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‘Bad as Me’ as good as expected
Tom Waits has been coasting in rather unusual way. Read More
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Characterization in Fox’s ‘Terra Nova’ covers no new ground
The pattern of new television shows this season seems to be that none of them have a wow factor Read More
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YellowJackets bid farewell to successful run on ‘Sing-Off’
It’s been said that all good things must come to an end. For the YellowJackets, it was their dream of winning NBC’s “The Sing-Off” — the group was eliminated from the show’s Monday, Oct. 31 episode. Competing as one of the final two groups in the episode, they were pitted against Urban Method — a […]
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ABC’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ enchants viewers
Once upon a time, on a network not so far away, a new television show aired with endless potential. It’s a story we’ve heard before, but that’s the point. Inherent in the phrase “once upon a time” is that we will recognize some or all of what we are about to hear, but the alterations […]
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The underdogs of UR a cappella show their scary skills
If you told me earlier in the week that I’d soon be seeing a quidditch player and a Pokémon trainer singing at the Interfaith Chapel, I might have been slightly intrigued, but I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Yet both of these fictional characters were present at Trebellious’ Halloween show — appropriately entitled “Spookapella” — […]
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CT Recommends "Chopped"
Grab a snack — you are going to need one — and park yourself in front of the Food Network on Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. for “Chopped,” a competitive cooking show hosted by Ted Allen, the food and wine connoisseur of Bravo’s Emmy-winning show “Queer Eye (for the Straight Guy).” This is not your […]
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Russell Peters’ comedy a good fit for Meliora Weekend
No one was immune to his fully automatic barrage of comedy. As an Indo-Canadian who grew up in a culturally diverse neighborhood, Peters uses his background to make light of racial stereotypes. Read More
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‘Extreme Materials 2’: An eye-opening new exhibit
"A found object is just a familiar thing seen as though for the first time,” artist Nemo Gould said about the peculiar medium of the Memorial Art Gallery’s newest exhibit “Extreme Materials 2” that opened on Saturday, Oct. 22. The exhibit is a rehash of the MAG’s original one — “Extreme Materials” — from 2006, […]
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New Coldplay release is a fan’s paradise
After nearly three-and-a-half years of waiting and many release date rumors that raised false hopes, Coldplay’s fifth studio album, “Mylo Xyloto,” was finally released on Monday, Oct. 24. After selling 122,000 copies in three days, this album has already topped the charts as the fastest-selling album of the year. To kick off “Mylo Xyloto,” the […]
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‘Homeland’ examines paranoia in post-9/11 America
This year, the U.S. recognized the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with the public opening of the World Trade Center Memorial. We live in a post-9/11 world — there was once a before, but this is the after. Showtime’s new drama “Homeland” takes a look at the landscape of the war in the wake of 9/11, […]