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BBC Takes Note of L’Affaire Cantat/Mouawad
Exactly what was Wajdi Mouawad thinking when he cast his friend Bertrand Cantat in his upcoming Sophocles trilogy? And what was Lorraine Pintal thinking when she agreed to host this show at Theatre du...
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Just for Laughs 2011: Russell Howard at Theatre Ste. Catherine, July 25
Russell Howard had anticipated an audience of one for the local debut of his solo show, The Time is Now: his agent. Though he’s a household name in the United Kingdom – star of his own popular BBC...
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The Cumberbirthday: British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has two good reasons...
Happy Birthday to Benedict Cumberbatch. He has at least two reasons to be happy, and probably lots more than that. On the altruistic side of things, a story in Britain’s Radio Times says that fans of...
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Benedict Cumberbatch fans couldn’t see his Olympics video on NBC, but it is...
There are several TV screens in the Gazette newsroom, so I did catch a few glimpses of the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics on Friday. I heard some angelic singing, too. But from the time...
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Twenty years of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock! What do you think,...
Fans of the BBC TV series Sherlock have been craving a new fix for some time now, but the major players – stars Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch, and co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss –...
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The ABC’s of sweat and sweaty workouts
These days everyone’s talking about sweat. How much they sweat, where they sweat, how soon they sweat and how long it takes to stop sweating. If you’re guilty of joining in the sweat talk, you’ll be...
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New music review: On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2, the Beatles (Capitol/...
The real exciting stuff, like Clarabella and Soldier of Love. was on the first volume of Beatles BBC radio recordings, released in 1994. The leftovers are represented by this newly-issued sequel. Two...
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Series Three of Sherlock comes to PBS at last
To the relief of impatient fans on this side of the Atlantic, Sherlock, the show which places the adventures of Sherlock Holmes in modern-day Britain, returns to PBS stations at 10 p.m. EST, Sunday,...
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