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'All-American Muslim' Canceled Amid Sagging Ratings

A ground-breaking reality TV show about Arab Americans is being canceled after one season in the face of flagging ratings, cast members and the cable channel behind the program said Wednesday.

TLC's "All-American Muslim," the first series of its kind on U.S. television, followed the lives of five families of Lebanese heritage in a middle-class Detroit suburb -- stirring some controversy along the way.

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Vuitton's Blue Fashion Train Pulls into Paris

With a whistle and a cloud of steam, a blue train chugged Orient Express-style into the courtyard of the Louvre, turned into the setting for Louis Vuitton's spectacular show at the close of Paris Fashion Week Wednesday.

With film stars and fashion elite seated in a make-believe station, complete with a LV-monogrammed clock, a gate slid back to the sound of echoing footsteps as the train steamed in with the models silhouetted in the windows.

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Scenez Drama and Arts Academy Presents " Little me Little You "

Lebanon will host its first Theater Festival for Children and Youth where Scenez Drama and Arts Academy Presents " Little me Little You " on March 31.

The event will be held under the patronage of the Culture and Tourism Ministries.

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'Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious' Composer Dies

Robert B. Sherman, the composer of the "Mary Poppins" song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and other Disney classics, has died in London aged 86, his publicist said on Tuesday.

"He died peacefully yesterday," a spokeswoman for Stella Richards Management told Agence France Presse, without giving any further details.

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Chanel Conjures Up Crystal Cave in Paris

Chanel's superstar designer Karl Lagerfeld turned Paris' ornate Grand Palais into a crystal vault on Tuesday, sending out a look packed with trompe l'oeil tricks and glinting shades of violet and blue.

Giant spears of mock-crystal filled the vast domed space, as the models filed past with crystal outlining their eyebrows, and clustered on the clear heels of shoes which crunched on a floor of glittering mineral dust.

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Lagos Fashion Week to Kick Off in Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest city from Wednesday hosts the second Lagos Fashion Week, which organizers say will showcase local design talent and add a splash of color in a region often seen as troubled.

"There's a lot of negativity about Africa in general and Nigeria in particular," Penny McDonald, managing director of Arise Media, which is organizing the event, told Agence France Presse on the eve of the opening day.

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Prince Harry to Visit Brazilian Favela, Watch Samba

Britain's Prince Harry was due in Brazil Friday for his first visit to the South American giant to launch the GREAT campaign promoting his country ahead of the 2012 Olympics.

Making his first solo tour, the third in line to the British throne will launch the campaign from the top of Sugarloaf Mountain following festivities with samba dance and capoeira martial art presentations, a British embassy spokeswoman told reporters.

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Cheers for Pilati's Swansong at Yves Saint Laurent

Italian designer Stefano Pilati earned a standing ovation on Monday night as he sent out his swansong collection for Yves Saint Laurent before a star-studded gathering at Paris Fashion Week.

French actresses Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert were joined front row by the U.S. pop star Katy Perry -- sporting bright blue hair -- the soul singer Alicia Keys and the actress Rosario Dawson, in cheering the collection.

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Director Burton's Monster Exhibition Hits Paris

Inhabited by lonely little monsters, dancing corpses and boggle-eyed creatures from the underworld, Tim Burton's cult universe comes to Paris this week with a show that journeys through his life's work.

Some 500 sketches -- the starting point for all Burton's films -- whisk visitors deep into the U.S. director's surreal inner world, with gothic doodles dating back to his misfit childhood in Burbank, a bland suburb of Los Angeles.

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Lady Gaga Tops 20 Million Followers on Twitter

Pop diva Lady Gaga has become the first person with more than 20 million followers on Twitter, cementing her place as the most-followed on the planet.

A 20 millionth "Little Monster," as Lady Gaga calls her fans, signed up to follow her Twitter feed over the weekend.

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