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New ideas in the news: Pittsburgh seeks soloist via Youtube, Philly continues embrace of new opera.
February 10, 2012 11:04 
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Hats off to the Opera Company of Philadelphia, who announced their 2012-13 season yesterday. The company’s five productions include the East Coast premiere of Kevin Puts’s new “Silent Night,” which premiered at the Minnesota Opera in...
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Links: NSO with Salerno-Sonnenberg; the piano beat
February 10, 2012 10:09
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Charles T. Downey attended the NSO concert last night and found much to like in the playing of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg under Christoph Eschenbach: Christoph Eschenbach and National Symphony put special spin on familiar works. Read full article ...
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Adele sings, post-surgery, for Anderson Cooper (Video)
February 10, 2012 09:48
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The Grammy Awards on Sunday is technically the first public performance for Adele, the much Grammy-nominated singer, since she had vocal cord surgery in the fall. But CBS went and scooped itself a few days before the awards telecast, as the...
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Fox unveils more midseason programing plans
February 10, 2012 07:25
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Fox announced more midseason plans on Friday. Among the things we learned: *The date for “Bones’s” return to the lineup. *Who Died and Made Gordon Ramsay King? – okay, that one’s a question. *When the countdown officially begins for the...
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‘American Idol’ 2012: Hollywood Week, take 2
February 10, 2012 05:00
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It’s Group Night on “American Idol,” when the auditioners have to team up and learn a song and a dance routine all in one night. “This is the most intense, stressful, punishing night of their lives,” Voiceover Ryan Seacrest tells us...
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Hey, isn’t that...: Alonzo Mourning; Newt and Callista
February 10, 2012 03:33
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• Alonzo Mourning dining at Founding Farmers Wednesday night. The former Hoya and NBA star celebrated his 42nd birthday in a booth next to the bar, where he and a friend watched a college basketball game during dinner — fried green tomatoes,...
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VIPs turn out for Ford’s Theatre expansion
February 09, 2012 10:59
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Four days before his 203rd birthday, Abraham Lincoln got a present from Ford’s Theatre: An education and leadership center devoted to his legacy. “Most museums are about things — this place is about ideas,” said outgoing board chair Wayne...
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Fox Business Network scrubs low-rated primetime lineup
February 09, 2012 06:51
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Fox Business Network has scrubbed its low-rated primetime lineup and will instead repeat its better-watched 5-8 p.m. ET lineup in the primetime block, the network announced Thursday. Gone are “Freedom Watch” with Andrew Napolitano,” “Power...
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Clooney’s kitchen more interesting to viewers than JFK intern fling
February 09, 2012 05:20
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“Rock Center’s” big-get interview with Mimi Alford, in which she shared with viewers the details of her teenage-intern fling with President John F. Kennedy in 1962, only attracted 5.1 million people to the NBC newsmagazine on Wednesday...
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Bravo orders second season of ‘Real Housewives of Miami’
February 09, 2012 05:18
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Bravo network finally made it official: It’s bringing back “The Real Housewives of Miami” for a second season. Returning housewives from the first season include Marysol Patton, Lea Black and Audriana de Moura, the network said. Read full...
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