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Summer movie preview

Summer movie preview

Blasts from the past are aiming to hit big again this season. Critics Ty Burr and Wesley Morris offer an early look.
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'Will & Grace'

Most tragic shark jumps

Here's the story of 14 shows and that dark moment when Matthew Gilbert realized they were heading into a tailspin.

Games and more

Crosswords

Puzzled?

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

What's your sign?

Find out what the stars have in store for you today.
Comics

Comics

Are you a Doonesbury fan? Never miss Garfield? Stop here.
Sudoku Daily

Daily Sudoku!

Need a distraction? Sudoku's now at your fingertips.
Dining Out
GrezzoGrezzo
3.0 Stars  In Boston's North End, a raw food restaurant makes going green a pleasure.

CD reviews

Indie
Death Cab for Cutie, 'Narrow Stairs''Narrow Stairs'
Death Cab for Cutie is well on its way to major-label rock group status.

Blogs

Exhibitionist blog
Alsop, And Others, American Academy Marin Alsop gets elected into the American Academy of Arts...
Movie Nation blog
Ty's movie picks for Friday, May 9 The family film you're looking for this weekend is...
Viewer Discretion blog
Presidential politics, "Idol" style Voters of America, "Idol"-watchers, bear me out on my latest...

Globe critics

Joan Anderman
Music critic
Joan Anderman
Jeremy Eichler
classical
Jeremy Eichler
Wesley Morris
Film critic
Wesley Morris

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Movie review
'Speed Racer'

Young men in a hurry

2.0 Stars  Watching "Speed Racer," the new summer lollapalooza from the Wachowski brothers, is like being force-fed a Costco-size bag of your favorite candy.
Movie review
'Son of Rambow'

'Son of Rambow'

3.5 Stars  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.
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Music

'Panic at the Disco'

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

Gazebo erected atop the roof of the Tisch Library at Tufts

'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.

Celebrity news

Liv Tyler

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)

TV/Radio

Radio tracks
Candy O'Terry

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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Books

Review
Barbara Walters

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

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.