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NOW DAILY | WEDNESDAY | AUG | 20 | 2008

Music

Jason Keller Posted on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:49 AM

Tonight the Molson Amphitheatre hosts what some have dubbed The Worst Tour of the Summer - a dubious distinction that ultimately means nothing, though you have to admit the ungodly pairing of Maroon 5 and Counting Crows sends a lite-rock shiver up your spine.

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Andrew Pyper's The Killing Circle

Today's Hot Ticket

Compiled By NOW staff Posted on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:28 AM

NOW critics' picks for Tuesday, August 19.

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Comics

Comic idol

Paul Terefenko Posted on Aug 18, 2008 at 10:34 AM

If they get their way, two Torontonians will get to play on Batman’s team.

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Contest

Know your hip-hop history

Joshua Errett Posted on Aug 18, 2008 at 12:36 AM

Win one of local artist Kagan McLeod's detailed History of Rap posters.

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Even when faced with these grinding maws, death was not a consideration, thanks to the helpful Valkyries

Games

Too Human Is Enough

Jen Chan Posted on Aug 20, 2008 at 12:01 AM

With critical successes like Eternal Darkness and Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, Silicon Knights' Too Human has been slated for release on the XBOX almost since its launch.

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China 2008

The First Lady, first-hand

Michael Hollett Posted on Aug 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM

So, I’m walking into a store in Beijing’s massive Pearl Market and just about bump into George W. Bush’s wife.

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From left: Steve McQueen, Terence Davies, and Michael Winterbottom. All Brits, all directors.

Movies

TIFF's British invasion

Norman Wilner Posted on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:54 AM

When Cannes announced this year’s lineup, there was a brief but vivid burst of outrage in the English press over the absence of British films.

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Today's Hot Ticket

Compiled By NOW staff Posted on Aug 15, 2008 at 08:58 AM

NOW critics' picks for Friday, August 15.

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NOW Tube

Introducing EcoholicTV

Joshua Errett Posted on Aug 15, 2008 at 12:35 AM

Introducing EcoholicTV, an online television series featuring NOW columnist Adria Vasil and her addiction to the planet.

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China 2008

Davids, Goliaths, and duds

Michael Hollett Posted on Aug 15, 2008 at 12:13 AM

At the same time as Russian armed forces were pounding Georgian troops into submission in South Ossetia, bikini-clad warriors of a different kind are battling it out on a fake beach in gigantic Chaoyang Park in east Beijing with a very different result.

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