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• Brian Wilson waxes rhapsodic on Gershwin
• History lessons with the Culture Clash seal
• Television review: 'The Big C'
• Box office: 'Expendables' blows up, 'Scott Pilgrim' out of tune, 'Eat Pray Love' has decent first bite
• Music review: Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band at the Hollywood Bowl
• Adam Sandler finishing best box-office run in a decade with 'Grown Ups'
• Live review: Seu Jorge and his band Almaz at Club Nokia
• Abbey Lincoln dies at 80; jazz singer, actress, civil rights advocate

Brian Wilson waxes rhapsodic on Gershwin Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT Sixty-six years after first falling under the spell of 'Rhapsody in Blue,' the Beach Boys founder devised a way to tap into that feeling again with his new album, 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.' Sixty-six years after first falling under the spell of 'Rhapsody in Blue,' the Beach Boys founder devised a way to tap into that feeling again with his new album, 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.'

History lessons with the Culture Clash seal Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT 'American Night: The Ballad of Juan José,' whose earnest themes are leavened with humor, is a hot ticket at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 'American Night: The Ballad of Juan José,' whose earnest themes are leavened with humor, is a hot ticket at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Television review: 'The Big C' Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT Laura Linney stars in a new Showtime series that plays her character's late-stage cancer for dark laughs and newfound insights. But the series has issues of its own. Laura Linney stars in a new Showtime series that plays her character's late-stage cancer for dark laughs and newfound insights. But the series has issues of its own.

Box office: 'Expendables' blows up, 'Scott Pilgrim' out of tune, 'Eat Pray Love' has decent first bite Posted: 15 Aug 2010 10:01 AM PDT Old-fashioned action proved much more potent at the box office this weekend than modern fanboy fantasy and female self-discovery. Old-fashioned action proved much more potent at the box office this weekend than modern fanboy fantasy and female self-discovery.

Music review: Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band at the Hollywood Bowl Posted: 15 Aug 2010 05:30 PM PDT Hot girl in bikini: Hi. I noticed you from across the pool. Me: Hi! My name is - Her: I just like your Miike Snow shirt. Me: I quit. #theEnd Hot girl in bikini: Hi. I noticed you from across the pool. Me: Hi! My name is - Her: I just like your Miike Snow shirt. Me: I quit. #theEnd

Adam Sandler finishing best box-office run in a decade with 'Grown Ups' Posted: 15 Aug 2010 03:22 PM PDT The comedy will finish its two-month run with about $160 million. The comedy will finish its two-month run with about $160 million.

Live review: Seu Jorge and his band Almaz at Club Nokia Posted: 15 Aug 2010 06:54 PM PDT A charismatic pop chameleon and his band subtly but decisively transform cover tunes. A charismatic pop chameleon and his band subtly but decisively transform cover tunes.

Abbey Lincoln dies at 80; jazz singer, actress, civil rights advocate Posted: 15 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT She started as 'a sexy young thing in a Marilyn Monroe dress' before joining Max Roach on 'We Insist! Freedom Now Suite,' a landmark musical statement of the civil rights movement. Abbey Lincoln, an acclaimed jazz singer, songwriter and actress who evolved from a supper-club singer into a strong voice for civil rights, has died. She was 80.

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