AP - A new staging of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” has been retooled for shock value, moving the setting to the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center and inserting liberal doses of flabby flesh and Hitler in drag.
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Reuters - R&B singer Rihanna’s “Take a Bow”soared 52 places to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, the second-biggest jump to the top in the chart’s 50-year history.
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Reuters - Rocker Lou Reed is taking a walk on the wild side to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc, where he will host his own weekly show, the company said.
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AP - Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month.
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Reuters - When director Andrew Adamson began promoting “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” which opens in theaters Friday, he prepared for specific questions about the Christian audience that helped 2005’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” gross $292 million at the domestic box office.
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