Entertainment

'Tartuffe' combines satire and slapstick

11-20-2008

A spoonful of comedy helps the satire go down. That's how Dr. Wayne Claeren, a drama professor at JSU, describes 'Tartuffe,' Jacksonville State University drama department's latest production.

Movies

'Bolt' is sweet, funny

11-20-2008

The holiday season is here, and it's brought the obligatory animated family films to compete for your holiday shopping dollars. This week's contender is Bolt, the newest in computer-animated storytelling from Walt Disney Studios. The question is: Does it measure up to the expectation the studio name commands?

'Twilight' will thrill teen girls

11-20-2008

Teenage girls will surely squeal with delight throughout this feverishly awaited adaptation of the hugely selling vampire novel.

Movie names best forgotten

11-20-2008

We thought no James Bond movie could have a worse title than Octopussy. We were wrong. The movie with the worst title in the franchise's history opened last week: Quantum of Solace. This makes us nostalgic for other movies with horrible tags.

DVD reviews

11-20-2008

Get the latest on upcoming DVD releases.

Music

Soundbites

11-20-2008

Quick reviews of newly released music.

TV

'Dawson' visits 'Tree Hill'

11-20-2008

RALEIGH, N.C. — James Van Der Beek is back creekside. Five years after his star-making turn as the center of Dawson's Creek came to an end, Van Der Beek is back on one of Wilmington's sound stages — working with some of his former crew colleagues — for a guest appearance on the CW's teen drama One Tree Hill. The episode airs Monday night next week.

'Supernatural' actor has done extra reading

11-20-2008

Misha Collins, who plays the angel Castiel on The CW's Thursday-night thrill ride Supernatural, may not wield the awesome powers of a heavenly being in real life, but that doesn't mean he fails to make time to peruse his Holy Bible.

Games & Gadgets

Pushing Buttons: Obama changes the game

11-20-2008

I don't care how you voted, you have to acknowledge that Barack Obama grasps the importance of the Internet.

11-19-2008 Headlines

� Alexander goes even darker on 'Criminal Minds'

� Obama interview gives good numbers to '60 Minutes'

11-18-2008 Headlines

� 'The Shield' keeps its promise to the end

11-17-2008 Headlines

� Steve Kroft does heavy lifting for '60M'

11-16-2008 Headlines

� Two books take unconventional approaches in exploring the life of Abraham Lincoln

� Lambrusco — better as wine

� Want job security? Seek a recession-proof profession

� Bestseller lists

� MTV's 'Total Request Live' ending its 10-year run tonight

11-15-2008 Headlines

� 'The Two Mr. Kissels' a high cut above the usual TV crime movie

11-13-2008 Headlines

� Barbershop quartet entertain at local restaurants

� Q&A with Broadway composer Marvin Hamlisch

� Soundbites

� Deirdre Long: 'Kitchen Witches' brews up laughs

� Museum salvages items from Obama field office

� Pushing Buttons: Five days in Dell hell

� 'Quantum' could make Craig the best Bond ever

� DVD reviews

� Pop theory: Huxtables paved way for Obama

� 'Lone Ranger' back in the saddle

11-12-2008 Headlines

� Gamble on a song by pickinga CMA winner here

� Election night raises all boats

11-11-2008 Headlines

� 'Chase': tension without the involvement

� History Channel takes us all aboard dangerous trains

11-09-2008 Headlines

� A story of struggle in medieval times sure looks a lot like our lives today

� You're related to a saint, dear

� Novel's lapses in logic are forgivable

� Bestseller lists

� 'Summer Heights' a twisted novel comedy

11-08-2008 Headlines

� Fashion fantasy features Keke

� Sympathetic ear listens to Palin

11-06-2008 Headlines

� Museum celebrates Native American heritage

� JSU art faculty works on display

� Pushing Buttons: Game offers bonding experience

� 'Soul Men' is stale with a thin plot

� 'Madagascar 2' offers no escape for parents

� 'Role Models' is funny spin on formulaic story

� DVD reviews

� Edwards keen on Greene and next week's job

� Two fired at 'Heroes' for bad work

� Soundbites

11-05-2008 Headlines

� Campaign '08 resembled the best TV

11-04-2008 Headlines

� 'Family Guy' creator speaks of show

11-03-2008 Headlines

� Bornheimer's success started with ads

� Networks preparing for their election-night close-up

� 'HSM3' maintains its box office grades with $15M

11-02-2008 Headlines

� Authentic America

� 'Not a bad way to pass an afternoon'

� Boring 'Bones': Grand idea is a literary no-flow

� Bestseller lists

� 'King' will soon be dead, long live the reruns

� It's not Halloween 'til 'The Simpsons' say it is

11-01-2008 Headlines

� Daniel Craig keeps 'Archangel' aloft

� McCain to drop in on 'Saturday Night Live'

10-30-2008 Headlines

� 'Horrorcore' rap group to perform Halloween show

� Soundbites

� 'Mark Twain Tonight!' opens this weekend in Talladega

� Pushing Buttons: What a time we live in

� 'Zack and Miri' mixes raunchy and sweet

� 'Changeling' good, but not Oscar-worthy

� DVD reviews

� '30 Rock' returns with unexpected buzz

� A&E wants to keep it clean

10-29-2008 Headlines

� 'Sanford' fans, this is the big one

10-28-2008 Headlines

� 'Frontline': Taliban's tentacles spreading

10-27-2008 Headlines

� 'They' vs. 'them': Whose news is it anyway?

10-26-2008 Headlines

� Dracula inspires youthful fear of the dark

� Haunted hotels and the ghosts of childhood revisited

� Schwartz's grisly tales satisfies a lust for the macabre

� 6 horror novels to read before you die

� Bestseller lists

� Acclaimed 'Mad Men' ends season tonight

� British duo re-introduce us to our own country

10-25-2008 Headlines

� Arts group issues report on candidates

� Gary Cole picked for regular HBO role

� 'Sabrina' aunt now a mother

10-23-2008 Headlines

� 5 haunted, horrifying and hair-raising places to visit this Halloween

� Need advice about something to do? Look no further than Ann Landers

� Surrender to the catchy kitsch of 'HSM3'

� Nothing glorious about 'Pride and Glory'

� DVD reviews

� Pushing Buttons: 'Saints Row 2' a better imitator

� 'F&F' is serious about not being 'mainstream'

� Soundbites

10-22-2008 Headlines

� It's a great year for 'Chocolate'

� 'Stylista' is just an off-the-rack competition show

10-21-2008 Headlines

� 'Parallel' one of the odder 'Nova's

� Fox happy with 'Sarah Connor'

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