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Harry Potter is right: 'Snogging' is enough

07/13/2009 10:25 PM

The fun wizards and witches of Harry Potter’s world frequently have been compared with the sexy vamps of “Twilight.” I’ve read and enjoyed both series, but I’m glad they are different.

Still rocking: Def Leppard singer talks about the music business and survival of '80s hard rock

07/13/2009 10:27 PM

Hard rockers of all sorts from the 1980s are once again at the peak of pop culture. And Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott says he knows why.

Tweens turn Disney Channel into a superstar

07/13/2009 10:29 PM

Since his arrival as senior vice president of programming in 1996, Rich Ross has transformed the Disney Channel from a cable TV backwater that ran old films and educational fare into a reliable profit engine for the Walt Disney Co.

Costa-Gavras' film 'Z' still thrills after 40 years

07/13/2009 10:33 PM

Filmmaker Costa-Gavras landmark political thriller “Z,” with its generalized indictment of government corruption everywhere, packed a powerful punch when it was released in 1969. It still does.

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Aaron Barnhart

‘CSI’ producer adds cable to his stable

Ladies, presenting the star of the action-packed new TNT series “Dark Blue”… Dylan McDermott! No? That did not stop traffic? That did not launch a thousand TiVos? Well, perhaps that is the reason that the former star of ABC’s “The Practice” does not have lead billing in most of the publicity material being circulated by TNT to promote “Dark Blue,” which begins 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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Food calendar | July 15-21

07/13/2009 10:54 PM

Classes JAPANESE COOKING DEMONSTRATION: 2-5 p.m. July 16, Hy-Vee, 12200 State Line, Leawood. Free. (913-345-9477)

Ink's bar guide

Here's the buzz on KC's best watering holes from packed pubs to underground dives: hundreds of bar listings, cool bartender profiles and dedicated regulars' tips.

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Attention, Adult Swim fans: Robot Chicken Roller Skating Tour is coming to KC

07/15/2009 12:50 AM

Only in Adult Swimland could a juvenile activity be transformed into legitimate adult silliness. Kansas City is one of just nine venues chosen for the Robot Chicken Roller Skating Tour ... although one suspects this is a dubious honor as there may only be nine big-city roller rinks left in America.

Movie poll | Explain Transformers' phenomenal success

07/09/2009 11:13 PM

We knew Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen would do well, but $300 million well? In less than two weeks? What's its secret?
Vote here.

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‘Food, Inc.’: A horror movie with a message | 3 ½ stars

I’m happy to have any appetite at all since watching “Food, Inc.” Director Robert Kenner’s documentary is powerful. Maybe even life-changing.

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Review | Starlight's 'Anything Goes' lively, relevant

Starlight Theatre has mounted a lively production of the classic Depression-era musical “Anything Goes.”

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Addresses, Web sites and phone numbers for music venues throughout Kansas City and Lawrence

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