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Movie review: Norah Jones delivers heart-breaking hit
The title of Norah Jones’ new album says it all. “Little Broken Hearts” is Jones’ fifth studio album and an clearly breakup album. The album, produced by Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, who has worked with U2 and Gnarls Barkley, begins with a whimsical tune called “Good Morning.
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Movie review: Whedon avenges complacent premise, kicks ass
It’s about time the adjective “Whedon-esque” was added to the English language. You know, when a work of entertainment, in the style of Writer/Director Joss Whedon, achieves a balance of dazzling action, heartfelt drama and roll-on-the-theater-floor-and-get-covered-in-spilled-concessions laught...
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Movie review: Marvel avenges itself with ‘The Avengers’
Quadruple the heroes, quadruple the quality. Such is the case for “The Avengers,” the first in Marvel’s cinematic canon to be an honest-to-goodness grand slam. “The Avengers” follows Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.
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Five adrenaline-fueled summer blockbusters sure to please
If you’re like me, you’re trading a semester spent in a classroom for a summer spent in a movie theater. Summer is the time when studios release their biggest and often best films of the year. Most summer movies are adrenaline-fueled blockbusters, and this summer’s roster is no different.
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Album review: B.o.B’s latest puts listeners on cloud nine
B.o.B’s “Strange Clouds” takes the rapper to new heights with a more developed sound. Similar to his previous album, “The Adventures of Bobby Ray,” B.o.B features artists on the majority of his tracks.
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Column: Comedian or not, Jon Stewart is a cut above the news media
I am fully aware I’m playing into the stereotype of the liberal-minded college student by saying this, but just like President Barack Obama, I think Jon Stewart is brilliant. In Obama’s Rolling Stone interview, the president said: “I think Jon Stewart’s brilliant.
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Concert review: The Black Keys leave fans ‘Howlin’ for more
The Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys performed in Houston on Tuesday at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. As the sun was still out, the Arctic Monkeys opened the concert by playing “Brainstorm” — the track that put them on the charts and defined them as a band.
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Movie Review: “The Five-Year Engagement”
If one were to find one of the few remaining Blockbuster stores, spin around and throw a stick at random, it would likely either hit or land near a film starring Jason Segel.
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Roger Ebert to debut new voice during Sunday screening of ‘Citizen Kane’
For 13 years, Roger Ebert’s film festival, affectionately known as “Ebertfest” to regular attendees, has brought the film critic’s favorite overlooked films to his childhood home of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.