`Laugh, Cry, Eat Some Pie' part self-help, recipes
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - "Laugh, Cry, Eat Some Pie: A Down-to-Earth Recipe for Living Mindfully (Even When the World Feels Half-Baked)" (Perigee, $13.95), by Deanna Davis: Deanna Davis mixes personal anecdotes, positive psychology and pie recipes in her latest book, "Laugh, Cry, Eat Some Pie: A Down-to-Earth Recipe for Living Mindfully."
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Ben Affleck back in Boston with undercooked drama
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 3 hours agoReuters - You can take the boy out of Boston, but Ben Affleck isn't done with his hometown.
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Review: Book about John Ritter needs more Ritter
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 3 hours agoAP - "With Love and Laughter, John Ritter" (Gallery Books, $26), by Amy Yasbeck: John Ritter is a comedic institution.
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Serial killer stalks teens in `Fever of the Bone'
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 22 hours agoAP - "Fever of the Bone" (HarperCollins, $14.99), by Val McDermid: When serial crime fiction is done well, readers can drop into any installment and within a few chapters, understand nearly everything about the primary characters and their relationship with one another.
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`Pretty Little Things' is tale of sexual predators
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 22 hours agoAP - "Pretty Little Things" (Vanguard Press, $25.95), by Jilliane Hoffman: Jilliane Hoffman takes the standard "To Catch a Predator" plot — adult male sex offender ensnaring unsuspecting teens by various online chat rooms or social networks — and escalates it to a thoroughly creepy serial killer level.
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`Elephant's Journey' only for Jose Saramago fans
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 02:55:20 PMAP - "The Elephant's Journey" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24), by Jose Saramago: This is a book Serious Readers should love. Consider the pedigree: a recently deceased Nobel Prize-winning author, a benevolent animal protagonist and a space on bookstore and library shelves in the hot category Historical Fiction.
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Review: 'R.U.S.E.' brings war strategy to consoles
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:11:21 AMAP - Video-game wars, like those in "Halo" or "Call of Duty," are usually seen from the grunt's-eye view.
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Vincent Gallo bombs again with self-made "Promises"
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:46:12 PMReuters - Actor/director Vincent Gallo had three different reasons for coming to Venice, including his starring role as the Afghan fighter in "Essential Killing" and a short film he directed, "The Agent," starring Sage Stallone.
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"I'm Still Here" an entertaining hoax
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:45:24 PMReuters - Give up acting? Casey Affleck's energetic directorial debut, "I'm Still Here," basically scotches the idea that Joaquin Phoenix has retired as an actor to become a hip-hop artist, revealing it all to be an elaborate media hoax, albeit one that has seriously altered the actor's real-life image over the last year and a half.
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"Silent Souls" has disquieting erotic undertones
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:44:11 PMReuters - A husband who still is deeply in love with his dead wife sets out with a friend to bury her.
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Cheerleaders purr in "Hellcats"
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:41:39 PMReuters - The cheerleader's reputation on American television is lousy: They're insular and stuck up at best; slutty and the meanest of mean girls at worst. But with "Heroes" and "Glee" putting a new spin on the old (dance) routine, the pom-pom faction has begun to take back the fight.
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Top marks for Kenyan film "The First Grader"
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:40:31 PMReuters - Stories about inspiring teachers have tantalized moviemakers and movie audiences since the era of Mr. Chips and Miss Dove. The latest incarnation, "The First Grader," proved to be one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at this year's Telluride Film Festival.
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Review: Stone Sour packs punch on `Audio Secrecy'
(AP)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:28:48 PMAP - Stone Sour, "Audio Secrecy" (Roadrunner)
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Review: Bareilles sticks to her guns with new CD
(AP)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:09:47 PMAP - Sara Bareilles, "Kaleidoscope Heart" (Epic)
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Music Review: Lady Saw is a reggae diva on new CD
(AP)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 07:35:48 PMAP - Lady Saw, "My Way" (Toasting Music/Diva Records)
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Stephen Hawking suggests `theory of everything'
(AP)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:31:16 PMAP - "The Grand Design" (Random House, $28), by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow: Cosmologists, the people who study the entire cosmos, will want to read British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking's new book.
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Italian "Gorbaciof" meticulously crafted
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 03:45:27 AMReuters - In 2008, consummate Italian theater and film star Toni Servillo wowed the international film world with a small but unforgettable role in Matteo Garrone's "Gomorrah" and as the titular figure of Paolo Sorrentino's "Il Divo."
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Reign of Assassins brings Mr & Mrs Smith to China
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 03:44:43 AMReuters - "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" relocate to ancient China in the dazzling martial-arts epic "Reign of Assassins," in which Asian superstars Michelle Yeoh and Jung Woo-Sung play an ordinary married couple, each unaware the spouse is a world-class assassin.
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Aussie teen war drama set to explode worldwide
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 01:49:03 AMReuters - Australia may finally have a homegrown blockbuster on its hands with the terrifically engaging "Tomorrow, When the War Began," an action-packed war film for and about teenagers.
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"El Superstar" lacks satirical edge
(Reuters)
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 01:48:30 AMReuters - It bears the imprimatur of Norman Lear and George Lopez as executive producers and is distributed by Cinema Libre, known for handling social-issue films. But the satire lands softly in "El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances," a mockumentary about the music-biz rise and fall of a white guy raised as a Chicano.
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