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TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:01:11 -0700

"THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL," 8 p.m., HISTORY — On the 20th anniversary of the Wall's fall, a two-hour retrospective of this potent symbol of the Cold War.

Outside Guide: Family classes

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:27:12 -0700

Theresa Nuber can't sing. Fortunately, her duet partner hasn't noticed. Every Thursday morning, Nuber and her 18-month-old daughter, Eva, attend The Music Train, a family music class in their neighborhood.

40 Women Over 40 dance onto Boulder stage

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:40:05 -0700

Can older babes boogie? Of course they can, according to choreographer Nancy Cranbourne. They just move differently than the young dancers who tend to dominate the scene.

Tattered Cover makes room for used books

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:14:51 -0700

Already reeling under competition from chain bookstores and dot-coms, which can undercut their independent cousins by bulk buying and selling at much lower prices, locally owned bookstores are taking it on the chin even worse in today's struggling economy.

Saturday is Denver's free museum night

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:08:30 -0700

Scores of plays, concerts, screenings and exhibitions regularly take place every week in the Denver metropolitan area, but many residents don't realize the full scope of what's out there. To highlight the cultural bounty, Denver's convention and visitors bureau launched Denver Arts Week, a nine-day bonanza of everything artistic from modern dance to Modigliani.

Art show openings

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:08:16 -0700

Review: Fort Collins' Carousel rocks an intimate "Rent"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:46:38 -0700

The Carousel Dinner Theatre has done some capable work in its 15 years. But there is nothing in its past to indicate it would be capable of this. Rating: ***1/2

Top TV

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:45:34 -0700

Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally, network newscasts and late Denver newscasts for last week.

Review: Calamity Jane outshoots, outrides, and tells taller tales than any man!

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:45:27 -0700

So you think you want to meet Calamity Jane, do you? Well, partner, you can, because just before All Hallows Eve she arose from the cemetery in Deadwood, S.D., where she was buried next to one of her husbands, Wild Bill Hickok, and brought her famous stage show to Boulder. Rating: ***

Review: "Picnic" needs dash of danger to spice up its flavor

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:44:32 -0700

"Picnic" remains popular, but the only way William Inge's steamy 1953 melodrama deserves a Pulitzer is if there are separate categories for poetry, drama ... and trashy romances. Rating: **

Husted: A red Letterman day for Crested Butte fan

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:08:20 -0700

Longtime Crested Butte crazy-lady Lynda Jackson was ready for her "Letterman" close-up Wednesday night. Was she ever.

PHAMALy's comic revue pops a wheelie

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:29:19 -0700

Edith Weiss worked with 10 members of the Denver handicapped theater company known as PHAMALy to create a night of collaborative comedy sketches about living with disabilities — written and performed by people who do.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:21:49 -0700

"WHITE COLLAR," 8 p.m., USA FBI Agent Peter Burke has teamed up with an unlikely partner, formerly imprisoned con-man Neal Caffrey, to learn secrets from the criminal point of view.

Best Shows this week, 11/6/09

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:20:24 -0700

Art Brut's name is rooted in fine arts theory, but its sound is all lumbering, cross-eyed punk hooks. Like a brown- toothed Hold Steady, the group bangs its way through rambling narratives with as many punchlines as cheeky socio-political critiques.

Hot Tix for hot shows

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:18:52 -0700

Joan Rivers returns to Comedy Works South for a pair of shows on Feb. 12 — a testament to the club's national esteem. Of course, the 76-year- old Rivers doesn't need to be touring clubs, but her still-sharp wit (and vastly underappreciated role in modern stand-up) make her a must-see.

Tickets for future shows, 11/6/09

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:17:34 -0700

Rob Zombie, the Nekromantix. Today, Fillmore Auditorium, $38. livenation.com

After freebies at First Fridays run dry, the best places to quench your thirst

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:18 -0700

Plenty of people will tell you: Part of the appeal of First Fridays is the free booze. It's not the best part. And for some, it might be the worst. But there's no denying that many art patrons' eyes light up when they walk in a First Friday gallery and notice a kind fellow pouring free glasses of wine in the back.

Movies: Now Showing

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:12:14 -0700

Review: "Antichrist" makes smart people tremble

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:10:20 -0700

He is a therapist played by Willem Dafoe. She was a scholar working on a thesis about witchcraft who is inhabited by Charlotte Gainsbourg. They are the tormented souls at the center of "Antichrist," Lars Von Trier's masterful and cruel allegory about a couple who returns to a cabin in the woods called Eden after the loss of their young son.

Review: Dickens trumps Disney in 3-D "Christmas Carol"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:05:41 -0700

It's the type of marketing salvo that puts a lump of coal in the heart and puts a lover of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, hobbled lad Tiny Tim and hopeful dad but put-upon employee Bob Cratchit on edge.

Peace-minded African superstar Youssou N'Dour's life chronicled

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:59:09 -0700

The Grammy Award-winning Youssou N'Dour is a superstar of world music from Senegal in West Africa, famous in Africa and Europe, now winning a North American following. He also seems to be a nice man, with his heart in the right place.

Review: "Men Who Stare at Goats" a little too clever for its own good

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:51:34 -0700

Goats can be funny. Especially the handsome tan-and- black one about to hit the deck in "The Men Who Stare at Goats."The man eyeing the goat in this standoff is no ordinary fella. He's psychically gifted soldier Lyn Cassady, played by George Clooney, who, along with director Grant Heslov, produced this uneven if sweet-natured comedy about paranormal activities and the military.

At the Myhren Gallery: a striking new lens on family life

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:43:30 -0700

When Henri Cartier- Bresson ventured onto the streets of Paris or Dorothea Lange toured the Depression-ravaged South, they were in search of reality as they found it — in the moment and largely unfiltered.

Opera Colorado takes on Offenbach's outlandish "Tales of Hoffmann"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:40:28 -0700

"The Tales of Hoffmann," Jacques Offenbach's bounteously imaginative mingling of reality and fantasy, stands as one of the opera world's most peculiar and wonderful masterpieces.

Best Bets

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:31:40 -0700

Today-Sunday. Theater. Doth Birnam Wood come to the Nuclear Power Plant? It does when "The Simpsons" meet "Macbeth." Rick Miller plays more than 50 characters in "MacHomer," a popular one-man stage play in which the cowardly but ambitious Homer is a funny yet tragic hero, aided and abetted by the faithful Marge, who has always worn the pants in the family.

Mel Strawn: A local favorite, pared down

editor@denverpost.com (Kyle MacMillan) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:06:44 -0700

In 2006, the Denver Public Library mounted a large-scale exhibition with about 75 paintings, drawings and other works spanning nearly the entirety of Mel Strawn's six-decade career.

Top TV

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:54:07 -0700

Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally, network newscasts and late Denver newscasts for last week.

With Fox show, Wanda Sykes shatters late-night men's-club mold

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:55 -0700

Wanda Sykes, this is your moment. You've stopped talking about other people and are now referencing your own life for amazingly pointed, truth-telling comedy riffs. And you're funnier and smarter than ever.

People: Ex-Miss California settles after XXX video turns up

editor@denverpost.com (Compiled by Lori Smith) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:33:56 -0700

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Whiny "Motherhood" spawns mostly resentment

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:06:24 -0700

Uma Thurman's beleaguered West Village mom is having a terrible, horrible, very bad day in "Motherhood" — and it's no picnic for us, either. Whiny and self-involved, Thurman's mother of two sees judgment around every corner and believes the universe has conspired against her because the bakery misspelled her daughter's name on a birthday cake.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:27 -0700

"PROJECT RUNWAY," 7 p.m., Lifetime "The Art of Fashion" is the last before the two-part finale, which begins next week.

Slightly trimmed Clyfford Still Museum set to break ground

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:55:52 -0700

After a recession-induced delay of about nine months, groundbreaking for the $29 million Clyfford Still Museum has been set for Dec. 14. The museum, to be just west of the Denver Art Museum's Hamilton Building on Bannock Street midway between West 12th and West 13th avenues, is scheduled to open in the middle of 2011 — a year later than planned.

People: Kirstie Alley taking weight battle to reality TV

editor@denverpost.com (Compiled by Lori Smith) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:34:21 -0700

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Rihanna speaks out

Hemingway walks runway

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:59:48 -0700

"CSI: NY," 9 p.m., KCNC-Channel 4 Food sploshing, anyone? When an executive from a software company bleeds to death on a Manhattan street, the CSIs delve into the world of "food sploshing" parties to find his killer.

Halloween Calendar 2

editor@denverpost.com () — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:09:24 -0700

Halloween Calendar FAMILY FUN Boo Coo Jazz Band Masquerade Ball Oct. 31 Come dressed in costume for live jazz, food and drink.

UNC theater department's faculty/student dynamic questioned

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:32:15 -0700

The outside investigator hired after sexual-misconduct allegations were leveled at a University of Northern Colorado professor raised numerous questions about relationships between faculty and students in the school's theater department.

People: Mel Gibson is an Octo-Dad with new girlfriend

editor@denverpost.com (Compiled by Lori Smith) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:27:16 -0700

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A boy for Colin Farrell

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Husted: Royalty joins The Post's Unique Lives program

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:32:29 -0700

The Denver Post has been bringing in the Unique Lives & Experiences series since 1999. The good, the bad and the ugly have packed the Buell Theatre with stories designed for a woman's ear.

Skillet gets a sporting chance

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:05:07 -0700

By grabbing the attention of the NFL, Skillet is bridging a large gap in the music industry.

arts and entertainment

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:18:02 -0700

Beast Within (a.k.a. Virus Undead)

New On DVD

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:17:16 -0700

Kinetic director Tony Scott balances his need for speed and flash with a fleshed-out drama, making this return to '70's flick "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" the best of his recent outings.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:12:39 -0700

"THE GOOD WIFE," 9 p.m., KCNC-Channel 4 Alicia agrees to a conjugal visit with Peter to get information from him because her client was convicted during his time as state's attorney.

Blind faith under fire in sci-fi "V"

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:11:43 -0700

When "V," the eagerly anticipated sci-fi mystery update, debuts on ABC tonight, it will be a kick for those who remember the 1980s miniseries version of an alien invasion. It will also be exciting for Obama critics who want to see a metaphor overworked.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:13 -0700

"THE BIG BANG THEORY," 8:30 p.m., KCNC-Channel 4 On an episode titled "The Cornhusker Vortex," Sheldon teaches Leonard how to understand football.

Jazz saxman Mittal finds a satisfying Indian fusion

editor@denverpost.com (Bret Saunders) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:54:23 -0700

More often than not, attempts to fuse jazz with other global styles fall flat. Even when the participants are sincere, the results can be kitschy and unsatisfying, arriving at a compromise where nothing new or truly beautiful is created.

Review: Coda red: "Tosca" far too nice, too long

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:43:48 -0700

"The Second Tosca" is a play that never settles on a tone. So rather than hit the high notes, it falls kind of flat. If that was a little too obvious, then you understand "The Second Tosca" perfectly. Rating: **

Husted: Former Rocky scribe helped Agassi pen tome

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:54:12 -0600

Former Rocky reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner J.R. Moehringer is all over the news for helping Andre Agassi pen his mega-explosive memoir, "Open."

Pianist Lang Lang transcendent at CSO's fall gala

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:54:11 -0600

Among the most gifted pianists of our time, 26-year-old piano sensation Lang Lang wowed a full house at Boettcher Concert Hall on Friday night.

Tricks or Treats for 2009: Colorado's Biggest Halloween Ever?

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:09:35 -0600

From costume parties to pumpkin patches, this season's haunted happenings seem to hold something for everyone. There's plenty of spooky, though not too spooky, stuff for kids, plus more artful events that will please more mature thrillseekers.

Outside Guide: Haunted places in Colorado

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:29:33 -0600

Halloween is upon us, the holiday that celebrates ghosts, eerie events and things that go bump in the night.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:16:15 -0600

"NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD," 8:30 p.m., AMC — AMC does scary all day and all night, including the "Halloween" movies, and culminating in four replays of the 1968 classic "Living Dead," starting at 4 p.m.

Moore: School budget cuts dim lights on theaters' programming

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:37:25 -0600

Budget cuts at area schools have caused a damaging ripple effect that is affecting students and the theater companies that work to enrich them.

More scares: Haunted houses await the unsuspecting. . . Boo!

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:48:06 -0600

Haunted houses are big business this time of year. Here's a list of local horror shows to get your blood curdling. Keep in mind that most of these are not recommended for young children.

March madness: The rise of rock club marching bands

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:27:41 -0600

The most unexpected trend seen in rock clubs over the past few years? The emergence of the madcap marching band. Yep, that high-school aesthetic of geeky uniforms, bulging horn sections, pep-rally spirit and booming drum collectives is on the scene in clubs and bars — not to mention parades and adult bookstores and festivals and art galleries and pizza shops and house parties.

"The First Fall Classic" by Mike Vaccaro

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:59 -0600

Chapter One: Spring, Summer, Fall, 1912: A Prelude New York-The advance fanfare is over. The English language has been plucked of its final consonants, and the last of all figures extant has been twisted out of shape in the maelstrom of a million arguments. And now, at the end of it, there is nothing left.

"Sixty Feet, Six Inches" by Louis Begley

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:34 -0600

Reggie Jackson: "When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my convenience. The pitcher was there to throw me a ball to hit. The catcher was there to throw it back to him if he didn't give me what I wanted the first time. And the umpire was lucky that he was close enough to watch.

"Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston and the 1975 World Series" by Mark Frost

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:17 -0600

Chapter One Now we're back in the lion's den. If they beat us here, they deserve it. --Carl Yastrzemski If a man put a gun to my head and said I'm going to pull the trigger if you lose this

FX's "The League" revels in raunch, and it's funny

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:03:53 -0600

Let's be clear here: I am not saying FX's new sitcom "The League" isn't funny. I'm just saying it's not for everybody. If you're sensitive about deviant sex, for instance — or even normal sex, if it's had in restaurant restrooms — you might want to give the show a pass.

New gallery site to extend Denver Metro's reach to heart of Santa Fe arts area

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:55:09 -0600

The Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver's 19-year-old art-exhibition space, hopes to move into its new location in the Santa Fe Drive art district in early 2010.

Art Beat

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:53:21 -0600

The former Neighborhood Flix cinema and grill is under contract to become a tavern and multiuse event space operated by the Tavern Hospitality Group, which runs The Soiled Dove, Cowboy Lounge, Tavern Uptown and others.

Finally gone HD? Yawn. Technology's already on to 3D HD

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:44:05 -0600

Not so long ago, high-definition TV was cutting edge. Now HD is so last year. The next big thing is 3-D HD. The entertainment industry has been predicting for some time that three-dimensional viewing would be the next logical step after bigger, better screens. Now, they say, it's coming sooner than you think.

Opener "Precious" a milestone moment for Starz Denver Film Festival

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:50 -0600

Claireece "Precious" Jones is not the kind of girl that gets invited to the ball. No, not even the Jack & Jill cotillions honoring the children of upscale African-American families. The Harlem 16-year-old is pregnant with her second child (by her father), obese, barely literate. She is also heroic.

Review: Architectural photographer and L.A. "grew up together"

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:37:41 -0600

"Visual Acoustics" is nominally about the life and career of landmark Southern California architectural photographer Julius Shulman, but it's more about the buildings he photographed than it is about him. Which is probably the way he'd like it.

Designers channel TV's hottest shows

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:31:46 -0600

So, you admire the fashions of popular TV characters. Do you want to dress just like them? This fall, you can if you favor the slim suits worn by one smartly dressed 1960s ad man, the sexy looks of those real-life housewives or necklaces dripping with "blood" — make that rubies — inspired by modern vampires.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:30:17 -0600

"THE NATIONAL PARKS," 8 p.m., KBDI-Channel 12 "America's Best Idea." The Ken Burns epic continues. In this two-hour segment, Stephen Mather campaigns to establish the Grand Canyon in Arizona as a national park.

House's history comes as surprise

editor@denverpost.com (Randy Cohen) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:29:03 -0600

Q: The night three other girls and I moved into a house in East London, we got the first of many male callers, sometimes drunk, sometimes in groups, knocking on our door in search of sex. A neighbor told us that a brothel operated here before our landlady took over.

People: Edward Norton to run N.Y. Marathon with Masai warriors

editor@denverpost.com (Compiled by Lori Smith) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:43:28 -0600

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Octomom a "pregnant nun"

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arts and entertainment

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:50:49 -0600

Denver's Chauncey Billups will launch his foundation tonight at Neiman Marcus. Karl Gehring, The Denver Post

Husted: Film-festival night will be missing one of its Starz

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:49:54 -0600

The Nov. 12 opening night of the Starz Denver Film Festival has lost a little luster. Make that a lotta luster.

State's companies scare up audiences with spooky plays

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:50:27 -0600

Halloween is the new Christmas. Theater companies have long loaded up on Yuletide- themed shows, which must be working at pulling audiences in. Because this year, more so than any before, local theater companies are stocking up on the October spooks.

Moore: DCTC's Hutton is every inch a King (Lear)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:49:00 -0600

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival's 2010 season will feature John Hutton as King Lear, continuing a trend toward showcasing Denver Center Theatre Company veterans as guest actors. The slate also will include safe-as-armor productions of "Our Town" and "The Fantasticks."

Review: Clay pen pals empower each other's acceptance

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:20:22 -0600

Australian animator Adam Elliot, whose "Harvie Krumpet" won the Oscar for animated short in 2003, returns with his first feature-length film, the remarkable and poignant "Mary and Max," a stop-motion work in what he calls "clayography," a painstaking process of much whimsical detail.

Review: Britain's most famous prisoner as one-man show

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:55:05 -0600

Nicolas Winding Refn's "Bronson" is a highly stylized and embellished film biography of a man known as the most famous prisoner in Britain. Born Michael Peterson in 1952 and raised mostly in the city of Luton, Charles Bronson, renamed after the American movie star, has spent all but a few months of the last 35 years in prison, mostly in solitary confinement.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:15:01 -0600

"MEDIUM," 8 p.m., KCNC-Channel 4 On Halloween eve, Allison has vivid nightmares that land her in scenes from "Night of the Living Dead," which would be odd enough, except that she wakes with unexplained cuts and bite marks.

Top TV

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:13:26 -0600

Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime time shows nationally, network newscasts and late Denver newscasts for last week.

Best Shows this week, 10/30/09

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:12:28 -0600

The Tragically Hip has maintained a consistent recording schedule over the past few years, but the Canadian cult- rockers have been especially visible in the States recently. That continues with the April album "We Are the Same," and the tour behind it that brings the band to the Ogden Theatre on Sunday.

Hot Tix for hot shows, 10/30/09

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:10:22 -0600

U2 never does anything in a small way these days. The Irish band's "360 Tour," which kicked off earlier this year, has already played to more than 3 million people in 44 cities. That's no small feat when you consider it costs $750,000 per day just to keep it up and running.

Tickets for future shows

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:07:22 -0600

Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko. Today, Fillmore Auditorium $32. livenation.com

With Halloween falling on Saturday, we're talking monster party weekend

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:06:29 -0600

How does Halloween go down in Denver? Well, too often it snows, but that may not be the case this year. With any luck, the children of Colorado will be able to trick-or-treat without parkas obscuring their cute costumes. The bags of candy will come home dry and safe, not snowy and half-frozen.

Review: Sweet, short bites are among slices of Big Apple in "New York, I Love You"

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:09:46 -0600

The rules: No more than two days' shooting time. One week of editing. An 8-minute time limit. Ten directors, and one more to consider the 10 short films and create transitions. "New York, I Love You" is the second installment in an ambitious project that began with "Paris, Je T'aime" (2006), an anthology with 13 directors.

Robert Zemeckis gives the close-up its close-up in "Disney's a Christmas Carol"

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:03:29 -0600

You won't hear bah humbugs from Robert Zemeckis when it comes to that old- fashioned Hollywood staple "the close-up." Even though the director of the high-tech "Disney's A Christmas Carol" has become chief proponent of performance-capture technology, the technique that digitally captures an actor's performance from myriad angles and renders them in movies that look like enhanced animation.

"Night of the Living Dead" feeds fear, discussion

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:54:44 -0600

So your teenagers think "Paranormal Activity" is a low-budget hit? You can play the always- popular "in my day" game with them by mentioning that George Romero made "Night of the Living Dead" for a whopping $119,000 in 1968.

Now Showing

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:31:52 -0600

Art show openings

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:27:38 -0600

"This Is It" cheered as Michael Jackson's farewell

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:25:57 -0600

"Michael Jackson's This Is It" premiered to high praise from fans who applauded at each number as though they were at a concert and marveled as the singer stepped nimbly through his moonwalk and other signature moves.

Best Bets

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:24:51 -0600

Monday. Procession. Celebrate El Dia de los Muertos with the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council at a special procession for the holiday. Gather at the CHAC Gallery to meet up for the walk, and be sure to bring along a photo of a loved one who's passed away.

German artist's white-on-white abstractions at Rule Gallery

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:39 -0600

Udo Nöger's first exhibition in the United States took place in 1990 at the Payton-Rule Gallery, the fore- runner of today's Rule Gallery at 227 Broadway. The German-born artist, whose profile continues to rise internationally, has maintained a presence in Denver since, including a pair of high-profile shows at Rule and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver in 2005.

More music: Halloween has become a busy night for local concert scene

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:54:26 -0600

Front Range rock clubs, theaters and auditoriums come alive each Halloween with freak shows and dance parties, rock concerts and folksy nights out — and the 2009 installment this weekend is the most impressive lineup to date.

Snow, TV sweeps are upon us

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:27:19 -0600

TV stations love a good snowstorm--especially at the start of the sweeps period. Nobody's figured out the equation by which every inch of snow accumulation translates to a Nielsen rating

Clubs

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:27:00 -0600

People: Jessica Simpson goes all Bollywood filming in India

editor@denverpost.com (Compiled by Lori Smith) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:53:36 -0600

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Agassi serves bombshell

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TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:29:46 -0600

"THE MENTALIST," 9 p.m., KCNC-Channel 4How's this for a Halloween theme? When a wealthy man dies, witnesses claim he was killed by a ghost haunting his mansion.

Songwriter David Gray is making some famous friends

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:21:40 -0600

While David Gray is an incredibly prolific songwriter with a mammoth European following and eight records to his credit, he is still remembered best in the U.S. for "Babylon," the ubiquitous-in-1999 single that broke him to a larger audience internationally.

Quickie Jackson film hints at something greater

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:15:41 -0600

Let's agree: "Michael Jackson's This Is It" was undertaken too soon to be the watershed documentary the extraordinary performer deserved. Assembled with care for Jackson's legacy by Kenny Ortega, his longtime creative collaborator, the movie is less a full-on portrait than a tantalizing sketch of an artist at work.

People: Letterman show abuzz with sex, ex-writer says

editor@denverpost.com (Compiled by Lori Smith) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:44:23 -0600

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TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:22 -0600

"THE JAY LENO SHOW," 9 p.m., KUSA-Channel 9 NBC News anchor Brian Williams stops by to visit Jay in prime time.

Movie horror that's not hackneyed: a welcome scare

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:37:44 -0600

Open today's movie listings, and you'll find as many as eight horror-fantasy flicks on screens about town. It's a glut. And talking about horror trends can be an exercise in microtrending. Within the serial-killer spree, you'll find the torture exploitation "Saw" franchise. "Saw VI" opened Friday.

People: Proud Yankee Jay-Z to perform at World Series

editor@denverpost.com (Compiled by Lori Smith) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:40:43 -0600

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Husted: "Precious" star to sashay down red carpet

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:05:57 -0600

Local teen actor AnnaSophia Robb has been tapped to receive the Rising Star Award at the Denver Starz Film Festival on Nov. 12. She'll take a bow at the opening-night reception preceding the red-carpet march and the highly anticipated screening of "Precious."

U2 has date with Denver

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:03 -0600

U2, arguably the world's biggest rock band, is bringing its massive "360 Tour" to Denver on June 12.

New On DVD, 10/27/09

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:40:45 -0600

The third in a thinning franchise, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" plunges its loving, affably voiced herd of animals into two daunting worlds (rendered in 3-D, natch): that of parenthood and that of hungry dinosaurs. Mammoths Ellie and Manny are expecting.

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:39:18 -0600

"THE BIGGEST LOSER," 7 p.m., KUSA-Channel 9 New York Yankee Derek Jeter talks to the contestants about teamwork before they take part in a baseball challenge. Two hours.

Television beauty abounds in "Ugly Betty" despite unattractive new time slot

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:30:26 -0600

A few Halloweens ago, a favorite costume roaming the night involved an embroidered poncho reading "Guadalajara" and a bushy unibrow. This year, the original poncho is mounted in the owner's new office and her eyebrows are neatly tweezed. "Ugly Betty" is looking less dowdy.

"This Is It" first stage of Michael Jackson's afterlife

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:26:12 -0600

It was only a matter of time before Michael Jackson's estate started hyping unreleased material in the wake of the singer's death. And sure enough, 109 days after the King of Pop's passing, his new song "This Is It" appeared online.

Denver songwriter/producer Ryan Tedder is a one-man music industry

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:56:34 -0600

You think you're busy? Ryan Tedder is one of the most prolific and visible songwriters and producers in the music business. The Denver resident and frontman for OneRepublic feels a constant pull between his own multi-platinum band's music and that of his growing list of flashy music biz clients.

U2 playing Invesco in Denver in June

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:16:16 -0600

U2 is coming to Denver. Tickets for the 360 Tour stop June 12 at Invesco Field at Mile High go on sale in November.

PBS "Experience" of 1930s oddly familiar

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:12:41 -0600

Imagine a time when the rich got phenomenally richer as the stock market went up and up, and even small-time investors magically made money on Wall Street. Prosperity appeared unending, and the banks seemed too big to fail. Everybody piled on; it was the American way until a rude awakening when the market crashed.

Denver theater understudies play virtuoso second fiddle

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:00:47 -0600

Pity the poor understudy, the only actors whose names draw audible groans even before they open their mouths. It happens as soon as it's announced that a featured actor will be unable to perform.

Husted: Biker film fest could rumble into Denver

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:13:40 -0600

KHOW yakker Peter Boyles wants to rev up a film festival.

"Chronic City" by Jonathan Lethem

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:08:42 -0600

Chapter One I first met Perkus Tooth in an office. Not an office where he worked, though I was confused about this at the time.

"Last Night in Twisted River" by John Irving

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:08:16 -0600

Chapter One Under the Logs The young canadian, who could not have been more than fifteen, had hesitated too long.

"American Rebel" by Marc Eliot

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:58:09 -0600

"On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done" by Cass R. Sunstein

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:51:05 -0600

Chapter One The Problem Rumors are nearly as old as human history, but with the rise of the Internet, they have become ubiquitous.

"Community" college sitcom's yuks flow on and off set

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:07:18 -0600

The punch lines are flowing on the set of "Community" — and that's between scenes for NBC's freshman sitcom about an oddball collection of community college students. Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays divorcee Shirley, is recounting a recent first date that proved less than stellar.

Health care debate brought home in KMGH documentary

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:05:24 -0600

In the midst of the angry national standoff over health care, one Denver TV station is devoting a half-hour to documenting the issues faced by local patients and hospital workers.

Denver contests among nation's most successful

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:01:55 -0600

Which country runs the best bridge tournaments? An editorial in the International Bridge Press Association Bulletin addressed that question. The United States' American Contract Bridge League got high marks for tournaments in this country, but the top nods went to Australia, Brazil, Indonesia and Japan. If they took a poll on the toughest tournaments, the United States would win.

Cohen: Mother-to-be can work during leave

editor@denverpost.com (Randy Cohen) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:01:08 -0600

Q: An associate professor of computer science, I work between semesters at a computer company without objection from my college. I am pregnant with my first child, due in March, smack in the middle of spring semester.

Steely Dan playing entire albums on a rare tour

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:57:32 -0600

For longtime Steely Dan fans, it is still a treat to see the band live. In the 1970s, the band, fronted by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, chose the perfection and polish of a recording space over live arenas and their potential for flaws and inconvenience.

Artist Charles Russell's personal effects sold off

editor@denverpost.com (Kyle MacMillan) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:49:02 -0600

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center has sold a group of more than 13,000 objects associated with famed Western artist Charles M. Russell to the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, a major repository of his works.

Charles Russell's West gets a grand unveiling at The Denver Art Museum

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:47:34 -0600

Indians shooting arrows at fleeing buffalos just feet away. A frontier explorer racing from a wounded yet still-charging grizzly. Two cowboys hushing their horses, as an Indian war party passes above on a ridge. As these gripping vignettes in oil and many others make clear, Charles M. Russell, more than anything else, was a storyteller, perhaps the best in the history of Western American art.

Art Beat

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:39:07 -0600

Tuesday, Women + Film and Rocky Mountain PBS will host Maria Hinojosa and screen the award-winning PBS NOW correspondent's "Women, Power, and Politics" a global look at women who hold elected office (among them President Michelle Bachelet of Chile and New Hampshire's U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen).

TV Today

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:07:53 -0600

"BROTHERS & SISTERS," 9 p.m., KMGH-Channel 7 Sarah's (Rachel Griffiths) new lover charms the whole Walker clan, except matriarch Nora (Sally Field).