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  • Lady Gaga ready for live gig in August

    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 ...

  • Worlds largest Star Wars Lego model unveiled in NYC

    A massive Lego model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter was unveiled in Times Square, New York City on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan measures 44 feet (13.44 metres) across, and is the largest Lego model ever built, Sky News reported. The ship is the work of 32 master Lego ...

  • In New York Filipino costume and set designer Clint Ramos wins Obie Award

    Costume design for the Imelda Marcos hit musical "Here Lies Love" Set and costume designer Clint Ramos received the 2013 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design at the 58th Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Theater Awards ceremony. He was also the recipient of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design and a nominee of Outstanding Costume Design for his ...

  • Accused Pa. murderer who was caught in Syracuse arraigned in Scranton

    Ryan Harding is taken to arraignment at police headquarters in Scranton. Harding is accused of murdering a man on May 5, and was captured by police on Tuesday in Syracuse. He was held without ...

  • New York City Hopes Bikesharing Will Make Streets Safer

    Citi Bike, the country's largest urban bike-sharing system, will soon be rolling in New York City after almost a year of delays. The idea has worked elsewhere, including Paris, Washington, D.C., and Montreal. But critics wonder if it's safe to add tens of thousands of new cyclists to the crowded streets of New ...


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Movie Review

Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

Franois Ozons much-talked-about Swimming Pool features one of those Huh? endings that people love to discuss in serious tones as they walk out of the theater and drive home, as if theyre deconstructing some great philosophical paradox. Its an ending that calls into question everything that came before, and it will make many want to go back for a repeat viewing to relive the films narrative ... ...

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  • NYC lawsuit alleging Favre sent racy texts settled

    NEW YORK - A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre (farv) over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been settled.Lawyer David Jaroslawicz (yahr-oh-SLAH'-vihk) wouldn't comment Friday on the terms of the settlement.Massage therapists Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole said Favre sent sexually suggestive texts to ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 24

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • New Yorks Main Beach tops experts list for best in U.S.

    EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No. 1. Less surprisingly, that beach is in East Hampton, the vacation playground for the rich and ...

  • Is that Auburn tree wearing a scarf Wrapped up in yarn for art exhibit

    Schweinfurth Art Center Executive Director Donna Lamb Friday describes the Yarn Bomb, an installation of scarves on trees in front of the Auburn museum. The yarn-wrapped trees are meant to draw attention to the museum's "Innovators & Legends" exhibit opening. The scarves will stay on the trees until the exhibit closes on Aug. 11, Lamb said. And the museum will gladly take ...

  • Oneida County jury convicts Trenton town supervisor of child sex abuse

    the Utica Observer-Dispatch reports . Mark Scheidelman, 53, was convicted this afternoon of first-degree sexual abuse. He is a former Oneida County Republican Party chairman and Boy Scout leader. Jurors deliberated for a day and a half before reaching a verdict, the Observer-Dispatch ...

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