• Former U.S. president Bill Clinton will be featured in an episode of the new Elvis Costello-hosted talk/music series set to air on the Sundance Channel and CTV. Clinton, Lou Reed, Tony Bennett and Elton John are the subjects of the first episodes of Spectacle: Elvis Costello With ... , which will debut on Dec. 3. Clinton will not perform on the saxophone during his session with Costello. The Hollywood Reporter • Bangladeshi novelist Taslima Nasreen is to be made an honorary citizen of Paris, Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said yesterday, praising her courage and struggle for freedom. Nasreen was forced to flee Bangladesh in 1994 after radical Muslims accused her of blasphemy over her novel Lajja — or Shame — which depicts the life of a Hindu family persecuted by Muslims in the country. Agence France-Presse • Phish fans, long hoping for a reunion of the defunct jam band, got their wish — or at least part of it — at the inaugural Rothbury Festival in Michigan on Sunday, when three of the band’s four members performed live together. Bassist Mike Gordon joined guitarist Trey Anastasio during the latter’s solo acoustic set. Drummer Jon Fishman joined the ensemble for the Beatles’ She Said, She Said . Billboard ...
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