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• Sade's whims haven't failed her yet
• In 'Mad Men,' fewer places to hide
• Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have a baby boy
• Who would believe that 'Hereafter' and 'Jackass 3D' actually have something in common?
• Movie review: 'Jackass 3D'
• On the Media: Without PBS, KCET needs creative surge
• 'The Hobbit' movies ready to go, pending labor resolution
• MGM delays creditors' vote by a week, boosting Lions Gate merger proposal
• Live review: M.I.A. at the Mayan
• Gustavo Dudamel coming to PBS in December, along with Eva Mendes

Sade's whims haven't failed her yet Posted: 16 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT The singer and her band put out a hit album, their first in nine years, in February but aren't touring behind it until next year. Oh, and after nine years of vegetarianism, she's eating meat again. The singer and her band put out a hit album, their first in nine years, in February but aren't touring behind it until next year. Oh, and after nine years of vegetarianism, she's eating meat again.

In 'Mad Men,' fewer places to hide Posted: 16 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT The new office for the firm is smaller with fewer opportunities for privacy and privilege. With a less repressive environment, the ad agency reflects a new social order is on its way. Where do characters still flee for secrecy? Think closets and elevators. A boy, dressed up as a cowboy, sits under a dining room table, clutching the rods of a chair like bars on a prison cell. "Let me outta here! Let me outta here!" he screams. It's a scene from fictional adman Don Draper's most acclaimed commercial, and though it may just be a spot for a floor wax, viewers of "Mad Men" know that it symbolizes much more. The show, which ends its fourth season Sunday, has repeatedly used enclosed spaces — elevators, closets, back seats — to reinforce the themes of secrecy, repression and isolation that are central to the show.

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have a baby boy Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:55 PM PDT Singer Alicia Keys and her husband, rapper-producer Swizz Beatz, a.k.a. Kaseem Dean, welcomed a baby boy Thursday in New York. Singer Alicia Keys and her husband, rapper-producer Swizz Beatz, a.k.a. Kaseem Dean, welcomed a baby boy Thursday in New York.

Who would believe that 'Hereafter' and 'Jackass 3D' actually have something in common? Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT In what has be to be bad news for Clint Eastwood's Oscar chances, "Hereafter" and "Jackass 3D" have the exact same score at Metacritic: 53. In what has be to be bad news for Clint Eastwood's Oscar chances, "Hereafter" and "Jackass 3D" have the exact same score at Metacritic: 53.

Movie review: 'Jackass 3D' Posted: 16 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT Animals fare better than ostensible humans do in 'Jackass 3D's' slapstick stunts. "Jackass 3D," a touching saga about a group of middle-aged pranksters trying to recapture their distant youth, mentions in its end credits that "some" of the stunts were monitored by the American Humane Assn. The bit where the pig eats the apple out of a dark place in the guy's anatomy was monitored, for example. Others were not.

On the Media: Without PBS, KCET needs creative surge Posted: 16 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT The public TV station's plan to dump PBS and go with its own programming can only work if there's a culture of dynamic innovation, something that's been sorely lacking for a while. The public TV station's plan to dump PBS and go with its own programming can only work if there's a culture of dynamic innovation, something that's been sorely lacking for a while.

'The Hobbit' movies ready to go, pending labor resolution Posted: 15 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. have agreed to start production on the two films that serve as a prequel to the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

MGM delays creditors' vote by a week, boosting Lions Gate merger proposal Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:42 PM PDT MGM's board of directors has agreed to delay by a week the Oct. 22 deadline for a creditors' vote on a prepackaged bankruptcy plan. MGM's board of directors has agreed to delay by a week the Oct. 22 deadline for a creditors' vote on a prepackaged bankruptcy plan.

Live review: M.I.A. at the Mayan Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:08 PM PDT British rapper brings charisma and forceful physical presence to the Mayan in L.A. British rapper brings charisma and forceful physical presence to the Mayan in L.A.

Gustavo Dudamel coming to PBS in December, along with Eva Mendes Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:47 PM PDT The "Great Performances," featuring the recent opening-night concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be hosted by actress Eva Mendes. The "Great Performances," featuring the recent opening-night concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be hosted by actress Eva Mendes.

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