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The Case against Oliver Perez
On the Mets beatMike Nichols of Metsblog.com is our guest blogger for today. The focus this offseason, rightly so, for Omar Minaya and company has been to address the pitching need that has failed to produce a playoff team in Queens the last......Tags: Major League Baseball, Mike Pelfrey, New York Mets, Derek Lowe, All Stars
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Is 'Spamalot' digestible?
Tribune theater criticA good time for Monty Python obsessives as well as the Python-indifferent, "Monty Python's Spamalot" shares much in common with Hormel's mysterious canned product, the one packed with chopped pork shoulder meat and a few other things. You're not...Tags: David Hyde Pierce, Poetry, Animals, HBO (tv network), Monty Python's Spamalot (musical)
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This journey from page to screen is one of the best ever
Sun-Sentinel, South Florida Books EditorNow that I've seen both of the new movies based on enormously popular 20th century fantasy novels, I have an announcement. Frodo Baggins kicks Harry Potter's butt. What that means, in cinema terms, is that Peter Jackson does a better job translating...Tags: Organized Crime, Literature, World War I (1914-1918), W.H. Auden, Tom Sawyer
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Movie review: 'Closer'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC3½ stars (out of 4) Love affairs and theatrical productions can have a lot in common, with their fond illusions and hard truths--and their dependency on the brilliant interactions of the players. Few directors are more adept at playing with all this...Tags: Natasha Richardson, Edward Albee, Sony Corp., Entertainment, Julia Roberts
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Kennedy honors get funny and funky
Chicago Tribune Washingon BureauComedian Carol Burnett, Godfather of Soul James Brown, country music legend Loretta Lynn, director Mike Nichols and concert violinist Itzhak Perlman are this year's winners of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to the performing...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Chicago Tribune, James Brown, Nazi Party, George W. Bush
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'Cursed'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC"Cursed" is the latest terrorfest from shock-and-shiver expert Wes Craven ("Nightmare on Elm Street," "Scream"). And he's definitely not at his bloody best here -- even though the movie reunites him with wisecracking "Scream" writer Kevin Williamson....Tags: Horror (genre), Wes Craven, Jesse Eisenberg, Christina Ricci, Werewolf (supernatural entities)
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