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Mastering the masterpieces 5/16/2008 1:47:33 PM
Boston Ballet takes on Balanchine, Tudor, and Tharp
It’s not exactly a trip down Memory Lane, but this weekend Boston Ballet is revisiting some pieces and choreographers it hasn’t performed in the Mikko Nissinen era.

Tavares concert will benefit worker training fund Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00 EST

Your night out hearing Tavares at the Z will help the environment.

Freeman's trying to bury Mr. Gravitas Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00 EST

Morgan Freeman has returned to Broadway with one goal in mind: to try to kill the Morgan Freeman you know and love.

Conn. museum shows art looted by Nazis Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00 EST

Jacques Goudstikker was the Netherlands' biggest art dealer in the 1930s, influencing the tastes of collectors and museums while entertaining lavishly in his country home and castle. In 1940, he hastily left it all behind — including about 1,400...

On 'Idol,' good singers make for a dull season Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00 EST

This season of "American Idol" had talented singers, a doe-eyed teenage contestant for the prepubescent crowd, visits from pop royalty, stinging comments from Simon Cowell and jaw-droppers from Paula Abdul.

Welcome the next British Invasion Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00 EST

Singer Duffy sits next to a clear blue swimming pool on a hotel rooftop patio, the sun setting behind her blond bouffant. She takes a sip of her drink, widens her blue eyes and grins.

New Jekyll/Hyde film fits 2 popular TV genres Sat, 17 May 2008 06:00 EST

Good and evil, doctors and lawyers — the update of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (9 p.m. Saturday, Ion, TV-14) has them all.

Flock to the Library Sat, 17 May 2008 21:34:42 UTC

Hundreds of pink flamingos make a fundraiser successful in Westhampton

Longmeadow Girls Lacrosse Sat, 17 May 2008 20:47:01 UTC

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Indy's close-up: Cannes festival premiere may spell danger for Dr. Jones Sun, 18 May 2008 12:04:53 -0400
CANNES, France - Indiana Jones has been in tight spots before, but he faced one of the biggest hazards of his life as hostile hordes of critics at the Cannes Film Festival...

Keeping up with the Joneses Sun, 18 May 2008 11:37:11 -0400
Will the long-dormant "Indiana Jones" franchise get a much-needed dip in the Fountain of Youth? When "Raiders of the Lost Ark" opened in 1981, Ronald...

Warren Cowan, 87, Hollywood publicist Sat, 17 May 2008 21:22:27 -0400
LOS ANGELES - Warren Cowan, one of the last of the super publicists who helped make Hollywood the glamour capital of the world, has died. He was 87. Mr. Cowan, who handled...

THE FLOCK Sat, 17 May 2008 18:31:15 -0400
Richard Gere was nominated for Razzies for his roles in the dreadful "Autumn in New York" and "King David." Razzie nomination No. 3 could be on the...

STRANGE WILDERNESS Sat, 17 May 2008 18:30:56 -0400
The best thing that can be said about "Strange Wilderness" is that it gives the Razzie Awards nomination committee the early frontrunner for its worst picture of...

NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS Sat, 17 May 2008 18:30:37 -0400
The unfathomable lengths treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) goes to to preserve American history in "National Treasure" look reasonable compared to the shenanigans...

'Hunger' is hot as Cannes revs up Sat, 17 May 2008 11:38:54 -0400
CANNES, France - A brutal drama about Northern Ireland's martyred hunger striker Bobby Sands ignited an intense ovation for debut British director Steve McQueen...

X keeps the spunk in punk Sun, 18 May 2008 08:00:15 -0400
It's not entirely cynical to dismiss most late-'70s/early-'80s punk acts touring in recent years as out to make a quick buck or indulging a midlife crisis. ...

THE GOSSIP Sat, 17 May 2008 18:32:43 -0400
This is exactly how it should be: wild, unbridled, assaulting. Say what you will about this band's sudden rise to stardom, but that doesn't detract from its powerhouse...

RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER Sat, 17 May 2008 18:31:56 -0400
Year Zero for modern bluegrass was 1945, when Bill Monroe added a couple of hayseed virtuosos named Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs to his band and began creating the fiery,...

THE IKE REILLY ASSASSINATION Sat, 17 May 2008 18:31:41 -0400
Chicago's Reilly has spent years trying to modernize the classic Dylan/ Springsteen/Clash cocktail. He's rarely mixed it just right. His lyrics aren't Dylan...

Are cell phones ruining concert experience? Fri, 16 May 2008 18:47:30 -0400
What if you gave a concert and the crowd refused to watch? It's not as far-fetched as it seems. As more and more concertgoers fiddle with cell phone cameras and fidget...

West Glows with energetic openers Fiasco, N.E.R.D. Fri, 16 May 2008 18:47:09 -0400
Kanye West is insanely vain. But if he were half the megalomaniac he makes himself out to be, the self-proclaimed "biggest star in the universe" wouldn't have...

One-stop cooking: Learn culinary basics in Vietnam Sat, 17 May 2008 18:47:08 -0400
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Susan Koss and Caroline Orner are on a gastronomic odyssey, eating their way through Vietnam as the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas sails down...

Buy airline tickets now to beat fare hikes Sat, 17 May 2008 16:32:31 -0400
No matter where you are traveling this summer, now is the time to buy. Week after week this year, we've seen new air fare hike attempts in noncompetitive markets. Some...

Ex may learn expensive lesson about fraud Sun, 18 May 2008 08:07:33 -0400
Q. I brought my ex-husband into court on contempt for nonpayment of alimony and child support. He showed up with copies of pay stubs showing a lower pay grade than when...

Take my wife's housework and child-rearing, please Sun, 18 May 2008 08:05:30 -0400
Dear Carolyn: My wife stays at home with our son, cooks and does grocery shopping. We share housecleaning duties. I am employed and handle the car, computer, finances,...

No Cannes do Sat, 17 May 2008 17:43:00 -0400
CANNES, France - While I'm soaking up the sun, celebs and Stoli here, Manolo, my beloved Pom, is toiling away on a project of some delicacy. You see morsels, owing...

TV Insider: Lisa Edelstein Sun, 18 May 2008 08:01:26 -0400
Name: Lisa Edelstein Role: Dr. Lisa Cuddy on "House" (tomorrow at 9 p.m. on WFXT, Ch. 25) Age: She...

Love rematch Sat, 17 May 2008 18:40:09 -0400
Living well may be the best revenge, but it never hurts to have Ellen DeGeneres in your corner. Largely because of the Emmy-winning talk show host, DeAnna Pappas - the...

Watch this! Sat, 17 May 2008 18:39:11 -0400
Tune in for the two-hour season finale of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" to find out if Derek (Patrick Dempsey) and Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) can get over themselves...

Season finales on TV tonight Sat, 17 May 2008 18:02:06 -0400
Chris (Tyler James Williams) graduates from junior high on CW's "Everybody Hates Chris" (at 8 p.m. on WLVI, Ch. 56) but faces the loss of best bud Greg (Vincent...

TV Q & A with David Inman Sat, 17 May 2008 17:57:16 -0400
Q: I love the song "That One Night" by the Hunted, which was playing on the April 10 episode of NBC's "The Office." But I haven't been...

McEntire says she has more fun hosting ACM Awards Sat, 17 May 2008 10:44:24 -0400
LAS VEGAS - After wrapping up a successful concert tour, you'd think Reba McEntire would want to take some time off to relax. Instead, the tireless country star is...

Over time, star finds 'SNL' is his Forte Fri, 16 May 2008 18:17:18 -0400
"Saturday Night Live" intimidated Will Forte for years - even after he joined the cast. "In the back of my mind, I was thinking, 'Oh, my God, I don't...

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