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Spoilers for the penultimate episode of "Mad Men" season three coming up just as soon as I take you to see "Singin' in the Rain"... [read more]

New Jersey arts listings for the week of November 1, 2009. [read more]

COLUMBIA — Caridad Svich has adapted and reinterpreted many plays. From a Greek playwright to a Latina novelist, she has put her own spin on classic authors' stories. One author she never imagined re-writing, however, was Federico García Lorca, a Spanish playwright and poet whose plays Svich has been translating for years. “I feel like my mission with Lorca has always been just to make it ... [read more]

A.M. READ: Juror couldn't bring her back to life, but he could paint. [read more]

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson revitalized the NBA in the early 1980s when the league had fewer fans than Balloon Boy's Dad. That was the Golden Era of hoops. The holy trinity of Bird and Magic’s basketball skills, leadership and will to win captivated the world, and the legendary Lakers-Celtics rivalry got a whole new audience interested in the pro game. Michael Jordan then took the NBA to new ... [read more]

Growing up in India, Mira Nair didn’t know much about pioneering American aviator and Atchison, Kan., native Amelia Earhart. “For me, she was a person on a postage stamp,” the filmmaker said in a phone call from her New York production office. “That was it. [read more]

Afro-Cuban beat meets socialist realism [read more]

Why did John Stamos bother to lie about being drunk on a talk show when it was so obvious he was? And now he's confessed—why lie if you're just going to get... [read more]

Varadero would give a luxurious base from which to drive and appreciate central Cuba;- (1) The country, market towns and agriculture; (2) Havanna City with river and seafront; The historical and modern sections of the Museo Nacional-Arte Cubano; and the 'Museo de la Revolucion' and (3) To meet the locals & understand why they say " most people regard the revolution as having been a good thing". [read more]