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Lindsay Lohan surrenders for jail sentence

July 21, 2010 - 3:24am

Hitting bottom under Hollywood's glare, Lindsay Lohan began serving jail time Tuesday for a probation violation that underlined the starlet's inability to put a 2006 drug case behind her.

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Playboy launches work-safe website: Internet

July 21, 2010 - 3:24am
Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: a chance to prove it.
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Writers' Alliance receives provincial government support

July 20, 2010 - 9:36am

The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador has received $80,000 in operational support through the provincial government’s 2010 Cultural Economic Development Program (CEDP).

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Paradise teen Evan Simms finalist on reality series: Television

July 20, 2010 - 3:04am

It has been under wraps since early June, but 14-year old Evan Simms can now tell whoever he likes he made it as a finalist for YTV's talent-search television series "The Next Star.

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Jazz and blues festival wraps up: Performances top notch, has room to grow

July 19, 2010 - 3:11am

Have a look at the bar-side wall of the Fat Cat Blues bar in downtown St. John's and you have a pretty good sense of the mix that makes the Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues Festival work.

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Do you like scary stories?: Author Dale Jarvis offers new book, visiting storytellers

July 17, 2010 - 3:33am

Once upon a time, in a city, very much like this one, there was a young man who liked to collect ghost stories ...


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Nolan masterfully messes with minds in 'Inception'

July 17, 2010 - 3:33am

Driving home from a screening of "Inception" the other night, my husband said to me, "I don't know how you're going to write about this movie.

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'Sorcerer's Apprentice' OK fun: Cage, Baruchel channel Mickey Mouse

July 17, 2010 - 3:33am

If toys, video games, comics and TV cartoon specials can serve as sources for Hollywood action flicks, why not Mickey Mouse?

Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," as "suggested by the animated short" of the same name starring Mickey, may not work any bedazzling magic.

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Journalist strives for 'experiential' look at Afghan war with doc 'Restrepo': Sebastien Junger looks inside a deployed U.S. Platoon

July 17, 2010 - 3:33am

Politics didn't belong in Sebastian Junger's intimate portrait of a U.S. platoon's harrowing tour of duty in northeast Afghanistan.

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Notes from the Wreckhouse - Day Three

July 16, 2010 - 6:54am

Up the stairs of the Yellowbelly Brewery and Public House, in the concert venue behind the full restaurant, 75 to 100 people were seated on Thursday night.

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Young group doesn't disappoint: Newfoundland Box Office gives high-quality production of 'Never Swim Alone'

July 16, 2010 - 3:32am

Debuting in Toronto in 1991, Daniel MacIvor's exuberantly metatheatrical "Never Swim Alone" has held the stage well since then, the current production in the Basement Theatre of the Arts and Culture Centre being the third St.

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Notes from the Wreckhouse - Day 2

July 15, 2010 - 7:02am

The Parker Goudie Acoustic Duo opened the Wreckhouse Jazz and Blues’ series of mid-day concerts at the Murray Premises on Wednesday.

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Mid-day festival concert still a-go at Murray Premises

July 15, 2010 - 6:03am

Organizers have confirmed the outdoor concert scheduled for today at 12:30 at the Murray Premises Courtyard in downtown St.

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