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Live blog: Boston Calling

Live blog: Boston Calling

Bands like .fun, Of Monsters and Men, The Shins, and more will play Boston's first ever multiday, multistage, ticketed rock festival this weekend. RadioBDC will be there to cover the action.
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Ty Burr

Take 2 reviews

Film critic Ty Burr discusses new releases, including "Star Trek into Darkness."
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Ben Affleck

85th Academy Awards

Check out our complete coverage of the Oscars, including winners and red carpet arrivals.

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Take 2 Movie Reviews
Take 2 movie review podcast
Look for new reviews by Ty Burr at the end of each week in multiple formats.
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Video: We Like to Watch: 'Behind the Candelabra' In Globe critic Matthew Gilbert's review of the new HBO Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra," he praises star Michael Douglas for nailing the tough role. "As Liberace, Michael Douglas brings an enormous amount of commitment, dignity, and dimension to “Behind......
Blogs
The Restaurant Hub
Pews and brews: Centre Street Sanctuary to open in Jamaica Plain
Well, churches are beautiful. Now, instead of going to them for those traditional reasons, why not go there to... drink? (And eat 12 ounce Grass fed New York strip steak?)
Fall Out Boy
Music

Upcoming concerts

Fall Out Boy will play the House of Blues on Sunday, May 26 at 7 p.m.
Spotted
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Spotted in Boston

Capturing the faces and places that make up Boston's vibrant nightlife scene.

Blogs

Names Blog
Sox wives at Alex and Ani for the Jimmy Fund
The better halves of Red Sox ballplayers Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, and Andrew Bailey pitched in to host Charmed by Charity, a benefit ...
Sound Effects music blog
Radio 92.9 celebrates 20 years of EarthFest concerts Boston-based station Radio 92.9 is hosting the 20th annual EarthFest concert at the Esplanade's Hatch Shell this weekend, and this year's event will feature performances by Vertical Horizon and Fastball. Remember this Veritcal Horizon hit? The concert, which starts on......
Pop Radar
Morgan Freeman falls asleep on live TV It looks like actor Morgan Freeman, 75, needs to...
Culture Desk blog
‘Book of Mormon’ coming back to Boston
The Book of Mormon’s run was so successful in Boston it’s coming back, according to a release.
Dishing
Back from Sicily with Globe subscribers (up 5 lb I think)
This is one course of an exquisite lunch at Hauner Winery, on the Aeolian island of Salina off the Northern coast of Sicily. We had just...
RadioBDC Blog
6 Questions with Portugal. The Man
I sat down with John Gourley, lead singer and guitarist of Portugal. The Man, after their Live in the Lab performance in the Boston Globe......
Movie Nation blog
Critics discuss 'The Hangover Part III' Globe critic Ty Burr didn't complete despise the final chapter of "The Hangover" trilogy. In his 1 1/2 star review, Burr writes, "It's not terrible. It's just bad." Watch Burr and film editor Janice Page discuss "The Hangover Part III"......
Go To It blog
Memorial Day weekend events around Boston Yay, three day weekend! Unfortunately, the weather may not be...
Off the Shelf
Greater Boston author readings May 26 –June 1 SUNDAY: No events MONDAY: No events TUESDAY: Joseph Gallo...

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Mallard Fillmore

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Word games

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Take 2: 'The Hangover Part III'

Summer movies highlights

This weekend, two big budget movies entered the box office race: "The Hangover Part III" and "Fast and Furious 6." See those and other coming attractions.
Live updates from Boston Calling music festival

Live updates from Boston Calling music festival

Bands like fun., Of Monsters and Men, The Shins, and more are playing Boston's first multi-day, multi-stage, ticketed rock festival held on City Hall Plaza. Check out the action.
'Oh my gaw' and 9 more reality show catchphrases

'Oh my gaw' and 9 more reality show catchphrases

When Kellie Pickler won "Dancing With the Stars" on May 21, we couldn't tell if she was shouting "Oh, my God" or "Oh, my gaw." How many other catchphrases have developed from reality TV shows?

Food/Restaurants

Cheap Eats | Westborough
New menu works at Cheng Du

New menu works at Cheng Du

Kuo-Rung Tang is happy that customers like the sleek new bar (named 157 Bin), the revamped main dining area and adjoining wing (called Akamon) featuring Japanese grill fare and sushi.
Dining Out | Fort Point
Roasts and revelry at Tavern Road

Roasts and revelry at Tavern Road

2.0 Stars  The restaurant is animated by a spirit of fun. Its energy can lead to good food. But the elements that promise to make a dish interesting are often too sparse.
Cask'n Flagon

Alfresco Hub dining options

We’ve rounded up a list of Boston-area spots that are offering outdoor eating this season as the weather permits. Take a look and get inspired.

Movies

Talk like a Trekkie: 8 famous 'Star Trek' quotes

Talk like a Trekkie: 8 famous 'Star Trek' quotes

"Star Trek Into Darkness" won last weekend's box office. Want to talk the talk? Check out eight of the most famous lines ever uttered in the franchise's history.
Leonardo DiCaprio

Cannes Film Festival scenes

The Cannes Film Festival kicked off May 15 and started with the premiere of Baz Lurhmann's "The Great Gatsby." Take a look at scenes from the event.

TV/Radio

Throw the perfect 'Arrested Development' party

Throw the perfect 'Arrested Development' party

"Arrested Development" season 4 premieres Sunday, with all 15 episodes released simultaneously on Netflix. Check out our suggestions for an all-night party.
Television Review
Douglas pegs Liberace in 'Behind the Candelabra'

Douglas pegs Liberace in 'Behind the Candelabra'

As Liberace, Michael Douglas creates a complicated man who is loving but narcissistic, exceedingly generous but controlling and predatory, painfully insecure but as loud and brassy as a Las Vegas marquee.
Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy show-biz affair
Television Review
Heche as a prophet -- an annoying one -- in 'Save Me'

Heche as a prophet -- an annoying one -- in 'Save Me'

Anne Heche as a prophet — there’s an elevator pitch. There’s nothing funny or fresh about “Save Me,” which NBC is burning off over the next few weeks.
Raisman eliminated, Pickler crowned 'Dancing' Champ

Raisman eliminated, Pickler crowned 'Dancing' Champ

Needham native Aly Raisman was the first contestant to be eliminated on Tuesday night's finale, ranking fourth place among the remaining dancers.

Music

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift cleans up at Billboard Awards

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.
CD Reviews
'Random Access Memories'

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' has epic heft

The 75-minute “Random Access Memories” is the French electronic act’s longest yet.

Celebrity news

Ray Manzarek

Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors has died. He was 74.
Mally the Monkey

Germany to Bieber: Say bye-bye to pet monkey

Justin Bieber’s pet monkey is now the property of Germany after the pop singer failed to present documentation for her.

Books

Lehane’s ‘Live by Night’ named best novel of the year

Lehane’s ‘Live by Night’ named best novel of the year

Dennis Lehane pulled off a literary upset at the 2013 Edgar Awards, beating Gillian Flynn’s best-selling “Gone Girl,” a book that seemingly the entire planet has read.
Book Review
Maya Angelou recalls life with, and without, her mom

Maya Angelou recalls life with, and without, her mom

“Mom & Me & Mom” broadly revisits some of the painful incidents of Maya Angelou's childhood, but as the title indicates, the focus is on Angelou and her mother.

Theater/Art

Stage review
In 'Looped,' a hard-living legend can't stay on script

In 'Looped,' a hard-living legend can't stay on script

Stefanie Powers, who costarred with Tallulah Bankhead in the 1965 B-movie “Die! Die! My Darling!,’’ is portraying Tallulah, and pretty delectably, too.
Dance Review
'Chroma' spins from grit to lyricism to classicism

'Chroma' spins from grit to lyricism to classicism

The Boston Ballet dancers astonish with their master of the choreography, contorting this way and that with remarkable intensity.
Boston Ballet presents 'Chroma'