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

FLORENCE, S.C. — On the morning after a bellicose debate performance that had the audience leaping to its feet, Newt Gingrich got this challenge from a retired Marine officer who had come to hear him speak at an art gallery here. Read full article > >

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Gingrich sees a South Carolina surge

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’

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It came down to seconds and one instinctive decision that may have saved the lives of country duo Sugarland and others at the Indiana State Fair where five people died when a stage collapsed. Tour manager Hellen Rollens looked at the sky and decided to hold the band backstage. A minute later, 60 to 70 mph wind gusts toppled the roof and the metal scaffolding holding lights and other equipment on Saturday night in Indianapolis. It crashed into the audience, killing four instantly and fifth later at a hospital. Dozens were injured, some critically. Read full article > >

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Decision to hold back Sugarland performance at Indiana State Fair may have saved country duo

INDIANAPOLIS — If the members of the Indiana Republican Party had their way, Mitch Daniels would have announced his presidential bid Thursday night. When the state’s governor got on stage, most of the audience stood up and waved signs that said “Run Mitch Run.” He spoke of the 2012 speculation, but only to tamp it down — and string it along at the same time. “No great announcements or pronouncements, though some insisted on expecting some,” Daniels said. “I’m not saying I won’t do it,” he added before saying, as he has before, that he really wanted to retire from the public eye. Read full article > >

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Mitch Daniels’s wife, Cheri, is in the spotlight

Like many musicians, guitarist Berta Rojas can play only music she loves. She said as much to the audience of her Saturday night recital at the Westmoreland Congregational Church in Bethesda, where she sat perched atop a kind of dais for the final event of the John E. Marlow Guitar Series season.

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Guitar series ends with Berta Rojas’s earnest tribute to Manuel Ponce

There’s nothing like sitting backstage, anxiously waiting for this year’s winners—especially when none disappointed when it came to juicy answers. While many have been complaining that the Oscars were a complete bore, those of us backstage don’t share that sentiment because we got lots of controversial, interesting tidbits from the winners. We start with the lovely Melissa Leo, who woke up the audience when she dropped a colorful f-bomb, crowning herself as the first Oscar winner to use the term during a speech. She entered the room with a huge smile and was quick to hit the mic with an apology. “I apologize…I really don’t mean to offend, and [that was] probably a very inappropriate place to use that particular word.” In case you missed the speech… Read More Read Comments

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The Oscars Backstage: The Drama You Didn’t Hear About

Fashion Week started in earnest this morning with Richard Chai’s 11 a.m. show, and the mood in the audience seemed a tad impatient.

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On the Runway: Piling On at Richard Chai

Monday night, Sarah Palin watched from the audience as daughter Bristol danced on ABC. Twenty-three million other Americans joined her from their homes. Tuesday, the former vice-presidential candidate started a 13-state book tour for her new book, “America By Heart,” which has a first printing of 1 million. Her reality show on TLC, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” is in its third week. Last Sunday she was the cover story in the New York Times magazine. read more

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Robert Reich | Sarah Palin’s Presidential Strategy, and the Economy She Depends On

Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance on Broadway Friday night: The first lady and a group of six girlfriends showed up to see the musical Fela!, about Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat musician and Nigerian political activist. “When the audience realized…

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