http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment en-us Copyright 2008 The Seattle Times Company Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:03:55 PDT Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:03:55 PDT MattBase 480 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032641_fireworks04.html?syndication=rss The Fourth of July is upon us, and the WaMu Family Fourth and 4th of Jul-Ivar's lead the way in Seattle holiday family fun. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032641_fireworks04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:34:28 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restaurants/2008032598_cicero04.html?syndication=rss The Virginia Inn has expanded its space. Restaurants http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restaurants/2008032598_cicero04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:30:15 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008032609_visart04.html?syndication=rss Exhibitions at Bellevue Arts Museum and Suyama Space explore the spectrum of installation art. Works by Mandy Greer, and Carolyn Healy and John Phillips, are on display. The Arts http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008032609_visart04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:41:53 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032629_rockstar04.html?syndication=rss The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival features Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Mastodon and other hard-rock bands on Wednesday, July 9, at White River Amphitheatre in Auburn. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032629_rockstar04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:39:14 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032624_summerfest04.html?syndication=rss Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing are highlights of Seattle Symphony's SummerFest. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032624_summerfest04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:39:33 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032633_tacocat04.html?syndication=rss TacocaT, the Seattle party-punk band behind KEXP program Sonic Reducer's often played "UTI," returns from touring to play The Funhouse. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032633_tacocat04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:39:52 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030921_gilchrist06.html?syndication=rss Ellen Gilchrist's new novel, "A Dangerous Age," tells the story of three American cousins and the resilience they summon in the wake of 9/11. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030921_gilchrist06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:31:57 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032620_brick04.html?syndication=rss "Brick Lane" movie review: First-time director Sarah Gavron, adapting a popular novel by Monica Ali, offers a refreshingly feminist variation on a story of Bengali immigrants living in East London before and after the Sept. 11 attacks. Movies http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032620_brick04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:28:38 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032615_gonzo04.html?syndication=rss "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson" is Alex Gibney's fascinating documentary about the Rolling Stone reporter who never let a little thing like journalistic objectivity get in his way. Movie review by John Hartl. Movies http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032615_gonzo04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:37:19 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032637_leni04.html?syndication=rss Sarah Greenman's 2006 play "Leni," about German film director Leni Riefenstahl (who documented Hitler's rise and reign in "Triumph of the Will"), considers the controversial Riefenstahl as a young woman and an older woman in this Seattle production by Strawberry Theatre Workshop. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032637_leni04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:38:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032617_mother04.html?syndication=rss "Mother of Tears," directed by Dario Argento, brings to life a nasty witch and some gruesome scenarios, but doesn't hold up to others in the "Three Mothers" trilogy. Movies http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032617_mother04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:38:34 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030906_carter06.html?syndication=rss Yale law professor/novelist Stephen L. Carter's new mystery "Palace Council" incorporates fictional characters from his previous books along with J. Edgar Hoover, Langston Hughes and Richard Nixon, as the author manipulates dates and events to meld the Harlem heyday of the 1940s-'50s with John F. Kennedy's Camelot. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030906_carter06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:29:37 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030912_condition06.html?syndication=rss PEN/Hemingway award winner Jennifer Haigh's novel "The Condition" traces the trajectory of an upscale, dysfunctional family, from the parents' 1970s breakup to their children's troubled passages into adulthood and beyond. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030912_condition06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:30:41 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030902_adair06.html?syndication=rss In his novel "The Death of the Author," Gilbert Adair has mind-twisting fun with the strange case of Paul de Man, the Belgian literary theorist who was posthumously revealed to have made some dubious contributions to a Nazi-controlled Brussels newspaper during World War II. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030902_adair06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:57:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032613_gits04.html?syndication=rss "The Gits" movie review: Kerri O'Kane's documentary offers a candid appraisal and celebration of the Seattle punk-pop band that was poised for larger success in the early '90s before the murder of lead singer Mia Zapata cut their ambitions short. Movies http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2008032613_gits04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:35:44 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030924_kooser06.html?syndication=rss "Valentines" by Ted Kooser University of Nebraska Press, 52 pp., $14.95 In 1986, Ted Kooser (later U.S. Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize... Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030924_kooser06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:45:40 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008032639_zanna04.html?syndication=rss "Zanna, Don't" takes the classic high-school musical ("Grease," "Cry Baby") and gives it a twist. Presented by Contemporary Classics, it's playing Saturday and Sunday at Seattle Repertory Theatre's Poncho Forum. The Arts http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008032639_zanna04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:42:16 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030905_bestsell06.html?syndication=rss As reported by Publishers Weekly Hardcover fiction 1. Fearless Fourteen, Janet Evanovich 2. Sail, James Patterson and Howard Roughan 3. The Host, Stephenie Meyer 4... Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030905_bestsell06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:27:18 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030916_bbrief06.html?syndication=rss Book briefs: new fiction, including "How Perfect is That," Sarah Bird's hilarious tale of the descent and redemption of an Austin (Texas) socialite, and Josh Emmons' "Prescription for a Superior Existence," about a San Francisco businessman sucked in by a New Age cult. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030916_bbrief06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:59:10 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/cheapdates.html?syndication=rss Dates and times are subject to change. Fourth of July activities Family Fourth at Lake Union Family activities and entertainment, beer garden... Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/cheapdates.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:29:29 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008032607_tvfamilyguy04.html?syndication=rss All 13-year-old boys are on board with "Family Guy. " They love this show and no wonder. It's silly, subversive and caters to their endless... Television http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008032607_tvfamilyguy04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:40:41 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008032591_enger04.html?syndication=rss New works from brothers Lin and Leif Enger: "Undiscovered Country," a retelling of "Hamlet" set in Minnesota; and "So Brave, Young, and Handsome," a colorful tale set in the Wild West. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008032591_enger04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:31:18 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restaurants/2008032602_deal04.html?syndication=rss La Casa Bella Italian Ristorante in Federal Way is a tiny spot that serves big portions of wonderful Italian food. Restaurant review by Cindy Zetts. Restaurants http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restaurants/2008032602_deal04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:30:48 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030909_books06.html?syndication=rss Novelist Larry McMurtry ("Lonesome Dove") pens a memoir of his obsession/appreciation of the printed word in "Books: A Memoir." Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030909_books06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:29:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030915_localbooks06.html?syndication=rss A selection of new titles by Washington authors, or of local interest. Books http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008030915_localbooks06.html?syndication=rss Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008032635_bare04.html?syndication=rss The pop opera "bare" by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo is a teenage-angst musical set in a Catholic school that makes its Seattle debut at West Seattle's ArtsWest Theatre in a short run. The Arts http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008032635_bare04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:28:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032631_niteside04.html?syndication=rss The party doesn't have to stop when tonight's fireworks are over. For the rest of the weekend into next week, here are some notable music events. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032631_niteside04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:38:55 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/screen.html?syndication=rss This week's movie events include "Hot Fuzz" and "Juno" outdoors, a screwball series at SAM, and a late-night date with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly for "To Catch a Thief." Movies http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/screen.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:27:42 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032627_foo04.html?syndication=rss When Foo Fighters open the North American leg of their world tour Wednesday at KeyArena, they cannot possibly top the last show of the European leg, two weeks ago at Wembley Stadium in London, when Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin joined them onstage. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032627_foo04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:35:10 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008032608_tvfourth04.html?syndication=rss Jimmy Smits will host PBS' Fourth of July concert, "A Capitol Fourth," on Friday. The concert will also include appearances by rocker Jerry Lee Lewis, 2006 "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks and pop band Huey Lewis and the News. Television http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008032608_tvfourth04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:41:27 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032619_chamber04.html?syndication=rss Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival concerts begin July 7 — but tickets are going fast. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008032619_chamber04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:29:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008033122_eye04.html?syndication=rss Celebrity gossip, famous birthdays and other tidbits, compiled from Seattle Times news services. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008033122_eye04.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:46:40 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032074_appeoplerodriguezmadonna.html?syndication=rss A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world - each a chatty bunch - buzzing with questions about the two "friends." Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032074_appeoplerodriguezmadonna.html?syndication=rss Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:55:17 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032319_apobitharmon.html?syndication=rss Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032319_apobitharmon.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:55:45 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008033259_apargentinametropolisfootage.html?syndication=rss Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008033259_apargentinametropolisfootage.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:35:24 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032497_appeoplerachaelrayaccountant.html?syndication=rss A former accountant for Rachael Ray's TV cooking show has filed a $1 million lawsuit saying he was forced out of his job because he has an eating disorder. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032497_appeoplerachaelrayaccountant.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008027384_appeoplejolie.html?syndication=rss Partially eclipsed by the glitterati of Cannes and the royal glare of Monaco, Nice is a place where even the brightest stars - like Brangelina - are greeted by little more than indifference. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008027384_appeoplejolie.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008027645_apbrinkleydivorce.html?syndication=rss A tearful Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that she was devastated by her husband's affair with a teenager and his attempts to find other paramours through pornographic Web sites. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008027645_apbrinkleydivorce.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032330_appeoplebradpaisleyandygriffith.html?syndication=rss Brad Paisley says he got to mark a biggie off his wish list when Andy Griffith agreed to be in the video for his new single, "Waitin' On a Woman." Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032330_appeoplebradpaisleyandygriffith.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032282_appeoplejasonpriestley.html?syndication=rss Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032282_appeoplejasonpriestley.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032154_appeoplespielbergjewishmuseum.html?syndication=rss A foundation created by Steven Spielberg is giving $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032154_appeoplespielbergjewishmuseum.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008024315_appeoplewillsmith.html?syndication=rss Will Smith usually plays the hero in his summer blockbusters. But in "Hancock," he drinks, swears, mouths off - and goes to prison. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008024315_appeoplewillsmith.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032062_aptvarmywives.html?syndication=rss Tears flowed freely when two of TV's "Army Wives" met the real-life women they portray on the Lifetime series. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032062_aptvarmywives.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032012_appeopledonnasummer.html?syndication=rss Donna Summer says she approached her summer tour like a chocolate-chip cookie. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008032012_appeopledonnasummer.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031901_aptvdiscoverytexasjail.html?syndication=rss Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez says the Discovery Channel has changed plans and will not do a documentary about the jail after a judge blocked filming. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031901_aptvdiscoverytexasjail.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008030751_apcharitypoker.html?syndication=rss Celebrities turned out Wednesday to donate to Darfur charities - and to show their fellow stars just who the real card sharks were. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008030751_apcharitypoker.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008018913_apbestsellersbookspw.html?syndication=rss HARDCOVER FICTION Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008018913_apbestsellersbookspw.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031692_apbestsellersbooksusatoday.html?syndication=rss Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031692_apbestsellersbooksusatoday.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031691_apbestsellersbookswsj.html?syndication=rss FICTION Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031691_apbestsellersbookswsj.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008031219_apbbayankeesrodriguez.html?syndication=rss Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2008031219_apbbayankeesrodriguez.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031652_apspringsteenmadammarie.html?syndication=rss Bruce Springsteen is paying tribute to a boardwalk fortuneteller he made famous in a song. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031652_apspringsteenmadammarie.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031541_appeoplekylieminogue.html?syndication=rss Britain has honored Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her services to music. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008031541_appeoplekylieminogue.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008030141_apradiolimbaugh.html?syndication=rss Rush Limbaugh will make about $38 million a year to continue his radio show over the next eight years. In addition, he says will be getting a nine-figure signing bonus from Premiere Radio Networks. Entertainment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008030141_apradiolimbaugh.html?syndication=rss Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT