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Hot off their win for Best Ensemble from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, several cast members from AMC's Mad Men attended Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular at The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. After the show the two-time Golden Globe-winning ensemble visited backstage with the cast to congratulate them on a rousing performance.This lavish production of The Phantom of the Opera thrills audiences eight times a week at The Venetian. From the moment you enter the magnificent custom-built theatre you are immersed in the storied Paris Opera House and become part of The Phantom's world. Featuring every beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber song from the original, spectacular sets, new effects, and a breathtaking chandelier experience, Phantom is an only-in-Vegas experience.

He didn't even pay for the warranty. Police in Long Branch said a man allegedly stole a $20,000 diagnostic computer from a garage where he used to work, then returned the broken unit several months later _ only to steal its replacement. The man was been...

Ottawa, Jan 28 (Xinhua) A 93-year-old Canadian man was sentenced to two years in jail for sexually abusing his daughters some 50 years ago, a media report said here Tuesday.

Film Reviews: 'The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle' is a (mostly) live-action first feature by David Russo, who's made several well-received animated shorts -- and this peculiar, rather pointless mix of snark and whimsy might've worked better in that format. Tale of punky protags suffering weird side effects from an experimental food addictive -- including men giving birth to fluorescent blue 'butt fish' -- is more irksome than amusing. Outside the fest circuit, prospects will be slim.

The writer published about 60 volumes of fiction short and long, poetry, art criticism and book reviews. Such a prolific output reflected his gifts and his shortcomings. For David Foster Wallace, he was one of 'the Great Male Narcissists.' Martin Amis declared that the last section of his 1989 memoir 'Self-Consciousness' was 'to my knowledge the best thing yet written on what it is like to get older: age, and the only end of age.' Nicholson Baker celebrated his 'assured touch, [his] adjectival resourcefulness.'

Original New York cast members Jeremy Beck, Mike Doyle (Law and Order: SVU), Sevan Greene and Waleed F. Zuaiter head the cast under the guidance of original director Pippin Parker when L.A. Theatre Works presents the West Coast premiere of Betrayed, the haunting new play by award winning writer and journalist George Packer. Five performances take place February 18-22 at the Skirball Cultural Center where they will be recorded to air on LATW's nationally syndicated public radio theater series, The Play's The Thing.In early 2007, George Packer published an article in The New Yorker about Iraqi interpreters who jeopardized their lives on behalf of the Americans in Iraq, yet were provided with little or no U.S. protection or security. The article drew national attention to the humanitarian crisis and moral scandal. Based on Mr. Packer's interviews in Baghdad, Betrayed tells the story of three young Iraqis - two men and one woman - who were motivated to risk everything by America's promis

Singer ASHLEE SIMPSON has leapt to the defence of her elder sister JESSICA, branding reports criticising her weight 'embarrassing and belittling'.The Dukes Of Hazzard star ...

More than 100 feral cats and dogs were euthanized after authorities found them living among the remains of hundreds of other dead animals that had been dumped in trash bags at a man's rented property. Temecula police on Friday arrested a 67-year-old man on...

Evan Rachel Wood clearly has a “thing” for her co-star Mickey Rourke.Stranger things have happened - after all, this is Hollywood. Evan Rachel Wood, 21, hit headlines last year after she started dating Marilyn Manson (19 years her senior) but since their split in November has she now moved on to 56-year-old veteran actor Mickey [...]

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its World of Dance series with the return of one of the nation's premier flamenco and Spanish dance companies, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, performing their new production, Fiesta Flamenca, on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 3pm.'An infectiously joyful celebration of music and dance.' -The New York TimesOriginally from Andalusia, the southern region of Spain, the art of flamenco developed from the interaction of the many cultures that inhabited this region for centuries. Traditional dances include the joyful Alegrias, with songs that are light and carefree in spirit; the Tangos, one of the oldest and most basic gypsy forms; and the Soleres, the essence and root of flamenco, with its themes of romantic tragedy, desolation and death. The flamenco event frequently ends por Bulerias, with a 'jam session' in which everyone engages in a friendly competition of artistry and expertise.Carlota Santana, Artistic Director