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Need to hear your music before you plunk down your hard earned dollar? What a zany idea. Well we have you covered. Check out NME's latest stash of new full length disks available to stream -- for free! Queue them up and see if they make your ears happy.

> Beck - Guero
> Daft Punk - Human After All
> Moby - Hotel
> New Order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call

Also be sure to read the PM review for Beck's latest release Guero and keep your eyes peeled in the week's ahead for a review of Moby's Hotel.

The best blend from Indie to the Main Stream / Issue - 907
1. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Lullabies To Paralyze
2. 50 CENT The Massacre
3. JACK JOHNSON In Between Dreams
4. BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm
5. DECEMBERISTS Picaresque
6. MOBY Hotel
7. MARS VOLTA Frances The Mute
8. M.I.A. Arular
9. GREEN DAY American Idiot
10. KILLERS Hot Fuss

Oasis, those British Wankers that were once the biggest act crossing the Atlantic from the U.K., are back and promising their best work since their debut, Definitely Maybe. The Gallagher brothers are sure to bring their family squabbles to the forefront with the usual confident swagger that made us hate them but love their music (I still haven't gotten over a cancelled show where I had 5th row tickets!). The May 30th release of Don't Believe the Truth is just in time to compete and steal some of the spotlight away from the U.K.'s current big name, Coldplay.

Read the exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher at NME.com

	Grade: C- | Genre: Drama Summary: As the curtains close, this movie is pretty much only for the dedicated Annette Bening fan. I really wish this movie had surrounded her with more substance to bounce her talents off of.

What must it be like roaming around in Annette Bening's skin (and I'm not saying that in a Silence of the Lambs kind of way for that one sicko whose mind went that direction)? You are one of the most acclaimed actresses of your generation, yet young and feisty Hillary Swank shuts you out of two Oscars in a row. With age and maturity, Bening brings a greater range to her work though our glance still settles on the women vying to dethrone her from the mantle of Hollywood's great. Isn't it bad enough that there just aren't roles for older actresses anymore, outside of playing insignificant parts as someone's mother or (gasp!) grandmother, but we exacerbate the problem by glossing over their achievements as we scour the celluloid for that potential someone who is to be the next Annette Bening. Who knows perhaps these younger actresses are shooting past their idols? Being Julia seems to be a commentary on the state of the aging actress and the challenges she faces as her beauty dims and the lines of age settle.

	Grade: C | Genre: Rock Summary: Frances is mute for a reason. There is no describing this album. Bandmates, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala, have created a convoluted work of twists and turns that will knock you on your ass. Proceed with caution.

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1. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY (FOX)
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
3. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY (FOX)
3. CSI: MIAMI (CBS)
5. AMER IDOL-THU RSLT SHOW(S) (FOX)

The once big name festival that showcased the best in Alternative music will be taking another stab at bringing anti-pop bands to the masses. 10+ years ago, it was the concert event of the year, but now Lollapalooza can't seem to reignite the same spark that attracted so many new fans. From 5-year breaks to poor ticket sales to cancelled tours, the festival hasn't been able to get it done. Now it attempts to stage another comeback, and Chicago will be the next launching pad.

Read the full article.

Past his usual day gig as J.D on "Scrubs" and continuing to revel in the success of his directorial/writing debut Garden State, Zach got Punk'd. Donald Faison covered his brand new car in graffiti. Oh man, how I would have liked to have seen his face when he saw that. He is also taking the reigns on Gavin Degraw's new video "Chariot". He has a new movie ready to shoot this spring called Last Kiss which I hear Rachel McAdams (the Notebook) is set to co-star. The episode of Arrested Development that Braff guest stars in airs April 10th. He also weighs in on the Flech rumors circulating on the Internet. Whew, boy is certainly busy.

Read the full post at Zach Braff's Garden State blog.

	Grade: B+ | Genre: Drama Summary: "Grey's Anatomy" has tremendous potential to become one of the hot new shows this season. It has that smart, hungry feel of a fresh, potent series that "ER" misplaced long ago.

Fresh off bemoaning the state of television today, I think we may have something worth sinking into the couch on Sunday night. "Grey's Anatomy" is a smart, new drama following a group of surgical interns as they swim out of their small med school pond into the shark-infested waters that await them at Seattle Grace Hospital. The show's focus rests on Meredith Grey played by Ellen Pompeo (Old School, Moonlight Mile). She is a perky, blonde intern who comes from impeccable medical pedigree.

The biggest and baddest names in women's tennis, Venus and Serena Williams, are developing their own reality series to air on the ABC Network. "The series will provide our fans with an up-close, inside look at our lives away from the tennis courts," Venus Williams said.

Not too sure what to make of this one. I don't know if fans would want to see these girls out of their elements away from tennis. Why not let us watch the sister's kick ass on the courts toward another tournament victory?

Read the full article on ABC News.

McDonald's is hoping to tempt rappers away from their usual fare of guns and women to include the words Big Mac in their lyrics.

The fast food giant is offering up to £2.80 every time the song is played on the radio, according to US magazine Advertising Age.

And the company reckons it can seduce the more hardcore stars of hip hop into setting Big Mac to a beat.

"This partnership reflects our appreciation and respect for the most dominant youth culture in the world," a McDonald's spokesman said.

He stressed that the company would have final approval over any lyrics and was only targeting artists whose style identifies with their brand.

US lobby group Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood was less impressed, however.

"They're dumping one of their most high fat, high calorific products on kids in a way that the kids won't even know its happening," said founder Susan Linn.

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Category: Music Misc
Posted by Mark Runyon | March 29, 2005 | 12:14 PM

It's not only male rock stars who watch porn on tour buses and make out with fans. The Donnas are four women who date their groupies and sing about their sexual conquests with as much unapologetic abandon as the guys do. We asked the band, who've just released their appropriately raucous new album, Gold Medal, to share their rules for survival as an all-girl rock gang.

Read the Donnas rules for survival at SPIN.

File sharing services and the entertainment industry will do battle this afternoon in the U.S. Supreme Court. Whatever decision comes from this will set a major precedent. Supporters of P2P file sharing look to the 1984 decision that shielded Sony from its users coping television shows on their VCRs without permission. The lower courts say this ruling applies to Grokster as well. The entertainment industry argues that Grokster's makes it's money through the illegal trade of copyrighted materials over these networks.

Read the full article at MSNBC.

	Grade: B+ | Genre: Alternative Rock Summary: This disk is a tasty appetizer to tide you over until you can dive into the actual experience that is a Morrissey live show.

1. Guess Who - $21,000,000
2. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous - $14,510,000
3. The Ring Two - $13,800,000
4. Robots - $13,000,000
5. The Pacifier - $8,541,000
6. Hitch - $4,300,000
7. Hostage - $4,111,000
8. Ice Princess - $3,702,000
9. Be Cool - $2,850,000
10. Million Dollar Baby - $2,610,000

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Unless you've been living in a cave for the past week, you know that the most incredible thing to hit handheld gaming has landed. Sony's PSP is the sweetest little convergence device on the market. It plays MP3s, movies and of course games. A co-worker of mine let me check this out and take a spin on "Ridge Racer". The graphics are unbelievable, the sound is crisp and the responsiveness is dead on. Sony has basically wrapped up their Playstation into a handheld without sacrificing anything. Gamers, this is a must have.

Read the IGN review and be the first kid on your block to have your own.

	Grade: A | Genre: Drama Summary: "Finding Neverland" is a charmingly subtle film that plays to our imagination. It isn't overdone and is a sincere story of maturity and grief. Neverland is surprisingly solemn with an abundance of heart-felt emotion that will have you brushing away the tears.

The Peter Pan Syndrome is in us all. In our grown-up lives, we no doubt fantasize about those days when things were much simpler. Our youthful excitement has been replaced by responsibility and our need to provide for ourselves and our families.

"Finding Neverland" seeks a balance between our adulthood and our imaginations. It's a portal into our inner child and allows us to momentarily get way from our everyday pressures.

	Grade: C+ | Genre: Drama / Musical Summary: If you are up for the challenge, De-Lovely bears fruit. Just be prepared for a long growing season.

De-Lovely is really the tale of two films. The first half plays like a lackluster musical, slow and prodding, testing our fragile patience at every turn. The second act is more contemplative and deeply felt. At the heart of this film is the intricate life of Cole Porter. For those stuck in a quizzical look, Cole Porter was one of the greatest American composers who gave us such famous numbers as "Night and Day" and "Anything Goes".

In his 20-year career in film and television, Patrick Dempsey has played everything from a pizza boy to a mentally disabled man to John F. Kennedy. He's also been a gangster, a nerd and one of Will's boyfriends on NBC's "Will & Grace." The 39-year-old Maine native never played a doctor until now.

In ABC's new medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," premiering tonight, Dempsey plays the raffish yet likable Dr. Derek Shepherd, a member of the surgical team overseeing a new group of interns.

Read the full Boston Herald article.

Also look out for PM's review of the series premiere coming soon.

	Grade: A | Genre: Comedy Series Summary: The bad news is "The Office's" dry wit might have a hard time finding an audience in mainstream America. It's more for fans of shows like "Scrubs" where the humor isn't so obvious. The good news is that, the show will be moved right after "Scrubs" on Tuesday nights where there already is a built-in audience.

Though we've briefly discussed how American Television continues to endure a creative funk in favor of the ever-increasing output of Reality shows, we've also stated that borrowing from the Brits has been an easy way to buy more time until the next big breakthrough.

The latest reaffirming evidence proving us right is the Americanization of the British hit, "The Office." It would have been very easy to dismiss this new NBC series as a copycat sure to suffer the same fate as the most recent Brit to American failure, "Coupling." However, "The Office" is special. For anyone who's ever worked in an office environment, this docu-reality-parody show is for you.

Man, right now there is something smart and shiny and good in the water in Montreal. The Stars share a hometown with the Arcade Fire, the Dears, Broken Social Scene and the recently defunct Unicorns, among others. The whole scene is tweaking old recipes and creating something new and tasty. Maybe it's that Canada actually gives grants to talented musicians to explore whatever they want. On their third album, the Stars explore imperfect love and how it sounds on a bed of crisp green electropop.

Read the full Independent Study feature of the Stars at MSNBC as well as stream three tracks off of their latest release. Check back in the weeks ahead for a review of Set Yourself on Fire.

	Grade: A- | Genre: Rock Summary: This is the CD you want playing at a late Sunday afternoon cookout when you're kicking back and sipping drinks. All you need is Jack and his guitar, and I swear you can almost feel a cool light breeze blow through. Gather 'round kids, because you're in for a treat.

We can call him Jack, not Mr. Johnson, because we feel like he's our friend. He's the guy that breaks out the guitar at a party...he's your neighbor that fiddles around on his back porch. His laid back style is infectious, and you know it's time to take things easy when In Between Dreams is playing.

	Grade: B | Genre: Romance Summary: The Notebook isn't afraid to show you the emotion when it's ugly and wrought with pain because it realizes those are the cuts you have to endure to see the beauty.

I have to admit that this film caught me off guard. Honestly, I'd been putting off seeing this film like it was the plague and through my mother's prodding I shuffled my Netflix queue around so I could finally say, "yes I've seen it". The twisted guy that I am, I was almost looking forward to having a nice juicy film to open up both barrels on, blasting the cliches of romance films and the evils of watered down Hollywood box office fodder. Yet here the credits roll and I've got nothing. This was a really enjoyable film that I'm not ashamed to say that I liked. I hear someone pounding at the door to revoke my guy card as we speak.

The good news is Ben Affleck won't be starring in films anytime soon. The bad news is he'll be in control of one called "Gone Baby Gone." Oh brother. Big Ben will be adapting novelist Dennis Lehane's kidnap mystery for the big screen, but has no plans to act in it. Let's hope he keeps his word by not directing himself deeper into has-been oblivion.

Read the full Boston Herald article.

No, we aren't talking about the 80's cheese ball cartoon, but rather the Welsh born singer sensation. Jem is starting to make a name for herself stateside. She has had songs featured on "24", "Without a Trace", promo spots for "Desperate Housewives" as well as a performance on "the OC". All this exposure has given a boost to her debut effort Finally Woken which seems to fuse Dido with Frou Frou. She is currently setting out on tour to support Gavin DeGraw.

Read the full article at MSNBC and be sure to pick up Jem's impressive work Finally Woken.

The best blend from Indie to the Main Stream / Issue - 906
1. 50 CENT The Massacre
2. JACK JOHNSON In Between Dreams
3. MARS VOLTA Frances The Mute
4. GREEN DAY American Idiot
5. THE GAME The Documentary
6. KILLERS Hot Fuss
7. KAISER CHIEFS Employment
8. BRIGHT EYES I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
9. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Mafia
10. DAFT PUNK Human After All

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1. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY - FOX
2. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY - FOX
3. COLD CASE - CBS
4. SURVIVOR: PALAU - CBS
5. HOUSE - FOX

	Grade: B | Genre: Modern Rock Summary: This was a very good show, but fell short of being a great one. They need to take advantage of the increased production values that an arena show offers to a band. Beyond this, their sound was great, and they are slowly finding their way into their newly crowned status of mega band.

Ah, Maroon 5 -- the band that should be paying massive royalties to Stevie Wonder for modernizing his patented sound. Our little group is all growed up now, as Vince Vaughn would say. I remember the days when they were struggling up and comers aiming for John Mayer like success, elbowing for space with fellow contemporaries like Will Hoge and Matt Nathanson. Maroon 5 just happened to be one of those who caught fire and for good reason. While they owe a huge debt to their influences, they have cleared their own space in the crowded musical landscape.

Thomas Haden Church, the "life of the party," which was "Sideways," will party on as Spidey's archenemy in the next installment of the "Spider-Man" series.

Director Sam Raimi made the announcement Monday along with producers Laura Ziskin and Marvel Studios' Avi Arad.

Read the full Reuter's article now.

The major networks are starting to wear their lack of innovation like proud scar. It was recently announced that the Law & Order franchise would be spinning off again into a new series "Trial by Jury". That makes 4 active Law & Order shows that seem to be competing with CSI to see how finely they can slice their success before it disappears completely.

Is it a coincidence the Dogma spelled backwards is AMGOD, where AM stands for Alanis Morrisette, who played God in the over ambitious 1999 mis-step by Kevin Smith? The film was written by Smith before he did the ultra low-budget b/w classic Clerks but wasn't produced then for 2 reasons: 1) he knew Jason Mewes (Jay) wasn't ready because he could hardly remember his lines and 2) he knew that he would get a lot of flack from the film, which could've hurt his chances for future movie projects.

Source: www.jonhs.com

You heard correctly. The star of "Scrubs" seems the frontrunner for the Chevy Chase role in the upcoming film Fletch Won according to Kevin Smith's web site. Smith stoked the rumor mill by posting Braff's picture in response to a question inquiring about who would play the lead on his message board. Smith is set to start production on the latest Fletch installment once he has finished Clerks 2. Let's just hope that it's more Chasing Amy than Jersey Girl.

Read the full article at the Hollywood News.

Although they signed up to perform at Coachella ages ago, it seems the much anticipated reunion of Cocteau Twins just wasn't meant to be. Before the group even had a chance to get their reunited selves off the ground, they've already called it quits with no plans to try again. The Scottish dream-pop act was expected to be a huge draw at the spring festival, where they were to headline the first day (April 30th).

Read the full article at Soul Shine.

1. The Ring Two - $36,000,000
2. Robots - $21,825,000
3. The Pacifier - $12,542,000
4. Ice Princess - $7,013,000
5. Hitch - $6,600,000
6. Be Cool - $5,800,000
7. Hostage - $5,797,000
8. Million Dollar Baby - $4,080,000
9. Diary of a Mad Black Woman - $2,500,000
10. Constantine - $2,300,000

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Hollywood Reporter) -- You can laugh about it. Fantasize about it. Be punished or killed for it. But what you can't do is take sex seriously at the movies.

Look at the numbers on sexy movies. The list of boxoffice casualties is long. Both versions of "Lolita" died at the boxoffice, along with "Striptease," "Showgirls," "Henry and June," "Crash," "The Brown Bunny," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "Crimes of Passion," "Wonderland" "and "Original Sin."

Read the full article on CNN.

	Grade: B | Genre: Drama Summary: If you can see your way past some troublesome plot holes, The Upside of Anger will reward you with an intriguing portrait of a dysfunctional family struggling to maintain its sanity among the chaos and the love.

Joan Allen is one of the great actresses in Hollywood who has been largely neglected. She has quietly built an impressive resume of films (the Ice Storm, the Contender, Nixon) that have allowed her talents to stretch out in a variety of roles. The Upside of Anger is no different where Allen shines as Terry Wolfmeyer, an alcoholic, stifling mother of four whose life has been flipped upside down through her husband's abrupt leaving. The story doesn't waste a moment as she lays this shocking entree out over dinner with her three daughters in the film's opening frame. Terry's anger and venom are just boiling over as she's poised a step away from taking a hatchet to his head, wherever he may be, or crumbling under the weight of her freshly emptied life.

"Sin City," one of the most eagerly awaited films this season, will arrive in theatres April 1st. For those that don't know, it's a faithful screen adoptation of the cult comic book series starring a wide range from Hollywood's A-List (Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Benecio Del Toro, etc.) Just how faithful you ask? Check out this interesting comparison between the movie and comic book as well as a behind the scenes look on Yahoo.

Also, look for PM's review coming soon!

	Grade: B+ | Genre: Romance Summary: Surprisingly, Alfie's annoying asides and the predictable storyline only mildly detract from this immensely enjoyable film. For this one brief moment, every ordinary guy can be transformed into the man every woman wants and every woman can feel the spark of sexual exhilaration charged from being with that guy who is completely wrong for her in all the right ways.

What is it about the womanizers that everyone loves? Every man wants a taste of that life (yes ladies especially your ultra-committed, domesticated man) and every woman finds them irresistibly intoxicating. It's grounded in the excitement of it all, to be free of life's strings that bind us down. To take on many loves without question or regret in order to live life to it's fullest in each moment. There is something incredibly innocent and naive about it, living life purely based on the whim of human desire. Hardly any of us would actually try it because, well, we have a conscious realizing how ruthless selfishness affect those who place their trust in us. And, to be honest, few of us are blessed with the good looks, cunning and charm to pull it off. I guess that is why we love to live vicariously through these characters.

Anyone who follows college basketball knows Ashley Judd is the most gorgeous face courtside at any Kentucky game. It turns out Ashley can break down a game better than anyone this side of Dick Vitale. She is currently writing a column for the Lexington Herald-Leader for each round of the tournament that the Cats advance into. Here is hoping that Kentucky makes a run for the final four.

Read the full article on Yahoo Movies and check back next week for a review of Ashley's latest film De-Lovely.

It's not surprising to see production studios taking advantage of the current Jesus "trend" that was kick-started by Mel Gibson's "The Passon of the Christ." NBC will soon premiere, "The Book of Daniel," a pilot drama that the network hopes will boost slumping ratings since "Friends" and "Frasier" ended their series run. Will Jesus continue to sell? NBC sure hopes so.

Read the full Reuters article.

	Grade: B+ | Genre: Rock Summary: "Burning in the Sun" won't rock your world, but it will help you find your solitude to deal with the ups and downs of relationships. It's that CD you play over and over again to help you get through the rough times.

Mann has set a May 3rd release date on her fifth album, The Forgotten Arm, which will focus on a boxer and his girlfriend. She recorded the album in a mere 5 days this past summer, composing most of the songs herself on the piano. A very promising note is musical virtuoso Joe Henry is manning the production chair.

Read the full article at Rolling Stone.

Seriously? It's obvious that J.R.R. Tolkien's epic translated well on the big screen, but can it be taken seriously as a musical? A stage production is fine, but do we really need to see Frodo and Gollum break out in a song and dance number? I'm still waiting for the punchline.

Read more about "Lord of the Rings: The Musical" at CTV.ca

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1. CSI (CBS)
2. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY (FOX)
2. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY (FOX)
4. WITHOUT A TRACE (CBS)
5. AMERICAN IDOL SP-3/7 8P(S) (FOX)

CMJ Retail Charts / Issue - 905
1. 50 CENT The Massacre
2. JACK JOHNSON In Between Dreams
3. MARS VOLTA Frances The Mute
4. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Mafia
5. THE GAME The Documentary
6. GREEN DAY American Idiot
7. KILLERS Hot Fuss
8. BRIGHT EYES I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
9. KASABIAN Kasabian
10. KILLS No Wow

	Grade: D+ | Genre: Club Summary: XXX is an assembly of mediocre tunes that want to arouse but instead simply tease.

I'm sure everyone here has had a dream at one point in their life. Some want to be fire fighters. Some want to be doctors. Some want to be exotic dancers. There will be no judging of other people's dreams here or I will swiftly kick you out of this review. So, what do we need to pursue this dream of becoming an exotic dancer? Well you could have a poll installed in your workout room. You could enroll in the cardio strip tease class at your local, trendy gym. You can head over to Frederick's for a bountiful selection of trashy g-strings. There is something missing in our preparation. Ah of course, how could we forget the music? We could certainly go with a smart, high browed, 70's flavored mix like Dimitri from Paris' A Night at the Playboy Mansion, but how many high browed mixes have you ever really heard at a strip club? Enter XXX, the seedy collection of tunes just sleazy enough to fit that need.

So why is this new version of the Passion being released into theatres during the Easter season? Is this truly a new look at this popular, controversial film or is it simply a way for Gibson to keep buying up the Fiji Islands with your Passion dollars? Gibson and his distributor, NewMarket films, decided to slice 6 minutes from the film in hopes of eliminating some of the ultra-violence that turned off some viewers. Interestingly the MPAA still slapped the edited version with an R rating, so how different can it really be? Admittedly, the Passion was a beautiful and moving film but cutting 6 minutes of the absurd, over the top violence doesn't even come close to giving this film the scrubbing it deserves to bring it in line with reality.

Read the full article at Yahoo Movies.

This is specifically aimed at the Atlanta readers out there or in the near vicinity. The Music Midtown line-up has been released and it is something. Keane, the Killers and the Pixies are all playing on Saturday with The White Stripes queued up on Friday. All this and bands are still being announced. I usually avoid this festival madness, but I think I'm going to have to dive into this great assembly of bands this year. Music Midtown will be going on from June 10 - 12.

Find out about other bands and advanced ticket purchasing at Music Midtown.

The long-thriving NBC drama, "ER," looks to be extending its residency on the network. "NBC is understood to be finalizing a deal to order two more seasons of the drama series. An NBC spokeswoman declined comment on the matter late Thursday, as did a rep for Warner Bros. TV, which produces the show." (Reuters)

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	Grade: A- | Genre: Electronic Chill Summary: Thievery Corporation have charted their course in music through creating lush sonic soundscapes to live by. Cosmic Game is their best work since the groundbreaking Mirror Conspiracy and firmly establishes them as the gatekeepers to the kindgom of chill.

When I first heard Thievery Corporation's Mirror Conspiracy during my musical reawakening in 2000, I knew I'd happened across something brimming with greatness. In the span of an album, they defined electronic chill with an uncommon sound that craftily fused world influences (Indian, bossa nova) with traditional mellow trance beats. They recruited the vocal styling of LoLo to verbalize this heady feel and breath it to life. They have returned to the party every year since with a fresh set of thoughts yet none of them have proved as compelling as that first taste that melted into me. They would either loose their grip on their chill (Outernational Sound) or just forget an essential ingredient in the execution (The Richest Man in Babylon). None of these albums were bad, rather they seemed to be neglected stepchildren released from the cellar after years of isolation. They're eyes struggled to cope with the piercing light. Cosmic Game is a welcome return to the formula that initially issued them success, affording us this tantalizing recipe of songs.

One of the greatest actors to grace the silver screen is ready to call it a day. Newman says he plans to make one last film "for good luck". What a film it may be. He is suggesting it may be a reunion with his partner from the Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Robert Redford. "I hate to talk about anything until the papers are drawn up, but we've been looking for something for 20 years and now we're looking harder," Newman said. "I hope something will come of it." He will also look to give up his other great passion - motor racing.

Read the full article on CNN.

It looks like guys are about to get a vibrate mode of their own for their cell phones. New Frontier Media has announced that they will be offering ring moans from featured porn stars. They are also said to be offering sexually explicit wallpaper as well as adult video for download on mobile phones. So if you hear some strange sounds piping in from your co-worker's office, he's not necessarily getting it on with the new cutie from marketing.

Read the full story at MSNBC.

1 Robots $36,500,000
2 The Pacifier $18,060,000
3 Be Cool $10,300,000
4 Hostage $9,837,000
5 Hitch $8,700,000
6 Million Dollar Baby $5,075,000
7 Diary of a Mad Black Woman $5,000,000
8 Constantine $3,655,000
9 Man of the House $1,800,000
10 Cursed $1,560,000

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	Grade: A | Genre: Foreign Drama Summary: "Maria Full of Grace" is a stunning portrayal of a young girl's desperate efforts to hold everything together as it all falls apart. Catalina Sandino Moreno is mesmerizing in her debut as Maria and gives the character the strength and "Grace" she deserves.

A Columbian Mule is a drug smuggler trained in various transport methods such as swallowing illegal substances wrapped in rubber balloons the size of large grapes. Mules must swallow dozens at a time without chewing, enter foreign soil, and pass the balloons through their systems in order to retrieve them. It's a risky profession that can yield huge lumps of cash, but is it worth the consequences?

Maria (Morena) is a 17-year-old Columbian teenager dealing with more responsibility than she can handle. She must help to provide for her financially unstable family as her mother is unable to do it alone. However, Maria just quit her dead end job and has now discovered that she is pregnant.

	Grade: B | Genre: Drama Summary: I think this is an important film that needs to be seen, but it's certainly not for the light of heart. It's a tough movie to watch that doesn't offer you any hope. The only satisfaction we get once the credits roll is our knowledge that the Taliban is no longer in power.

Starring: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohamad Haref Harati & Mohamad Nader Khadjeh
Director: Siddiq Barmak

Osama is a highly disturbing film. At its core, this is a scathing indictment on the Taliban regime and its detestable treatment of women. This film has the distinction of being the first to be made in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Director Siddiq Barmark's idea was sparked for this film from reading a newspaper account of a group of women struggling to survive in this repressive regime. This film is unique in that it uses no actors for these parts. This helps to establish the film's genuine feel.

	Grade: B+ | Genre: Drama Summary: If you are looking for a shrewd period piece that flips everything you know about gender and forces you to take a new perspective, this is the film you've been waiting for.

Starring: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes and Rupert Everett
Director: Richard Eyre

Stage Beauty is a deft Shakespearean gender bender that proves incredibly fresh and unique. The film is set in 1660 England during a time when the crown had decreed that all women's theatrical parts would be played by men. We find out that this stems from a fanatic cleric who thought that allowing women to act on the stage would be to resign them to a life of prostitution and debauchery. Strangely, he didn't seem to have a problem with the fact that men would have to become transvestites to fill the vacuum he created. Kynston (Crudup) is the celebrity of her time, declared as the most beautiful woman on the stage as Othello's Desmonda. She has aristocratic groupies overtaken with blinding curiosity to know if Kynston still has his manhood firmly attached. Kynston has studied for countless years to play a woman. Through their passage, he has slowly worked out all of the masculine kinks that make him a man until he is a woman. He has sexual rendezvous with a fellow actor who is more enamored with the aura that surrounds his performance as Desmonda than with Kynston.

	Grade: A | Genre: Black Comedy Summary: "The Last Supper" is a brilliant satire supported by a strong cast. Each display interesting paradoxes in character. You witness the effects that the murders have on them and see gradual changes in their temperament and morals.

Back in a time when movies were a little more timid and story lines were more cautious, smaller indie pix began to emerge and boldly defied conventional wisdom. These films showed us the darker side of human nature and rubbed our noses in it. They were a slap in the face so that we would wake up and take notice.

1996's The Last Supper is a little known film that bravely challenges our morals. It's a dark comedy that will have you laughing out loud but at the same time, have you re-evaluating your belief system.

	Grade: C- | Genre: Comedy Summary: You've forgotten about it before you've finished watching it assuming you're still awake.

Starring: Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard & Burt Reynolds
Director: Stephen Brill

What is it about the no brainer comedy that causes us to seek them out on the video store shelves as if they were the English Patient? An even better question would be if they are so senselessly fun then why are they so damn hard to come by? I think that when it comes right down to it, a smart, original comedy that keeps us laughing and engaged while supporting some goofy, implausible story is pretty hard to write even though it ultimately comes off like two stoners hacked it out in a weekend. Without a Paddle is one of the disappointing ones that probably was churned out in a weekend. You've forgotten about it before you've finished watching it assuming you're still awake.

An academic at McGill University has a simple plan to stop the plague of unauthorized music downloads on the Internet. But it entails changing the entire music industry as we know it, and Apple Computers, which may have the power to make the change, is listening.

Read the full article at Canada's Globe & Mail.

The 3rd prequel to the Star Wars franchise may have a much needed edge to it in "Episode III - Revenge of the Sith." The darker and more violent film will see Anakin "make a pact with the devil," says George Lucas. He also says that it may not be something you'd want to bring your 5 year old to. Could this be the one that finally lives up to the hype?

Read the Scotsman's article.

	Grade: B | Genre: Trip Hop Summary: "Angel Milk" is music to calm the nerves. It's that sound you hear in the background of a trendy coffee shop that evens the mood and has you in your own world.