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Actress Scarlett Johansson is 25. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1344106.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1344106.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The remarkable voices, songs and images in the recently released box set Alan Lomax in Haiti are a stunning, delightful treasure, a vivid portrait of a time and place. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1341303.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1341303.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ''You're not the first monsters I've met,'' the 18-year-old Bella (Kristen Stewart) yawns at a pack of werewolves. They are fairly impressive creatures, these wolf-men who run around shirtless a lot, turn into giant wolves when angry and seem to own matching sets of magical pants that reappear when they transform back into their human selves. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1344112.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1344112.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shaking off the cobwebs of recent history, a misunderstood artistic icon who lived through the Great Depression, two world wars and the civil-rights movement proves that he can still lift our sagging spirits with his poignant paintings of courageous Americans and his humorous view of daily life. http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/107689.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/107689.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Lydia Martin dishes with the famous and infamous http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/1108899.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/1108899.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Read and submit South Fla. blogs http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700320.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700320.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04 EDT Art is dead: Decomposition is the focus of photographers' compositions http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700319.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700319.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04 EDT Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire (R) *** | Desperate to overcome desperation http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700312.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700312.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Jay-Z, Shakira, John Mayor hitting town http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/775074.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/775074.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT It's always party time at posh, pricey Mr. Chow http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700321.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1002/story/700321.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:04 EDT NBC revives, orders more 'Trauma ' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/698391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/698391.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:07 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687183.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687183.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:13 EDT All your favorites http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687182.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687182.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:12 EDT Crossword, Sudoku, Jumble & more http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687181.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687181.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:10 EDT Today's winning numbers http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687180.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/687180.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:08 EDT Know before you go out today. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/698263.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/inside/story/698263.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:51 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344112.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344112.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shaking off the cobwebs of recent history, a misunderstood artistic icon who lived through the Great Depression, two world wars and the civil-rights movement proves that he can still lift our sagging spirits with his poignant paintings of courageous Americans and his humorous view of daily life. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344106.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344106.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The remarkable voices, songs and images in the recently released box set Alan Lomax in Haiti are a stunning, delightful treasure, a vivid portrait of a time and place. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344115.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344115.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shortly after his father died in 1998, Frank Sinatra Jr. was hired to play a casino in Atlantic City. After taking the job, he discovered that it was the last place in Atlantic City his father had played. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344116.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Like a shiny toboggan wedged on wet snow, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular needs a little push. The traditional holiday revue, which runs in New York through Dec. 30, essentially repeats last year's program, which varied little from the show in 2007. It isn't just a return visitor who might feel that some of the old routines are indeed showing age. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344103.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344103.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection -- a 6th century reliquary containing purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified -- has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344104.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ''I tried to write a book that would keep the pedal consistently to the metal,'' Stephen King writes in an afterword to Under the Dome, his massive new novel -- his 48th! -- an explanation for why you will carry this heavy, bulky book everywhere, eager to gobble up a few more pages whenever you can. The novel is a monster, but it moves like a short story, devoid of the bloat and wordiness that has plagued the beloved author's latter-period work. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344105.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344105.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST An Englishman's home used to be his castle, but these days it has become his makeover opportunity. The UK is in the grip of a housing frenzy, obsessed with the buying, doing-up and selling of property. So it was a shrewd decision of Penelope Lively to spin her latest and 16th novel -- in a long, distinguished career that includes a Booker Prize -- out from the central axis of a lovely home in need of a refurb. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344111.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344111.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In late 2002, obscure Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama was eyeing a run in the 2004 Democratic Party primary for a U.S. Senate seat. He would be up against seemingly prohibitive favorites. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344107.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344107.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST YoungArts of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts will honor the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Alberto Ibargüen, the foundation's president and CEO, at its An Affair of the Arts performance and gala on Jan. 16. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344108.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344108.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Jeepers creepers! Savannah's got a Johnny Mercer statue for tourists' peepers. The songwriter was honored in his hometown Wednesday with the unveiling of his lifesize likeness cast in bronze. About 150 onlookers turned out to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated lyricist, who gave poetic grace and a slangy tang to songs such as Moon River and Jeepers Creepers. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344114.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1344114.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BIG SCREEN The Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG) -- The always-eclectic Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore), whose movies often flirt with the fantastical, takes the plunge with this stop-motion animation adaptation of the Roald Dahl story about a fox (voiced by George Clooney) who must protect his wife (Meryl Streep) and kids from three mean farmers. Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman round out the voice cast. The animation looks old-school wonderful. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346089.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346089.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Actor Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is 77. Comedian-director Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) is 69. Actor Tom Conti is 68. Guitarist-actor Little Steven (The E Street Band, The Sopranos) is 59. Actor Richard Kind (Spin City, Mad About You) is 53. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 51. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 48. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 25. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346100.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346100.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Alex Meraz and Kiowa Gordon were hardly prepared for the female attention they'd get from starring in this year's hottest movie, New Moon, which hit theaters Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346092.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346092.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST OPRAH: The queen of daytime is halting her show in 2011. It wasn't one of her favorite things to do anymore.<p/>PAM ANDERSON: The actress turned fashion muse has told her two teen sons about her sex tape with dad Tommy Lee. She had to -- she busted them watching it. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346101.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346101.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST CONCERT<p/>8 p.m.<p/>Bob Marley's son Julian and his band The Uprising perform soulful, spiritual reggae, along with brothers Stephen and Damian "Jr. Gong." $24.50-$44.50. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Knight Concert Hall, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722 or arshtcenter.org. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346095.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1346095.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST An open letter from The People Page to John Cusack: <p/> Let's just start out by saying: We heart you.<p/> Why? You're handsome but not in a chiseled, intimidating way; chatty and charming, but reserved. You wear all black and cool boots and your hair's always a bit messy. You've been a star for three decades, but would rather hit a baseball game than a red carpet. It doesn't get more refreshing. All we can say is: Keep it up. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344837.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST James Caan really wants out. <p/> Court records in Los Angeles show The Godfather star filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, Linda. It's the second time Caan has sought to extricate himself from the marriage; the first case, filed in '05, was dropped. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344843.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344843.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST TRUNK SHOW<p/>1 p.m.<p/>Kristina Ashley Swimwear is having a trunk sale on its 2008 Island Collection and 2009 Spring Rasta Collection. Swimsuits range from $70 to $140, custom orders for cover-ups will also be accepted. The Clevelander Hotel, Miami Beach, SPF 4 Rooftop, 1020 Ocean Dr., Miami; 786-797-7717. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344838.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344838.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Dwyane Wade has listed his Pinecrest estate on Billionaire-Xchange.com. On the site for a week, the sprawling, 11,611-square-foot, seven-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom home can be yours if you put out the lucky bid. Starting bid was $4,599,000. So far, there are no active bids and no one watching the auction. Only a super rich super-fan would want this house. Why? The pool is in-laid with Wade's nickname, Flash, and his Miami Heat jersey number 3. Bidding ends Dec. 13 -- it would be perfect for someone looking for that extra special holiday gift. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344844.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Young, hot Korean superstar Rain stopped in at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel to promote his new movie, Ninja Assassin, out Friday. The R&B/pop singer is currently traveling the world on his ``Legend of Rainism'' tour. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344830.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344830.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Marlo Thomas is 72. Actress Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor) is 68. Actor-director Harold Ramis is 65. Goldie Hawn is 64. Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 57. Actress Cherry Jones (24) is 53. Actress Nicollette Sheridan is 46. Singer Bjork is 44. Rapper Pretty Lou of Lost Boyz is 38. Actress Jena Malone (Saved) is 25. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344840.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/1344840.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Susie Essman has cursing down to a science.<p/> The Los Angeles Times puts it more nicely -- calling her character Susie Green on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm ``the most lyrical purveyor of profanity on television.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1344114.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1344114.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BIG SCREEN The Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG) -- The always-eclectic Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore), whose movies often flirt with the fantastical, takes the plunge with this stop-motion animation adaptation of the Roald Dahl story about a fox (voiced by George Clooney) who must protect his wife (Meryl Streep) and kids from three mean farmers. Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman round out the voice cast. The animation looks old-school wonderful. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1343338.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1343338.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Nikki Reed patiently awaits her turn in the Twilight scheme of things. Her character, teen vampire Rosalie Hale, is a minor movie character until Stephenie Meyer's third book in the series, Eclipse, becomes a movie in 2010. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341303.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341303.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ''You're not the first monsters I've met,'' the 18-year-old Bella (Kristen Stewart) yawns at a pack of werewolves. They are fairly impressive creatures, these wolf-men who run around shirtless a lot, turn into giant wolves when angry and seem to own matching sets of magical pants that reappear when they transform back into their human selves. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341304.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341304.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ''Every day I tell myself something's going to happen,'' the eponymous heroine thinks early on in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. ''I'm going to break through, or someone is going to break through to me.'' To say that she eventually gets her wish -- sort of -- doesn't spoil a thing: This bruising, harrowing movie would be impossible to sit through without at least a hint of light at the end of its astonishingly dark tunnel. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341682.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341682.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST There are loads of references to other sci-fi movies in Planet 51: E.T., The Day the Earth Stood Still, Star Wars, even to a cute little mutt with a head shaped like the monster from Alien that squirts acid urine. The movie, about a far-flung planet of green aliens whose civilization resembles 1950s malt-shop and doo-wop America, is also crammed with subtexts about the era's paranoias, from UFO invaders to McCarthyism. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341295.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341295.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Uplifting. Heartwarming. Schmaltzy but effective. The Blind Side is a feel-good true story of interracial adoption and gridiron glory. The project could have been designed by scientists synthesizing the crowd-pleasing-movie genome. Bullock + football + Kumbaya = Ka-ching! http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1341301.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In the well-behaved documentary Earth Days, wizened, Woodstock-era veterans of the environmental movement recount how conservationists and the counterculture steered Spaceship Earth in a new direction. Yet there's little that's new in the retelling, except mellowed musings on Environmentalism 2.0. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1339984.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1339984.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:21 EST The following is a list of movie theaters showing ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1336815.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1336815.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Seventy years later, actress Ann Rutherford still gives a damn about Gone with the Wind. Rutherford, 89, is among the few surviving principal cast members of the Clark Gable-Vivien Leigh Civil War epic, which arrives this week on a new special-edition DVD set and also marks its Blu-ray debut. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1331844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1331844.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The first movie Lee Daniels directed, the 2005 drama Shadowboxer about a terminally ill assassin and her unusual relationship with her partner in crime, was largely derided by critics and virtually ignored by audiences, grossing less than $1 million worldwide. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1331845.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/1331845.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BIG SCREEN (PG-13) -- Sandra Bullock sets aside the ditzy romantic-comedy act for this drama based on Michael Lewis' nonfiction bestseller The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, about a homeless African-American teenager (Quinton Aaron) who is taken in by a wealthy white couple (Bullock and Tim McGraw) as part of a college-football recruitment program. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1344106.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1344106.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The remarkable voices, songs and images in the recently released box set Alan Lomax in Haiti are a stunning, delightful treasure, a vivid portrait of a time and place. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1344115.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1344115.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shortly after his father died in 1998, Frank Sinatra Jr. was hired to play a casino in Atlantic City. After taking the job, he discovered that it was the last place in Atlantic City his father had played. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1341291.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1341291.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Jay-Z: 8 p.m. Feb. 20; 10 a.m. Friday; BAC; $39.50-$129.50. liveNation.com. Phish: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28-30, 8 p.m. Dec. 31; 10 a.m. Saturday; AAARENA; $50-$210. tickemaster.com http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1337761.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1337761.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The success of Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love not only made the British-born singer an international star last year -- it also helped her branch out and toughen up. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1337140.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1337140.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Look who's coming to the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise this winter: Weeks ago, Jay-Z announced the 2010 leg of his ongoing Blueprint 3 Tour, and it looked like Florida would be skipped over yet again. But good news: Jay-Z will take the stage after all Feb. 20. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1335527.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1335527.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In his glowing review of Broadway's Finian's Rainbow, a New York Times critic last month wrote of the musical revival's ''satisfying pairing of a him and a her.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1329244.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1329244.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST You might think George Thorogood would be sick of Bad to the Bone by now -- after all, the man can't walk down the street without someone shouting it out to him. But the gravel-voiced blues-rocker understands that the song is the difference between him merely making a living and being a superstar. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1330901.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1330901.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Samantha Ronson isn't giving up the goods. The celebrity DJ won't tell what's on her playlist for Ultimate Remix party Friday night at the Dolphin Mall. She also clammed up about her infamous relationship with Lindsay Lohan. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1329234.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1329234.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Karl Densons Tiny Universe: On sale from 10 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Jan. 8; CR; $19.99. Eek-A-Mouse: On sale from 10 a.m. Friday; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13; CR; $14.99. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1326912.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1326912.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The earliest operas of the 17th century hymned the pastoral and retold mythic tales, but by the end of the 1800s, operatic stories had come much more down to a violent, sordid earth. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1328984.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music/story/1328984.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Mac McAnally doesn't have much down time. The country singer-songwriter has been on the road with his bud, Jimmy Buffett. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344112.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344112.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Shaking off the cobwebs of recent history, a misunderstood artistic icon who lived through the Great Depression, two world wars and the civil-rights movement proves that he can still lift our sagging spirits with his poignant paintings of courageous Americans and his humorous view of daily life. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344116.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Like a shiny toboggan wedged on wet snow, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular needs a little push. The traditional holiday revue, which runs in New York through Dec. 30, essentially repeats last year's program, which varied little from the show in 2007. It isn't just a return visitor who might feel that some of the old routines are indeed showing age. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344103.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344103.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection -- a 6th century reliquary containing purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified -- has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344104.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ''I tried to write a book that would keep the pedal consistently to the metal,'' Stephen King writes in an afterword to Under the Dome, his massive new novel -- his 48th! -- an explanation for why you will carry this heavy, bulky book everywhere, eager to gobble up a few more pages whenever you can. The novel is a monster, but it moves like a short story, devoid of the bloat and wordiness that has plagued the beloved author's latter-period work. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344108.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344108.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Jeepers creepers! Savannah's got a Johnny Mercer statue for tourists' peepers. The songwriter was honored in his hometown Wednesday with the unveiling of his lifesize likeness cast in bronze. About 150 onlookers turned out to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated lyricist, who gave poetic grace and a slangy tang to songs such as Moon River and Jeepers Creepers. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344107.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1344107.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST YoungArts of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts will honor the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Alberto Ibargüen, the foundation's president and CEO, at its An Affair of the Arts performance and gala on Jan. 16. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1346093.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1346093.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12 EST When the gavel came down on Andy Warhol's painting 200 One Dollar Bills earlier this month, the usually staid audience at the Sotheby's auction house broke into applause as if they had won the bid themselves. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1341287.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1341287.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The solo dance piece that Gregory Maqoma performs this weekend is called Beautiful Me, but when he was growing up in the slum township of Soweto in South Africa under apartheid, the 36-year-old dancer and choreographer did not feel particularly beautiful. He was inspired by, of all things, the King of Pop's Thriller. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1336809.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1336809.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ''People sometimes run out of our exhibitions,'' photographer Mirta Gómez says. ''They don't want to see what's being shown.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1336812.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1336812.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In Paula Froelich's winning debut novel, her overworked newspaper reporter heroine accidentally starts a fire in the newsroom after leaving a cigarette smoldering in the photo studio-slash-smoking hideout. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1334444.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/arts/story/1334444.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST On a perfect sunny day -- clearly, the weather gods are readers, too -- thousands packed the streets and classrooms of Miami Dade College for the 26th edition of Miami Book Fair International's street fair. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1341292.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1341292.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST EAT: I love it when a creative restaurant brings new character to a traditional dish, and that's what Liguori's Fired Up! has done with its mozzarella and prosciutto sandwich. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339091.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Aboud Kobaitri was born in Lebanon, apprenticed in a Paris restaurant, attended culinary school in Norway and now runs a little bistro in Cooper City. If his path to South Broward sounds curious, know that cooking isn't the chef's only love. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339249.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339249.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST It's not every day you get an invitation to a fun, fancy, flirty party on South Beach, but at the sparkling Mr. Chow, you're on the guest list -- well, if you can afford it. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339089.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339089.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Two huge, red, octagonal signs plastered to the front windows of The Spot scream ''Stop! Come in!'' -- especially at 5 a.m. if you're craving a meatball hoagie after night of clubbing. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339076.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339076.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST At this hurried time of year, the intimate, dimly lit bar at Nobu Miami is a great place to escape. Try the Acai Martini, a calming cocktail with tangy passion fruit notes and a chocolate finish. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339080.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339080.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST He kept the fried egg. More diner than fine dining, fried egg was on Marc Vidal's menu at Por Fin in Coral Gables. The dish was Spanish comfort food -- fried egg over fried potatoes with Serrano ham and, the nueva cocina touch, potato foam. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1340160.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1340160.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Unless noted, specials are available Nov. 26, prices do not include tax and tip and reservations are required. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1339088.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST THURSDAY Barry Alberts Wine Tasting: Wines of Chile and Argentina served with ceviche and char-grilled chicken, beef and seafood on skewers; 6-9 p.m., Jaguar Restaurant, 3067 Grand Ave., Coconut Grove. $20. 305-444-0216. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1329236.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1329236.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST EAT: On a gritty vein along the train tracks, between a muffler repair shop and an upholstery place, the hungry wouldn't expect to find a Southern California taco shop. But here it is, an oasis amid the drab, with colorful surfing scenes bursting from the walls and the scent of salsa in the air. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1326914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1326914.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Barring a last blast of heat and humidity, it's time to head toward the beaches to enjoy the time of the year that makes South Florida great. Here are three restaurants to consider on or near Broward's sandy shores. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1326913.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/story/1326913.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Crowned the Queen of Italian Cuisine, Lidia Bastianich presides over six restaurants in three cities, multiple public television shows, a close-knit brood of children and grandchildren and a growing series of cookbooks based on travels throughout her homeland. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1344114.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1344114.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BIG SCREEN The Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG) -- The always-eclectic Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore), whose movies often flirt with the fantastical, takes the plunge with this stop-motion animation adaptation of the Roald Dahl story about a fox (voiced by George Clooney) who must protect his wife (Meryl Streep) and kids from three mean farmers. Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman round out the voice cast. The animation looks old-school wonderful. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1343341.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1343341.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Q: I was in Sweden this summer and watched an episode of Huff with Hank Azaria and Blythe Danner. It was awesome! When I returned to the States I was able to locate the complete first season and am hooked. How many seasons were there? Can I buy them? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1337764.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1337764.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST So much for the law of supply and demand. The last thing we need is more late-night talk shows, right? Well, shove over, Jay, Dave, Conan, Jimmy and the rest of you pasty-faced hosts. Guess who's come to dinner? George Lopez, Wanda Sykes, and Mo'Nique are hoping to add some spice to the chat cuisine. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1331837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1331837.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The list of Stuff From The 1960s That Doesn't Need To Be Relived just keeps getting longer: Beehive hairdos. Frankie and Annette movies. The Bay of Pigs. Fallout shelters. The Cowsills. And now the latest entry, The Prisoner. Though it would eventually be hugely influential, the original 1968 version went almost unwatched. AMC's new remake is merely unwatchable. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1331845.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1331845.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BIG SCREEN (PG-13) -- Sandra Bullock sets aside the ditzy romantic-comedy act for this drama based on Michael Lewis' nonfiction bestseller The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, about a homeless African-American teenager (Quinton Aaron) who is taken in by a wealthy white couple (Bullock and Tim McGraw) as part of a college-football recruitment program. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1324941.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1324941.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST American films have been wallowing in erotic voyeurism for, oh, about 103 years, since Thomas Edison's film The Kiss. (Edison's own review of his 47-second film: ''They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss and kiss and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.'') http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1324939.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1324939.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When Maura Buete arrived home after a meeting one Monday evening, she wasn't surprised to see the television tuned to Nickelodeon. She lets her four children, ages 11 and under, watch SpongeBob Squarepants. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1322569.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1322569.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Her face has, hmmm, changed over the years, but the way she talks is vintage Joan Rivers. ''Someone told me -- and I hate the term -- stars have very distinct voices. You know Cher, immediately. You know Liza, immediately,'' says Rivers, who performs Wednesday night in Miami. ''When I was a little girl, I picked up the phone and someone said, 'Little boy, put your mother on.' I almost died. Now, Chastity Bono would have loved that!'' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1320508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1320508.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BIG SCREEN 2012 (PG-13) -- Disaster magnet Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) returns to destroy our planet -- again. John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton and Amanda Peet are among the humans trying to make sense of the impending apocalypse. Remember when Irwin Allen made those star-studded disaster flicks in the 1970s? Those were awesome. Emmerich's, not so much. But they sure look awesome. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1311682.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1311682.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Call the Chamber of Commerce Police. Weird Florida: Roads Less Traveled is an egregious insult to our community, a vicious slight of our importance to the state and our role in making Florida a source of national dumbfoundment. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1308421.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/1308421.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/1071234.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/1071234.html Sat, 30 May 2009 03:01 EDT The video-game store looks more like a multiplex during the summer months, with just about every blockbuster action movie getting an interactive tie-in. More than half of the films on last week's box-office top 10 list have related games. Next weekend, you'll be able to watch Pixar's Up on the big screen, then grab the game on your way home. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/540387.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/540387.html Tue, 20 May 2008 16:29 EDT The Nintendo Wii has already done what video game naysayers said couldn't be done -- get children and adults off the couch with active games such as Wii Sports. The innovative Wii Fit takes it a step farther by creating a virtual gym in your living room that helps families incorporate fitness, as well as the escapist fun of video games, into their daily routine. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/516647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/516647.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT Grand Theft Auto IV is all about the American Dream. An immigrant comes to this country with dreams of escaping his past and building his fortunes. But instead of finding streets paved in gold, he finds a city where hookers and hustlers work the streets and crime is a way of life and the only way to survive. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/249801.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/249801.html Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:05 EDT The gamers stood in line for hours, from Los Angeles to Miami. Three years without a Halo fix and the day finally arrived. At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, thousands of fans rushed inside stores across the nation to reach the holy grail of video games - a copy of Halo 3. Was it worth the wait? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/248649.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/248649.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:00 EDT The week belongs to Halo 3. Does it really matter what else is out in stores? For those few gamers without the Halo fever, CSI 4: Hard Evidence is also debuting. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/241194.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/241194.html Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:10 EDT This week the Sims franchise comes to the Wii, street racing gets Juiced and composer Frederic Chopin stars in Eternal Sonata. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/232885.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/232885.html Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:35 EDT Gamers are in for a tough choice this week: competing NHL titles, a promising action-adventure game for the Playstation 3 and a skateboarding simulator. Decisions, decisions, decisions. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346934.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:34 EST Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346861.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346861.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:54 EST Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346857.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346857.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:49 EST Michael Jackson's former personal physician is returning to work at his Houston clinic for the first time since before the pop singer's death, his lawyer said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346649.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346649.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:39 EST Patricia Racette had just sung her moving final notes in "Suor Angelica" and fallen to the stage. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346621.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346621.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:49 EST It's the country cutie versus the King of Pop at this year's American Music Awards. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346560.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346560.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:04 EST The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346467.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346467.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:22 EST An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346392.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346392.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:04 EST Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the lives of others. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346180.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1346180.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12 EST British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345851.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345851.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52 EST Hundreds have gathered to salute Detroit-style royalty - the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345459.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1345459.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:47 EST Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the West, branding them as inhumane and unnecessary. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend-planner/story/1342480.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend-planner/story/1342480.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST What better place to celebrate the outdoor glory of South Florida than at the Fairchild? This festival has it all: yummy tropical foods, live music all weekend, exquisite plants, antiques, arts & crafts, holiday gifts, and, of course, the big Farmers' Market. Bring the whole family. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend-planner/story/1341319.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend-planner/story/1341319.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Bob Marley's son and his band The Uprising perform soulful, spiritual reggae, along with brothers Stephen and Damian ''Jr. Gong.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend-planner/story/1341318.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/weekend-planner/story/1341318.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Bestselling adventure master reads from and signs copies of his latest thriller, The Wrecker.