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Reviewed: Charlie St. Cloud Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:07PMMash The Lovely Bones , Remember Me , and The Sixth Sense together and you get Charlie St. Cloud , Zac Efron ’s second attempt to Get Serious as a grieving older brother who sees dead people.
Sipping Purple Drank: Regrading the First Round of the 2007 NFL Draft Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:35AMIt has now been three full seasons since the 2007 NFL Draft occurred. For those of you who can't put faces on this particular year, this is the draft where JaMarcus Russell's athleticism was supposed to impress everyone for years to come, and we all laughed at the plight of Brady Quinn as he nervously wiggled in his chair before being landed by the team who wanted him most, Cleveland. But what ...
The Farr Side: 10 years, and still no actress for Janis Joplin role Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:02AMRumors are flying regarding the much-talked about Janis Joplin biopic - and if it will ever get off the ground. The idea has been in the works for more than a decade, but so far nothing.
A week on the box: July 27 - August 2 Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:01PMReviewer James Croot checks out the best shows and films on New Zealand television screens for the week of Tuesday, July 27 to Monday, August 3.
'What the Great Ate' mixes food and fame for tasty read Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 9:13PMDining with the stars: It's often sophisticated and elegant, but don't be surprised if there's a rat on your plate.
Working Hollywood: Making mice for 'Dinner for Schmucks' Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 8:17PMSteve Carell's character builds mice dioramas in the new comedy that the Chiodo brothers were tasked with creating. The Chiodo brothers — Stephen, Edward and Charles — recently crafted more than 100 model mice for the new Steve Carell-starring comedy "Dinner for Schmucks," but it was a great ape that initially set them on a path to filmmaking: The New York natives as children made 8-millimeter ...
Entertainment briefs - July 22 Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:48PMCelebrity contractor Mike Holmes is about to wield his hammer to improve some of Canada’s aboriginal housing.
'The Losers' has entertaining action Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 8:08AMBy ROB LOWMAN LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES - It may not be wise to name a film The Losers ($28.98 DVD/$35.99 Blu-ray). Sort of an A-Team, it involves five good tough guys who have been burned by the CIA during their mission to bring down a South American drug lord. So they decide to take on the bad guys themselves. Once upon a time we saw a lot of stories like this - The Wild Bunch, The ...
MAIN CALENDAR Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:10PMMARKETSWesleyan Market9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 14, Wesleyan College , Front Campus, 4760 Forsyth Road.
Wilmington on DVD: Vincere, The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, Ride with the Devil, Elvis, Cop Out, The Losers, The ... Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 10:08AMMarco Bellocchio's Vincere is grandly ambitious and often stunningly beautiful: a lushly visualized and brilliantly stylish operatic bio-drama about an edgy, difficult subject: the unlikely tragedy of Benito Mussoliniâs spurned lover/maybe wife Ida Dalzer, his neglected, rejected son, Benito Albino Mussolini, and the brutal Il Duceâs barbarous neglect and mistreatment of them both.
Natalie Cole memoir due out in November Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 1:21PMGrammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole is working on a memoir about her successful kidney transplant last year and about the death of her sister Cookie on the very day she had her operation. The memoir is due out in November.
Singer-actress, KU grad was role model Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 6:09AMThis is one in a series of vignettes celebrating history. The series’ name
50 years: Arnold Palmer and the 1960 U.S. Open Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 2:21AMThe 1960 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills Country Club always will be remembered for the moment Arnold Palmer launched his famous charge and whipped Arnie's Army into a frenzy.
Shag dancers gather for fun, friendship Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:21PMShagging is more than a dance. It's a lifestyle. Just ask the thousands of shag dance enthusiasts who twirl and kick up their heels at parties across the East Coast.
5 villains Kevin Bacon could play in X-Men: First Class (PICS) Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 8:02PMSo Kevin Bacon has joined Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class as a major villain. Great! But which villain? 20th Century Fox isn't saying (perhaps they're planning to announce it at Comic-Con?), so all we know is that he's NOT going to play Magneto opposite James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, because Michael Fassbender has already nailed down that role. Here are five possible X-Men Big Bads that ...
'Music Under the Stars' Documentary Traces Hollywood Bowl's History Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:10AMFiled under: Video , Movies Many a Los Angelino took that pleasant trek up North Highland Ave, scissoring through the crowds to a bench beneath the stars and settling in for an open air concert in a Hollywood canyon. The white, shelled stage of the Hollywood Bowl has welcomed acts from Frank Sinatra and Janis Joplin to Radiohead and Jay-Z and treated classical music lovers, jazz aficionados and ...
To Have One’s Cake and Eat It Too Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:57PMMichael Pina is a contributing writer for Hardwood Paroxysm. Here’s his voice joining the chorus of disgust towards LeBron. My own manifesto about James is still percolating and should be ready for publication right when the timeliness has past us by -Ed. A few nights ago, after the most egomaniacal, self-centered, inconsiderate hour of television ESPN has ever aired mercifully ended, pundits ...
Fight Night boxes its way to helping Boy Scouts Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 9:21AMThe caliber of professionalfighters and celebrity personalitiesfeatured at TulsaCharity Fight Night XIX resultedin a huge turnout thathelped the committee donate$70,000 to benefit the IndianNations ...
'Shaq vs.' Justin Bieber, Mario Lopez gets real(ity) Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:09PMNews from around the TV world, served up bite-sized:Justin Bieber takes on Shaquille O'Neal. Other celebs named for the upcoming season of "Shaq vs." are Rachael Ray, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Charles Barkley, Penn & Teller, hot dog-eating champ Joey Chestnut, Tyson Gay, Sugar Shane Mosley, Dwight Howard, DeSean Jackson, Chris and Kavya Shivashankar. [ABC]Not enough Mario Lopez? The be-dimpled host ...
Ray Charles Musical Delays Opening Until Spring Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 9:37AMNEW YORK (AP) — Broadway will have to wait a little longer for a planned Ray Charles musical.
Yoga Revolution CD by Sarah McLachlan, Sting, Sheryl Crow, Others Raises Funds for Schools Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 1:16PMWhat do musical icons Sarah McLachlan, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Sheryl Crow and other stars have in common with elementary school children throughout the U.S. â Yoga Revolution. These musical icons and others united to increase in-school health education by raising funds for kids yoga and fitness programs during the 2010-2011 school year with a compilation CD entitled Yoga Revolution.
Dining with the stars Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 1:05PMIt's often sophisticated and elegant, but don't be surprised if there's a rat on your plate These anecdotes are from a new book, "What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame" (Three Rivers Press, $14), by brothers Matthew and Mark Jacob. Matthew Jacob works for a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C.; his brother, Mark, is a deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune. The ...
Journey of a jazz musician Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 11:22PMLong before John Brown settled on music as a career, he was conducting big-name bands. He would put on some of the Motown or gospel records in his parents' Fayetteville home and grab a couple of felt-tip pens.
'Phil Spector' doc: A sad song Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 3:46PMBy Owen Gleiberman Owen Gleiberman on a fascinating documentary about a genius of pop music, now convicted murderer
'Phil Spector' doc: A sad song Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 3:33PMOwen Gleiberman on a fascinating documentary about a genius of pop music, now convicted murderer
Ray Charles musical delays opening until spring Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 11:32AMNEW YORK — Broadway will have to wait a little longer for a planned Ray Charles musical.
Argonauts return in new format Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 8:29AMAmerican special effects legend Ray Harryhausen turned 90 on June 29. There is no better way to celebrate his milestone birthday than with this week's magnificent Blu-ray debut of Jason and the Argonauts.[...]
Argonauts return in new format Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 6:22AMAmerican special effects legend Ray Harryhausen turned 90 on June 29. There is no better way to celebrate his milestone birthday than with this week's magnificent Blu-ray debut ofJason and the Argonauts.[...]
Personalities: Susan Boyle, Stephen Colbert - From the Poughkeepsie Journal Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 5:45AMLONDON — She dreamed a dream, and now Susan Boyle says she wants to make someone else's dream come true. The Scottish singer is searching for an unknown to sing with her on her upcoming album, "The Gift." Aspirants can upload videos of themselves singing "Silent Night" to Boyle's website, www.susanboylemusic.com, and her YouTube channel. The competition closes July 23 ...
Film series continues with Rat Pack’s 'Ocean's 11' Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 12:09AM“Ocean’s 11,” directed by Lewis Milestone, written by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, 127 minutes, not rated. Tonight only, free, Pickering Square in Bangor, sundown. Lawn chairs …
‘Despicable Me’ funny but familiar Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 12:00AMIn a contest of wills, a villain with access to freeze rays and rocket ships is no match for a trio of adorable orphan girls.
The circus comes to LeBron James: Bud Shaw's Sunday Spin Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 11:54PMLeBron James didn't have to leave home to be part of the circus, Bud Shaw writes in his Sunday Spin.
Meet your new best fiend in 'Despicable Me' Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 11:38PM"Despicable Me” may not be the most sophisticated kids movie ever, but it stacks up against recent animated fare like “How To Train Your Dragon” the way The New York Review of Books compares to USA Today. “The Incredibles” gets turned inside out in this dazzlingly animated 3-D movie about...
Bad guys young and old Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 4:39PMUniversal Studios tests its cartoon funnybone with "Despicable Me," a likable, conventional, adventure.
‘Argonauts’ effects celebrated Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:47PMAmerican special effects legend Ray Harryhausen turned 90 on June 29. There is no better way to celebrate his milestone birthday than with this week's magnificent Blu-ray debut of Jason and the Argonauts.
MAIN CALENDAR Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 8:45AMMARKETSWesleyan Market9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 14, Wesleyan College , Front Campus, 4760 F
Thomas Jane on Being "Jonah Hex" for DC Showcase Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 10:10AMActor Thomas Jane is the next interview subject for Warner Home Video's line of interviews relating to the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release of Batman:... [read more]
Sox can't seem to catch a break Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 5:07PMSox can't seem to catch a break
Sam Farmer: Rookies pique Dwight Freeney's appetite Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 9:29AMColts DE hungry for more than just buffalo steaks Nine offensive tackles were taken in the first four rounds of this year's NFL draft.
Lookalicons: Stars who did a double-take at movies Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 5:32AMIt looked like they were serving up doubles in The Rovers Return last week when Jessie Wallace walked the cobbles as legendary Corrie barmaid Elsie Tanner.
Inside the NFL: Colts' Freeney eagerly awaiting rookie tackles Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 9:16PMColts' defensive end thrilled teams took 9 in NFL draft's early rounds Nine offensive tackles were taken in the first four rounds of this year's NFL draft.
Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren's cup of tea Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 6:53AMIn this film publicity image released by E1 Entertainment, Sergio Peris-Mencheta portrays Armondo Bruza, left, and Helen Mirren portrays Grace Bontempo in a scene from "Love Ranch."
Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren’s cup of tea Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 4:39AMLOS ANGELES, July 3 — “Twilight” is likely not very high on Helen Mirren’s movie list. Because, when it comes to romance on film, the Oscar winner just doesn’t like it. In that way, Mirren said, she feels more like a man. “I don’t really like romantic movies very much... And I hate talking about feelings, so I’m definitely a man in disguise,” ...
Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren's cup of tea Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 4:59PMWhen it comes to romance on film, the Oscar winner just doesn't like it.
Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren's cup of tea Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 3:13PMTwilight is not very high on Helen Mirren's movie list. Because, when it comes to romance on film, the Oscar winner just doesn't like it
Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren's cup of tea Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 2:34PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Twilight" is likely not very high on Helen Mirren's movie list. Because, when it comes to romance on film, the Oscar winner just doesn't like it.
Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren's cup of tea Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 2:18PM"Twilight" is likely not very high on Helen Mirren's movie list.
Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren's cup of tea Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 2:16PMBy Bob Tourtellotte
INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Marco Benevento: Music is Still Secret Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 6:32AMBy: Ron Hart Marco by Michael Benevento Few musicians have defined the state of piano jazz in the 21st century quite like Marco Benevento. Whether alongside longtime partner drummer Joe Russo as the Benevento/Russo Duo, as the leader of his own trio with bassist Reed Mathis and drummer Andrew Barr or playing in such groups as Garage A Trois or, most recently, as the new member of The Slip ...
Face Time with Penny Walsh Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 5:39AMPenny Walsh, 58, of St. Charles, was returning from lunch to her job as a graphic artist at the St. Charles Public Library when Kane County Chronicle reporter Brenda Schory asked her 12 questions.