Arts & Entertainment
Billy Ray Cyrus is home for a Thanksgiving with fans
By RONNA RUBIN
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
It's no real surprise that Thanksgiving time is family time for Billy Ray Cyrus. And now the father of five can be seen in his Nashville kitchen with daughter Brandi and mother Ruth Ann on GAC's "Turkey Day With Billy Ray," on Thursday, Nov.
'Stranger' star is familiar with a life more ordinary
By BARBARA VANCHERI
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
After you've streaked and run wild in your underpants on screen, where do you go?
Will Ferrell raced straight into a smart comedy called "Stranger Than Fiction," co-starring Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Queen Latifah.
"Stranger Than Fiction" stars Ferrell as a solitary IRS tax auditor named Harold Crick who begins hearing a female voice narrating his every move, "accurately, and with a better vocabulary."
Turns out the voice belongs to a novelist who wants to kill off her character, Harold Crick.
New films from a family perspective
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
A guide to movies from a family perspective:
"Stranger Than Fiction"
_ Rated: PG-13.
_ Suitable for: Mature tweens and up.
_ What you should know: This is a quirky, smart comedy starring Will Ferrell as an IRS agent who hears a voice in his head narrating his life.
Stanley Tucci stars in '3LBS' as a brilliant neurosurgeon
By DAVE MASON
Sunday, November 12, 2006
A great mystery sits in your head.
So says Peter Ocko, executive producer of "3 LBS." The title of the dramatic series refers to the weight of the human brain.
Many shows focus on aliens and other science-fiction phenomena, but the brain is one of the greatest real-life mysteries that we experience right now, Ocko said during a conference call with reporters.
'Prime Suspect' returns. . . more TV comings and goings
By RICK KUSHMAN
Friday, November 10, 2006
There's good and bad news Sunday about Helen Mirren and PBS' stellar series of detective movies, "Prime Suspect."
The good news is that we get a new, two-parter (Sunday and Nov.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra takes 'Christmas Eve' on the road
By WAYNE BLEDSOE
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
In 1996, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra created the closest thing to a Christmas music phenomenon that the post-baby-boomer generation has ever seen.
"Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24," a nearly bombastic reworking of "Carol of the Bells" with symphony, synthesizer and heavy-metal guitar, became a hit and has since become a perennial favorite.
Cullen talks about life -- and death -- as Optimus Prime
By ROB OWEN
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
He's been the voice of Eeyore, Hagar the Horrible and assorted G.I. Joe characters in various TV animation projects, but Peter Cullen's biggest role is undoubtedly that of Optimus Prime, leader of "The Transformers."
The newly-released 20th anniversary edition of 1986's "Transformers: The Movie" ($21.98, Sony Wonder) is just the latest robotic incursion in the marketplace.
'Dead Man on Campus' deserves to have a cult
By PHIL VILLARREAL
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
In 1998, two films based their premises on the campus legend that if your roommate dies during the school year, you'll be consoled with automatic straight A's.
One was "The Curve," a forgettable thriller about a series of mysterious college murders meant to take advantage of the rule.
Publishers Weekly Bestseller List
By PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Hardcover best-sellers compiled from data from large-city bookstores, bookstore chains and local best-seller lists across the United States. The first number to the right of the author's name is the book's previous week's ranking; the second is the number of weeks the book has been on the best-seller list.
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