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Tradition meets modernity at Nigeria fashion show

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - With theater, traditional fabric studded with precious stones and decorated motorcycle helmets, Africa's up-and-coming fashion designers put on a dazzling show in a three-day runway event that debuted Friday in an unconventional city.Lagos, Nigeria's commercial megacity, doesn't have a fashion district packed with big-name stores, and…

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Nelly And Kelly Rowland's 'Gone' Video Hits The Net

Reunited artists frolic on a beach in flirty new clip for follow-up to smash 'Dilemma.' Nelly could have been channeling Rick James on his Teena Marie-featuring classic "Fire & Desire" when the St. Louis rapper first sets eyes on Kelly Rowland in his latest video for "Gone": "It's really good…

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As Within, So Without

Aristotle said that the ultimate aim or purpose or human life is to achieve your own happiness. You are the very happiest when what you are doing on the outside is congruent with your values on the inside. When you are living in complete alignment with that which you consider…

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Cirque du Soleil brings the circus to Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The audience gasped as a performer in Cirque du Soleil's "Saltimbanco" circled up a brass-colored pole and stretched his body out into an extension perfectly perpendicular to the pole while his hands gripped it tightly. As the acrobat slid down 20 feet to the floor, in pranced…

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Broadway producer takes Dreamgirls to South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - As a top Broadway producer prepares to premier award-winning Dreamgirls in South Africa this week, the production's all-local cast worked out a few final kinks in the dress rehearsal. "My dear Effie, where are your shoes?" top Broadway director and choreographer Robert Longbottom, asked, exasperated, of the…

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Warner Bros. to Offer Movie Through Facebook

Warner Bros. will begin offering select movies through Facebook, a move that will enable the social-networking giant to compete in the online movie-rental market. Facebook is taking its first step to connect users with movies and TV shows, with Warner Bros' "The Dark Knight" now available to rent on Facebook's…