Back in the ring
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
Hilary Swank, has knocked out critics and nabbed her second best-actress Oscar nomination for her role in Million Dollar Baby, opening nationwide Friday. She's brawny, resolute boxer Maggie, an upstart determined to succeed with the help of a crotchety trainer played by Clint Eastwood.
A luminous presence
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
He's the hottest act you'll never hear on the radio. Singer/songwriter Conor Oberst, the force behind folk-rock band Bright Eyes, is making huge strides from the indie world to the mainstream stage. Despite shunning major-label interest, the singer has become a critic's darling.
Luna Park has its act together
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
There's a crowd waiting to get in, a pack of hipster smokers on the sidewalk, and not a seat to be had on a recent Friday night at Luna Park.
Ready or not, here comes 'Hide and Seek'
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
Here's little Dakota Fanning turning demon seed - or at least walking the walk and stalking the stalk. The movie is Hide and Seek, which, if nothing else, could be the first screen drama to serve up co-star Robert De Niro in pajamas.
'Little Women' finds its voice
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
That thud you hear coming from Broadway's Virginia Theatre is Sutton Foster dropping the weight of the world from her shoulders. Surely, many expected that Foster, whose Tony Award-winning star turn in Thoroughly Modern Millie made her a celebrated ingénue, would bear the brunt of the burden in carrying the musical version of Little Women (* * 1/2 out of four).
Revised 'Hurlyburly' is still highly charged
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
Remember the 1980s, that idyllic decade when greed was still good and the only weapons of mass destruction anyone worried about were in Arnold Schwarzenegger movies? David Rabe does, and he's here to remind us that it wasn't all peaches and hair bands.
Hallmark makes magic
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
If only TV movies this good were ordinary events. Airing as the 223rd presentation of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS' The Magic of Ordinary Days is the kind of small, gentle story about everyday life that the Hall usually tells well.
TV will tune in to Black History Month
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
A small sampling of special TV presentations in February to honor Black History Month:
See Arnold run - from the gym to Sacramento
Fri Jan 28, 6:29 AM ET
For four weeks, German actor Jurgen Prochnow practiced saying, "Caul-e-forn-ya." Prochnow wanted to accurately portray Arnold Schwarzenegger the governor-to-be in A&E's new movie, See Arnold Run, premiering Sunday (8 p.m. ET/PT).
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Oscars lack blockbuster to lure TV viewers
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Next month's Academy Awards telecast will try to do what the Oscar nominees have not: attract a big audience. For the first time in 18 years, the crop of best-picture nominees lacks a big hit. And that could spell trouble for the Oscar show, which is struggling to draw new viewers.
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