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MOVIE REVIEW
‘Avatar’ is an out of body experience
It’s easy to get lost in the visually spectacular world of director James Cameron’s movie. Photos
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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- Oscar winner Jennifer Jones dead at 90 (AP, 1:21 p.m.)
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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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Theater/Art
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’ 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’
Coco Schrijber has handcrafted an often profound visual essay about the metaphysics of time.
‘Araya,’
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' 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).
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- 'Basterds,' 'Nine' among top Critics' Choice picks
- Boston film critics name ‘Hurt Locker’ year’s best
- `Precious,' `Up,' `Hangover' make AFI top-10 list
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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
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?
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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.