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Holiday movies quiz

What fictional town is the center of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"? Test your knowledge of these films.
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Take 2 Movie Reviews
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Mallard Fillmore

Mallard Fillmore

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Horoscopes
Daily horoscopes

What's your sign?

Find out what the stars have in store for you.
Crosswords

Puzzled?

If not, give these mind-bending crosswords a whirl.
Sudoku Daily

Sudoku!

Need a distraction? Sudoku's now at your fingertips.
New celebrity blog
Names Blog
Brady baby still has no name on jersey
If you can believe Tom Brady, the QB's baby boy remains nameless nearly a week after his birth. Appearing today on WEEI, Brady said...

Restaurants

Dining Out
City TableCity Table
1.5 Stars  The restaurant at the Lenox Hotel takes a neighborly approach.

Album Reviews

Alicia Keys'The Element of Freedom'
Alicia Keys is visceral and compelling in new album.

Blogs

Viewer Discretion blog
Thursday chat at noon Talk TV with Globe critic Matthew Gilbert -- Thurs., Dec....
Exhibitionist blog
New director at Davis Museum The Davis Museum and Cultural Center, at Wellesley College, has...
Movie Nation blog
The "sag" in the SAG Awards The Screen Actors Guild Awards know they’re great. They’re “the...

Globe critics

Sebastian Smee
Art critic
Sebastian Smee
Jeremy Eichler
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Jeremy Eichler
Wesley Morris
Film critic
Wesley Morris

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Knock on wood with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
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Hot Shots

See fabulous pics from Boston's dance nights and clubs.

25 under $25

Get more out of Boston for less. See 25 recession-proof (and fun) things to do.
MOVIE REVIEW
'Avatar'

‘Avatar’ is an out of body experience

3.5 Stars  It’s easy to get lost in the visually spectacular world of director James Cameron’s movie.
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The 10 biggest stories of 2009

The 10 biggest stories of 2009

We count down the top 10 entertainment stories that most captivated Boston.com readers' attention in 2009. See what makes number one.
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Celebrity news

Elin Nordegren

Tiger's wife will file for divorce

A source close to Woods's wife, Elin Nordegren, told ABC News.com that a "divorce is 100 percent on."
Russell Ferguson

Boston's own Russell Ferguson wins 'SYTYCD'

The 20-year-old hip-hop and krump dancer from Roxbury was crowned the winner of "So You Think You Can Dance."

TV/Radio

Television review
John Stossel

Switch to cable hasn’t changed Stossel

John Stossel opened his new show on Fox Business Network last week with a discussion of global warming.
Matthew Gilbert's TV-14
Matthew Gilbert's TV-14

Decade's best TV moments

A look back at the best moments on scripted television in the past 10 years. Some were mind-blowing and some were iconic. All of them represent the peaks in a decade of superior writing and acting on TV.

Theater/Art

BCA group show both challenging and vexing

BCA group show both challenging and vexing

"Strange Loops" is deliberately neither here nor there, rendering it both discomforting and intriguing.
STAGE REVIEW
'The Christmas Revels'

‘The Christmas Revels’ prefers nice over naughty

"Revels," now at Sanders Theatre, wears its old-fashioned, dare-to-be-corny sensibility on its sleeve.

Movies

'Bloody Mondays and Strawberry Pies'

‘Bloody Mondays and Strawberry Pies’

3.5 Stars  Coco Schrijber has handcrafted an often profound visual essay about the metaphysics of time.
'Araya'

‘Araya,’

2.5 Stars  Drudgery is shown in poetic light in the documentary by Margot Benacerraf, which is about the lives of salt miners and laborers in Venezuela.
67th Golden Globe nominations
'Up in the Air'

'Up in the Air' leads the pack

The 2009 Golden Globe nominations are in. "Up in the Air" has six nominations (best drama, director, actor, screenplay, and two supporting actress nominations).

Music

Photos
Decade's irresistible singles

Decade's irresistible singles

Whether these were the "best" of the last ten years isn't the point. What matters is that at some point, these songs wormed their way into your head.
What a collector loses (and gains) by downloading

What a collector loses (and gains) by downloading

Technology has made it easier than ever to take your music with you wherever you go. But why is that collecting music now means so much less?

Books

Review

Self-help for electronic overkill

"The Tyranny of E-mail" author John Freeman is convinced that e-mail is increasingly discouraging the development of complex and nuanced thinking as well as taking the place of direct human contact.