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The Gosselin kids received an early Christmas this year: “Jon & Kate Plus 8” ended this week. Now maybe their parents will get back to their real job: Parenting.
You just can’t stump her. Emmylou Harris’ web of musical connections is so vast and intricate, it shames even Kevin Bacon, whose eponymous “Six Degrees” game unites seemingly disparate Hollywood actors in six short steps.
Italian crime families have become a staple of video games over the last few years, starring in such hits as “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,” “The Godfather” and “Mafia.” And don’t get me started on “Mafia Wars,” the browser game that’s consuming half of my Facebook friends.
Bet that romantic cliffhanger in “New Moon” got you salivating for the next “Twilight” movie, which just finished filming. Here are some tidbits about the upcoming films to help tide you over until “Eclipse” moves in June 30.
TONIGHT For whatever reason, this year’s anniversary of the killing of President John F. Kennedy seems to be sparking more than the usual cultural interest. History Channel had a two-hour special in October, and tonight Discovery offers two new hours: “Did the Mob Kill JFK?” makes that case at 7 p.m., while “JFK: The Ruby Connection” at 8 p.m. takes a more skeptical view of theories linking Jack Ruby to Lee Harvey Oswald.
Previous ColumnsThe Iron Horse bills itself as “an American bistro,” and the concept fits. In France, a bistro is usually a small, informal neighborhood joint specializing in a limited menu of home-style classics.
For a few fleeting moments Sunday, the music at the Beaumont Club was quite lovely.
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Next month brings some big movies, like “Avatar,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “The Princess and the Frog.” Vote here for your favorite.
One of the many shocks in “The Road,” the screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel, comes when actor Viggo Mortensen pulls off his tattered, grimy clothing to luxuriate in a waterfall. The hunky star who played Aragorn in the “Lord of the Rings” movies now looks emaciated.
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In the space of 90 minutes Saturday night, Roger Rees took an enthusiastic audience at the Folly Theater through a few hundred years of great literature and pungent theater history in his splendid one-man show, “What You Will.”
Previous ColumnsAddresses, Web sites and phone numbers for music venues throughout Kansas City and Lawrence
Check out the finalists and the winners in our 28-Second Film Fest contest
For young to old, funny to serious, our holiday movie guide is stuffed with gifts for all sorts.