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Brady/Bundchen (updated)
The huddle at Tom Brady's house got a little more crowded with the birth of his second child, a boy delivered Tuesday by his...

Restaurants

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Ginger ParkGinger Park
2.5 Stars  Banq gets a New York chef and a new brand in the South End.

Album Reviews

Snoop Dogg'Malice N Wonderland'
Snoop Dogg's new album lacks bite.

Blogs

Viewer Discretion blog
Sawyer bids farewell Diane Sawyer said an emotional, memory-filled goodbye today on "Good...
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Maeda on Globe story Rhode Island School of Design President John Maeda, who declined...
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Ty's movie picks for Friday December 11 Some goodies on Boston-area screen this weekend. Clint East drops...

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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 in the last decade, whether you wanted them to or not, these songs wormed their way into your head.
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Matt Damon stars in 'Invictus'

Politics and rugby collide in Eastwood's ‘Invictus’

3.0 Stars  The director tells the story of South Africans finding reconciliation through rugby.
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Art review
'Inner City'

'Inner City' of ceramic dreams

Arnie Zimmerman's RISD installation depicts a heaving metropolis with such dizzying detail, the mind reels.
Stages
An artist's rendering of the Salem Theatre Company's new venue

Salem theater group has new home

Difficult times for the arts aren't stopping the Salem Theatre Company, which announced this week that it has leased a 60-seat theater space at 90 Lafayette St.

Celebrity news

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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen

Brady: 'It's a boy'

Speaking at his weekly press conference yesterday, Pats QB Tom Brady confirmed the birth and said mother and child are doing well, but he didn't get much sleep.
Jon Gosselin

Judge: Jon Gosselin must stop unofficial events

A judge has ruled that events like a Las Vegas pool party that Gosselin recently hosted must stop. (AP)

Movies

'La Dance'

‘La Danse’

4.0 Stars  From documentary master Frederick Wiseman, a look at the demanding world of the Paris Opera Ballet at the Brattle Theater.
'The Princess and the Frog'

‘The Princess and the Frog’

2.5 Stars  The movie forces Princess Tiana into the same conundrum that every Disney heroine faces: the marriage fantasy. She puts up a fuss, but it's no use.

Music

Lissy Trullie

Music came first - not modeling

Ginger-haired indie rocker and former model Lissy Trullie is becoming the buzz of New York's downtown music scene.
Concert review
Justin Bieber

Left is right at KISS 108 Jingle Ball

Justin Bieber proved that there is a wealth of talent behind his teen idol image at the concert in Lowell.

TV/Radio

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.
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'Outer Space Astronauts'

‘Outer Space’ adventure is ultimately aimless

The animation style of Syfy’s new five-episode series, “Outer Space Astronauts,’’ is pretty funny. The writing? Not as funny.

Books

Review
'Open,' Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi serves up honesty in memoir 'Open'

This extended, occasionally lyrical and salty love song to tennis has velocity, verve, and power. Venom and tone, too.
Review
'Devil's Dream'

'Devil's Dream' strains for sympathy

Though Madison Smartt Bell pulls out all the literary stops, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest never quite becomes a character we sympathize with.