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‘Smash’ Soundtrack Review: Everything’s Coming Up Skimpy
The curiously short soundtrack is a sampler that particularly stiffs fans of the Marilyn Monroe-themed show-within-a-show "Smash"
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George Harrison Review: ‘Early Takes’ Puts a Gorgeous, Stripped-Down Spin on ‘All Things’
The ex-Beatle's demos and early takes from "All Things Must Pass" offer a stripped-down alternative to the Phil Spector treatment they got in 1970
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Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ Causes Culture Clash in Taiwan
Guest Blog: Politicians in Taiwan got into some hot water by complaining about lousy product placement in the film helmed by their hometown boy
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Carrie Underwood Review: ‘Blown Away’ Doesn’t Kick Up More Than a Breeze
Although she's in typically expert vocal form, Underwood doesn't offer much sense of a real emotional or musical personality on her scattershot fourth album
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Hey Peter Jackson, Can We Slow Down on Faster Film?
Guest Blog: "The Hobbit" director advocates shooting at double the current 24-frames-per-second film speed. It might be technically better, but don't we lose some of the magic?
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Jane Goodall: ‘Chimpanzee Politics Are Nicer than Ours’
Guest Blog: Proceeds from "Chimpanzee," the Disney nature film, will go to the Tanzania institute founded by 78-year-old primatologist Jane Goodall
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I See (Virtual) Dead People: Tupac Shakur and the Right of Publicity
Guest Blog: Apart from the entertainment value, the use of Tupac Shakur’s image at Coachella raises a complex issue about stars’ right of publicity after death
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Jack White CD Review: ‘Blunderbuss’ Spins Gold Out of Girl Trouble
White’s first solo album has a bit of a bad attitude about women, even as his all-female band helps drive the diversified rockers home
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Carole King Review: ‘Legendary Demos’ Honors a ’60s Recording Career That Never Was
King’s album of pre-“Tapestry” classics proves she could’ve ruled as a singer as well as songwriter in the ’60s, too
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3 Lessons to Learn From Rich Ross’ Disney Departure
Guest Blog: Now that Rich Ross is out at Disney, here’s a little advice for the next guy in the hot seat
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A Second ‘Open Letter’ to Ricky Gervais on His Anne Frank Jokes
Guest Blog: Ricky, you must be careful when you joke about the Holocaust — go to Google and see how many people who still feel the Holocaust didn’t go far enough
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Dan Bloom -
Ricky Gervais, Please Stop the Tasteless Anne Frank Jokes (Video)
When did the Holocaust diarist become a subject for mirth?
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Dan Bloom -
‘Mad Men’ Season 5: So Far, So … Good?
Guest Blog: Could it be that the magic was gone, and that four glorious seasons were all we were going to have together?
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Mali Perl -
Jason Mraz CD Review: Severely Laid-Back ‘Love’ Makes Elevator Music Seem Downbeat
Jason Mraz abandons all attempts at pop-rap playfulness in favor of trying to revive easy-listening as an artform
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Train CD Review: ‘California 37’ Derails With Wacked-Out Wordplay
Pat Monahan has gone off the rails since writing 2001’s “Drops of Jupiter”