Emily Blunt, Discovering A Vital 'Young Victoria' Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:10:00 -0500 This holiday season, make way for the Queen — Queen Victoria, that is. But not the sour, black-clad matron you think you know: In The Young Victoria, Emily Blunt plays the monarch before she took the throne — as a beautiful, sheltered teenager and then in the first flush of passion with her young husband. The Symbolism Of Disney's Princess Tiana Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500 One of the hottest toys this Christmas season is Disney's newest princess, Tiana. Host Guy Raz visits a Target store in Washington, D.C., to talk to moms about what a difference Disney's first African-American princess makes for their kids. Awful And Astounding Movie Accents Of The Decade Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:24:00 -0500 Some actors spend hours, days, even months painstakingly perfecting accents for their roles. A great accent can enhance a performance, but an awful one can derail the whole thing. Tell us who nailed it — and who failed it.
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A Legend as Muse: Patti Smith Fills Role By EDWARD WYATT Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:37:18 -0000 An all-out blitz for the “godmother of punk,” consisting of a prime-time broadcast of an award-winning documentary, concerts and an art exhibit, begins next week.
‘Avatar’ Is No. 1 but Without a Record By BROOKS BARNES Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:24:33 -0000 James Cameron’s colossal space adventure opened No. 1 in North American theaters with about $73 million in tickets but fell short of industry expectations.
Brittany Murphy, Actress in ‘Clueless,’ Dies at 32 By SARAH WHEATON Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:51:51 -0000 The actress got her start in the sleeper hit “Clueless” and is best known for her parts in “Girl, Interrupted” and “8 Mile.”
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David Denby: “Avatar” and “Sherlock Holmes.” David Denby Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 James Cameron’s “Avatar” is the most beautiful film I’ve seen in years. Amid the hoopla over the new power of 3-D as a narrative form, and the excitement about the complicated mix of digital animation and live action that made the movie possible . . . Vince Aletti: Robert Bergman, at the National Gallery of Art, P.S.1, and the Yossi Milo gallery. Vince Aletti Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 The breathlessly over-the-top critical support that propelled the 1998 publication of Robert Bergman’s photographs of Americans on the margins (in his afterword, Meyer Schapiro called the portraits “truly profound works of art”) seemed all out of proportion to the modesty and intimacy of the . . . Shauna Lyon: Permanent Brunch, in the East Village. Shauna Lyon Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 paragraph class="noindent">Wouldn’t it be awesome, this East Village restaurant posits, to have bacon—five kinds!—for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Actually, everyone does that these days. So add in fluffy pancakes, seared steak and eggs sunny-side-up, smoked salmon layered with avocado on . . .
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India's arts and crafts: new books that offer an eye-popping overview Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 Both traditional and avant-garde Indian imagery are given colorful display in these four richly diverse books that celebrate the continent's creativity.
2009 Gift Guide Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 Monitor picks for TV, movies, music, and games.
Why Morocco went Hollywood Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000 For decades, it's been a stand-in for Saudi Arabia, Tibet, Egypt, the American West – and now, Iraq.
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