New generation pays tribute to Leonard Bernstein (AP) AP - Leonard Bernstein was as much a teacher as a conductor and composer. Now, the post boomer generation — Bernstein's musical grandchildren — have taken the stage, and perhaps just in time for classical music. Publ.Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:30:39 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Cussler delivers adventure, not great prose (AP) AP - "Arctic Drift" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 515 pages, $27.95), by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler: Everything you've heard about global warming is true, and it may already be too late to save humanity from mortal peril. The world is on a crash program to curtail its greenhouse gas emissions, driving gasoline prices through the roof. And Canada is about to declare war on the United States. Publ.Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:43:16 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Harvey Fierstein ponders his return to 'Hairspray' (AP) AP - "It takes a village to put Edna together," says Harvey Fierstein, back on Broadway for the final weeks of "Hairspray." Publ.Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:10:55 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
A tension-free 'American Buffalo' arrives on B'way (AP) AP - The four-letter words are intact but just about everything else is amiss in the slack, unsatisfying Broadway revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo." Publ.Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:10:21 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Billboard CD reviews (Reuters) Reuters - Beyonce devoted half of the tracks on this double-disc set to her feisty alter ego Sasha Fierce (think "Single Ladies"). But, it's the classic, more timeless R&B songs on the "I Am" portion of the album that seem like a much-welcomed stretch for the singer. Publ.Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:43:19 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
'LittleBigPlanet' revitalizes a stale genre (AP) AP - The platform game has fallen on hard times. Maybe it's that name, which came about in the 1980s when Mario was actually jumping on moving platforms in "Super Mario Bros." But the genre needs a catchier title, like "running-jumping-bouncing-super-fun-action-adventure." There has to be a Japanese word that encompasses all that. Publ.Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:47:10 GMT Source: Yahoo.com