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Mafia II: Great story, but limited gameplay
The original Mafia game, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, was a story that took place in the 1930s, when the bootlegging of alcohol ruled the streets. In Mafia II, we move up to the 1940s in the midst of World War II and the mob still looking for ways to make money ...
John Stamos gets his ‘Glee’ on
LOS ANGELES — It's just another day on the set of "Glee" and Lea Michele, who plays spirited songstress Rachel Berry, is in her schoolgirl attire, roaming around with a salad in hand and a female companion by her side...
‘Star Wars’ actress broadens souvenir universe for female fans
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Ashley Eckstein...
Comcast’s Steve Burke to lead NBC Universal after Jeff Zucker’s exit
LOS ANGELES — Comcast Corp.'s second-in-command Steve Burke will become chief executive of NBC Universal when the merger of the entertainment assets of Comcast and General Electric Co. is complete, the two companies announced Sunday...
Super spoofers
After seeing The 39 Steps at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, I tried to recall all of the Hitchcock references the show contained. I counted no fewer than seven, and I’m almost certain I missed at least a handful more. Then, at the same moment that I was ...
Awful everything
The good news for Paul W.S. Anderson is that Uwe Boll, his only serious competition for worst movie-maker in the biz, has another BloodRayne movie on the way...
Mastering the mob mentality
In 1997 Sicilian-born filmmaker Marco Amenta made an hour-long documentary about Rita Atria, the young woman who risked her life by ratting out various members of the Sicilian mob — including members of her own family — pulling the strings and the triggers in the ...
Back from the brink
Rose Hill Drive almost dissolved 17 months ago, when members became disillusioned with the direction their career was taking. Now, they’ve added bassist Jimmy Stofer and they’re gearing up for a second run, reincarnated as a four-piece...
Local Natives stay restless
Andy Hamm has no time to think. One thing he knows: This is a good thing. The whirlwind of tour dates and promotional appearances surrounding Hamm and his bandmates in Local Natives happens once or twice a year, when a buzz band rises above the here-today-gone-...
Brace yourself for Stockhausen
If you are looking for a mind-blowing classical music experience, Boulder is the place to be next week...
Norm MacDonald developing show for Comedy Central
Norm MacDonald, the former "Saturday Night Live...