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PBS to launch Charlie Rose weekend show
The Baltimore SunPBS is going to launch a new Charlie Rose in July, the public broadcaster announced Monday. The show will air Friday nights at 8:30 and be called "Charlie Rose Weekend." With his CBS duties, the 71-year-old Rose is going to be a very busy guy. Good...Tags: CBS Corp., Charlie Rose, Television
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Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure
Kwame Kwei-Armah is turning up the floodlights on Center Stage. It's been not quite two years since the British-born playwright became artistic director of Maryland's largest regional theater. With his production of two button-pushing dramas nicknamed...
Tags: Sociology, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities, Culture
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'AGT' phenom Jackie Evancho to perform with BSO
In 2010, a blond-haired girl with a sweet smile stood before the "America's Got Talent" studio audience and millions of TV viewers. The 10-year-old proceeded to sing about asking her daddy to grant her request. So far, so normal. But if the words...
Tags: Susan Boyle, America's Got Talent (tv program), Culture, Taiwan, Folklore and Mythology
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A beautiful work in a horrific setting
The most famous, roof-rattling passage in Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem" describes the "day of wrath" for the guilty as they face their eternal fate: "How great will be the terror when the Judge comes who will smash everything completely … Whatever...
Tags: Prisons, Judaism, Nazi Party, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, American Red Cross
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Aren't the Supremes ready for their close-up?
Unless you waited in line for five days to get one of the coveted audience seats at the Supreme Court, you probably experienced this week's oral arguments on same-sex marriage as something of a Ken Burns film. Websites and TV broadcasters played audio of...
Tags: John Roberts, 60 Minutes (tv program), Antonin Scalia, Starbucks Corp., Media Industry
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Of course Al Jazeera has a bias, but it's not what most critics think
The Baltimore SunReading some of the nutty coverage of Al Jazeera's purchase of Current TV from Al Gore, I am not sure whether the problem is ideology or ignorance when it comes to the sorry state of media criticism today. Last week, I explained why I thought Al...Tags: Al Gore, Current TV (tv network), Al Jazeera English (tv network), Frontline Limited, BBC
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Third accuser claims to have had underage sexual relations with Elmo puppeteer
A third accuser has come forward claiming he had sexual relations with Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash while underage. The man, identified in court papers only as "D.O.," claims he began the physical relationship in 2000, when he was 16. In court papers...
Tags: Trials, Sexual Misconduct, New York City, Sex Crimes, Kevin Clash
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So many advances in technology, so many more to come [Commentary]
I am not very computer literate. I know how to use one to surf the Internet, to shop, to work, but ask me how they work, what makes it run, I can't tell you. I wasn't sure what was bigger, a megabyte or a gigabyte. What are those? I'm not sure, other than...
Tags: Apple iPad, Computer Networking and Internet
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A fire in Brazil, a fake fight in Phoenix and a real one in California
Dick Van Dyke brought his characteristic charm to the SAG Awards this weekend, and Internet users dutifully searched for all sorts of details on him -- anything to distract us from the icy weather that caused school closings from here to Ann Arbor. ...
Tags: IBM, ESPN (tv network), Royal Rumble, Entertainment Events, Downton Abbey (tv program)
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Our special relationship with 'Downton Abbey'
America has a remarkably close relationship with its previous owner. It seems we no sooner threw off the yoke of George III than we started collecting mugs decorated with the images of royal wedding partners. England and the United States have been...
Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Harry of Wales, Maggie Smith
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From halls of 'Downton Abbey,' to 'House of Cards,' a great midseason
Midseason used to be a time for networks to put on series that weren’t good enough to make the fall lineup. The thinking was: The money has been spent to make these episodes, so let’s try to get something out of them by plugging them for shows...
Tags: FX (tv channel), Noah Emmerich, Downton Abbey (tv program), Alan Ball, White House
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Back in Baltimore, Wes Moore has big plans for his hometown
When Wes Moore swings a sledgehammer, he does it with his whole body, with the easy confidence of someone who's used to manual labor. It's early on a Saturday morning, and Wes is one of a couple dozen volunteers who have gathered in the Oliver...
Tags: Movies, Literature, Poverty, Meet the Press (tv program), Teaching and Learning
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