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From SpongeBob to eternity

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:35:14 -0400

SpongeBob SquarePants is no stranger to Boston. Before Nickelodeon's beloved cartoon character shacked up in a pineapple with his pet snail, the Krusty Krab fry...

Emmy plays favorites

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:34:07 -0400

Emmy decided to fatten up for fall. Partly in response to widespread criticism over how basic cable series dominated last year's awards, the Academy of Television...

Big David Letterman win in weekly late-night ratings

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:44:36 -0400

NEW YORK - There could be a new king emerging in late-night television. David Letterman's CBS "Late Show" whipped NBC's "Tonight" show with...

Eye-opening 'Child' casts ethereal aura

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:08:22 -0400

First, I am not going to step into the subject of other people's religions. But let me say that the whole Tibetan-Buddhist reincarnation thing leaves me baffled. ...

One man's 'Windmill' is window on soul

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:08:00 -0400

Starting out with a brilliant black-and-white short by its subject, "The Windmill Movie" tells the quixotic tale of a man who could never finish his magnum opus. The...

'Summer' days aren't so hot

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:07:01 -0400

Seemingly grown in a petri dish at Sundance, "(500) Days of Summer" is a quirky, too-clever-by-half indieromantic comedy, and in case you forget it, the filmmakers...

SpongeBob SquarePants week starts tonight

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:03:11 -0400

It's been a busy week for the residents of fictional Bikini Bottom. The Nickelodeon animated hit "SpongeBob SquarePants" turns 10 today, but the celebration...

A day with SpongeBob SquarePants?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:56 -0400

Ever wondered what you would do if you could spend a day with SpongeBob SquarePants? Here's what some local fans had to say. "We would eat krabby patties,...

For Whom Rock the Bells tolls

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:58:23 -0400

Nas, the guy who proclaimed the death of hip-hop, has come to terms with its passing. The Queens rapper, known in hip-hop circles as the genre's premier poet, landed...

Company One's frog has legs

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:55:36 -0400

At a rehearsal for Company One's "After the Quake," actor Michael Tow, who plays a giant frog in the show, is trying on his full amphibian look for the first...

'Power' players pack knockout punch

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:51:28 -0400

Try as they might, even the likes of James Brown and B.B. King don't have the star power to trump The Greatest. Without so much as throwing a jab, the legendary...

Gotta love it

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:50:04 -0400

GO: FESTIVAL BETANCES Tito Rojas, also known as El Gallo Salsero (The Salsa Rooster), will no doubt have the crowd swooning at this weekend's Festival Betances with...

Slaine mobbed up with La Coka Nostra

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:48:33 -0400

Slaine can be described in many ways: profane, troubled, darkly funny - all attributes that made the rapper a natural for his scene-stealing role in Ben Affleck's Boston-based...

BROOKE WHITE

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:42:42 -0400

White rode her girl-next-door looks and personality to a fifth-place finish on season seven of "American Idol." That personality shines through on her major-label...

BUSDRIVER

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:42:16 -0400

Busdriver has the tools to make a stellar rap album. The issue is getting those individuals parts to function as one smooth-running machine. Blessed with above-average hip-hop...

CROSBY LOGGINS

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:41:50 -0400

Crosby must be awfully tired of being referred to as "son of '80s hitmaker Kenny Loggins." Fact is, it's opened a lot of doors. A soulful album with former...

GENE DANTE AND THE FUTURE STARLETS

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:37:13 -0400

Singing and posing like the bastard spawn of Freddie Mercury, David Bowie and Billy Joel, Somerville's Dante stakes out territory somewhere between "The Rocky Horror...

King Sunny delights Hub's juju kingdom

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:37:10 -0400

Nigerian Afropop star King Sunny Ade came home Wednesday night - or, more accurately, returned to the city that embraced Africa's answer to Bob Marley when he introduced...

Duchy blessed by Pixies dust

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:35:33 -0400

"If you want to know anything about the Pixies," said Violet Clark, "you'll have to ask that other Black Francis, the one in the Pixies. This one's...

Gigs around town

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:58:11 -0400

FRIDAY BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY Everybody knows one Cab Calloway song; these retro-swingers just proved their taste by doing a full album's worth. At Showcase Live, Foxboro,...

Short people: Comic brings Jiminy Glick, Ed Grimley and friends to Boston

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:49:07 -0400

Martin Short is hosting a bash and you're invited. "It's like a party with Marty," the comic said of his show, which comes to the Wilbur Theatre on...

'Summer' breeze fills Zooey Deschanel with optimism

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:39:19 -0400

Zooey Deschanel has a history of playing women who march to the beat of their own drummer, in films such as "Elf," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"...

Sacha Baron Cohen's gay shtick is far from numero 'Bruno'

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:38:06 -0400

Assuming outlandish guises, gulling the gullible and piling on the transgressive jokes, including plenty of gay-panic-inducing antics, is Sacha Baron Cohen's shtick. ...

Culinary calendar

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:44:42 -0400

TODAY Summer Fridays at the Museum of Fine Arts feature wine and cocktails under the stars in the Calderwood Courtyard and a seasonal menu prepared by chef Jacqueline Kelly...

Hotel restaurant is worth checking out

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:27:49 -0400

When I opened the menu at North 26, the restaurant at the newly renovated Millennium Bostonian hotel, I discovered a 15-percent-off-your-entire- meal (exclusive of tax and...