Sonja Sohn stood in front of her audience, confident about the performance she was about to give. This wasn’t surprising, considering her history as an actress who was just coming off a five-year run as Det. Shakima “Kima” Greggs on HBO’s “The Wire,” one of the most critically acclaimed shows in television history. To project professionalism, she had pulled her hair back and was wearing pressed slacks and a collared shirt. Her motivation was clear, her research was done, and after many months of preparation, she was ready. Read full article > >

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After ‘The Wire’ ended, actress Sonja Sohn couldn’t leave Baltimore’s troubled streets behind

Sonja Sohn stood in front of her audience, confident about the performance she was about to give. This wasn’t surprising, considering her history as an actress who was just coming off a five-year run as Det. Shakima “Kima” Greggs on HBO’s “The Wire,” one of the most critically acclaimed shows in television history. To project professionalism, she had pulled her hair back and was wearing pressed slacks and a collared shirt. Her motivation was clear, her research was done, and after many months of preparation, she was ready. Read full article > >

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After ‘The Wire’ ended, actress Sonja Sohn couldn’t leave Baltimore’s troubled streets behind

As the debates have taken on a bigger significance in this primary, the audience’s response has become as much a part of the calculation as the parrying onstage.

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Raucous Republican Primary Debates Seem More Made for TV

Here’s a tasteful way to deal with rude concertgoers interrupting performances with their errant cellphone ringtones: Slovakian musician Lukáš Kmit, jolted by the dulcet tones of a Nokia phone in the midst of his performance, played the ringtone back to the audience on his viola. Read full article > >

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Nokia ringtone turned into violin song after concert interruption

MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev used his Facebook page Sunday to disclose that he had ordered an investigation into reports of election fraud, a statement his audience greeted with derision. The posting quickly went viral, and drew more than 8,000 mostly offended and even offensive comments in a little over six hours, revealing the depth of the disillusionment with Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and their government. Tens of thousands of Russians spoke up in demonstrations across the country Saturday, protesting the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections, and they apparently had no intention of returning to their former silence. Read full article > >

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Russians scoff at Medvedev election inquiry

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Saturday sharply criticized Newt Gingrich’s remark this week that the Palestinians are an “invented” people , calling the statement by the former House speaker and GOP presidential contender “divisive and destructive.” “Next Gingrich is wrong to think his attempt to turn the Palestinians into a non-people with no claim to a state will appeal to his audience on the Jewish Channel, on which they are apparently to be aired on Monday,” Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said in a statement. Read full article > >

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For a show called “Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies,” cast members are remarkably tight-lipped. You won’t get any additional spoilers from the cast of the Second City show before the Chicago comedy troupe begins its D.C. run Tuesday at Woolly Mammoth Theatre. “I am such a big fan of the show,” says Maribeth Monroe, a Second City company member. “And if I reveal too much about it, it would take away from the audience’s experience.” Read full article > >

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Non-spoiler alerts for ‘Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies’

For a show called “Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies,” cast members are remarkably tight-lipped. You won’t get any additional spoilers from the cast of the Second City show before the Chicago comedy troupe begins its D.C. run Tuesday at Woolly Mammoth Theatre. “I am such a big fan of the show,” says Maribeth Monroe, a Second City company member. “And if I reveal too much about it, it would take away from the audience’s experience.” Read full article > >

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Non-spoiler alerts for ‘Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies’

After a tough day at the Oval Office — markets collapsing, supercommittees evaporating — President Obama seemed ready to do what so many Americans do when the weight feels too heavy: find solace in a country song. “Tonight we’re transforming the East Room into a bona fide country music hall,” the president declared at the White House on Monday evening. (Instead of a collective yee-haw , the audience responded with a pitter of golf clapping.) Read full article > >

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James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss and others celebrate country music at White House

Last spring, I gave a lecture at Montgomery College on my 30-year passion for folk-art collecting. Afterward, a student approached me with a question: Would I ever quit? It seemed like a reasonable enough query, considering that I’d just told the audience that my house is filled floor to ceiling with more than 2,000 pieces from 75 countries. Even our closet doors have been pressed into service as art space, for heaven’s sake. Read full article > >

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In Guatemala, a folk art collecting adventure

In his final appearance on “Live With Regis and Kelly,” Regis Philbin will be greeted by celebrity friends in the audience and a secret roster of on-air guests.

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ArtsBeat: Regis Philbin’s Farewell Show

Steve Jobs originally wanted Apple to be able to operate the iPhone without help from carriers. That’s what John Stanton, a venture capitalist and wireless industry veteran, told his audience at a Seattle speech Monday, IDG News reported . According to Stanton, when Jobs was first percolating ideas about the handset from 2005-2007, he discussed the plausibility of going around carriers and using the unlicensed spectrum that WiFi networks rely on for the phones. Read full article > >

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Report: Steve Jobs wanted Apple to be a wireless carrier

On Saturday night, Jay-Z and Kanye West avoided overtly audacious moments and relied on minimal gestures to provide thrills for their audience.

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Concert Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West Swap Stories on Saturday Night

Tonight on “Dancing With the Stars” — Cher is in the audience! Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet don’t say that, though it must true because Cher tweeted last week that she would be on the show if her son, Chaz Bono, didn’t get eliminated. Chaz is still here and even though we don’t know much about Cher, we don’t think she would lie about something like that. Read full article > >

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‘Dancing With the Stars’: Songs from the movies, and a visit from Cher

Speaking at an event hosted by a prominent gay advocacy group, President Obama on Saturday night chastised the his GOP presidential rivals for failing to speak up when some members of the audience at a debate last month booed a gay soldier. Read full article > >

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Obama blasts GOP candidates for failing to defend gay soldier