Mime artist Bill Bowers showcases technique at Cedar Rapids High
Mime actor Bill Bowers demonstrates his craft during a Cedar Rapids Metro High School presentation. Bowers, known for his film Two Weeks Notice, has performed across the United States Canada and Europe.
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Mary Vasey
Iowa City
Joe Nagel
Cedar Rapids
Debra Jacque
Quasqueton
Bill Bowers
Cedar Rapids Metro High School
Bowers
United States
Canada
Europe
Kalissa Henderson
Aretha Franklin noncooperative in Detroit mansion fire probe
Bloomfield Township police say Aretha Franklin rebuffed interview attempts after the Oct. 25 fire at her vacant $1.6 million Detroit mansion storage site. Franklin twice said she was too tired to talk and declined to be interviewed, via calls to detectives and through attorney Elbert Hatchett. Prosecutor James Halushka said she is not a suspect.
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Associated Press
Aretha Franklin
Detroit
Bloomfield Township
Franklin
Detroit News
Elbert Hatchett
Pontiac
Hatchett
Los Angeles
Sanford Brokaw
Brokaw
Oakland County
James Halushka
Columbia in talks with Giuliani to launch urban leadership program
Columbia University discusses creating the Giuliani Program in Urban Leadership and housing Giuliani's papers as Saul Cohen of the Rudolph W. Giuliani Center for Urban Affairs says the center must raise 5 million dollars before approval. He aims for a seven figure lead gift and notes Giuliani would not join as faculty.
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Associated Press
Columbia University
Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani
Saul Cohen
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Columbia
Saul
Cohen
Fellini Museum Planned in Rimini Home for Fans
A Federico Fellini Foundation project aims to open a five room museum on the ground floor of the director’s Rimini family home. The exhibit would display storyboards and artifacts and target an October 31 anniversary opening in memory of Fellini who died in 1993. Catia Donini spoke for the foundation.
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Associated Press
Federico Fellini
Rimini
Italy
Fellini
Catia Donini
Gehry Sees Magic in Dilapidated Lisbon Theater District
American architect Frank Gehry expressed enthusiasm for renovating Lisbon's Parque Mayor theater district. The Guggenheim fame holder visited after dinner with Lisbon Mayor Pedro Santana Lopes and said he must spend time in Portugal to feel the city and meet residents before starting design work.
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Associated Press
Frank Gehry
Lisbon
Portugal
Gehry
Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao
Spain
United States
Japan
Germany
France
Parque Mayor
Pedro Santana Lopes
Notable birthday list for actors and artists today
Actor James Cromwell 55, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov 47, actress Mimi Rogers 42, singer Margo Timmins 38, actress Bridget Fonda 35, actor Alan Cumming 31, country singer Tracy Lawrence 55, actor Josh Randall 47, all celebrated as today’s birthdays with list-style notes.
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James Cromwell
Babe
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mimi Rogers
Margo Timmins
Cowboy Junkies
Bridget Fonda
Alan Cumming
Tracy Lawrence
Josh Randall
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