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Best & Worst: Teen Choice Awards 2010
'Batman Inc.' gets busy as Grant Morrison takes the hero beyond 'blue-collar' rage
Critic's notebook: Lighten up, Leo
Album review: Fitz & the Tantrums' 'Pickin' Up the Pieces'
Jon Robin Baitz gets back to basics at Ojai Playwrights Conference
'Horrible Bosses': The next R-rated comedy blockbuster?
Album review: Baths' 'Cerulean'
Album review: Wait. Think. Fast's 'Luces Del Sur'
What's behind Will Ferrell's comeback?
Album review: Autolux's 'Transit Transit'

Best & Worst: Teen Choice Awards 2010

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 07:45 PM PDT

Katy Perry (finally) goes to high school, Justin Bieber enters his late-Elvis phase and Ken Jeong leaves us scratching our heads.

'Batman Inc.' gets busy as Grant Morrison takes the hero beyond 'blue-collar' rage

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT

Critic's notebook: Lighten up, Leo

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT

DiCaprio plays yet another flawed man in 'Inception.' Perhaps it's time to re-imagine a future more like Meryl Streep's, with a wide variety of roles.

DiCaprio plays yet another flawed man in 'Inception.' Perhaps it's time to re-imagine a future more like Meryl Streep's, with a wide variety of roles.

Album review: Fitz & the Tantrums' 'Pickin' Up the Pieces'

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 07:28 PM PDT

When it comes to evoking the products of a past musical era, there's a thin line between love and hokiness.

When it comes to evoking the products of a past musical era, there's a thin line between love and hokiness.

Jon Robin Baitz gets back to basics at Ojai Playwrights Conference

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The California native is workshopping 'Other Desert Cities' before taking it to Lincoln Center.

The California native is workshopping 'Other Desert Cities' before taking it to Lincoln Center.

'Horrible Bosses': The next R-rated comedy blockbuster?

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:43 PM PDT

The movie already has emerged as one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of next summer.

Album review: Baths' 'Cerulean'

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 07:14 PM PDT

The great bonus of the laptop age, from a composer's perspective, is that one doesn't have to deal with other humans in order to craft rich, dynamic music.

The great bonus of the laptop age, from a composer's perspective, is that one doesn't have to deal with other humans in order to craft rich, dynamic music.

Album review: Wait. Think. Fast's 'Luces Del Sur'

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 06:36 PM PDT

Wait. Think. Fast seems like the kind of band that should be commonplace in Los Angeles.

Wait. Think. Fast seems like the kind of band that should be commonplace in Los Angeles.

What's behind Will Ferrell's comeback?

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

And is it one?

Theories abound about Ferrell's success with "The Other Guys," but he hasn't changed his own brand of comedy that much between the hits and the failures.