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• Television review: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey'
• Actress Lynn Redgrave has died at age 67
• Polanski breaks silence over US extradition case
• Helen Wagner, matriarch of 'As the World Turns' for more than 50 years, dies at 91
• 'Chuck' fans hit the street to get more people to tune in
• Summer Movie Sneaks: Photos, videos, news and more
• Live Review: No Age and Growing at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock
• 'Little Miss Sunshine' musical to premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in February
• 'Iron Man 2' blasts off with $100 million overseas
• John Basilone's last battle

Television review: 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' Posted: 03 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT Danielle Staub and her castmates/enemies behave badly. It can't be good for the kids. The "Real Housewives" franchise has always been more than a little troubling. The general premise — that if you put a group of well-off women together, they will spend their time buying luxury goods, obsessing about their appearance and stabbing each other in the back — is, essentially, misogyny on a stick. Which doesn't mean it isn't entertaining; for three and a half minutes last year, I thought I liked the New Jersey version, mostly because the women were actually related, which made their relationships seem less like diva-casting, and two or three of them were mildly recognizable as actual wives and mothers.

Actress Lynn Redgrave has died at age 67 Posted: 03 May 2010 08:56 AM PDT Lynn Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the freethinking title character of "Georgy Girl" and later dramatized her troubled past in such one-woman stage performances "Shakespeare for My Father" and "Nightingale," has died. She was 67.

Polanski breaks silence over US extradition case Posted: 02 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT PARIS -- Filmmaker Roman Polanski, breaking a months-long silence, said Sunday that the U.S. is demanding his extradition from Switzerland on a 33-year-old sex case largely to serve him "on a platter to the media."

Helen Wagner, matriarch of 'As the World Turns' for more than 50 years, dies at 91 Posted: 03 May 2010 05:58 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Helen Wagner, who played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" for more than a half-century and spoke its first words, has died at age 91.

'Chuck' fans hit the street to get more people to tune in Posted: 03 May 2010 07:39 AM PDT With the fate of the beleaguered action-comedy series still unknown, "Chuck" enthusiasts hit the streets Monday to rally support.

Summer Movie Sneaks: Photos, videos, news and more Posted: 02 May 2010 07:18 PM PDT From the heavyweights to the indie fare to the Oscar hopefuls, the season offers a mix of movies for every audience.

Live Review: No Age and Growing at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock Posted: 02 May 2010 03:48 PM PDT Songwriter David Berman once wrote that "punk rock died the first time someone said 'Punk's not dead,'" but he surely wasn't at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock on Saturday night. Songwriter David Berman once wrote that "punk rock died the first time someone said 'Punk's not dead,'" but he surely wasn't at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock on Saturday night.

'Little Miss Sunshine' musical to premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in February Posted: 02 May 2010 03:22 PM PDT That quirky clan from "Little Miss Sunshine" is heading to the stage. That quirky clan from "Little Miss Sunshine" is heading to the stage.

'Iron Man 2' blasts off with $100 million overseas Posted: 02 May 2010 11:41 AM PDT Tony Stark didn't need Americans to make his first $100 million. Tony Stark didn't need Americans to make his first $100 million.

John Basilone's last battle Posted: 03 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT The Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who died on Iwo Jima — and whose heroism is resurrected in 'The Pacific' — is recalled by a World War II comrade. (Sunday's episode of "The Pacific" — the eighth of the 10-part HBO miniseries — depicted the death of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone during the first day of fighting on Iwo Jima. William Lansford, a Marine and Angeleno, also fought that day in Iwo Jima and recalls his friendship with the famous Marine gunnery sergeant and his last day.)

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