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Gibson makes 640 guitars to honour John Lennon

The Gibson Guitar factory in Montana is finishing a project to honour what would have been the 70th birthday of Beatles singer and guitarist John Lennon. Gibson Acoustic’s director of sales and marketing, Robi Johns, tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that Yoko Ono asked the company to release a limited number of J-160Es — the model of guitar her husband played. Read More »

5 lessons from TV shows

5 lessons from TV Shows

1: Happy Days gave the world Laverne & Shirley, All in the Family graced us with The Jeffersons, and Cheers left us with Frasier. But they also gave us Joanie Loves Chachi (blecch!), Gloria (ugh!) and The Tortellis (who?). LESSON: A hit product does not guarantee a successful spin-off. Read More »

Canadian Celeb Power List

Canadian Celebrities Power List

Jim Carrey remains the most powerful Canadian actor, according to Canadian Business magazine’s fourth annual Celebrity Power List, our ranking of the most powerful actors in Hollywood. This is thanks in part to the success of the actor’s most recent film, the animated Horton Hears a Who! Three people fell off the list in 2008: Anna Paquin, Evangeline Lilly and Matthew Perry. They were replaced by two familiar faces, Hayden Christensen and Brendan Fraser, who both appeared on the 2006 list, and a new one: Ellen Page, who made her mark as a pregnant teen quick with the witty one-liners in Juno. Read More »

$10,000 date with Sharapova

Date with Sharapova

This is one of those stories that makes you shake your head in disbelief — first, that it happened, and second, that you didn’t get in on it in time. Seems the lovely Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova put herself — well, a date with herself, anyway — up for auction at a charity tennis tournament. The winning bid was $10,000, which seems a bit below market value Read More »

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Gibson makes 640 guitars to honour John Lennon

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