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  Chappelle's Blacklist

  CONSPIRACY

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Rampant rumours of mental breakdown and drug addiction greeted the announcement that comedy superstar Dave Chappelle would not complete the...

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  Rockers Aid Doctors

  CHARITY

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Doctors Without Borders has received the world's highest honours for courageous work, but a new compilation brings the cause to music fans....

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  Rick Moranis's New Strange Brew

  CAREER

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  After spending the past few years out of the public eye, actor/comedian Rick Moranis has re-emerged in the guise of a country singer on a n...

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  CBC Takes Canadian Idol to School

  TELEVISION

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  It's the anti-Canadian Idol. Just ask 19-year-old singer Krystal Gibbon, who made it to the top 100 CI hopefuls, only to be cut for being "...

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  From Gear to Eternity

  BOOK

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Attention all hip-hop gear nerds. Have you ever wondered about the environment Premier makes his disgusting beats in? Or what Madlib's bong...

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  Bill Hicks

  Prescient Pervert

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Comedian Bill Hicks (who died in 1994) was a stand-up American on so many levels: he was a chain smoker, an alcoholic, a coke addict, a por...

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  Sook-Yin's Afreakin' Fun

  ART FESTIVAL

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  On a recent month-long excursion through Senegal and Gambia, former MuchMusic and CBC personality Sook-Yin Lee captured her travels on film...

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  Gallo's Humour

  MERCHANDISE

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  As a director, Vincent Gallo went from brilliant (Buffalo '66) to blowhard (The Brown Bunny) in just two films, but the sometime musician a...