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Finding the heart of Romania

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Country's charm uncovered in 'Dracula is Dead'

Romanians embrace the story of Vlad Dracul, and his castle is one of the country's most popular tourist sites.

Classics singer urges students to find their voice and stick to it

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Teacher and performer, Kiri Te Kanawa to sing Saturday in D.C.

I 'm 65," says Kiri Te Kanawa, the golden-toned, New Zealand-born soprano. "I can't say the voice sounds like it did at 35. But as long as I do music that suits me, I'm fine. If you're a size 12 you don't try to wear a size 8, do you? You'd look very stupid."

Sesame Street, 40 years later

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

H ow can this be? On a day of such great celebration, the 40th anniversary of "Sesame Street," Big Bird wants to leave the urban nest that has been home for four decades and migrate to the rain forest? The rain forest!

Album Reviews: 'The Circle' by Bon Jovi, 'From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion' by Wyclef Jean

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Bon Jovi circles back to blue-collar platitudes

Bon Jovi, 'The Circle' * 1/2 (out of four) "Who's gonna work for the working man?" wonders Jon Bon Jovi on the new album by the long-running outfit that bears his name. Well, Bon Jovi is up to the job: On "The Circle" (Island), this band of Jersey boys makes a recession-appropriate return (after appealing forays into pop and country) to its old blue-collar arena-rock style; "Work for the Working Man" even recycles the pumping talk-box groove from the band's 1986 smash "Livin' on a Prayer," and lifts the factory-floor sound effects from Billy Joel's "Allentown" for good measure.

New on DVD: 'Up,' 'The Ugly Truth'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

'Up,' Tribune rating: **** The creative people at Pixar have become so skilled that they can take a loosely plotted story about an elderly man, a lonely boy scout, a talking dog and a flying house and turn it into one of the most popular — and best — movies of the year. A lot of justified praise has been thrown at the opening sequence of "Up," in which the arc of a lifelong love affair is laid out in five gorgeous, wordless minutes, but the rest of the movie is just as artful, using wild jungle adventure as a metaphor for one man's need to let go.

Dining@Large: Top fine-dining bars

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:15 -0500

All eyes on Taylor Swift at CMA awards

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:01:00 -0500

The 19-year-old sensation has the record sales. She beat out every living artist -- no matter the genre -- this year with more than 3 million copies of her "Fearless" CD sold and counting (only Michael Jackson has sold more). And she's moving concert tickets as fast as they can print them. That might be enough to sway the more than 5,000 members of the Country Music Association, who decide who gets the trophy for entertainer of the year, the CMA's highest honor, at the CMA Awards on Wednesday night.

Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:25:36 -0500

And the winner is ...

Swift picks: Entertainment not to miss this week

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:07:58 -0500

Review: BSO with Mozart, Mahler and Marin

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500