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Carly Simon, Kelli O’Hara, Michael Cerveris and American Idiot Cast Set for Our Time Gala
Carly Simon, Amy Ryan, Kelli O’Hara, Jason Patric and Michael Cerveris will appear during Our Time’s April 11th gala honoring Academy Award-winning writer David Seidler.
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Kyoto Restaurant Owner Tries To Reach Relatives Near Earthquake Epicenter
Hundreds of Utahns are still trying to confirm their family and friends involved in the Japan quake are okay. “I hope my family and friends and everybody are safe, but when I see the pictures there are a lot of people already dead and a lot of people missing.  That number keeps climbing up,” said Yoshiko Tada owner of the Sugar House Japanese restaurant Kyoto. Yoshiko has given Utah a taste of …
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Jimmy Kimmel Evacuated In Tsunami Scare
Filed under: Jimmy Kimmel , Twitter Jimmy Kimmel has been evacuated from a small island in French Polynesia — as a massive  tsunami-wave roars across the Pacific Ocean. Kimmel has been updating his status on Twitter — at first joking, “Suddenly, relaxing on an island in the South… Read more
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Most Talked About Stories
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 2:06 PM CST The Iberia Performing Arts League’s upcoming production of classic Rodgers and Hammerstein 1949 musical “South Pacific” is showcasing plenty of community talent as well as a tribute to residents who served in the U.S. military, director Donald “Doc” Voorhies said.
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SOUTH PACIFIC / Broadway in Bryant Park 2010 – Manhattan, NYC – 07/15/10

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Broadway in Bryant Park 2010 – Manhattan, NYC – 07/15/10

Special Exhibition Reconsiders John La Farge’s Contributions to American Art in Centenary Year of Artist’s Death
John La Farge, Village of Navundi Wai Wai Vula, in Viti Levu, Fiji, 1891. Watercolor and gouache. Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Mass., Horace P. Wright Collection.
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Election bullying impacts kids
There is so much awareness about the problem of bullying finally rising to the surface that I wonder in the days leading to the midterm elections, if we realize how much the atmosphere of hate has contributed to this awful behavior.
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Moult stuns industry, defects to STW
STW Group has poached the Australian chairman of French-owned Euro-RSCG South Pacific Group to make him executive chairman of its biggest operating company, Ogilvy & Mather Australia.
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US returns to Fiji with m aid
America’s Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, says the US Agency for International Development will return to the Pacific with a new office in Fiji and $US21 million ($NZ27.8m) in aid.
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Asia?h Epperson – American Idol Contestant

19 years old

Hometown: Joplin, MO

Musical Influences: Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton

“Speak it into existence! You receive blessings through struggle. Appreciate it.”

-From the American Idol website

From the small town of Joplin, Missouri comes one powerful voice that is ready to take American Idol by storm. Asia’h Epperson’s entry to the famous contest is anything but ordinary. She showed up at the auditions in Atlanta, Georgia dressed to impress, or so Paula Abdul said, and with a brave smile on her face. A couple of minutes into the interview, she relates that her dad just died in a car two days ago and that she somehow wants to dedicate her audition to him. Even Simon Cowell, cold and rude that he can be, got to like her rendition of LeAnn Rimes’ How Do I Live. All three judges were moved by the drama of it all. At the end of her audition, she got a unanimous vote for a gold ticket to Hollywood. Here was a girl who still went ahead to follow her dream in spite of news that may have kept her from performing well.

So aside from the recent drama in her life that obviously helped her get onto the top 24, what is it about Asia’h Epperson that makes her a suitable candidate for the next American Idol? It has to be that soulful voice that got all three judges praising her Hollywood Week performance. Without the influence of the heart-wrenching incident, Randy, Paula and Simon gave her their go-signal for her to continue on with the search.

Although it seems that her personal tragedy is still being used to play up her image in the contest, it seems that Epperson is all set to make everyone believe that she is not only capitalizing on melodrama to get her through the popular reality-based show.

Tidbits

Asia’h Epperson may have captured the attention of fans through her sad story but there is more to her than meets the eye. Aside from singing, she is also fond of dancing, fashion, sports, make-up and acting – the epitome of the total performer in the eyes of those who follow her achievements closely. Her favorite singers include Anthony Hamilton, J. Holiday, Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera.

Family is important for this nineteen-year old shy small town girl. Because her family is not really well off, she learned how to work hard for everything she wants. She believes in giving her hundred percent in everything that she does. According to Epperson, her own family is very supportive of her dream and that is basically what matters for her. They don’t give her false hopes and instead, offers honest opinions and advice about her performances.

For Asia’h Epperson, the American Idol is but a step towards realizing her dream to become a singer. It’s something that she has always wanted to do. Even if she didn’t become the next American Idol, she will never stop singing. She will move on with her life, go to school, get a job and be an ordinary person.

However, based from how she has been doing so far in the American Idol, it seems that viewers will be seeing more of Asia’h Epperson for quite some time.

American Samoa utility sues insurer
The utility that provides electricity, water, sewer and waste services to the residents of American Samoa is suing Lloyd’s of London for the damage and losses it suffered from last year’s devastating earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Celebrating Peace: Japanese Navy ship Muroto’s crew cleans up Yigo’s Pacific Peace Memorial
Sailors from the Japanese Navy ship Muroto quietly pay respect as they help clean up the Pacific Peace Memorial Park on Sept. 17. According to Aoki Kazu, South Pacific Memorial Association director, this is something the sailors do every year as part of their three-month stay in Guam. It’s something the ship has been doing for more than a decade.
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‘South Pacific’ an American classic
The smash hit Lincoln Center Theater revival of the WWII-set musical drama is in a two-week run at the Aronoff Center with Jason Howard as French planter Emile de Becque who falls for corny-as-Kansas-in-August American nurse Nellie Forbush.
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US actor Tony Curtis dies at 85
Tony Curtis, the 1950s Hollywood heartthrob who won acclaim as a sleazy press agent in Sweet Smell of Success and earned stardom as a skirt-wearing saxophone player in Some Like It Hot , has died aged 85.
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The American rocking singer/songwriter Toby Keith and company honored

The American rocking singer/songwriter Toby Keith and company honored another Outlaw legend by sliding into Willie Nelson’s nocturnal standard “Night Life”, then geared up for some get-down on a gutbucket-funk edition of “Harper Valley PTA.” As they worked the crowd up into a roiling, R&B frenzy, it began to seem like a door had opened into an alternating world where the legendary icon Keith was the leader of the greatest bar band in the world and he seemed to echo the idea. “How about that for one rehearsal?” he shouted after the song’s explosive ending. Oklahoma rocking music star Toby Keith, who lost almost all of his touring equipment in the recent Tennessee floods, has signed up to perform at Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s Nashville Rising concert, which will help raise funds for victims of the storm. The country couple will stage the benefit concert Tuesday at the Bridgestone Arena. The rocking star Keith joins a line-up of stunning artists that includes fellow Oklahoma stars Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and Brooks & Dunn (which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn), along with Billy Ray Cyrus, ZZ Top, LeAnn Rimes, Amy Grant, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Martina McBride, Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus. The profits from the concert will benefit flood relief efforts. Country music star Toby Keith will celebrate Independence Day with the Boston Pops. On Wednesday Liberty Mutual, the event’s sponsor, announced that Toby Keith will join conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops for the annual Fourth of July concert and fireworks show on the banks of the Charles River. The 40-year old singer-songwriter’s hits include “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This,” and “Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue.” Keith’s latest album, “American Ride,” was released last year by Show Dog Nashville. On June 19th The rocking star prepares to launch his summer concert tour Saturday in Holmdel, N.J., Toby Keith knows it’s significant for Nashville to host the CMT Awards again on Wednesday June 9 night. given the recent flooding that ravaged the country-music capital. Keith also applauds the people of Nashville for the way they have rebounded from flooding. The great country music Toby Keith will play the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Labor Day weekend. He also announced the Sunday, Sept. 5 concert. The concert is part of Keith’s American Ride tour in support of his album by the same name released last October. Toby Keith has last appeared on the First Coast a year ago when his America’s Toughest Tour stopped at nearly sold-out Veterans Memorial Arena. ‘Trailerhood’ is the first single from country music superstar Keith’s upcoming album of the same name. The new record will follow the 2009 album ‘American Ride’ and is expected to be released sometime this fall. Recently the Toby is out making a bunch of new friends on a tour that will take him all across America before the end of summer. Get your Cheap Toby Keith Tickets