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'Fela!': Musical about father of Afrobeat comes to Music Hall

9 Feb 2012

Nominated for 11 Tony Awards and winner of three, this celebration of Fela Kuti's message of resistance and freedom — cast in his original songs, a stylistic amalgam of African music, rock and jazz that he called Afrobeat — comes to the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts next week to run through March 4.

Oh Baby, Lovefilm's CEO is Bouncing To Mothercare

8 Feb 2012

After building up Lovefilm and selling it to Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN - News), CEO Simon Calver is leaving for an unusual new challenge in retail, as CEO of parent-and-toddler chain Mothercare.

The [bleep] various people say has become hot [bleep] on YouTube

8 Feb 2012

The word of the day is [bleep], also known as "the s-word," which, in the last couple of weeks, has reached critical mass on the Internet site YouTube, with such stellar productions as "[Bleep] People Say to Dogs," an amusing amalgam of dog owner-isms.