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  | | | Rock Band
'Rock Band: Special Edition' carries a hefty $170 price tag. Is it worth it for your crew of family room rock stars? Or do sour notes spoil the whole song?
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RATED PG
In this movie version of the popular children's book series, it's as if 'Gremlins' gnaws its way into 'Jumanji.' The result is somewhat unexpected.
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|  | | | No Country for Old Men
RATED R
Driving straight through the night from 'Fargo' to West Texas, the Coen brothers have created a blood-soaked modern Western that's as chilling as it is hopeless.
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards went more or less according to script. As many prognosticators had predicted, No Country for Old Men was the evening's biggest winner, snagging awards for BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and SUPPORTING ACTOR (Javier Bardem). For only the second time in Oscar history, all four of the top acting prizes went to Europeans. In addition to Spaniard Bardem's win, Britain's Daniel Day-Lewis was named BEST ACTOR for his role in There Will Be Blood, while fellow Brit Tilda Swinton took BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS for her role in Michael Clayton. France's Marion Cotillard took BEST ACTRESS honors for her portrayal of singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. Diablo Cody's story Juno got the nod for BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY. Ratatouille was named BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM. [AP, 2/24/08]
Sports stars often deny that they are role models for youth. But a new survey suggests otherwise. A study published in the January issue of the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise focused on approximately 3,200 high school students and found that among those who admitted using anabolic steroids, 57% said professional athletes' usage of the substance influenced their decision. Eighty percent of users—and 35% of non-users—said they believed steroids could help them achieve their athletic dreams. [msnbc.com, 2/6/08]
Tween fans of High School Musical and Hannah Montana might be driving their parents crazy with endless repetitions of one saccharine hit after another. But Salon columnist Mary Elizabeth Williams believes music from these two Disney franchises still has something genuinely positive to offer young female fans. "We cast a bittersweet glance at our tween girls and know all that awaits just a few years from now for them. So if they're learning, through parental-patience-testing repeated plays of 'Who Said,' that 'every girl has a choice,' if they hear 'Nobody's Perfect' enough to consider that it's OK to cut themselves a little slack, perhaps they'll have just a little more ammunition for the esteem-battering days to come. God knows I need to hear that message too. It's not the best of any world. But it's close enough." [salon.com, 2/12/08] Click to read all of this week's Culture Clips
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