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'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' (left); 'Slumdog Millionaire'
81st Academy Awards

And the nominees are...

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Slumdog Millionaire" received the most nominations.
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Dance. See Bill Janovitz (left) live. Or gorge on junk TV.

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Album Reviews

Bruce Springsteen'Working on a Dream'
Bruce Springsteen's new CD leaves politics behind.

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'Idol:' Rocking the boat OK, which Fox lackey thought it would be a good...
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Daddy needs to pay the bills January is a pitiful month for movies. We all...

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'Backstage Pass' at the Portland Museum of Art

Exhibit goes backstage

The Beatles (left) and the Supremes are among the many bands captured in the 268 photographs in the "Backstage Pass" exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art.
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Renee Zellweger

Hasty Pudding Theatricals announces Woman of the Year

Actress Renée Zellweger will be presented with the Pudding Pot on Feb. 5
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'New in Town'

'New in Town'

2.0 Stars  The film, starring Renee Zellweger, is a sweet-hearted bit of anemia, pleasant and obvious, and there are a few honest laughs to it.

Celebrity news

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Hasselbeck of 'The View' expecting third child

Hasselbeck and her husband are already the parents of 3-year-old Grace Elisabeth and 15-month-old Taylor Thomas. (AP)

Theater/Arts

Jehuda Reinharz

Brandeis may keep art, says president

Jehuda Reinharz (left) said he would not change his mind about closing Rose Art Museum.

Music

Stephen Croes

A dean with connections

Berklee College of Music dean Stephen Croes not only started the first campus radio network, he uses its multichannel format as a personal guide to cutting-edge music of all genres.

TV/Radio

Television review
Ted Haggard

A look at pastor after the fall

HBO's "The Trials of Ted Haggard" is a portrait of Ted Haggard after he was fired from the New Life Church in 2006 for sex with a male prostitute.

Books

Book Review

'Reclaiming Paris' is a rich, spiritual journey of self-discovery

Marisol, the first-person narrator of Fabiola Santiago's debut novel, "Reclaiming Paris," searches for many things. Most of all: herself.