- ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ child star moves into new home
- July 8, 2009
- “Slumdog Millionaire” child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and his mother moved into their new home Tuesday, leaving behind a corrugated metal slum shanty for four solid walls, doors that lock and an indoor toilet.
- Cable’s baby boom continues
- July 8, 2009
- There was a time when you couldn’t say the word “pregnant” on radio or television.
- ‘Slumdog’ star to move into new home next week
- July 6, 2009
- One of the impoverished child stars from “Slumdog Millionaire” will move from his shanty home in one of Mumbai’s more wretched slums into a new apartment, his mother said Sunday.
- ‘Transformers,’ ‘Ice Age’ tie for No. 1 at $42.5M
- July 6, 2009
- Prehistoric creatures and robots were in a photo finish for the Fourth of July box-office crown Sunday, with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” tied with $42.5 million each.
- ‘Twitterature’ sums up classic books
- July 5, 2009
- Did you struggle to make it past page 20 of “Moby Dick”?
- Ex-Beatles, Rolling Stones manager Klein dies
- July 5, 2009
- Music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday, a publicist for his company said.
- ‘Public Enemies’ a beguiling crime drama
- July 3, 2009
- In “Public Enemies,” two threats to law and order loom over Depression-era America. One is John Dillinger, a gallant bank robber, and his gang.
- The Big Bang: Vinland’s First Family of Fireworks and their epic Fourth of July bash
- July 2, 2009
- The sleepy little town of Vinland, 10 miles south of Lawrence, is about to wake up.
- The Edge
- June 29, 2009
- • ‘The Fate of Katherine Carr’ (Books) • ‘Fuel’ (Games) • ‘Nobel Son’ (DVD)
- ‘Transformers’ takes to sky with $112 million weekend
- June 29, 2009
- Alien robots have transformed into box-office superstars with $200 million in domestic ticket sales in just five days.
- Inmates in ‘Thriller’ video stage tribute
- June 28, 2009
- The Filipino inmates who shot to global fame with a YouTube video of their “Thriller” dance swayed and stomped again Saturday in a behind-bars tribute to their idol, Michael Jackson.
- The girls of Gen X say goodbye to favorite Angel
- June 27, 2009
- Dear Farrah Fawcett, I’m sure you understand why Michael Jackson’s death has taken over the airwaves and blogosphere, but the folks you’ve touched remember you, too.
- Academy toughens best-song rules
- June 27, 2009
- No Academy Award will be presented for best song at next year’s ceremony if none of the tunes is considered good enough, Oscar organizers said Friday.
- Metal of honor: Cinematic success of ‘Anvil!’ frees veteran rock band from obscurity
- June 26, 2009
- Steve “Lips” Kudlow believes, “The way you really prove yourself in heavy metal is by staying around.”
- Robots help transform movie into long, boring failure
- June 26, 2009
- As big, dumb summer “entertainments” go, they don’t get much bigger or much dumber than “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
- Net Worth: Literal videos find fresh way to lampoon MTV classics
- June 26, 2009
- They say your entertainment preferences are forever shaped by the decade in which you went to high school.
- ‘Prairie Home’ turns 35
- June 26, 2009
- For the 35th anniversary of his “A Prairie Home Companion,” humorist Garrison Keillor will be in “Lake Wobegon” when he reads the news from Lake Wobegon.
- For some Jon & Kate fans, the show must not go on
- June 26, 2009
- “The show must go on,” Kate Gosselin of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” said on the episode where her split from her husband, Jon, was revealed. Usually, that line elicits admiration, as when an actor sprains his ankle but perseveres in the dance number anyway.
- Theaters improvise to help relieve economy’s effects
- June 26, 2009
- From major theaters such as Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival to small companies such as the Barnstormers Theatre in bucolic Tamworth, N.H., uncertain economic times have forced theaters across North America not only to re-examine what they are putting on stage this summer — and beyond — but how to sell these plays and musicals, as well.
- Oscars double down with 10 best-picture nominees
- June 25, 2009
- The Academy Awards will have 10 best-picture nominees instead of the usual five starting next year, improving the odds for films such as “The Dark Knight,” a fan and critic favorite that was snubbed last time.
- The Edge
- June 22, 2009
- • ‘Black Water Rising’ (Books) • Wii Motion Plus (Games) • ‘Spinning into Butter’ (DVD)
- Bullock’s ‘Proposal’ woos date crowds with $34.1M
- June 22, 2009
- Movie audiences accepted a proposal from Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, who scored the summer’s first big romantic comedy hit.
- Military band to perform in Lawrence
- June 21, 2009
- Lawrence residents later this month will have the chance to enjoy a free performance of a traveling military band.
- Comedy ‘Year One’ provides zero laughs
- June 19, 2009
- Movie studios must be so strapped for ideas that they’re handing out deals like gym towels in middle-school locker rooms.
- ‘Proposal’ showcases fine comic leads
- June 19, 2009
- Sandra Bullock may be aging out of the years when Hollywood sees her as Miss Congeniality, but not without one last fling.
- Return of the Idol: ‘American Idol’ winner David Cook comes home to Kansas City
- June 18, 2009
- How exactly do you move on with life after winning “American Idol”?
- Tips to ‘techorate’
- June 16, 2009
- The latest thing in decorating is combing interior design with technology, thus “techorating.” Doug Wilson, a well-known designer on TLC’s “Moving Up” and “Trading Spaces” offers tips on how to pull it off.
- Several events planned to be downtown draws
- June 16, 2009
- Fire eaters, street dances and open-air grills. It must be summer in downtown Lawrence.
- Silverdocs honors filmmaker Albert Maysles
- June 14, 2009
- For more than 50 years, Albert Maysles has been producing some of the nation’s most searing, memorable documentaries.
- The Edge
- June 14, 2009
- • ‘Die for You’ (Books) • Elvis Costello (Music) • ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ (DVD)
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