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Google's take on the world

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:02:58 -0700

Companies need to "figure out how to be happy and get our lives together in this new configuration," Schmidt said, adding, "You can't waste money; credit is tight.

Companies need to "figure out how to be happy and get our lives together in this new configuration," Schmidt said, adding, "You can't waste money; credit is tight.

Review: 'I Love You, Beth Cooper'

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The teen movie is a rehash of many others as a nerd pursues an out-of-his-league cheerleader.

"I Love You, Beth Cooper" is not a remake -- it just feels like one. A flat, tired rehash of teen movie story tropes, the film attempts to have it both ways by winkingly acknowledging its secondhand origins. The distance from shameless rip-off to loving homage may not be far, but it is a chasm this film fails to jump.

Review: 'An Unlikely Weapon'

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

In Vietnam and elsewhere, Eddie Adams' weapon of choice was a camera. His life and his work, including the famous image 'Saigon Execution,' are recounted in the new documentary.

Eddie Adams made me weep long before I knew his name.

Review: 'Blood: The Last Vampire'

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Also reviewed: 'Weather Girl'

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

Review: 'Herb & Dorothy'

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

An ordinary couple with an extraordinary art collection.

If Ripley's Believe It or Not! were still around, Herb and Dorothy Vogel would surely be in it for amassing a world-class art collection on the most ordinary of working-class salaries. "They are one of the biggest collectors of new art in New York City," says artist Lucio Pozzi, "and you would never believe it."

'Bruno' has designs on $30 million-plus debut

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:38:19 -0700

International markets will likely prove as or more lucrative.

Exclusive: 'SYTYCD' 2009 tour dates

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:35:24 -0700

After tonight's edition of "So You Think You Can Dance" only 5 couples will remain

After tonight's edition of "So You Think You Can Dance" only 5 couples will remain

'Soul Power'

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The documentary focuses on the music festival 'Zaire 74' that was organized to go along with the Ali-Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle.'

Most everyone remembers "The Rumble in the Jungle," the 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, but who remembers "Zaire 74," the music festival that was organized to go along with it? "Soul Power," a vibrant and joyous new documentary, should end that anonymity.

Murdoch still won't talk about London tabloids

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:52:46 -0700

On business: "It's going to take years and years" before we see growth.

'Drop Dead Diva' mixes brains and beauty

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

A petite would-be model and a full-figured lawyer swap spirits in the new Lifetime series.

You could think of Lifetime's new dramedy, " Drop Dead Diva ," as a summer fable of sorts.