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Frank Langella to take on role of King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre
Frank Langella , the triple-Tony award winning actor who memorably portrayed Richard Nixon on stage and screen, is to take on King Lear for the Chichester Festival Theatre, it will be announced on Thursday.The role is often called the Everest of acting and has been played in recent years by Derek Jacobi at the Donmar Warehouse and Ian McKellen at the Royal Shakespeare Company.Langella has ...
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Troubled Detroit court looking for other cuts to avert layoffs
Layoff notices have gone out to 80 employees who work at 36th District Court in Detroit in union and nonunion positions, but the majority of the layoffs could be averted with other cost-saving methods before they take effect in early July.Among the ideas proposed for cutting costs: 10% wage concessions, unpaid holidays and changes to health care, according to court and union ...
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Obama seeks further cuts to U.S. Russia nuclear arsenals
BERLIN — Despite an uphill battle in Moscow and in Congress, President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to try to shrink the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, making the case for what he called ...
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Commemorative walk is call to action echoing MLKs historic 1963 march
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom in Detroit on June 23, 1963. With him are, from left, Walter Reuther, Benjamin McFall, Cmdr. George Harge and Rev. C.L. Franklin. / Tony Spina/Detroit Free ...
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Jeff Seidel Imagine what a new arena could do for Detroit
a proposed $650-million hockey arena could be built for the Red Wings.The 18,000-seat arena would be within walking distance of Ford Field, Comerica Park and the Fox ...
Movie Review
Breakdown
Some movies have such good set-ups, that they are virtually assured to be something of a let-down when it comes time for the follow-through. Jonathan Mostow's "Breakdown" is such a movie. The opening is very reminiscent of the superior Dutch thriller "The Vanishing" (later remade by the same director into a thoroughly disappointing American film), where a husband and wife are on a trip, and the wi ... ...
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Mitch Albom Game 7 to show whos toughest of all in NBA finals
LeBron James of the Miami Heat reacts while taking on the San Antonio Spurs during Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals at AmericanAirlines Arena on June 18, 2013 in Miami, Florida. / Getty ...
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Mark Phelan Chevy Spark integrates with smartphones at affordable price point
Front-wheel drive four-passenger hatchback minicar Price as tested: $15,085 (excluding destination charge) Rating:★★★ (out of four stars) Reasons to buy: Price, features, fuel economy, passenger room, easy to park Shortcomings: Acceleration, performance of air conditioning, interior fit and finish, interior ...
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Former metro Detroiter at the helm of Monsters University
Monster Premiere for French Animation Festival: Disney-Pixar's 'Monsters University' is screened in a world premiere at the Annecy animated film ...
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Monsters University partially redeems Pixar
Trailer: 'Monsters University': 'Monsters University' tells the backstory of how Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (voiced by John Goodman) first became friends in ...
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Classical performances DSO Summer Celebration Claremont Trio Midday Rhapsodies
The Verdehr Trio will perform Tuesday, June 25, at Wharton Center on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing. From left: pianist Silvia Roederer, violinist Walter Verdehr and clarinetist Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr. / MSU College of ...