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The new Doctor is in with "The Eleventh Hour"
Out of all the TV shows I watch, 'Doctor Who" is the one that has affected me the most. 'Doctor Who" has been a British science fiction staple since it first made its mark in 1963. After 26 seasons of success, in 1989 the 'Doctor" took a bow and left the television screen. In 2005, […]
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Volume Two' a treasure
If you happen to be a music nerd, an avid nostalgic and a straight male, it's getting kind of impossible not to have a celebrity crush on Zooey Deschanel. Her retro charm and her role in '(500) Days of Summer" would be enough to ensure that she represents the ideal girl who adores sad British […]
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Humor emerges from drama in new Todd plays
Motels always reek of sadness, of despair, of cheap soap in tiny paper packages and underpaid cleaning ladies. They're veritable tragedy stages.And so they make perfect scenery for Todd Theatre's new opening acts of playwright George Walker's 'Featuring Loretta" and 'Criminal Genius," opening today and Friday, respectively. In these shows, which will run on alternating […]
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Two new releases spell out classic R&B
R'B doesn't seem to mean what it used to, and it's easy to see why. Today's chart-topping R'B songs have abandoned the genre's original roots in favor of pop elements like auto-tune and synthesizers. Remember, R'B stands for rhythm and blues, and whether it was the gritty southern soul of Memphis, Tenn. or the suave […]
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The Force is with the Ramblers
Saturday night saw Strong Auditorium packed to the rafters with excited fans gathered to see our very own Midnight Ramblers bring the house down and they were not disappointed. Bursting onto the stage with the energy and power that are characteristic of the Ramblers, the men proceeded to give a jaw-dropping show from start to […]
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Snoop Dogg concert nuthin' but an RIT thang
Last Saturday, a bus full of UR students pulled up outside of the Rochester Institute of Technology's Gordon Field House where there was a seemingly endless Disney World-sized line of locals and college students. Who could possibly draw this size of a crowd? Could it be the RIT Tigers, Jessica Simpson, Kris Kringle or Snoop […]
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Fringe' benefits from John Noble's performance
Since the premiere of 'Fringe" in the fall of 2008, John Noble broke out as the man to watch on the show. His interpretation of a man so haunted by his past he was driven to insanity was captivating. Noble immediately won the attention of the audience. Even more so, the father-son relationship between Noble's […]
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Jack Bauer's eighth all-nighter will be his last
After eight excruciatingly long days, it seems that Jack Bauer can finally retire. Mondays on Fox will no longer be marked by the whispers and yells of Bauer, nor will they consist of speculation as to who is the mole in the office. On Friday, March 26, Fox announced that after eight successful seasons, the […]
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Families come together in 'Parenthood' Pilot
Several times throughout the year, my family gets together for the holidays to enjoy the craziness that large family get-togethers seem to bring. There is 'drama" among the adults, tantrums from the children, and my sister and I always get stuck between the kids and adults not quite sure which end of the spectrum we […]
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an irritating TV show
As a television addict that prides herself on watching only quality shows, I think it's time to admit that not everything I watch is up to the high standard that I hold most shows to.This became quite apparent after watching what I believe was an hour of the worst television I have ever sat through. […]