Entertainment

Korean-born opera singer Julia Han

Opera still beckons

Korean-born, Kiev-trained opera singer Julia Han once thought her destiny was to be a dancer, like her mother, who taught traditional dance in Seoul.

Korean-born opera singer Julia Han

Artists commit to producing a painting a day

There’s nothing like creating a different painting each day to sustain creativity. Red Deer artists Jeri Lynn Ing and Erika Schulz have been painting a different small work each day since the beginning of 2009.

Actor Will Ferrell

Ferrell tackles the far north

Northern Sweden, where Will Ferrell ate grilled reindeer eyeballs with adventurer Bear Grylls, seems like a long way to go to promote a movie and test-drive a television spinoff.

Actor Will Ferrell
Susan Boyle

British singing star Susan Boyle admitted to London mental clinic

Singer Susan Boyle was being treated for exhaustion at a mental health clinic Monday after taking second place in a TV talent competition that turned the humble church volunteer into a global star, the show’s producers and a newspaper said.

Susan Boyle
Locals gather at Blackburn
Locals gather at Blackburn
Fats Domino visits with Little Richard in a dressing room after Richards' performance at The Domino Effect

Fats Domino makes rare appearance at Louisiana charity concert

NEW ORLEANS — Fats Domino rarely emerges from his Louisiana home — and many wondered if he’d show up for “The Domino Effect,” his namesake concert that raises funds to help rebuild schools and playgrounds damaged by hurricane Katrina.

Fats Domino visits with Little Richard in a dressing room after Richards' performance at The Domino Effect

Club dates – May 29

SureFire Machine’s Grinnin’ and Sinnin’ tour swings into The Blarney Stone South on June 26 and 27.

Enjoy a lunch-break concert at the library on Thursday

Local soprano Kimberley Denis will perform a free noon-hour concert at the Red Deer Public Library next week.

Red Deer’s keyboard virtuoso Ruston Vuori performs at Red Deer College on Saturday and Sunday.

The sensitive side of the piano masters

Poetic piano solos are on the program when Red Deer pianist Ruston Vuori tackles works by several Romantic composers this weekend.

Red Deer’s keyboard virtuoso Ruston Vuori performs at Red Deer College on Saturday and Sunday.
The singing sensation who lives next door

One last barrier for Boyle

It’s always a bad hair day for Susan Boyle — until she starts to sing.

The singing sensation who lives next door
Tom DeLonge

Summer of reunions set

If you missed some of your favourite ’80s and ’90s bands the first time around, there’s a good chance you can catch them on the reunion trail this summer.

Tom DeLonge
R&B singer Chris Brown is being sued by a photographer that claims he was assaulted by Brown’s bodyguard.

Chris Brown sued by photog

On the day Chris Brown took to YouTube to say he’s “not a monster,” a photographer sued him, saying the R&B singer’s bodyguards beat him as he tried to take pictures at a gym.

R&B singer Chris Brown is being sued by a photographer that claims he was assaulted by Brown’s bodyguard.
Kris Allen beat Adam Lambert to win the latest season of American Idol in a controversial vote.

AT&T workers had no effect on Idol results

A few overeager AT&T employees brought demo phones to American Idol viewing parties in Arkansas and helped fans text their votes, but their actions did not affect the outcome between native son Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, the company said Wednesday.

Kris Allen beat Adam Lambert to win the latest season of American Idol in a controversial vote.

U.S. phone company says overeager employees helped ‘Idol’ fans vote

“American Idol” sponsor AT&T says a few overeager company employees helped Arkansas fans vote by text at viewing parties but insists it didn’t influence the final results.

Dave Plumtree talks to patrons about his show 56th Street Retrospect at the Golden Circle Seniors Centre this week.

A stroll down 56th

Early in the last century, Red Deer’s 56th Street became known as “Son-in-Law Row” because city founder Leonard Gaetz had built a house for each of his newly married daughters on it.

Dave Plumtree talks to patrons about his show 56th Street Retrospect at the Golden Circle Seniors Centre this week.
Giller Prize nominee Alice Munro smiles as she arrives for the Giller Prize dinner in Toronto on Nov. 11

Alice Munro wins Man Booker prize

Alice Munro, already one of the most honoured writers in Canada, has won the Man Booker International Prize.

Giller Prize nominee Alice Munro smiles as she arrives for the Giller Prize dinner in Toronto on Nov. 11
Principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada Chan Hon Goh is shown at the Walter Clarkson Centre in Toronto on March 7

Goh takes her final bow

With her lithe limbs, graceful moves and youthful glow, National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Chan Hon Goh does not look like your typical retiree.

Principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada Chan Hon Goh is shown at the Walter Clarkson Centre in Toronto on March 7
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Local entertainment briefs – May 27

Come see the student talent that’s catapulted Notre Dame High School to an international performing arts festival in Scotland.

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Rapper T.I. was to report by noon today to serve a sentence for federal weapons conviction. “What I need y’all to do is pray for me while I’m gone

T.I. posts sold-out concert, before heading off to jail

Grammy-winning rapper T.I. told fans he would stay optimistic when he heads to prison on a federal weapons conviction.

Rapper T.I. was to report by noon today to serve a sentence for federal weapons conviction. “What I need y’all to do is pray for me while I’m gone

Standards council didn’t get the joke

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council is not laughing about Radio-Canada’s controversial Bye Bye 2008 New Year’s Eve sketch show, which drew criticism for its jokes about blacks and anglophones.