Publication: Charlotte Observer

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents

Football beats ‘Idol,’ but CBS wins competition for viewers

CBS can call itself the country?s most-watched network for the ninth time in the past 10 years. The network won the 2011-12 television season, which ended Wednesday, by averaging nearly 12 million viewers each week. That?s about 3 million more viewers ... [ Published 16 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Dancing With the Stars, American Idol, TIME SLOT, Big Bang, Two And A Half Men

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents

Wells Fargo & Company

Mint Museum on next episode of 'Bachelorette'

According to a Mint Museum press release, filming for "The Bachelorette" "involved a lengthy cooperative process between the Mint, the city of Charlotte, Wells Fargo, and 'The Bachelorette's' producers. The museum has been a favorite target of location ... [ Published 3 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Wells Fargo & Company

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Federal Bureau of Investigation

‘Voice’ lures and lulls us, then simply cuts out

Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij know how to write their way into a grippingly suspenseful movie. They just don?t know how to write their way out, and the uneven result is ?Sound of My Voice.? This visually engaging, well-acted story held me for an hour ... [ Published 16 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Mike Cahill, Kidnapping, Memory, Immune System, Federal Bureau of Investigation

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents

New-York Historical Society

After NYC beer museum tour, hop on over to its bar

NEW YORK A museum exhibit aims to show that where there's beer, there's history."Beer Here" opens Friday at the New-York Historical Society in New York City. The exhibit traces the history of beer in New York all the way back to drunken Colonial times. ... [ Published 9 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: New-York Historical Society, New York City

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents

Jon Deak

Spoleto Festival USA: Performing arts paradise in Charleston

Most people think of this as Memorial Day weekend, but for arts lovers in the Carolinas and beyond, it?s the opening of the Spoleto Festival USA. For the next 16 days, Charleston will be bursting with music, theater, dance and more. Here are some of the ... [ Published 9 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Spoleto Festival USA, Virginia Rodrigues, Jon Deak, Guo Wenjing, Feng Yi

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents

Josh Brolin

Mildly good news: They’re back in ‘Black’

Fifty years ago, people regularly went to the movies to get out of the heat. Those of us without air conditioning would cough up a couple of bucks, almost regardless of what passed in front of our eyes, to relax for two hours with cool air moving over ... [ Published 23 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 Documents

Experimental Aircraft Association

Classic aircraft rise again in visits to region

Vintage aircraft will be winging over the Charlotte area this weekend. Three World War II planes will be on display and offering rides at the Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, including the last airworthy B-29 bomber ... [ Published 20 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Bomber, World War II, Experimental Aircraft Association

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 Documents

City Smoke, Pure Pizza open in uptown Charlotte

The new City Smoke offers barbecue from many lands ? U.S. lands, that is, but covering ground from the Carolinas to Kansas City. Longtime Charlotte restaurateur Pierre Bader and longtime Charlotte chef Todd Townsend put together a mid-priced lineup of ... [ Published 20 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Henry Gray, Texas Pete, Wheat

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 Documents

With What to Expect, whats the point?

_ The pregnancy story has enjoyed a surge in popularity lately. Notable successes include Judd Apatows low brow, yet touching Knocked Up, while others ahem, Breaking Dawn Part II are just a waste of the audiences time. But Kirk Jones What to Expect ... [ Published 21 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Providence Day School, Heidi Murkoff, Rodrigo Santoro, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

Charlie Murphy: Bringing his Acid Trip laughs to Charlotte

A decade ago, Charlie Murphy was a little-known actor and screenwriter who occasionally popped up in younger brother Eddie Murphy?s films. All that changed when Dave Chappelle took the elder Murphy?s colorful stories about Rick James and turned them into ... [ Published 23 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Charlie Murphy, Acid, Dave Chappelle

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Baggage Check: Frustrated employee; one couple but two views

_ Q: Can you explain to me why a grown woman (my boss) would be such a drama queen about everything? If she has a bad day, everyone has to have a bad day. If she has to take a sick day, it?s a major crisis. If even small changes get made in how she thought ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Andrea Bonior, Kevin Bacon, Insanity, Poison

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Conservative, with an edge

_ Native Charlottean Judson Gee, 44, is managing partner of JHG Financial Advisors. The business resides on a wooded lot blooming with rhododendrons, in a house that according to rumor, was built by a prodigy of Frank Lloyd Wright, says Gee. A certified ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: Dropbox, Rock Revolution, West Charlotte High School, Figs in the Bible

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According to a Mint Museum press release, filming for "The Bachelorette "involved a lengthy cooperative process between the Mint, the city of Charlotte, Wells Fargo, and 'The Bachelorette's' producers. The museum has been a favorite target of location scouts in recent months, with other television series and independent films also shooting scenes at the Mint."

Mint Museum on next episode of 'Bachelorette' [Charlotte Observer - 3 hours ago]

...The menu includes items such as burgers, pizza, salads, and beer and wine. "Eighty-three percent of all movie-goers go to a meal an hour before" said Braly. "We've combined the experience."

New movie theater for grown-ups at Arboretum [Charlotte Observer - May 21 2012]

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Mint Museum on next episode of 'Bachelorette' [ Published 3 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
After NYC beer museum tour, hop on over to its bar [ Published 9 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
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‘Voice’ lures and lulls us, then simply cuts out [ Published 16 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
Football beats ‘Idol,’ but CBS wins competition... [ Published 16 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
City Smoke, Pure Pizza open in uptown Charlotte [ Published 20 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
Classic aircraft rise again in visits to region [ Published 20 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
With What to Expect, whats the point? [ Published 21 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
Mildly good news: They’re back in ‘Black’ [ Published 23 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
Charlie Murphy: Bringing his Acid Trip laughs t... [ Published 23 hours ago by Charlotte Observer ]
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Conservative, with an edge [ Published May 24 2012 by Charlotte Observer ]
Baggage Check: Frustrated employee; one couple ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Charlotte Observer ]
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