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Arts & Entertainment

Four must-see shows

Thursday, 1/24: Dave Elkins & Kevin Devine North Star Bar, all ages Head out to the North Star Bar for a night of acoustic jams with singer-songwriters Dave Elkins (frontman of the band Mae) and Kevin Devine.

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Of Profits and Prophets

We all get competitive. Whether it's GPAs, sports or the Academy Awards, there's always a fight to be won.

by DANIEL SCHWARTZ

One-Liners

Charlie Wilson's War: ? If only politics were still this entertaining. Sweeney Todd:? For anyone who hated Borat, you can watch Johnny Depp slit Sacha Baron Cohen's throat. There Will Be Blood: ? A movie about big oil screwing over the common man; in other words, every Whartonite's dream. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A blinking, quadrapalegic writer exhibits better tear-duct control than every audience member.

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Heavily Distorted Views

The Magnetic Fields, the best of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt's many personalities, has been fairly quiet this decade.

by NICKY BERGER

Playlist of the Week



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THE LINEUP: 2008

So the Oscar nominations are out and Atonement didn't score as many nods as we would have liked. Nonetheless, we're optimistic about the upcoming year's crop of flicks.

by JULIE STEINBERG

Best and Worst Movies of 2007

The best La Vie en Rose Persepolis 4 Months, 3 weeks, 2 Days Lars and the Real Girl Once No Country for Old Men The Diving Bell and the Butterfly There Will Be Blood I'm Not There Juno Control Charlie Wilson's War Lust, Caution the worst Norbit Hostel II Who's Your Caddy The Simpsons Movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Mr. Woodcock I Know Who Killed Me Good Luck Chuck Revolver Wild Hogs The Number 23

by KEVIN KOPLAN

Hollywood's up-and-comers

Freddy Prinze, Jr.: He first struck the Hollywood scene in an episode of Family Matters in 1995, then he lit up the silver screen in I Know What You Did Last Summer.

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Defibrillator

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Blackballed

My good friend Joseph McCarthy was the greatest American ever to live. He fought to rid America of the godless Communists committed to the destruction of our way of life.

by KEVIN KOPLAN

the glass harmonica

This holiday season's most sophisticated gift for the adventurous music-lover is... the Glass Harmonica.

by LIZA ST. JAMES

Lindsay Lohan Interview

lil' lindsay 'Street' sits down with the precocious Lindsay Lohan Street: So Lindsay, do you have fun being a movie star?

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animation abomination

The world of animation has certainly taken a hit following the release of Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie.

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music player holiday gift guide

Picking out the right Holiday Gift for a tech-savvy college student can be a chore. Street makes it simple with the most cutting edge products for "rocking out" to that new Seattle sound.

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Defibrillator

A caffeinated, dancey, post-punk explosion bundled into twelve tracks and running well under an hour in length, the Dismemberment Plan's 1999 release, Emergency & I, skyrocketed the band to indie fame.

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Live From Philly

I'm so excited to see these guys," Mike says side-stage, thumbing quickly through a stack of camera tapes.

by JOE YEAKEL

Hits the Mark

Considering the history of movie adaptations of video games, Hitman is a pleasant surprise. In spite of an overused storyline, director Xavier Gens is still able to captivate audiences with raw and relentless action.

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Musical Score!

Forget Mozart - there's a new child prodigy in town. In August Rush, Evan is a musically gifted adolescent searching for his parents, a privileged cellist (Russell) and a free-spirited rock musician (Rhys Meyers). Along the way, Evan encounters Wizard (Robin Williams), a Fagin-type character who seizes the commercial cache of such a young genius and dubs the boy August Rush. Each actor's performance capitalizes on the emotional impact of the plotline.

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Never Fade Away

Little is known about the life and music of the British singer/songwriter Nick Drake. He recorded three hauntingly beautiful albums and died of an overdose - a presumed suicide - in 1974, just short of his 27th birthday.

by ASHLEY BRADLEY

Forecast: Foggy with a chance of bloodshed

The Mist is not Director Darabont's first film adaptation of a Stephen King novel - he previously directed The Shawshank Redemption - but be warned, this film is no Shawshank.

by KIRA MURATOVA

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