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Actor Corbin Bernsen will shoot movie backed by and featuring citizens of Kipling, Sask.

National Arts Training Contribution Program will get an additional $20-million over the next two years

Music News: Co. lays off 17, remaining workers get pay cuts -- Los Angeles Opera has laid off 17 of its 100 workers and ordered a pay cut of as much as 8% from each remaining staffer's salary.

Grammy-nominated artist Raphael Saadiq will make a stop at Detroit's City Theatre at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 15.Raphael Saadiq is a contemporary artist continuing a time-honored tradition that goes back to the '60s and '70s. From his early days as a member of the groundbreaking '80s group Tony! Toni! Ton?! through his work as an award-winning producer of such artists as Joss Stone, The Roots, Snoop Dogg, John Legend among many others and his own solo albums, the multi-talented Raphael Saadiq has kept the faith.Tickets ($25) go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, January 30 and may be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Macy's and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call 1-800-745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.

AMY WINEHOUSE is reportedly set to go back to work to record new material following an extended holiday in the Caribbean.The singer has been enjoying a sunshine break in ...

Is Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper gay? Although he appeared as a trainer in the Queer Abs workout DVD, Bob has apparently not publicly discussed his sexual orientation, although he has discussed topics such as religion ('I love being a trainer; it's something that just fits -- it's hearing God's calling for me,' he told the Sun-Sentinel).Instead, discussions of his sexuality are frequently found on blogs and message boards, like this Television Without Pity post, in which someone called givemeakleenex wrote, 'I just found out that one of my best friends used to know him pretty well (squee!) and apparently he's been out for years now. I don't know if being on the show has pushed him back into the closet a little bit because that would be a shame. My friend says Bob is one of the nicest people he's ever met, and what you see of him on the show is the real deal.'Recently, however, two people who spent a significant amount of time with Bob essentially but indirectly publicly outed h

Songsmith is a new product from Microsoft that creates music to back any tune you sing. It has become an Internet sensation as people have taken classic songs like the Police's 'Roxanne' and the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and let Songsmith work its magic.

Songsmith is a new product from Microsoft that creates music to back any tune you sing. It has become an Internet sensation as people have taken classic songs like the Police's 'Roxanne' and the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and let Songsmith work its magic.

TV News: Venture backed by Viacom, Lionsgate, MGM -- Epix, the pay TV venture backed by Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM, will bow in May as an on-demand service and in October as a full-blown channel.

Wildly successful pop trio Jonas Brothers are updating fans with information about their upcoming tour, TV show and 3D movie!In a new MySpace.com blog entitled "JB UPDATE & THANKS," Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas tell fans they will announce details for their world tour as early as February.The brothers write about their new TV show, saying they are now back in Los Angeles working on the project, adding: