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Friday's Talk Shows
The Early Show Chef John De Lucie; Maxwell performs. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Daniel Radcliffe ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"); Rascal Flatts performs; Rupert Grint ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"). (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News...Tags: Michael Cera, Bob Newhart, Daniel Radcliffe, New York, Kyra Sedgwick
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Review: Comedy's too tame, but it's still a pretty good 'Year One'
VarietyAn amiable stroll through biblical times featuring Jack Black and Michael Cera as exiled Neanderthals, Year One lacks seismic guffaws but elicits many mild smiles. The low-tech opus offers an ironic commentary on the utter idiocy of religious...Tags: Michael Cera, Hank Azaria, Harold Ramis, Archaeology, PG-13 Rated Movies
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A new day for Taking Back Sunday
For Taking Back Sunday, New Again is more than an album title. It's almost a mantra.
In the past couple of years, the band has taken its first extended break (for about three months) and has brought in a new guitarist, Matt Fazzi of Facing New York....Tags: New York, Weezer (band), Music Industry, Folk Music, Linkin Park (band)
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tv notes
Series House: The good doctor and his team try to diagnose a fitness trainer who collapsed while making an infomercial. (8 p.m., WBFF-Channel 45) Greek: Homecoming Week finds rivalry running high in the annual float competition. (8 p.m., ABC Family) How...Tags: Crimes, Murder, Howard Stern , David Letterman, Weeds (tv program)
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Asher Roth is such a nice white rapper
The Philadelphia InquirerAsher Roth isn't like other rappers. The rising star, whose debut album, "Asleep in the Bread Aisle," went straight to No. 1 when it was released on iTunes last month, hails from nowhere near the hood. The 23-year-old rhymer grew up in the middle-...Tags: Notorious B.I.G., Colleges and Universities, Hip Hop, Facebook, Baseball
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Album Review: Company Flow's 'Funcrusher Plus' reissue
LA TimesLet's ignore the reductive Asher Roth/Eminem comparisons for a minute. Anyone awed by the white rapper du jour's soporific "Asleep in the Bread Aisle" would be wise to listen to "Funcrusher Plus," the 1997 debut from Company Flow. The album is currently...Tags: Eminem, Manhattan (New York City), New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Incredible Hulk (movie, 2008)
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Thugs Steal The Comedy From 'Next Day Air'
Orlando SentinelThere's no honor among thieves in "Next Day Air," a dopey, bloody and downbeat "Black Pineapple Express." The laughs come easily enough. But the violence and grim finale drag this coke-deal-gone-wrong comedy into a hole it can't giggle its way out of....Tags: Debbie Allen, Crimes, Movies, Pineapple Express (movie), Comedy (genre)
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Summer Movies: A New 'Trek' Frontier Seeking Out Hip Young Fans
The Hartford CourantAmerican pop culture decided a long time ago what a stereotypical "Star Trek" fan was: a socially maladjusted 30- or 40-something male who haunted conventions wearing pointy ears, spoke fluent Vulcan, collected action figures and went to parties...Tags: Channing Tatum, New York, Assault, Meryl Streep, Katherine Heigl
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Summer movies: Releases through August 2009
Sentinel movie criticPlease note! All dates subject to change without notice. "Limited" means limited release on that date. 5/01/09 Battle for Terra 3D (Roadside Attractions) This animated war movie is an ecological allegory about humans invading a peace-loving alien planet...Tags: Bill Murray, New York, Meryl Streep, Gerard Depardieu, Michael Douglas
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May movies
May 1 Battle for Terra (Roadside Attractions) A peaceful alien planet is invaded by the last survivors of Earth. With the voices of Evan Rachel Wood and Brian Cox. Ghost of Girlfriends Past(Warner Bros.) In a romantic comedy twist on AChristmas Carol,...Tags: Jennifer Garner, Amy Adams, Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (movie)
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Coming soon
opening next friday Next Day Air (Summit Entertainment) Two scammers naively think they hit the jackpot when they're mistakenly mailed a valuable cache of drugs. With Donald Faison and Mos Def. Star Trek (Paramount Pictures) In a reboot of the classic...Tags: Movies, Kristen Stewart, Star Trek (movie), Sony Corp.
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'Next Day Air' stars Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Mos Def
Tribune criticStoner runs afoul of bad men with guns: It worked (commercially) for the white boys of "Pineapple Express," why not for the African-American and Latino ensemble of "Next Day Air"? Donald Faison plays a Philadelphia courier whose chronic use of the...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Movies, National or Ethnic Minorities, Guy Ritchie, Pineapple Express (movie)
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