Monday, November 23, 2009
Tom Long: Film Review: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' -- GRADE: C
Review: 'New Moon' is just what 'Twilight' fans want -- unfortunately
Tom Long: A big bowl of adolescent romantic mush garnished with horror-lite action scenes and a rushed road trip, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is a mess. But to be fair to director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, it is the mess "Twilight" fans were expecting and probably demanding. - 11/20/2009
2009 holiday DVD guide: Plop these Christmas videos in the player
It's holiday time again, and that means a new batch of DVDs to help get you in the mood. Here's a look at this year's new Christmas releases for kids and families. - 11/19/2009
Editor's Choice
Fall Entertainment
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Viewpoints
Pop Culture: Adam Graham
Adam Graham: To answer the question in the headline, probably not, but Segel did pull a Mike Jones and give out his phone number to fans at the Wiltern … Continued
Words & Music: Susan Whitall
Susan Whitall: I knew readers would email to add names to my abbreviated list of Motown rock acts in Wednesday's Detroit News story on Power of Zeus
For … Continued
Tuned In: TV Blog
Mekeisha Madden Toby: There is no good reason Lady Gaga shouldn't have won an American Music Award Sunday night.
Thankfully, when I spotted her backstage, … Continued
Puzzles
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Entertainment
- Adam Lambert ready to shake up pop world with CD - 07:33 AM
- Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist - 06:34 AM
- To millions, Oprah's not a megastar, just a BFF - 07:32 AM
- Michael Jackson 'Opus' book offers rare images - 08:14 AM
- TV retailer QVC joins `Black Friday' frenzy - 07:02 AM
- Hero pilot jokes about marital boost in NBC show - 08:06 AM
- Attorney: Jackson's doctor returning to work - 04:01 AM
- Bulls escape on set of film starring Cruise, Diaz - 08:01 AM
- International Emmys to honor David Frost - 09:03 AM
- 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' sports more blue humor
- Oprah says prayer, consideration influenced exit
- For Oprah, 25th season to be talk show's last
- Trebek tours Ford plant before 'Jeopardy!' taping
TV pick: Jon, Kate still aren't doing that great
Five seasons. That's all it took to turn Jon and Kate Gosselin into enemies. Now their obviously troubled marriage is coming to an end and America gets to return to the scene of the crime one last time. - 1:00 am
- Grapevine: 'New Moon' has record midnight opening
- Society Confidential: Tika Ivezaj has model behavior
- Eminem adds bonus tracks for 'Relapse: Refill' release
- Grapevine: Janet Jackson on Michael's drug problem
Michael Jackson moonwalk glove sells for $350K in NYC
New York -- The gleaming glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 has been auctioned off for $350,000. - 7:42 pm
- 48 hours: Weekend highlights
- 'Dragon Age: Origins' features smokin'-hot game play
- 'Farscape' series megaset offers good sci-fi fun
- African-American wineries, ancestry searches are in the spotlight at museum
Review: Barbara Kingsolver's new novel brings alive historical figures and a questing protagonist
Barbara Kingsolver has woven fiction with history and politics before -- Nicaraguan Contras in "Animal Dreams," postcolonial struggles in Congo in "The Poisonwood Bible" -- but in "The Lacuna," she unfurls a brilliant tapestry of the United States and Mexico in the mid-20th century through the life of one man. - 1:00 am
- Rhea Perlman, Lucy DeVito reunite onstage
- 2 galleries give skilled artisans the stage
- Buffet, drinks, auction at Thanks for Theatre Gala
- Michel Camilo to do piano concerto
Substitute DSO conductor steps up to challenge
With a bright young American subbing on the podium, and an off-beat bill of fare capped by a jazzy piano concerto, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's concert Thursday night turned out to be a refreshing delight. - 1:07 am
- Volare decides to go totally smoke-free
- Where to get Thanksgiving carryout in Metro Detroit
- Bistro 222 is a Michigan Avenue oasis
- Redcoat Tavern's success doubles
Metro Detroit restaurants are ready to serve Thanksgiving feasts
Molly Abraham: There are some very appealing dinners being dished up on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, at local restaurants. Some are lavish buffets, others ordered from the menu and served to the table. Here is a selection of some of the most interesting. - 1:00 am
- Video: Adam Lambert's controversial AMA performance
- Photos: The 2009 American Music Awards show
- Snippets of the AMA
- Idol's Lambert shocks as Swift rocks the AMA
- Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist
- Neal Rubin: Jeff Daniels puts on a 'Michigan Guy' kind of show
- Motown celebrates roots
Idol's Lambert shocks as Swift rocks the AMA
Folks who thought of Adam Lambert as that nice boy from "American Idol" saw another side of the glam-rocker Sunday, as his controversy-courting performance of "For Your Entertainment" on the American Music Awards stole the show from top winner Taylor Swift and a host of other eye-catching performances. - 6:44 am
South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week
SEOUL, South Korea -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets. - 1:00 am
- Tom Long: Review: 'New Moon' is just what 'Twilight' fans want -- unfortunately
- Review: 'Precious' is power and horror
- Review: Overly weepy 'Blind Side' achieves goals
- Oscar panel snubs 'Tyson,' Moore's 'Capitalism'
'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite
Los Angeles-- Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. - 1:17 pm
Longtime restaurant critic Molly Abraham is a native Detroiter who's now in her second stint with The Detroit News, providing news and reviews of Metro Detroit restaurants. 
