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'Sesame Street' 40 years old and still counting

Cookie Monster now eats vegetables, but the core values of "Sesame Street" aren't much different from the show's first broadcast.
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Egypt’s Ali G.

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Egypt is becoming an increasingly repressive society, but one Egyptian comedian is using his TV show to shake things up....
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Revenge of the 'Glee!' nerds

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'Glee' co-creator Brad Falchuk on how his show pokes fun at the high school caste system, but refuses to mock the talent of the students....
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Opera at a different scale

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Piccolo Teatro Lirico, a small historic theater in Rome, has a new, short twist on a centuries-old art form....
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The market for modern Middle Eastern art

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The Middle East has seen a lot of upheaval in recent years, and some of that has fueled a growing interest in contemporary Middle Eastern art....
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Street style from The Sartorialist

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Photographs from the popular street fashion photography blog, The Sartorialist, now published in a new book....
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'Foreign Babes in Beijing'

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How a young American and a popular Beijing soap opera came to embody the sensibilities of a new China....
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From print to screen: The evolution of 'Precious'

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The new film, "Precious," started out as a novel by author Sapphire, who took her time in allowing the book to be adapted for the screen....
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Russian-Georgian conflict goes Hollywood

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The biggest-budget movie ever to be made on Georgian soil tells the story of a journalist and a cameraman caught up in the conflict between Russia and Georgia....
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Ray Davies and 'The Kinks Choral Collection'

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Ray Davies, the formerly of the Kinks, has a new album with the Crouch End Festival Chorus, covering the hit songs Davies had with the Kinks....
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25 Years of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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After 25 years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is taking a slightly different direction than when it first opened....
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