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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
ENTERTAINMENT
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| NEW YORK (AP) — You're standing in line at a deli behind two day laborers fumbling with cash and struggling with English, when the clerk begins spewing hatred. Go back to your country, he says, or go eat at Taco Bell. | |
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Doubt, a drama based on John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, sets the stage for a mighty confrontation between deeply contradictory personalities.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box office bite. The family tale "Marley & Me," starring Aniston and Wilson as owners of an adorably mischievous pooch, took in $24.1 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for a second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
“Gears of War 2” is about as close to a perfect sequel as you can get. Everything that made the original so much fun -- from the innovative cover system to the great multiplayer modes -- has been completely retained or upgraded, and the new features are perfectly integrated.
Trendy has probably never been a part of Chuck Close’s vocabulary.
Of course, he’s not around to dispute or defend this statement; neither is his artwork as Ida Kohlmeyer’s work continues to reign in the Louisiana Art & Science Museum’s upstairs and downstairs galleries. She, too, was an unconventional sort, so it’s safe to say Close’s work should feel at home when it moves into her spot on Jan. 17.
If you wanted to choose a setting where a witch’s brew of pollutants could wash up and evolve into a blob-like new lifeform, what place in the whole world would you choose? Baton Rouge, of course. Buckner has set this science fiction/environmental boogey man story right here in Red Stick.
This is a behind-the-scenes look at the making "Yes Man," starring Jim Carrey. In "Yes Man," Carl Allen's (Carrey) life is going nowhere--the operative word being "no"--until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything--and anything.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on.
Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they'll regroup for a 19-city tour, their first since 2004, beginning April 12 in Greensboro, N.C.
The group, which now just calls itself The Dead, announced its plans Thursday.
The UFC ended the year with new light heavyweight and interim heavyweight champions while a legend in the sport was destroyed for the very first time. Wanderlei Silva was unable to complete his trilogy over Quinton Jackson, while Cheick Kongo solidified himself as an elite heavyweight in the UFC. As always the whole card was a great show with all three main fights living up to the hype. It was a night filled with knockouts, only two decisions and no submissions.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Last winter, my 10-year-old son and I headed to a destination that had friends and family wondering if we’d lost our minds. We went to Fairbanks. In February. We hoped to see the Northern Lights, though we knew there were no guarantees. If you stay three nights in the area, locals say you have a 75 percent likelihood of witnessing the phenomenon, but cloud cover or snow falling can ruin your chances.
OK, it’s understandable. Cordell Haymon’s wearing a crown and cape, he’s holding a scepter.
And he just can’t help himself.
“It feels appropriate,” he said. “I’m getting the royal treatment I’ve always deserved.” Jacqui Vines can’t help rolling her eyes. It’s in jest, not contempt. For she, too, is wearing a crown and cape.
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