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Brooks & Dunn come full circle during last concert together in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last. The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night with t...
Ne-Yo says T.I. 'makes a lot of poor decisions'; has had enough chances
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together. Ne-Yo told the Associated Press the fellow performer makes a lot of poor decisions when it com...
Workers at host hotel for Toronto film festival stage one-day strike
TORONTO - Just days before the Toronto International Film Festival begins, more than 100 hotel workers are picketing outside the festival's host hotel. Amarjeet Chhabra, an organizer for the union,...
A tale of two cousins: Jane Urquhart releases new novel, 'Sanctuary Line'
TORONTO - Jane Urquhart always wanted to write a book about the bond between cousins. Growing up with brothers, the author says she formed close ties with her gang of young female relatives. "It...
Montreal Symphony Orchestra renews contract of music director Kent Nagano
MONTREAL - The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has renewed the contract of music director Kent Nagano. The deal will keep Nagano aboard until the 2013-2014 season, although it may be renewed for anothe...
BBM Canada: 'Big Brother 12' top TV program in Canada for the week of Aug. 23-29
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of Aug. 23-29: 1 "Emmy Awards" (CTV Global, Sunday) _ 2,429,000 2 "Big Brother 12" (Global, Thursda...
BBM Canada: 'Emmys' top TV program in Canada for the week of Aug. 23-29
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of Aug. 23-29: 1 "Emmy Awards" (CTV Global, Sunday) _ 2,429,000 2 "Big Brother 12" (Global, Thursda...
Snoop Dogg debuts as 1st hip-hop artist to be featured in hit video game 'Rock Band'
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Rap and rock will collide once again — this time in a video game. Fans of the hit game "Rock Band" will get a chance to jam to some hip-hop, thanks to Snoop Dogg. He's the fir...
Chicago author Sara Paretsky publishes 14th mystery with V.I. Warshawski
CHICAGO - Sara Paretsky's latest installment in her series about feisty, female private detective V.I. Warshawski opens with the heroine outside a Chicago nightclub, the bloody body of a woman who was...
Hotel workers launch strike at Toronto's Hyatt Regency
TORONTO - Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency, home of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, have started a one-day walkout. Their union, UNITE HERE, says the walkout began after talks ...
