Archive | Arts & Entertainment
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Album review: The Black Keys drive album to top of list
The Black Keys are single-handedly saving popular music from the fakeness and softness that has been infused in the music industry in recent years. They are doing so by bringing a smash mouth style, mixing soul, blues and southern rock to the mainstream of music.
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Book review: ‘Death Comes to Pemeberly’ gives Austen new life
An extension of the classic Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice, Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, places Austen’s characters in the midst of a murder mystery.
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Column: Colbert a welcome thorn in the side of GOP
Political satirist and pundit Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report" announced Thursday his interest in running for "President of the United States of South Carolina.
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Video games: Why there may be no next-gen consoles
To those familiar with the gaming industry, it seems inevitable that new consoles will one day be released by all three of the major corporations: Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. To those unfamiliar, yeah, that tends to be the case.
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Column: Why is Hollywood scared of a black movie?
I have a newfound respect for George Lucas. I’ve always loved the man for his work as a filmmaker. I love Star Wars. I envy the life of Indiana Jones. These are the stories that have captured the hearts of children and adults alike. George Lucas is literally a staple of American culture.
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TV review: ‘Alcatraz’ lacks the J.J. Abrams signature suspense and charm
Fox’s “Alcatraz” has all the makings of another J.J. Abrams pop culture phenom: tough chick protagonist, mysterious island, governmental shadiness and lighting that makes everything automatically spooky and suspicious.
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Video game review: Zelda game ends Wii’s reign on a high note
As Nintendo prepares to launch its new console, the Wii U, sometime in the near future, fans of the company are already experiencing a sharp decline in the quality of games released for the soon-to-be outdated Wii.
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Movie review: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
If you’re thinking of seeing the much-talked-about spy movie “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” that just opened because you like James Bond, you might want to head in the other direction and try another spy movie. Maybe the one with a certain prominent member of the Church of Scientology.
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Movie review: ‘Contraband’ smuggles few thrills into theaters
January is the worst month of the year. Everybody gets post-Christmas blues, school starts back up and there are no good movies in theaters. That means for one month, empty theaters echo with the calls for something good to be released.