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Young men in a hurry
Watching "Speed Racer," the new summer lollapalooza from the Wachowski brothers, is like being force-fed a Costco-size bag of your favorite candy. - Video Take 2: Ty Burr and Wesley Morris review the film
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Movie review
'Son of Rambow'
Unfolding at a brisk, surreally comic narrative trot, "Rambow" watches the relationship between two young boys evolve from bully and victim to partners in crime and creativity.Latest headlines
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Music
A Beatles-esque approach for Panic is 'Pretty.Odd.'
Happy, singing clouds; shiny, robust suns; and beguiling female-identified moons - not to mention various winds, stars, and weather vanes - appear so often in the lyrics of "Pretty.Odd" you begin to wonder if the band is obsessed with meteorology.
Theater/Arts
'Hear the city as a symphony'
"Harmony in the Age of Noise," an interactive sound-art installation designed by Bruce Odland, may not tell you the future, but it will certainly tune you into the present, as you dial through the sounds of the Tufts community in Medford.
- Audio Listen to a Medford soundscape
- Event At the Tisch Library, Tufts University, through Aug. 10
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Celebrity news
Liv Tyler splits from husband
Actress Liv Tyler and British rocker Royston Langdon reportedly have ended their five-year marriage, but said they will remain on good terms for the sake of their son Milo. (BANG)
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Long-running show boosts its local focus
Candy O'Terry has been a cohost of "Exceptional Women" for 15 years on "Magic" WMJX-FM (106.7).
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A celebrity interviewer takes a turn at tell-all
Barbara Walters's memoir, "Audition," focuses on herself as a celebrity confronting countless personal challenges.
Family Entertainment
If your kid is like mine. . .
Looking for some parental guidance? Globe writers share strategies for satisfying many kinds of kid — from the hipster to the hiker.