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Tuesday

Review

Music Reviews

Vintage Highlife and Afrobeat on 'Bokoor Beats'

In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. A young British emigre named John Collins formed the Bokoor Band with locals in 1971. The Bokoor Beats retrospective captures a band full of pride and confidence from Ghana's then-recent independence.

Vintage Highlife and Afrobeat on 'Bokoor Beats'

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Actor Paul Rudd, Rewriting the Commandments

Fresh Air

Paul Rudd, who co-starred in Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin, produced and stars in the new independent film The Ten — a series of irreverent vignettes that reinterpret the Ten Commandments for a modern audience.

Actor Paul Rudd, Rewriting the Commandments

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Pop Culture

Movie Stardom May Await If Lohan Can Grow Up

Glance at reports of drunken-driving charges and lurid tabloid coverage and it's easy to see 21-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan as just another bad-girl celeb. But some in Hollywood defend her as a real talent, battling child-star demons.

Movie Stardom May Await If Lohan Can Grow Up

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Technology

Alter Egos in a Virtual World

As the old New Yorker cartoon said, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." And if you're an online gamer, your opponents may not know that you're a 27-year-old white mother pretending to be a large, black male warrior.

Alter Egos in a Virtual World

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Monday

Gloucester's Inspiration for Artist Edward Hopper

Artist Edward Hopper is best known for provocative, shadowy oil paintings of people in urban settings — diners, offices and bedrooms. But the work that put Hopper on the map is a watercolor of an elegant, light-drenched house in Gloucester, Mass.

Gloucester's Inspiration for Artist Edward Hopper

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Obituaries

Film Legend Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89

The Swedish director, regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died Monday at his home. In more than 50 films, his vision encompassed all the extremes of his beloved country, from summer nights filled with joy to the gloom of endless winter.

Film Legend Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89

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Obituaries

Remembering Director Ingmar Bergman

The Swedish film director, widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, has died at the age of 89. Fellow director Woody Allen described Bergman as "probably the greatest film artist ... since the invention of the motion picture camera."

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Obituaries

'Film Artist' Bergman Put His Life on the Screen

Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is dead at 89. His many films included Scenes from a Marriage and Wild Strawberries. Fellow director Woody Allen once called Bergman "probably the greatest film artist ... since the invention of the motion picture camera."

'Film Artist' Bergman Put His Life on the Screen

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Saturday

Opinion

Movies

Art Isn't Easy, Unless You're Living It on Screen

Four supposedly biographical films — about Goya, Moliere, Edith Piaf and Jane Austen — have more than art in common: They all suggest that making art is as simple as stealing from your own experiences.

Art Isn't Easy, Unless You're Living It on Screen

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National

'Guerrilla Drive-Ins' Spring Up in California

A group in Santa Cruz, Calif., descends on parks and vacant lots twice a month to screen subversive movies on random walls — "Guerrilla Drive-Ins." Members are striving to promote community participation and what they consider their right to public space.

'Guerrilla Drive-Ins' Spring Up in California

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Movies

'The Simpsons Movie' Gets Critical Nod

Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell has seen The Simpsons Movie and — cowabunga! — he likes it. He talks to Scott Simon about the movie version of the 18-year-old Fox series.

'The Simpsons Movie' Gets Critical Nod

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Friday

Review

Song Of The Day

A Soulful Homage to the Secular Slow Jam

An ordained preacher at 15, Keite Young now aims to conquer the sinful world of secular music. At 27, he showcases all the tools on "E.N.S.," including a keening tenor, a sharp falsetto and a thorough knowledge of both the gospel idiom and the school of funk.

'E.N.S. (Everybody Needs Somebody)" by Keite Young

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