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Krannert Center launches Wall to Wall Guitar Festival
1:33 AM 9/15/2007 — The smell of wine lingered in their air as the mellow sounds of guitars placed the crowd in a trance. The swaying of the bodies, the nodding of the heads and the tapping of the feet showed how intently the crowd was listening to each note being played by the performers.
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DMC of Run-DMC joins Snoop Dogg and others to try and shine a light on bright side of hip-hop
1:29 AM 9/15/2007 — NEW YORK - Hip-hop has such a negative connotation in some circles that some people equate it with thuggery or crime - an unfair depiction that DMC of the legendary rap group Run-DMC is trying to dispel.
"Every time - if it's pimp, pusher, drug dealer - they relate it to hip-hop.
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Behind the camera: Sean Penn, Helen Hunt, David Schwimmer among actors taking director's chair
12:14 AM 9/14/2007 — TORONTO - Sean Penn is one of the great actors of his generation, yet he'd like to give it all up to remain behind the camera.
"It's a good idea," Penn said at the Toronto International Film Festival, where "Into the Wild," his fourth directing effort, played in advance of its Sept.
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Spring is the time for optimism, at least in your closet, say New York Fashion Week designers
2:45 PM 9/14/2007 — NEW YORK - It's going to be a bright and sunny spring, judging by the rainbow of colors previewed at New York Fashion Week.
Forget the war, forget the mortgage crisis, it's not fashion's role to tackle the weighty issues on people's minds, said Michael Kors, who presented one of the most upbeat shows of the week, with models in sherbet-colored stripes bopping up and down the runway to "Xanadu.
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