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Dick Flavin to play Tip O'Neill in 'According to Tip'
Apparently not content with simply writing a play about the late House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill, longtime TV commentator Dick Flavin has decided to play......
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Hear Here: Foals
It takes four minutes for this song to crack...
BU's dean of students goes for a swim in the Charles
Katie Couric is suddenly very much in demand now that she's departing "The CBS Evening News." The anchor talked at Tufts a few weeks and......
'Idol' Recap - Top Five Results Show
Tonight’s group sing was “Happy Together” and that clearly...
The controversial Princess Diana documentary
Well, the 64th Cannes Film Festival hasn't even begun yet...
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25 under $25
Get more out of Boston for less. See 25 recession-proof (and fun) things to do.
Celebrity unions and splits
Our roundup of pairings and breakups includes actor-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, who are separating after 25 years of marriage.
Renovated theater supplies a vitality
What once was a boarded-up multiplex is now the glassy facade of the restored Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, a venue for touring Broadway shows that draws audiences from all over.
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Summer movies preview
Amid a rash of sequels, we pin our hopes on movies like the female-centric Judd Apatow raunchfest, “Bridesmaids’’ (left) or “Cowboys & Aliens.’’
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Pats intro new cheerleaders
Doug Flutie's daughter Alexa was one of the 31 new Patriots cheerleaders greeting fans at CBS Scene at Patriot Place on Tuesday night.
Schwarzenegger, Shriver separating
The couple announced the end of their 25-year relationship after "a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us," they said in a joint statement.
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Royal honeymoon begins
Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, have left for a honeymoon at an undisclosed location, palace officials said Tuesday.
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A president's complicated mother
"A Singular Woman" is the story of Obama's ambitious mother Ann Dunham, whose life — more peripatetic than her son's — richly influenced him.
REview
WWII rescue tale finds its way, despite melodramatic detours
Mitchell Zuckoff presents a slice of history that needs no embellishment to serve as an engrossing piece of nonfiction.
Theater/Art
Stage Review
A sturdy Scout in 'Mockingbird’
As Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird," 11-year-old Victoria Cargill delivers a tomboy with finely tuned powers of observation and a feisty sense of fair play.
Remaking history by themselves
A trio of shows in Boston by conceptual artists Daniela Rivera, Taravat Talepasand (left), and Gregory Wright try to rattle our staid perspectives.
Biennial hits -- and misses
This year’s Portland Museum of Art Biennial is good. There are 47 artists taking part, that they work in a bewildering array of styles and media, and that each is represented by just one or two works.
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TV Review
Capturing a complex transition
"Becoming Chaz" is a touching reminder of the endless process of coming out that we all undergo — not just as gay or transgender, but as ourselves.
Photos & Video
'DWTS' crash diet
Kirstie Alley's diet and "Dancing With the Stars" workout plan forced her to cut rehearsals short when she became lightheaded – get more "DWTS" news.
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'Thor'
This pre-summer 3-D action entry devoted to Marvel’s hammer-wielding Dude of Thunder is a mere pit stop on the road to the “Avengers’’ film.Review
'The Beaver'
Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster star in this story of a CEO who falls apart and starts living life through a mangy beaver puppet. It strangely mirrors Gibson’s personal travails.Music
concert review
Band foregoes the concept, brings the rock
My Chemical Romance downplayed the storyline behind their post-apocalyptic concept album while in concert.
Critic's Notebook
The Cars get back in gear
The band revs up for a reunion with a new album, and it’s just what we needed.