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Getting on board with Yellowcard's acoustic tour Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Yellowcard has been around since 1997, although the pop-punk group didn't really hit it big until it signed with Capitol Records for 2003's Ocean Avenue. The group's current tour, backing 2007 album Paper Walls, finds Yellowcard playing acoustic shows. We caught up with lead singer Ryan Key as he prepared for rehearsal for this new breed of show at home in Los Angeles.

Soundbites Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Quick reviews of newly released music.

Critic's advice to Spitzer: Take Britney's route Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Before celebrity rehab meant, well, Celebrity Rehab, it often meant visiting Barbara or Diane. In return for killer ratings, Walters and Sawyer (or one of their rabid competitors) could be counted on to offer up something approximating empathy to the Monicas and the Mels, and after eliciting a few tears, send the wayward luminaries on their way, vowing to sin no more.

October 24 to be hot day for Matt Lauer Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
NEW YORK — Matt Lauer must have really thick skin. The Today show co-anchor will be the center of attention — and the target of insults and general humiliation — at a Friars Club celebrity roast Oct. 24.

Always check the archives! Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Stop that $1 million check: It turns out the call girl linked to Eliot Spitzer had already shed her clothes for Girls Gone Wild as an 18-year-old while partying in Miami, the video company's founder said Tuesday.

Creating unforgettable characters: Inside the mind of comedic producer Judd Apatow Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
After a difficult decade in network TV comedy, writer/director/producer Judd Apatow has developed a Midas touch in films, with the uninterrupted successes of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad.

'Drillbit' safe, sentimental and laugh-out-loud funny Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Every generation needs its My Bodyguard, its Three O'Clock High, a come-of-age/face-your-bullies comedy about boys being boys being beaten up by other boys. Thus, Drillbit Taylor — a laugh-out-loud riff on just that subject, just those boys and one fearsomely psychotic bully.

'Shutter' to think of it, another Asian horror film is remade Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Rachael Taylor loves the horror genre. But she had second thoughts about being part of the remake of the Asian horror film Shutter, which opens Friday. The idea of copying something that was already a hit made her pause.

Touring Martin Short's mind Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Actors often find themselves followed around by strangers quoting their most famous bits of dialogue at them. This happens to Martin Short ... a lot. 'It's all very odd,' says the Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage, film and television actor, who's touring behind a comical and musical career retrospective.

DVD reviews Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:21:32 CDT
Get the latest on upcoming DVD releases.

Locked up: Play focuses on teen criminals Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:35:59 CDT
Locked up. Locked in. Nowhere to go. Nothin' to do. Except talk. That's the centerpiece of Juvie, a play about juveniles locked up overnight in a detention cell, talking to each other, telling their stories.

A dog's-eye view of family Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:10:08 CDT
Matt Haig is not afraid of risk. His first novel appeared last year, a book for young adults. The Dead Father's Club is an inventive, contemporary re-imagining of Hamlet that has a large heart and an especially keen eye for the pitfalls of modern family life.

It's set in the east, and 'Juliet' is fun Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:10:08 CDT
In fair Manhattan, where we lay our scene, from ancient acting family comes a mildly rebellious teen. Mimi Wallingford wants to be a doctor, not play one on TV — or on a stage, for that matter. But playing anything on a stage is all she gets to do, since she's the third generation in her famous acting family.

'Life: Tragic and eerily beautiful' Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:10:08 CDT
To categorize the latest book by author David Shields is an exercise in futility. It has the potential of being many things to many people — depending on the perspective that readers have coming in (which is to say, depending on their current stage of life).

'General Hospital' soon to mark 45 years Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:16:50 CDT
LOS ANGELES — It's been 45 years since General Hospital began dispensing heavy doses of drama to TV viewers. Since 1963, ABC's longest-running daytime series has documented the trials and tribulations of Port Charles' citizens, carving an unprecedented television niche with intrigue and illness — long before ER, House and Grey's Anatomy even made it to high school biology class.

Book brief: Bio profiles winning coach Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:31:20 CDT
Shorty: A Life in Sports, by David H. White, is the story of football coaching legend George 'Shorty' White, who led Birmingham's Banks High School Jets from 1961 until 1974, winning three state titles.

A sober yet raucous memorial Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:31:20 CDT
It's hard to believe that five years have passed since the Station nightclub tragedy in West Warwick, R.I. — unless, it seems, you live around West Warwick. That community is still reeling from the pyrotechnic display that ignited the soundproofing at a Great White show, turning a small club into a box full of flames.

'Bush's War' traces history of quagmire Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:05:08 CDT
From 'weapons of mass destruction' to Fallujah, 'Mission Accomplished' to Abu Ghraib, PBS's Frontline invites you to relive the nightmare. The 4 1/2-hour documentary Bush's War is, without a doubt, eat-your-spinach television. But how else will Americans ever face themselves in the mirror?

Non-scripted shows still winning viewers Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:25:33 CDT
You'd be forgiven for thinking that everything on television right now is reality programming. It's not technically true, of course, but it feels like it. What definitely is true might be more disturbing: The most popular series on television are unscripted.

Animal Planet seeks thrills Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:15:46 CDT
NEW YORK — Animal Planet's desire to become less warm and fuzzy means exposure to some unaccustomed issues, like danger on the high seas and journalistic fairness. A network crew returned to port in Australia last week after tagging along on a mission to interfere with a Japanese whaling expedition in the Antarctic.

Can't stop 'Dancin' Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:15:46 CDT
NEW YORK — Dancing has joined singing at the top of the television charts. The return of Dancing With the Stars last week gave a boost to ABC, which has been struggling through a tough winter.

'Stop-Loss' one of the best of Iraq War dramas Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:18:09 CDT
Stop-Loss is one of the best of the many Iraq War/War on Terror dramas because it is the most personal. Brilliantly observed and vividly shot, built on a career-making performance by Ryan Phillippe, it's an Iraq War movie for Americans who've been avoiding Iraq movies, even the good ones such as In the Valley of Elah.

'Scrubs' back in studio, for someone Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:18:09 CDT
The cast and crew of Scrubs are going back to work this week, even as the show remains caught between two networks.

Kid-friendly input keeps awards show popular Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:21:15 CDT
LOS ANGELES — He's a perennial winner. So why is SpongeBob SquarePants sounding so nervous before tonight's Kids' Choice Awards, Hollywood's most raucous, fun-loving awards show, the one broadcast live before an audience of 10,000 screaming preteens, teens and tweens?

Marco's milieu: Globalization, adventure Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:09 CDT
In the 13th century, while Northern Europe remained mired in the remnants of the Dark Ages, Italy was emerging from the shadows of medieval history into the dawn of the Renaissance. It was during the 1200s that the fabulously wealthy merchants of Venice created the basic elements of the modern world economy.

Roget (n.): Word lover, list maker, doctor, inventor Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:09 CDT
I am quite fond of my thesaurus; I even fancied myself a 'walking thesaurus' once upon a time, back before children when my brain was young and fresh and didn't stutter or halt entirely ... (sigh). My freshman year at college, I'd wander the halls and supply synonyms for friends stuck mid-sentence at their typewriters. So I was eager to read about the great originator of my beloved tome, Peter Mark Roget.

New Lincoln book strips away myths Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:09 CDT
It is logical to believe that the further we get from a momentous event the more objectively we can view it. The one exception may be the American Civil War. For generations our collective myths about the greatest war our nation ever fought have obscured our understanding of it and of us.

TV, its stars and its audience all a shade older Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:09 CDT
How much do television executives lust for young viewers? Enough that they dared to ask Judy Sheindlin if she'd mind doing her famously cantankerous Judge Judy show from a Florida beach one spring break, laying down the law in a lush landscape of Jell-O shots and overstuffed bikinis.

Newsman quits over perceived bias Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:09 CDT
NEW YORK — Former Nightline reporter Dave Marash has quit Al-Jazeera English, saying Thursday his exit was due in part to an anti-American bias at a network that is little seen in this country.

Ramsay the Great runs a hot kitchen Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:17:43 CDT
LOS ANGELES — A group of anxious patrons have formed a line outside one of the doors to a rather nondescript building in an industrial part of town. You wouldn't know it from the location, but just inside the door is a restaurant so hot you have to know somebody who knows somebody to get a reservation.

'Caring for Parents' a series of elegant, troubling portraits Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:57:17 CDT
You should watch Caring for your Parents, tonight at 8 on PBS, because the documentary is produced by one of public TV's leading figures, Michael Kirk, a founding producer of Frontline. Plus, the subject is of near universal importance and (for many) urgency.

Spike's 'DEA' doesn't flatter Detroit Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:57:17 CDT
The one truly authentic Detroit moment in Spike TV's new reality crime series DEA comes neither from the endless obligatory shots of the city's skyline nor the occasional pan of dilapidated buildings along Hamilton Avenue.

'Monologues' raises awareness about violence against women Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
V-Day is a worldwide event that helps raise money and awareness about violence against women. Through V-Day campaigns, volunteers produce benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues.

'Spamalot' just as good as Monty Python movie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
If there were any way to expand upon the wackiness of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the theatrical version, Monty Python's Spamalot, has done it.

7 1/2 questions with Kevn Kinney Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
Kevn Kinney is best known as the leadman for the rock band Drivin' N Cryin', but his life as a honky-tonk poet has taken him in different directions musically. Along with seven records he has released with DNC, he has five solo albums and two albums with his Sun Tangled Angel Revival under his belt.

Tyler Perry's filmmaking provokes debate within industry Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
HOLLYWOOD — Filmmaker Tyler Perry's robust output fuels the debate about black filmmaking in the United States. Meet the Browns is his second film in less than six months and is the first of his five films to feature an Oscar-nominated actress.

Movie review: Leatherheads Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
Slapstick meets screwball in Leatherheads, an amiable valentine to an era of breakneck repartee, bathtub booze and anything-goes gridiron warfare.

Movie review: Nim's Island Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
An 11-year-old girl lives an un-Robinson-Crusoe-like existence on a South Seas island. She has a doting marine biologist father, a sea lion and a lizard for best friends, and an active volcano in her back yard. Could life possibly get any more dazzling?

O'Brien's magnum opus on race begins tonight on CNN Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
We haven't seen much of CNN's Soledad O'Brien lately. That's because for many months, she's been away from her usual morning duties working on this masterpiece. CNN Presents: Black in America, reported all by O'Brien, is a six-hour study on the state of black Americans.

'Battlestar's end game starts Friday Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:12 CDT
Some pop culture purists still refuse to believe this TV truth: The new Battlestar Galactica remake is the best science fiction show on the small screen. But co-star Katee Sackhoff has a simple explanation for how it has all worked out: Nobody at the new Galactica treats the show like science fiction.

'America's Port' covers the waterfront Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:57:37 CDT
The Port of Los Angeles might not seem to fall into the same category as the frozen wilderness of Canada or the high seas off Alaska. But, according to producer Thom Beers, there's just as much excitement, drama and 'manly man stuff' in America's Port as in his other reality-documentary series Ice Road Truckers and Deadliest Catch.

Book brief: Capital to host book festival Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:29:49 CDT
The third annual Alabama Book Festival will be held April 19 at Old Alabama Town in Montgomery, featuring more than 60 nationally recognized writers and artists.

Brits have fun with Texas characters Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:29:49 CDT
Tony Hill, an English detective, the lead character in the BBC America series Wire in the Blood, is, deep in the heart of Texas, a fish out of water. He flops about on the desert sand, beset by rattlesnakes, and is treated by the locals as if he were a tool of the devil.

Harsh crimes, images from the Congo Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:59:36 CDT
Harrowing and heart-rending and maddening and confounding, Lisa F. Jackson's documentary The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo looks at the sexual violence done to women of the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo over the course of the last decade.

Can celebrities be famous and chew gum at the same time? Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:59:36 CDT
Secret Talents of the Stars arrives on CBS tonight, allowing us to savor the country music song stylings of Star Trek helmsman turned gay Howard Stern sidekick George Takei.

Documentary an exhilarating portrait Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:38:38 CDT
Zora Neale Hurston was a great cultural anthropologist and chronicler of black American life ... or was she a famous playwright? ... or renowned novelist? She was all three — then, promptly was forgotten. Her reputation was revived only after Alice Walker 'rediscovered' her.

Hurston, Wright feuded respectfully Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:38:38 CDT
Zora Neale Hurston was born on Jan. 7, 1891, in the Alabama town of Notasulga and grew up in the all-black town of Eatonville, Fla. She graduated from Barnard College in 1928 and studied anthropology at Columbia University. Along the way she married three times, wore slacks and was comfortable smoking in public.

For one Oxford couple, complete movie immersion is just a click away Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:09:15 CDT
Tim and Annie Brunson began married life 25 years ago with a 13-inch TV. Hard work, success and a quest for visual and aural entertainment has brought the Oxford couple a spacious home that traces its origin in 2003 to their desire to watch movies the way directors intended them to be seen — without the accompaniment of rude cell phone yakkers.

Q&A with local filmmaker Meg Weidner Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:09:15 CDT
Meg Weidner has never been to film school, but she didn't let that stop her from creating a movie. Her short film You're Too — which she wrote, directed and starred in — was shown last week at the Women's International Film Festival in Miami.

Actor underplays an overarching career Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:09:15 CDT
NEW YORK — There is no such thing as a Richard Jenkins movie, although he's been in more than 70 of them. Even in his best-known role — as the mortuary paterfamilias, Nathaniel Fisher, on the HBO series Six Feet Under — Jenkins was dead, haunting the characters from the margins, a figment of their inner lives.

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