Universal Republic Records | 2009 | List price: $17.99 | Get it for less at Amazon I first met Tori Amos in 1992 after she had just released her debut album, LITTLE EARTHQUAKES. She was playing a tiny movie theatre in Tempe, AZ, and even though it was October, the theatre was still sweltering hot
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This past week, the nominations for the 61st Annual Emmy Awards were announced, and “So You Think You Can Dance” walked away with four nods in the Outstanding Choreography category, with nominations from Season 4 for, “Bleeding Love” by Tabitha D’umo and Napoleon D’umo, “Mercy” by Mia Michaels, “Adam and Eve/Silence” by Tyce Diorio and
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G.P. Putnam’s Sons | 2009 | 469 pages | List price: $26.95 | Get it for less at Amazon In the follow-up to his 2008 New York Time’s Best Seller, MOSCOW RULES, author Daniel Silva picks up exactly where the action last left off, and THE DEFECTOR is a brilliantly crafted novel that is unparalleled
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Fox Searchlight Pictures | 2009 | Rated PG-13 | 95 minutes (500) DAYS OF SUMMER is not your average film. In fact, take anything that you may know about filmmaking convention and throw it out the window. This film is an enigma, constantly shifting and morphing into various forms and unable to be pinned down
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Warner Brothers | 2009 | Rated PG | 153 minutes The sixth installment of the HARRY POTTER franchise, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE opened on Wednesday to a resounding $58 million box office gross, putting it into the upper echelon of opening day totals, only behind movies such as THE DARK KNIGHT and TRANSFORMERS:
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20th Century Fox | 1974 | Rated PG | 165 minutes | List price: $34.98 | Get it for less at Amazon Coming off of the enormous success of THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE in 1972, a film that kick-started the disaster movie craze of the 1970s, producer Irwin Allen set out to bring his next movie
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Making a film today is not an easy prospect. Take a look at any of the summer blockbusters in the theatres right now. How long do you think it took to transform the written word of the screenplay into the spectacle you watch on the big screen as you munch on overpriced and ridiculously stale
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Anthem Records | 2009 | List price: $13.98 | Get it for less at Amazon Spinnerette’s self-titled new release is an album that will punch you in the face while telling you that it loves you. And then it will punch you in the face again, just for good measure. Formed in 2007, Spinnerette is
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As another week draws to a close for “So You Think You Can Dance,” we say goodbye to Caitlin and Phillip. Each couple had to perform two different dances this week, and we were given some superbly choreographed pieces. Without a doubt, the two best dances of the week were Mia Michaels’s “Addiction,” performed with
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Vintage Books | 2009 | 590 pages | List Price: $14.95 | Get it for less at Amazon I was excited to read the recent paperback edition of Stieg Larsson’s novel THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO in preparation for the upcoming release of the second book of the series, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH
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