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Freebie fraught with failure

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Up until their remake of The Heartbreak Kid, two of the unfunniest hours ever, Peter and Bobby Farrelly could be counted on to provide a few fine rude laughs even when their films wobbled...

Corruption of small-town innocence

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They were staples of popular literature, Broadway and the movies long before the movies could talk: comic yarns in which small-town naifs pack their bags and hit the big city, where they learn about life and love and what they’ve been missing...

Accidental Institution

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"Man, I seen so much stuff go down,” reflects Dirty Dozen Brass Band saxophonist Roger Lewis. “We was playin’ a gig in some club, I can’t remember what city, and this woman took all of her clothes off. I ain’t lyin’, this woman just got buck naked on the stage. She ...

The perils of being a blog band

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The argument has been decided for so long now, it seems quaint to even mention it. But back in 2005, there were serious discussions about whether music blogs could possibly impact the conversation that had for so long been dominated by stodgy music mags, ...

Masterworks

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Classical musicians don’t always agree. Ask the members of any string quartet...

Just a kiss

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Putting on a play is one complicated proposition. Think about how difficult it is to coordinate with a small handful of your friends for a Saturday night jaunt to Pearl Street or (gasp!) Denver and you immediately get the idea. A director must choose a play, and ...

How director Gore Verbinski wrangled ‘Rango’

"Animation isn't a genre" like Westerns, film noir...

Christina Aguilera arrested on public-drunkenness charge

LOS ANGELES — Singer Christina Aguilera was arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on suspicion of public drunkenness early Tuesday morning, officials said...

Video: In ‘Today’ interview, Charlie Sheen demands an apology and a...

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NEW YORK — In his first television interview since he began publicly ranting against CBS, Charlie Sheen took to NBC's "Today" show to deliver yet another message to CBS: "They picked a fight with a warlock," he said. And that warlock was angry: Speaking with NBC's ...

Rejuvenated sounds

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CBS cancels ‘Two and a Half Men’ season after comments by...

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LOS ANGELES — Following a stormy month that culminated with wayward star Charlie Sheen attacking his employers in vitriolic public rants Thursday, CBS and Warner Bros...