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Puppets take on a new meaning in The Phantom Limb's
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'Fortune Teller' marionette show to string along audiences

January 8, 2009

Courtesy of NYTimes.com When Erik Sanko and his puppet theater company, The Phantom Limb, performed at the University of California, Los Angeles last year, their 11 shows sold out faster than a production of "King Lear" headlined by Sir Ian McKellan.

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HEAR AND NOW: Spears, Take That share album title, not glory

By Rebecca Wall | January 6, 2009

Two words suffice to describe Britney Spears' newest album, "Circus" (2008). A masterpiece. Spears, however, is not the only multi-platinum artist to release an album named after the big top. Take That, the British supergroup best known for 1993 track "Relight my Fire," released "The Circus" (2008) in the United States just days after the release of Spears' album. Unlike Spears, who because the center of a frenzied buzz in anticipation of her release, Take That, which has sold over 30 million albums during its career, saw little excitement when "The Circus" hit the United States. Take That's unfortunate predicament is understandable; on the album, the band sounds like a drunken imitation of Coldplay's Chris Martin , if that imitation were done by the bastard child of Five for Fighting and U2. Take That singer Gary Barlow chucks in clichs like "the science of faith" and "If love is a game / then I've played all my cards" on the song "What is Love." Innovative stuff. "The Garden" and the album's title track are similarly hackneyed.

Greven has three other
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Kid pens keen, funny dating guide

By Lauren Dowling | January 6, 2009

Courtesy of HarperCollins.com Dartmouth boys, take note -- a new dating guru is on the scene to help you win over girls of all ages with his new guide, "How to Talk to Girls." Clearly, starting young is part of the strategy because author Alec Greven is only nine years old. The book, which began as a project for Greven's third grade class, offers simple, specific advice to help boys of all ages "win victory" with girls.

Romantic scenes between the Drover (Hugh Jackman) and Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) lighten up Kidman's stiff performance in
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Epic "Australia" fails to impress

January 5, 2009

Courtesy of MovieWeb.com Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow" earned its place in musical canon as a result of the songstress' overflowing charm.

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Country's Swift breaks into pop

By Amy Davis | November 20, 2008

Taylor Swift's 2006 self-titled debut album, a smash hit in the country world, earned her multiple wins at both the Country Music Television Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards, but merely flirted with the mainstream pop audience. Two years later, Swift now finds herself firmly entrenched in the crossover from country to pop. Her sophomore effort, "Fearless"(2008), is as cute as she is. Though she nods to her country compatriots with occasional banjo and violin and her ever present twang, this album sonically strikes the listener as more like Carrie or Kelly than like Dolly, Reba or Lee Ann. Yet Swift's charm as singer-songwriter country darling is more than reminiscent of old-time Nashville chanteuses who also wrote their own material.

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