles that champion new music, many trumpet the wide diversity of the composers they perform. Yet there is much to be said for a group that builds long-term associations with favored composers. This has been a defining attribute of the New Amsterdam Singers, a skilled 70-voice choir, which ended its 45th season with a concert on Thursday night at St. Ignatius of Antioch ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747741/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:10 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747741/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Midway through her show on Wednesday night at the Café Carlyle, the Filipina singer Lea Salonga recalled being told not to bother auditioning for the role of Eliza Doolittle in a revival of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747740/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:52 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747740/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 French special forces and local troops raided an army base Friday in northern Niger, ending a hostage seizure by Islamist fighters who had staged twin suicide bombings that killed at least 20 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746326/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:34:09 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746326/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 During sunset on Saturday, three planets will form a bright cluster in the western sky known as the Dance of the Planets. Venus, Jupiter and Mars -- the brightest planets visible on Earth -- will move into a triangle only three degrees wide. The triple conjunction of planets is fairly rare. The last time the three bright planets aligned in that formation was on May 9, 2011. According to NASA, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746557/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:54 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746557/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Well over a decade has passed since the sultry pop-jazz singer Jane Monheit, then in her early 20s, was greeted with the ecstatic hyperbole often accorded to vocal wunderkinder. My memories of Ms Monheit in the early 2000s are of a phenomenally well-equipped singer wielding an instrument that made a wonderful sound but that left much to be desired when it came to interpreting lyrics. The beauty ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747739/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:15 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747739/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Henri ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747793/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:59 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747793/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Meet Conrad Tao. A composer, concert pianist and award-winning violinist, he also runs a festival in Brooklyn, Unplay, which starts on June 11. He will turn 19 that day. His Wikipedia page features a photo of him with Hillary Rodham Clinton from when he was named a Davidson Fellow ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747738/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:02:33 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747738/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Ashley Brown and John Cudia starred in in Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of "Oklahoma!". The just-concluded run of the classic American musical "Oklahoma!" was uncharted territory for the prestigious Lyric Opera of Chicago. It was the first time the opera company had produced an extended engagement of a musical separate from its regular season ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746419/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:52:30 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746419/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Catherine Cuellar, executive director of Dallas Arts District. It may not be a sexy issue, but safety in the Dallas Arts District will be one of Catherine Cuellar's top goals as executive director of the district, she told me in a recent interview. Cuellar, who started her new job on April 15, said without a safe environment, nothing else matters. That refers to both crime and to the tension ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746460/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:34:11 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214746460/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington smile as they arrive for a performance at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745253/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:33:06 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745253/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 24, 2013 The folk group brings a fresh sense of wonder to classic bluegrass sounds. Hear three songs from Overmountain Men, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745254/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745254/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Amanda Bynes, seen here at an awards show in 2011, was arrested at a Manhattan apartment after a building official complained that she was smoking marijuana, police say. (Chris Pizzello/Associated ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745255/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:41 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745255/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards of British rock band The Rolling Stones perform during their "50 & Counting" worldwide tour in Anaheim, California, May 18, 2013. REUTERS/Mike ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:36 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Someone, God willing, has finally put a net under Amanda Bynes, halting the actress' emotional free fall of almost a year's duration. Despite her arrest in New York on Thursday night -- fright wig and all -- Bynes may finally get the help she has so obviously needed for a long time. The arresting officers took the actress to hospital for a ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745256/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:35 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745256/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ROME – Italy’s newly-installed Minister of Culture said his priorities in office will include strengthening government funding for the arts, including a renewal of the cinema tax credit industry players have been calling ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745173/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:07 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745173/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A construction-starting ceremony for the site of the EuroBasket 2015 European Basketball Championship in Kiev, Ukraine, included the burying of a time capsule. Group stage matches in the 24-team tournament will be played in Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov and Lvov. Playoff games will be played in Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk, and Kiev will host the title game. The ceremony Friday in the capital, which ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745117/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:12 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745117/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Holly Brown, general manager of the Palace Theatre. A fundraiser generated $58,000 for The Palace Theatre in Albany, NY, officials said. The May 9 fundraiser, called Salute to the Palace, featured a live performance by Sandy Hacketts Rat Pack Show. The fundraiser is an important event for the non-profit theater, which is on track to finishing its second consecutive season with a surplus after ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745210/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214745210/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 will receive a star on the STL Walk of Fame on June 11.Landesman is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and just finished a term as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.He is the son ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743923/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:22:00 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743923/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 NASHVILLE ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748902/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:21:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214748902/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 , a Festival TransAmriques show featuring dozens of dogs impersonating members of the United Nations. The event is the brainchild of Bennett Miller, an Australian visual artist, who expanded the idea after premiering it at a theatre festival in Melbourne. Miller auditioned scores of local weiner dogs to see if they would make the cut. The artist says he choose dachshunds to represent global ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743945/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743945/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Musician Justin Bieber accepts the 'Milestone Award' onstage during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Steve ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743946/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:16 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743946/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Early in "Behind the Candelabra", Scott Thorson, played by Matt Damon, tells his step-mother, "My eyes are open, I promise." But how could they have been? Scott, after all, was becoming Liberace's lover. Could anyone's eyes be open enough? Behind The Candelabra, which debuts Sunday on HBO Canada, chronicles the real-life romantic relationship between famous ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743947/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:16 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743947/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 How would you sum up Manchester in a single photograph? Is there a place, a building, a view or a person that represents the city at its best? Throughout the Manchester International Festival we'll be inviting readers to submit their favourite images celebrating the city via GuardianWitness. To show us your best shot, either use the 'contribute to this article' links above and ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743949/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:11 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743949/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 exhibiting works on paper by some of the greatest artists of all time , from Raphael to Da Vinci, Michelangelo to Rembrandt. Below is a selection of the finest, including a desolate landscape from Caspar David Friedrich and a vision of Dante by William ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743950/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:10 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743950/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Ashmolean museum in Oxford to compensate for some distinctly second rate paintings, is going on display to celebrate the 330th birthday of one of the oldest ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743951/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:09 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214743951/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri May 24, 2013 1:00pm EDT * Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor belts up metal chutes towards the centre of an atrium before thudding down and splattering like entrails, in a monumental ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214744257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:50 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214744257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Celebrated Canadian nature artist Robert Bateman is opening a new gallery in Victoria this weekend, but the artist says the aim is to do much more than showcase his work. The Robert Bateman centre, whose doors open on his 83rd birthday, will display the largest exhibit of original works by the popular wildlife artist. There will be 10 galleries in the centre, including one devoted to his ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742414/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742414/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Cawthra Park Secondary School Chamber Choir has been recruited to provide the chorus for the song. The Stones selects one choir to sing with them in each city they visit. Choir director Bob Anderson said someone at University of Toronto had recommended the choir after being approached by the Stones' management. "I got an email from a lady in London who's been asked by the Stones ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742339/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742339/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Some Canadian buskers jump through fire as part of their act, but the uncertainties of street-performance are the unseen hoops that many of them worry about leaping through. (Photo: ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742415/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:06 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742415/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Through most of human history, career choice was never an agonizing concern. Basically, you did what your parents did -- whether they were princes or peons. It's why people still have jobs for names -- Taylor, Cooper, Barber, Baker, Gardner, Miller, Potter and, um, Smith. Which brings us to Will and Jaden Smith. By the tradition of pre-industrial societies, Will would be teaching his son ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742416/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:59 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742416/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Ken Jeong arrives for the European premiere of the film The Hangover Part III at the Empire Cinema in central London May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Luke ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742418/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:58 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742418/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mariah Carey suffered a major wardrobe malfunction on live TV on Friday morning after her dress popped open as she prepared to perform on Good Morning America. The hitmaker donned a sequin Versace frock for her appearance on as part of the program's summer concert series in Central Park, but the zipper to her form-fitting gown split down Carey's back as she spoke with anchor Lara ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742417/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:58 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742417/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 sudden death of his young assistant earlier this year.The 75-year-old artist told the Guardian that he had stopped working for a while following the shock death in March of Dominic Elliott, 23, whose family said he was like a son to Hockney. Grieving and "very upset", Hockney put on hold plans to document the seasons in the east Yorkshire wolds in 2013 - a ritual he has carried out ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742676/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:27 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742676/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Inition , it feels like you have entered the gadget-strewn lair of James Bond's Q branch. Its bright white walls are lined with cameras and screens, egg-shaped experience pods and glowing motion-capture units. A 3D-printed brain stands to one side, while across the room a holographic image of a watch spins in front of a monitor. Violent grinding noises erupt from behind a door in the corner ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742422/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:07 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742422/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 For two decades, maverick art movement Do It has been issuing surreal, witty instructions. As a new exhibition opens at MIF, Sarah Lucas and Hans-Ulrich Obrist explain its ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742424/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:05 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742424/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 This modern, stone-clad house was, before its renovation, an unprepossessing 60s box in a village outside Bristol, built into the side of a steep hill with views over an abandoned wildlife park. It needed some TLC: a glass bay window was sagging and a70s extension had confused the layout.The kitchen was cold, dark and claustrophobic. For owners Peter Flach and Lisa Lloyd-Flach, the contrast with ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742423/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:04 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742423/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine's editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy. This week, their choice is Michel Huneault's Water ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742425/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:03 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742425/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 He shot his first Vogue story when he was 25, and has photographed everyone from Tilda Swinton to Kate Moss. But Tim Walker has never been interested in clothes. We talk to him about making his dreams ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742426/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:03 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742426/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 From dogs to egrets: your best pictures on this week's theme, shimmerThe next topic is cycle (to appear June 8). Email a hi-res image (one per entry), plus a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742427/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:01 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742427/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 BERLIN ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:08:12 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214742420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Kerala News: HIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a new set of stamps, depicting 50 iconic film personalities, to be released by India Post to commemmorate the centenary of Indian cinema, Prem Nazir will be the lone Malayalam celebrity to ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740242/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:26 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740242/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 24--Andrew Varela admits there have been times during "Les Miserables" when he wondered, "Who Am I?" The veteran Broadway actor knows how easy it is to stumble into the wrong lyrics -- and the wrong ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740358/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:53 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740358/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 24--MODESTO -- Modesto Performing Arts will present the musical extravaganza "42nd Street" from Aug. 10 to 18 in the Foster Family Theater at the Gallo Center for the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740378/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740378/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 DANIEL DAL ZENNARO/EPA PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy (AP) -- The 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia was canceled Friday due to snow along the route and Saturday's penultimate stage was altered for the same reasons, leaving Vincenzo Nibali with a much milder finish to defend his lead. On Friday, organizers said there were "adverse weather conditions and, in particular, snow on ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740379/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:40 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740379/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 An arrest warrant has been issued for veteran rapper Tim Dog - three months after his alleged death. The New York native, real name Timothy Blair, was a longtime diabetes sufferer and was widely reported to have passed away on February 14, following a seizure. However, Mississippi prosecutor Steven Jubera claims he has yet to receive any proof confirming the 46 year old’s death, so he has ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740381/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:05 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740381/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Rocky Horror Picture Show star Tim Curry has reportedly suffered a stroke. The 67-year-old British actor is recovering after collapsing at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday. His longtime agent Marcia Hurwitz has refuted speculation Curry is struggling to speak after falling ill, telling Britain's Daily Mail, "Tim is doing great. He absolutely can speak and is recovering at this time ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740380/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:05 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740380/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- At the Nitehawk Cinema in New York's Williamsburg neighborhood, all the meals are served and eaten in the dark, lit only by the flickering images on the screen. Menu items like mussels, owner Matthew Viragh learned, don't go over so well in the dim lighting. But finger foods? A huge hit. The Nitehawk has been open for less than two years, but already the dine-in ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740244/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:18 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740244/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. The Brooklyn Bridge opened on this day in 1883 linking the two New York boroughs of Manhattan and ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740383/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:00 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740383/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Dateline Dalarna, Sweden: Sometimes truly extraordinary events occur, events which impact an entire nation's people, though, the word 'surreal' perhaps fits better than 'extraordinary' in describing events here during the last third of April. Of course, too much has too long been overblown, the strongest of adjectives too frequently employed to mask the weakest of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740384/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:24 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214740384/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 wrote about the lawsuit against EA Sports, which creates avatars of college athletes that closely match their physical appearance and performances in games, but changes their names so they don’t have to pay up the way they normally would if they were benefiting from their use of a real person’s image. Now, Rutgers quarterback Ryan Hart has won an appeal against EA, after a 2011 ruling ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739287/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:44:56 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739287/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 IRS official Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave following reports she refused to resign as director of Exempt Organizations. But should Lerner be penalized for pleading the Fifth? And what has the public and administration learned from this controversy? The Morning Joe panel ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739288/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:43:07 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739288/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Mount Cashel Orphanage, seen in 1989 when a scandal broke about systemic sexual abuse at the instution, was demolished three years later. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739289/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:50 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739289/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Everyone wonders about their old girlfriends and boyfriends. Are they in love? Where are they now? What are they doing? Similarly, it's hard not to ask the same questions about all the Bachelors and Bachelorettes we've come to know during the past decade. And with The Bachelorette returning for Season 9 Monday, one thing is for certain: even if they've given up on love, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739290/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:39 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739290/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April. However, even at 15.1%, asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739292/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:32:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214739292/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Stampede's free Coca-Cola Stage will once again be stacked with an eclectic array of national talent this year -- including some, as usual, that's homegrown. Organizers announced the lineup Thursday night during the Covert Concert event at Flames Central, which featured surprise performances from Dean Brody and Down With Webster.Taking the stage this year are artists that run the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214738231/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:28 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214738231/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The seven-year game of Bluth or Consequences finally has come to an end. Arrested Development, which follows the shenanigans of the Bluth family, is back with 15 new episodes, available exclusively via the internet on Netflix. All 15 instalments will be there for you to watch starting Sunday. Who would have predicted seven years ago that if Arrested Development ever did come back, it would not ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214738420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:25 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214738420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Actress/director Lena Dunham has spoken out against plans to make a porn parody of her hit TV show GIRLS, insisting the video goes against the series' feminist ideology. Executives at Hustler have commissioned an adult film version of the show called This Ain't Girls XXX, with porn stars taking on the characters made famous by Dunham and her castmates. However, Dunham, who created the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214738421/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:25 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214738421/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Viktor Ullmann wrote The Emperor from Atlantis while at the Theresienstadt concentration camp, in what is now the Czech Republic. Photograph: Radek ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737606/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:02:19 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737606/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 How likely are you to see a piece of art in a London gallery created by a woman? An art audit by the East London Fawcett Group has attempted to find ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737496/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737496/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 An audit of the art world shows that every artist in the top 100 auction sales last year was a man, and just 8% of public art in central London was created by women. But things are ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737610/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:18 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737610/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 From Haroon Mizra's sonic sculptures in Wakefield to Jordan Baseman's studies of death in London, Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark find out what's happening in art around the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737609/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:16 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214737609/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Giro d'Italia were given a significant boost when Friday's 19th stage was cancelled due to snow along the route, and Saturday's penultimate stage was recast with a ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736801/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:08:51 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736801/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 On May 24, 1813, Jane Austen went to a crowded art gallery on Pall Mall in London, looking for Mrs Darcy. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747791/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:01 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214747791/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The moment before the forwards engage is perfectly captured in this beautiful photograph from the match between the Chiefs and the Crusaders in New Zealand. The use of symmetry and the steam rising from the players made it stand out from the ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736803/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:49:04 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736803/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Here is the latest collection of birds from Lego enthusiast, avian admirer and professional tree surgeon, Thomas Poulsom. He hopes to persuade the toy company to make his birds into official Lego kits - vote for him ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736804/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:49:03 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736804/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 By Kellie Kotraba Religion News Service (RNS) Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time. His name was Joe Pitt, and he was in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches." Pitt lived in New York with a good reputation and a bad marriage to a woman addicted to Valium. As colleagues dealt with the devastation and uncertainty ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736117/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:56:33 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736117/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Now everyone with a smartphone has the potential to be a video news reporter, how do we know who to trust? Claire Wardle from social news agency Storyful offers some advice on how to ensure your footage is findable, traceable and (hopefully) ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736118/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:56:13 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736118/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri May 24, 2013 6:29am EDT StaGe Mezzanine 2006 For the full text of this story please click the following ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736802/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:29:00 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214736802/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Jackie Appiah All roads are expected to lead to the Silverbird Cinema in Accra on Friday evening as the latest romantic comedy starring top actors, Omar Sheriff Captan, Adjetey Anang and Jackie Appiah among others, hits the big screens. The movie would be unveiled at a red carpet grand premiere Friday evening. In past weeks, various casts have been talking about their roles on various media ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735310/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:19:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735310/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735345/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:18:36 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735345/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 When Sabrina Jaafer told her friend from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York that she and the Nai- Ni Chen Dance Company were going to perform at the Publick Playhouse in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, her friend gushed. "Oh, you're going to love it!" the friend told Jaafer. "They have the best audience." After a stringed prelude by the Ahn Trio, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735347/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:15:24 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735347/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy (Reuters) - Heavy snow has forced Giro d'Italia organisers to call off Friday's mountainous stage 19 from Ponte di Legno to Val ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735881/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:14:37 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735881/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Digital technologies such as 3D modeling software and 3D printers have grown cheap and accessible enough for ordinary people to make prototypes of objects that could, until recently, only be made by people who owned factories. (Emily ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735230/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:11:55 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735230/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A new electronic dance concert termed the Moonrise Festival which was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said Thursday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Planned for the weekend of June 8-9 in Port Covington, the festival had been promoted as a successor to the long-running Starscape Festival, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735259/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:43:53 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214735259/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Heavy snowball has forced the cancellation of stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia on Friday.Organisers announced a modified route for the stage on Thursday to avoid the risk of riders cycling through snow and ice, but the adverse weather ensured no action would take place.There has been no word yet on whether Saturday's stage 20, which is also at risk, will go ahead."Due to adverse ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733428/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:15:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733428/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race has been cancelled, further hurting Aussie Cadel Evans' fading hopes of winning the overall ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733429/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:14:15 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733429/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sesame Street Live in Thousand Oaks, L.A. and Long Beach Sure, your kids know that Bert from "Sesame Street" has only one eyebrow. But do they know that in Denmark, Bert is called "Bent," and his sidekick Ernie is known as "Erik"? Here's some other Muppet trivia to wow your toddler, preschooler or spouse with when you go see Sesame Street Live's ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733343/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:07:42 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733343/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Matthew Bugg finds that when people hear the word burlesque, they tend to picture something different than what he's got in mind. In particular, they picture the 1950s variant - the cheesecake bumping and grinding that is essentially ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733432/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:07:39 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733432/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 23--It was the news that Buffalo's informed movie audience both long dreaded and long expected: Dipson Theatres announced today that it will no longer be operating the North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue after June ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733419/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:07:39 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733419/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Families brace themselves for dance festival ; EGDAILYThe kids are all right in Nottingham for the next couple of weeks as Lakeside Arts Centre's annual children's theatre and dance festival Wheee! returns. Oonagh Robinson finds out what's ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733431/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:07:38 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733431/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Giro d'Italia has been cancelled due to snow along the route, leaving only one more difficult leg to navigate for the overall leader Vincenzo Nibali.Organisers say there are "adverse weather conditions and, in particular, snow on the stage route in its entirety".The 19th stage in the 21-leg race had already been altered because of avalanche threats and sub-zero temperatures. With ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733433/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:06:36 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733433/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News After clearing the first hurdle in some of the most delicate legislative jockeying in recent memory, advocates of a comprehensive immigration reform bill are already looking to the next stage of the legislation’s progress as it heads toward a high-profile airing in the full Senate.While some groups aligned with Democrats failed to secure their ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733434/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:58:29 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214733434/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A maverick of off-beat films that inevitably move a sea of emotions within, acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan has shown that success also belongs to those who choose the path less trodden.His film Lunchbox, which is directed by Ritesh Batra, has won the Grand Rail d'Or Award at the International Critics' Week, a sidebar of the Cannes film Festival. Irrfan who has played an important role in ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214732650/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:23 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214732650/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 An acting elementary school principal in West Mifflin Area School District will hold his post in an official capacity next school year due, in part, to parents who spoke up on his ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214732188/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:05:37 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214732188/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 British law enforcement was under fire Friday after conceding it knew for almost a decade about the two men who allegedly butchered a British soldier. Prime ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:54 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Epic is simplistic. It is an animation for children, especially pre-teen girls who enjoy adventure fairytales. A nine-year-old girl might think it is absolutely amazing. But, unlike movies such as those in the Shrek and Ice Age series, there is nothing much for adults here, except for pretty pictures. Even though it is a morality tale, Epic does not work on multiple levels and there certainly ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731726/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:22:47 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731726/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Vin Diesel and friends are back behind the wheel, defying death, tossing off quips, flexing their muscles and revving their engines to warp speed. Fast & Furious 6 is a guaranteed summer hit. This fan-friendly action movie is the best this franchise has had to offer since the 2001 original. It is funny. It is absurd. And it is relentless. The big action scenes are spectacular, even though ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731727/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:22:47 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731727/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The new spokeswoman for Louis Vuitton, actress Fan Bingbing strutted down the red carpet in a Louis Vuitton rosy silk strapless, a trailing gown topped with enough glitter to match her lashes. She paired the outfit with a Minaudire evening bag. With her hair down in simple waves at the bottom, she appeared poised and elegant, yet she was seen by some as paling in comparison to previous modes of ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731240/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:41:38 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731240/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 As of this writing, it’s been two full days since I watched APEX Theatre’s production of ';A Resounding Tinkle'; and I still have no clue what to make of it. It’s not that the production is poorly presented. (It’s not.) It’s that ';A Resounding Tinkle'; is wholly, and without question unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Is that good? Is ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731241/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:16:43 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214731241/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A stage manager who worked on Michael Jackson's ill-fated This Is It concert warned an AEG executive days before the star's death that the megastar was in physical and mental decline and needed help, according to an email shown to ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214730184/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:13 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214730184/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Steve Forrest, a strapping actor known to television viewers as Lt. Dan Harrelson on the 1970s action series ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214730754/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:10:32 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214730754/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214729643/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:01 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214729643/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued that businesses -- not just the exempted religious groups -- should be allowed to seek exception from the health law if it violates their religious ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214729104/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:55 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214729104/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 KATHA, Myanmar ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214729680/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:19 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214729680/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast Thursday for an active or extremely active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, in its hurricane season outlook, forecast a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) -- of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728871/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:43 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728871/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Being human, homosexual acts, dance, good form and good hygiene, part 2 Editorial, 3/25/2010 Note: This article was added much later as a follow up to the previous article on this subject and to this same addition on 9/27/2010. When looking at the things that make humans distinct from animals in aesthetics, and in following up on my previous article, there are some issues worth mentioning. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728294/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:32:06 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728294/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Anyone who has ever confronted a dissertation deadline with blank pages and a paralyzed mind will identify with ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728260/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:32 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728260/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Of course, Prksen points out the more simple by-product of cymatics: It's "the coolest sound visualizer" built from near scraps. Because as stunning as their installation may be, it's little more than a speaker (playing music), topped with a plate (which vibrates), topped with a bottle cap filled with water (which translates the music's frequencies into hypnotic ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727197/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:43 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727197/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 If we learned anything at all from ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728259/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:05 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214728259/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Police in an Ogden, Utah, suburb said Thursday they believe a 15-year-old boy "acted alone" in killing his 4-year-old and 10-year-old adopted brothers. Davis County sheriff's detectives told reporters they took the 15-year-old into custody Wednesday night, hours after the two victims were found dead in their West Point, Utah, home, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Sheriff Todd ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727749/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:24:40 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727749/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Your auto insurance policy probably has clauses specifying whether you are covered for damage from missiles, falling objects, riots, civil war, earthquakes, hail, radioactive contamination, discharge of a nuclear weapon. But ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727165/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:07:53 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727165/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 As you watch its characters zoom through a lush forest on the backs of hummingbirds, the gorgeous 3-D adventure comedy ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727164/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:59:35 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727164/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A long-time North Knoxville business is moving. Broadway Sound will close the doors at its current location at the corner of Broadway and Edgewood Avenue on May 31st and move to Fountain City. The business posted a "for lease" sign at the Broadway building on Thursday. Broadway Sound started in 1967 as a one-room shop called Lynn's Guitars on Cecil Street. It moved to ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214725910/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:21 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214725910/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 If you eliminated its obtrusively perky soundtrack and revised its dishonest feel-good ending, ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727163/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:55 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727163/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 When a monument wakes up, you notice. ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727219/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:47:11 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727219/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The title of Alex ... http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727162/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:50 -0400 http://www.baltimorestar.com/index.php/sid/214727162/scat/bf7bedafac502d48