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Tall Stacks
6:30 pm
Wed August 22, 2012

The economy sinks Tall Stacks for 2013

A number of people close to Tall Stacks have indicated the music, arts and heritage festival has been cancelled. It had been scheduled for October of 2013.


Sources tell WVXU  the World Choir Games took much of the city's available funding, and the stagnant economy has made it difficult to get corporate sponsors. Tall Stacks Chairman Fred Craig is out of the country and could not be reached for comment.

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Interviews
1:00 pm
Wed August 22, 2012

Bill Hader On Sketch Comedy, His Love Of Old Films

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Bill Hader was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Stefon on Saturday Night Live.

Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 4:12 pm

Comedian Bill Hader is adept onstage and doing live performances. But he's scared to death of standup.

He says he remembers watching Chris Rock's 1996 HBO special, Bring the Pain, and thinking, "I don't know how people do that."

"I need a character," Hader tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "I need people out there with me."

So Hader has stuck with sketch comedy — where he has been wildly successful.

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Monkey See
12:29 pm
Wed August 22, 2012

IM, IM, IM Superman: Morning-After Texts Between Superman, Wonder Woman

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Originally published on Wed August 22, 2012 1:04 pm

Next week, in Justice League #12, The Man of Steel and the Amazing Amazon will ... get their respective super-powered grooves on, according to Entertainment Weekly.

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Dance
11:47 am
Wed August 22, 2012

Tango Festival Lures Thousands To Buenos Aires

Originally published on Wed August 22, 2012 12:03 pm

Tango fans are flocking to the Buenos Aires Tango Festival & World Cup in Argentina. The tango is seen as a romantic and seductive dance, but you may not know that the dance may have gotten its start in brothels. Guest host Viviana Hurtado speaks with dance instructor Daniela Borgialli. She's participating in the dance competition.

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