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October 26th, 2009 more images more imagesMusic Review: 'Once' pair returns as Swell SeasonThe Swell Season, "Strict Joy" (Anti-) Boy loses girl, boy meets new girl, boy and girl make lovely, love and pain-filled music. That's essentially the gist of "Once," the Grammy and Oscar-winning 2007 movie that snagged audiences with its soundtrack featuring the film's stars, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.

September 30th, 2009 Music Review: Avett Bros. may have special albumThe Avett Brothers, "I and Love and You" (Columbia/American) The Avett Brothers have been the best kept secret in American roots music for nearly a decade — until now.

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Stress and upheaval may lead people to choose less-familiar foods over "comfort foods," a new study has shown. The study has been published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

September 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Lily Allen craves for male attention from guys on her tour entourage and successfully gets it, for she is the only woman her unit cares about. The 24-year-old pop star, who has recently completed a series of shows, says she is delighted to be the only girl in the group who is given attention.

August 27th, 2009 Denzel Washington movie call takes job fair toneCANTON, Ohio — A casting call for a new Denzel Washington movie was like any other job fair to many of the hundreds who turned out in Ohio. While some of the men expressed interest in meeting the star, others who auditioned to be extras Wednesday in Canton said the promise of $100-a-day paychecks was a bigger lure.

August 25th, 2009 Music Review: Queen Latifah brings back the rapsQueen Latifah, "Persona" (Flavor Unit Records) There's nobody quite like Queen Latifah, the rough-edged rapper turned jazz singer and Oscar-nominated actress. On her new CD, "Persona," Latifah goes back to the roots that made her so unique in the first place.

August 24th, 2009 Music Review: Maybe Willie Nelson is too prolificWillie Nelson, "American Classic" (Blue Note) Willie Nelson is one of music's greatest — few can argue that. His popularity crosses genres, entertainment mediums and socio-economic boundaries.

August 20th, 2009 Review: 'Shorts' could use some adult supervisionNEW YORK — The basic structure of "Shorts" — advertised in its title — might make you think Robert Rodriguez has made the kids equivalent of "Pulp Fiction," the fractured narrative classic by his buddy and frequent collaborator, Quentin Tarantino. But Zed's still dead, baby.

July 24th, 2009 "Twilight" sequel draws fangirls by the thousandsSAN DIEGO — Most camped out overnight. Some spent two nights outside the San Diego Convention Center.

July 21st, 2009 Music Review Son Volt's newest album a lovely mixSon Volt, "American Central Dust" (Rounder) Son Volt's newest album "American Central Dust" oozes the kind of sultry alt-country heat that seeps into your ears. Leader Jay Farrar may get less attention than Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, his bandmate in seminal '90s band Uncle Tupelo, but his talent as a singer-songwriter is abundantly clear on "Dust." Farrar's world-weary twang and poetic, politically inspired lyrics elevate such tunes as "Down to the Wire" and "When the Wheels Don't Move," with its distorted guitar and railing against the car industry.

July 15th, 2009 Dave Chappelle show draws thousands in OregonPORTLAND, Ore. — Thousands of people who learned through text message, Twitter and word-of-mouth that comedian Dave Chappelle would hold a free show filled a downtown Portland square late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

July 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Keanu Reeves has said that he always looks forward to critics' verdict on his performance after his films release. "I want to see what they (the critics) write, for sure.

June 25th, 2009 Hungry for entertainment? Not these NJ fry artistsOCEAN CITY, N.J. — Each year on the boardwalk, thousands of french fries are consumed by beachgoers, snatched by seagulls or tossed in the trash at the end of the day.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - Director Michael Bay will not do another Transformers movie because he "needs to do something totally divergent, something without any explosions." The comic series made into film, so far directed by Bay, will be back this year with the sequel - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The filmmaker expressed his thoughts, saying: "After the three and a half years I've spent making these movies, I feel like I've had enough of the Transformers world." However, the helmer is tired of facing criticism for his action packed films by film critics.

June 17th, 2009 Correction: 'Food, Inc.' reviewLOS ANGELES — In a June 15 review of "Food Inc.," The Associated Press reported erroneously that the documentary showed chickens puffed-up and collapsing from steroids. One chicken farmer in the film showed oversized birds that had been given antibiotics.