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• National Arts Centre's new theatre company set to make its official debut The Canadian Press - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago

  TORONTO - The new English Theatre Company at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa is set to make its official debut.

• Willie Maxine Perry, mother of movie maker Tyler Perry, dies at age 64 The Canadian Press - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - Willie Maxine Perry, who helped inspire the character Madea played by her movie producer son Tyler Perry, has died. She was 64.

• Mother-son film by Quebec's Xavier Dolan being considered for a Golden Globe The Canadian Press - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - A breakout film by rising Quebec director Xavier Dolan is among the international contenders seeking a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film.

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  Velvet Underground reunites -- to talk Reuters - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock band Velvet Underground was celebrated for its legendary influence in fusing art and music in New York of the 1960s with a rare public reunion of three of the surviving members at the New York Public Library.

• Variety moves forward with pay wall; US$248 subscription gets web, print access The Canadian Press - 2 hours, 59 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its website behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday - reserving its online content for paid subscribers and hoping its advertisers will stick around despite the smaller Internet audience.

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