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STRATFORD, Ontario - The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has been the home to such starry actors as Christopher Plummer, Brian Bedford and, more recently, Colm Feore - each a superb performer able to negotiate major classical roles with astonishing dexterity.

LOS ANGELES - Even Michael Jackson knew the masks and veils would have to come off one day.

FOREST, Va. - Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest plantation retreat has unveiled its $6 million, 20-year architectural restoration to the third president's original vision as a private place to read, think and spend time with his grandchildren after he retired.