| 07/30/2010 04:30 AM
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Movie Review | 'Dinner for Schmucks': Steve Carell Stars in ?Dinner Game? Remake
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?Dinner for Schmucks? is in some ways an exemplary modern Hollywood comedy.
 
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| 07/30/2010 04:31 AM
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Zach Braff in Paul Weitz?s ?Trust? at Second Stage
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Zach Braff follows ?Scrubs? with a dream job Off Broadway, in Paul Weitz?s new play, ?Trust,? at the Second Stage Theater.
 
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| 07/30/2010 07:40 AM
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The TV Watch: President Obama?s Conflict-Free Zone: ?The View?
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President Obama?s appearance on ?The View? was an example of how politicians co-opt entertainment shows to make news.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:00 AM
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Art Review: MoMA?s ?Original Copy,? Photos Meet Sculpture
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?The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today,? which opens at MoMA on Sunday, is brainy and bookish and gives us new ways of looking at art.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:50 AM
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Books of The Times: Stefanie Syman?s Yoga History, ?The Subtle Body?
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Stefanie Syman?s book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.?s, movie stars and soccer moms.
 
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| 07/30/2010 07:20 AM
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History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal
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The Delaware and Raritan hasn?t been a working canal since the 1930s, but it?s still earning its keep as a very long state park.
 
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| 07/30/2010 02:13 AM
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Yep, She's Gone
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A look back at Ellen DeGeneres's time on "American Idol."
 
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| 07/29/2010 08:36 PM
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The TV Watch: Obama Takes in 'The View'
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Mr. Obama's appearance wasn't just another step in the blurring of news and entertainment. It was also another example of how politicians increasingly co-opt entertainment shows to make news.
 
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| 07/29/2010 07:53 PM
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Dance Theater Workshop Announces New Season
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Works from an international cast of choreographers.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:08 AM
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DeGeneres Steps Down From ?American Idol?
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Fox said the talk show host was leaving immediately, despite having four years remaining on her contract.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:14 AM
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Inside Art: ?New Photography 2010? Coming to MoMA
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The Museum of Modern Art?s exhibition ?New Photography 2010? will feature works from four artists: Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:15 AM
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Art Review: ?Off the Wall: Part 1,? Performance Art at Whitney
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The works in ?Off the Wall, Part 1? at the Whitney, culled from the permanent collection, are dusty artifacts of a time when traditional possibilities seemed exhausted.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:00 AM
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Movie Review | 'Smash His Camera': The Photographer Ron Galella, Source of Art or Agita?
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The celebrity photographer Ron Galella is the subject of Leon Gast?s documentary ?Smash His Camera.?
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:43 AM
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Movie Review | 'Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore': Brad Peyton?s Pet Thriller
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?Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore? is a spy-and-action-film pastiche that charms less than its predecessor, ?Cats & Dogs? (2001).
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:00 AM
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Art Review: At New Museum, Brion Gysin?s First Retrospective
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The first retrospective of Brion Gysin?s art in the United States brings together his widely scattered works, including his magnum opus, ?Dreamachine.?
 
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| 07/30/2010 04:45 AM
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Music Review: Willie Nelson and Levon Helm at Radio City
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Two authoritative performers of old-time American music, Willie Nelson and Levon Helm, brought their bands to Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:23 AM
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Movie Review | 'The Extra Man': Kevin Kline Charms on New York Social Scene
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A tale of an older asexual gadabout, a throwback to the age of ?the confirmed bachelor,? and a young man who hopes to be a writer.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:15 AM
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Art Review: A Restored ?Gross Clinic? at Philadelphia Museum
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An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows Thomas Eakins?s ?Gross Clinic,? an 1875 masterpiece that has recently been restored.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:00 AM
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Movie Review | 'Charlie St. Cloud': Zac Efron Plays With Phantoms in the Northwest
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In a melodrama touched by the supernatural, Zac Efron cares for his dead younger brother.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:21 AM
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Theater Review | 'Twelfth Night": Sonnet Repertory?s ?Twelfth Night,? at St. Clement?s
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The bed is the thing in a new rendition of one of Shakespeare?s romantic comedies.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:20 AM
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Movie Review | 'Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel': In a Documentary, the World According to Hef
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A documentary about Hugh Hefner says that beyond the hedonism, there is an equal-rights advocate who is overlooked.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:14 AM
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Antiques: Edna St. Vincent Millay?s Home; the Apollo; Irons Galore
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Edna St. Vincent Millay?s home opens to the public; the Apollo Theater tells its secrets; collectors of clothes irons.
 
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| 07/30/2010 04:45 AM
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Music Review: Ethel Plays Classical, Rock, Pop and Folk
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Ethel plays a variety of styles at Lincoln Center Out of Doors.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:23 AM
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Movie Review | 'Get Low': Robert Duvall as an Eccentric in ?30s Tennessee
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Aaron Schneider directs Robert Duvall in the true story of a man who wants to enjoy his own funeral.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:17 AM
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Movie Review | 'Enemies of the People': Cambodian Journalist Revisits Khmer Rouge
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Thet Sambath suggests a one-man Cambodian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Instead of affixing blame, he seeks the healing power of confession.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:23 AM
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Movie Review | 'The Concert': Radu Mihaileanu?s Comedy Focuses on Zany Orchestra
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?The Concert,? by the Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu, is a kind of French-Russian answer to ?The Producers.?
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:13 AM
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Movie Review | 'Helen': Ashley Judd Stars in a Portrait of Depression
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In Sandra Nettelbeck?s drama, a wife and mother slowly loses her grip.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:13 AM
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Movie Review | 'The Dry Land': Telling a Soldier?s Tale
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Ryan Piers Williams directs a story of a soldier who returns from Iraq.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:43 AM
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Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious?s Worst Moment
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A documentary takes a new look at a death in punkland.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:13 AM
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Movie Review | 'The New Year': Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious?s Worst Moment Ryan O?Nan and America Ferrera in a Soldier?s Tale Ashley Judd Stars in a Portrait of Depression Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation Brett Haley With a Promising Feature Debut
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Dating, flirting and fighting boredom, with a dying father in the background.
 
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| 07/30/2010 05:13 AM
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Movie Review | 'What?s the Matter With Kansas?': Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation
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Once solidly progressive, Kansas has turned conservative and Republican. A filmmaker asks why.
 
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| 07/30/2010 01:39 AM
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Mark Wahlberg Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:30 AM
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Laughter in the Park Series Puts Comedy Outdoors
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Laughter in the Park puts stand-up comics under the sunshine.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:28 AM
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Events Inspired by the Written Word
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Free things to do in New York City this weekend.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:10 AM
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Urban Athlete: The Ultimate Game: Disc in Hand, Expecting to Fly
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Nearly five million people played a game of ultimate last year, including aging players who refuse to walk, or limp, away.
 
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| 07/30/2010 06:30 AM
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House Tour: Great Barrington, Mass.
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A light-filled house on a hillside in Great Barrington, Mass., is designed to show off art, minimize maintenance and increase energy efficiency.
 
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| 07/30/2010 04:10 AM
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It?s Been a Gloomy Summer on New York Stages
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It may be the season for breezy entertainment, but you wouldn?t know it from New York?s theaters.
 
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| 07/29/2010 07:05 PM
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Arts & Leisure Preview: The Arcade Fire, a Thriving Throwback
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The Arcade Fire has thrived in the digital age, but it takes its inspiration from the era of album rock.
 
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| 07/30/2010 04:00 AM
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Spike TV?s ?Scrappers,? Brooklyn Junkmen
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A Brooklyn junkman finds the sweaty path to his own business leads him into a series on Spike TV.
 
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| 07/30/2010 03:43 AM
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The Age of Laura Linney
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She didn?t hit her stride until her mid-30s. Can her new role in a dark TV comedy make her a middle-aged success?
 
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| 07/23/2010 10:42 PM
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The Week Ahead: July 25 ? 31
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A listing of cultural events this week.
 
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| 07/30/2010 03:30 AM
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Hong Kong Book Fair Seeks to Develop Global Profile
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The event, which attracted more than 920,000 people this year, is a raucous commercial affair that is extending its offerings to include more international authors and more English-language material.
 
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| 07/30/2010 03:30 AM
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A Popular Chinese Blogger Finds a Place to Speak Openly
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Critics of Beijing's politics and social policies, like the popular blogger Han Han, embrace the Hong Kong Book Fair for the chance it offers "to say whatever you want.''
 
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| 07/29/2010 03:30 AM
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North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in China
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The recent Chinese tour of the North Korean Sea of Blood Opera Company, which Kim Jong-il is credited with helping to establish and direct, was met by a veritable media and audience frenzy.
 
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| 07/28/2010 04:00 AM
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On the London Stage: Onstage Risks and Rewards
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The year's busy theater season allows audience members to see the greatness of some performers -- like Roger Allam's Falstaff -- as well as the limitations of others, or to take center stage themselves.
 
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| 07/28/2010 11:30 AM
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Review: 'A Silent Woman' With a Big Voice
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Richard Strauss' "Die schweigsame Frau" ("The Silent Woman") enjoys a rollicking new production by the Bayerische Staatsoper at the Prinzregententheater in Munich.
 
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| 07/26/2010 03:20 AM
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Hollywood Animation With a Decidedly French Flavor
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With French film and television production in the doldrums, Paris-based animation and visual effects studios like Mac Guff Ligne are looking to Hollywood for new business.
 
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