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Conan chooses teen's tweets
Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she has 20,000 - as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding.
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Haim a 'tormented soul': Corey Feldman
Canadian actor Corey Haim, an actor who had struggled with drug addiction, died at age 38 early Wednesday in Los Angeles. Police say the exact cause is unknown.
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Trudeau bio wins political writing prize
A biography of former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
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Performing arts companies brace for HST
Ottawa's performing arts venues are trying to help patrons save money in anticipation of the harmonized sales tax, which will make theatre and concert tickets more expensive.
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Lepage double bill heads to Toronto
Toronto will get a double bill of Robert Lepage production this fall, with The Andersen Project and Eonnagata coming to the city for the first time.
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Shaw Festival locks out workers
The Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., has locked out its maintenance employees in an ongoing labour dispute.
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Shrek to take final bow at Tribeca
Shrek Forever After, the final instalment of the Shrek movie series, will open this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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Mozart-Haydn Festival set for Ottawa
Ottawa's National Arts Centre Orchestra plans to salute the work of contemporaries Mozart and Haydn in a special program during its 2010-11 season.
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Rare Canadian flag on auction block
A rare, 1868 Canadian Red Ensign flag will hit the auction block this summer.
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Anna Nicole Smith's life gets operatic treatment
Britain's Royal Opera will stage the world premiere of an opera about the late Anna Nicole Smith, who died from an accidental drug overdose in 2007.
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Montreal critics pick Blessed Are They
Blessed Are They, a play examining faith in a downtown Montreal parish, was declared best production at the Montreal English Critics' Circle Awards.
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Sheen returns next week to TV show after rehab
Actor Charlie Sheen is expected to return to his TV series Two and a Half Men after three weeks in rehab.
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City pays for exposure on TV show
The City of Granby, Que., plans to spend $45,000 to give itself more exposure on a popular French-language TV program.
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De Niro tackles role of football great Lombardi
Robert De Niro will portray NFL football legend Vince Lombardi, who took the Green Bay Packers to two Super Bowl victories, in a new biopic by ESPN Films.
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Love Never Dies sees mixed reviews
Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-awaited sequel to Phantom of the Opera premiered in London on Tuesday evening to mixed reviews by critics.