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Fabolous performs at the Roxy in Lawrence. (Globe Photo by Winslow Townson) How fabulous is Fabolous? Pretty fabulous, if you ask fans who went...

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'Ugly Betty' rescued
This show has really been failing in the ratings...

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25 under $25
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TELEVISION REVIEW
‘Scrubs’ returns,
toying with reinvention
The ABC show's reboot, complete with an altered cast and concept, was supposed to be awful. But it has been revived to some degree.


A tribute to James Mason, the thinking man’s movie star
"Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951) and "Lolita" (1962) - both starring Mason - play at the Brattle next weekend in belated celebration of Mason's centenary.

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Celebrity news


Alec Baldwin to retire in 2012
The actor, citing a lack of passion, reportedly said he'd retire from acting once his contract for the hit NBC TV series "30 Rock" expires. (BANG)


WH gatecrashers went without confirmed invitation
The couple that got into a state dinner without invitations denied on "Today" that they were gatecrashers. (AP)

Theater/Art


Does cool science make interesting art?
Brian Knep's digital prints - of mazes of microscopic worms - at the Judi Rotenberg Gallery don't quite translate.

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘Shipwrecked!,’ an emotional journey
Even a skeptical 21st-century audience may be inclined to go along for the ride with Louis de Rougemont, the eager-to-entertain protagonist of Donald Margulies's play.


Music

G Force

Rob Zombie's intensely strange resume
The hard rocker-Hollywood horror auteur is touring ahead of his first album in three years, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2." He plays the House of Blues Wednesday night.


2009 Boston Music Awards
There are some new names alongside old favorites on the ballot this year. Check out who's up for Act of the Year, vote for the nominees, and more.


Music gift guide
Our picks for holiday CDs
Andrea Bocelli tops the list for holiday music. See who else we recommend.

TV/Radio


The secret to a great sitcom
Good half-hour comedies usually take many months to find themselves and to define their individuality. But the secrets to a great sitcom are revealed in the progress of three new shows. Above: "Modern Family."

Television review

Frontline examines the credit card industry
The Card Game" looks at the dark - and highly profitable - underbelly of the credit card system.
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Movies


Tobey Maguire loses control
Playing a traumatized soldier whose life is unraveling, the intensely private actor reveals a darker side in "Brothers."


‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
By forgoing actual human beings, the director has made his most charming, least annoyingly fey film — a thing of lovely comic wisdom.- Wes Anderson is the mind behind the magic of ‘Mr. Fox’
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Books

Review

'Vanished' tangles ambitions, secrets, and war
Joseph Finder's latest thriller brings its readers through the murky world of private government contractors.

Review

Exploring fanaticism, religious and secular
The virus of fanaticism takes several forms, according to Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld's "In Praise of Doubt," which targets two: fundamentalists and relativists.


















