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Associated Press | file photo by John Bazemore<br> Rapper T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, speaks to reporters outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse in Atlanta, in March 27, 2008. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Arrest may derail T.I. return
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Submitted<br> Ira David Wood III’s “A Christmas Carol” be show on Dec. 3-5 at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Theatre season stretches to Broadway and back
Black playwrights, William Shakespeare, a Japanese ghost story, Billy Elliot and Ebenezer Scrooge: this fall’s theatrical lineup offers a bevy of genres and topics on stage in Durham and Cha...
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Photos courtesy of Outpost Films<br> Filmmakers Sebastian Junger (left) and Tim Hetherington are seen in 2007 at Outpost Restrepo. Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. Their documentary “Restrepo” follows an Army platoon stationed at an isolated outpost in the dangerous Korengal Valley. ‘Restrepo’: War in Afghanistan from the soldiers’ point of view
The Korengal Valley was known as one of the most dangerous places of the war in Afghanistan. Then men of Second Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade were stationed there from 2007 to 20...
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Wootini to open ‘Roadshow’ event
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Stars' chemistry trumps comedy
“Going the Distance” is a movie in the tradition of “American Pie” and “There’s Something About Mary.” It’s filthy, funny and kind of sweet, if not ...
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Crime fighter MacGruber comes to DVD
New releases coming to DVD Tuesday: “MacGruber” (R, 99 minutes) “Saturday Night Live” cast member Will Forte brings his crime-fighting character, MacGruber, to the silve...
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54NP_15618327_Film_Review_Machete.jpg 'Machete' serves relentless and bloody action
Certainly, “Machete” is the best feature-length extension of a fake movie trailer in Hollywood history.
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Submitted<br> Richmond, Va.-based Kinetic Element will perform a pre-festival show Friday at Local 506 before the 16th annual ProgDay International Progressive Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday. ProgDay 2010 -- Extended forms, complex rhythms
When Mike Visaggio, keyboard player and composer for the Richmond, Va., band Kinetic Element, first heard the music of the band Yes in the early 1970s, his ears were opened to a different sound. &...
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ProgDay 2010 schedule
All concerts are at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill. For updates and directions, visit www.progday.net
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Associated Press | CBS | John Paul Filo<br> Michael Douglas (from left) waves to the “Late Show” audience after a hug from host David Letterman during the show’s Tuesday taping in New York. Douglas said he faces an “eight-week struggle” against throat cancer but is feeling optimistic. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Douglas treating throat tumor as ‘curable disease’
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