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Robert W. Butler

Viggo Mortensen went the extra mile to prepare for his role in ‘The Road’

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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Timothy Finn

Review | Zac Brown goes beyond country for an eclectic, variety-pack night

Taylor Swift has locked up the title of “next big thing” in country music, but the award for “next long-term career” appears to be going elsewhere — the Zac Brown Band. Imagine an act whose style is so crossover it implies and recalls everyone from Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith to the Dave Matthews Band, the Allman Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Band, Commander Cody and Jimmy Buffet. And Phish.

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