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In ancient traditions, poetry was inseparable from music. The Confucian classic, , was a collection of classical Chinese poems that in antiquity were sung to a number of popular folk tunes. Aristotle observed the production of “rhythm, language, and harmony” in Greek tragedies, comedies, and poetry in his famous treatise, “Poetics.”

At The River-to-River Festival and Poets House’s “Poetic City” event held at Rockefeller Park on July 6, poetry and music were joined together again for a delightful evening by the Hudson River. To reflect th

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — TNT says it’s canceled Ray Romano’s award-winning series “Men of a Certain Age” after two seasons.

Calling it a “difficult decision,” the cable network said Friday the show failed to attract a big enough audience despite its excellence. “Men of a Certain Age” averaged 2.7 million viewers for the episodes that concluded this month.

The show received a prestigious George Foster Peabody award earlier this year and was lauded for combining humor and poignancy. This week, series co-star Andre Braugher received an Emmy nomination as best supporting actor in a drama series.

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Directed by David Yates Staring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes Rated PG-13 Warner Brothers Pictures Release date: July 15, 2011

If there was ever a review-proof movie, it would be this — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Honestly, if you haven’t checked out the Harry Potter film series yet, you’re probably not going to start with the final movie. By the same token, if you’re a devoted Harry fanatic, it isn’t like you are going to skip the finale. So as a film reviewer, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is a great chance to cut loose. I’m willi

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Let’s start with what’s up with Jack, Gwen, and Rex. Rex separates Gwen and Jack from Rhys, who gets to stay in the United Kingdom. But on the flight over to the States, after some speculation about Jack’s new mortality, we get a pretty big hint that the true players in this season’s scenario are yet to be revealed, as a CIA Agent played by Dichen Lachman (late of the much-lamented-by-me “Dollhouse”) slips a little arsenic into Jack’s cola, and he starts to die.

The sequence where Jack is slowly passing away and Gwen puzzles out just what’s going on, eventually incorporating Rex and the flight attendants into her crazy scheme to synthesize an arsenic cure using only what’s available on a plane, was the most fun this season has been so far. As Lachman (and a

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Kelly Rowan, Emily Osmet

In the fight against teen bullying, the very special TV movie is the obvious next step — hence, ABC Family’s Cyberbully.

For Emily Osment, playing a tortured teen was emotionally draining. “The hardest thing was being on set every day and having to get into the state of mind where I was crying,” Osment tells TVGuide.com. “It was emotionally strenuous.”

Osment, best known for her role as (Miley BFF) Lilly Truscott on Disney’s Hannah Montana, plays Taylor Hillridge, a 17-year-old who falls victim to extreme torment online. T

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