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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies: Fans and celebrities react
May 20, 2012 08:29 
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Bee Gees founding member Robin Gibb died Sunday after a “long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery,” his family said in a statement. He was 62. Gibb was in a coma for more than a week this April. After waking up, Gibb’s doctors...
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Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies
May 20, 2012 08:09
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Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died Sunday, according to a statement on his website.
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Robin Gibb, former Bee Gees member who helped define ’70s disco subculture
May 20, 2012 07:29
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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, a trio that helped define the disco subculture of the 1970s with such hits as “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever” and “How Deep Is Your Love,” died May 20. He was 62. His death was announced on his Web site....
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Pianist Jeremy Denk, a classicist for the 21st century, at Sixth and I Synagogue
May 20, 2012 04:41
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There’s a whole dance of vulnerability and restraint that goes on when a concert performer walks out in front of an audience: the formal attire and hush of the hall on the one hand, the emotional revelations of performance on the other. Audiences...
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‘Battleship’ loses to ‘Avengers’ at box office, confirms Tim Riggins can’t beat the Hulk
May 20, 2012 01:55
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Nothing — not even major explosions, havoc-wreaking shredders and the one-two punch of Tim Riggins and Rihanna — can beat “The Avengers.” Joss Whedon’s superheroic dream team smash easily maintained its hold on the top box office spot,...
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‘Black Jacks’ persuaded inmate Gregory White to shape up and ship out
May 19, 2012 05:58
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The newspaper came to me in pieces and sections. Rarely would there be a complete newspaper. And when it did arrive, it would always be two or three days old. However, it always made for a good read, even when an edition was days old. There was an...
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Betty White dishes on her career at Lisner Auditorium
May 18, 2012 12:39
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If it seems like Betty White is everywhere these days, that’s because she is. She started tweeting last month. She was roasted last week at the Friar’s Club in New York, where she was treated to a life-size cake in her image. And Thursday...
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Van Halen postpones concerts
May 18, 2012 11:46
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Classic rockers Van Halen on Thursday abruptly postponed more than 30 tour dates, following their June 26 concert in New Orleans, representative Anna Loynes said.
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Digital blues: Critic Ann Hornaday confronts a future without celluloid
May 18, 2012 10:51
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It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” That’s an oft-heard refrain in the computer world, where programmers routinely trot out “improvements” that users experience as irritations and glitches. The phrase came to mind a few weeks ago during...
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Politics and activism take center stage at Cannes
May 18, 2012 10:29
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One doesn’t usually associate the Cannes Film Festival with politics and activism, but both were in the rainy air on Friday, when news hit the trade publications that Harvey Weinstein had acquired the documentary “The Oath of Tobruk,”...
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