So True? So False? Is Katy Perry's Cleavage Too Hot For Cable?!

When you're Katy Perry, you have to expect that people's eyes will be drawn to a certain segment of your anatomy. Unless expressing whipped cream from said segment is your idea of ...

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Girls: Broken Dreams Club EP

The new EP from San Francisco’s Girls’ may be titled Broken Dreams Club, but the one thing breaking all over this record is hearts. Little girl hearts, grown man hearts—none are spared here, but frontman Christopher Owens and bassist/producer Chet “JR” White have crammed these six songs so completely with hooks and charm, you’d be wont to forget their sad theme if the lyrics weren’t so darn affecting. “He’ll never know about the time that you cried in the movies / He’ll never

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The Walking Dead Review (Episode 1.4 "Vatos")

It seems that the apocalypse has brought together a multiracial S.S. Minnow, where the Professor quotes Faulkner by the fireside ...

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Catching up with... Richmond Riedel

Richmond Riedel has worked the editing bay with directorial greats like Michael Mann, Peter Berg, and many others ... He’s also a prolific screenwriter, having had quite a few scripts optioned and purchased over the years ... One of those scripts eventually became Charades (1998), starring Erica Eleniak and Karen Black ... This year Riedel finally took the leap into becoming a feature film director himself, and after a great festival run his film Target Practice hits DVD this week ... Riedel

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CBS Sunday Morning at the Po-Boy Fest

Bill Geist of CBS Sunday Morning visited town last weekend for the New Orleans Po-Boy Festival, and the segment (which also featured the Parkway and Johnny's Po-Boys) aired this morning. Check it out: ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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On the agenda: ICA; Spitalfields Music festival; Theory; Dell; Geek of The Year; Christopher Fowler

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New Orleans Fringe Fest midterm report

The New Orleans Fringe Festival opened Wednesday, and there are 60 shows spread across more than 20 venues through Sunday. It's hard to wade through all the options and even get a sense of what some of the genre mashups will offer.… ... [ Read more ] ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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Hallelujah! American Idol Cuts Dead (and Boring) Weight, Gets Straight to Dirty Dozen

We're gonna level with you: despite the best efforts of the eminently employable Ryan Seacrest, the always delightful Ellen DeGeneres and the nation's (adopted) preeminent belittler Simon ...

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Jay-Z on Katrina, Kanye, and the apology

Jay-Z appeared on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross promoting his memoir Decoded ... In it, he reflects on his rough upbringing, drug dealing and rap career — he also discusses Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures.… ... [ Read more ] ... [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] ...

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Survivor: Nicaragua Castoff Reveals Her Secret Revenge at Tribal Council

Punches were thrown at last night's Survivor: Nicaragua Tribal Council.What, you missed it? So did we—but the latest castoff remembers it differently, at least when it comes ...

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