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Gossip site TMZ.com is reporting that Alexandra Kerry, Sen. John Kerry’s daughter, was arrested in Los Angeles this morning on suspicion of driving under the...
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Cranberry craze
In the spirit of the season, we've rounded up where to go to find this fall favorite.
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Movie Review
‘Precious’: Joy amid pain
This movie catalogs a wealth of human ugliness. It's even been made to look ugly, presumably to underscore the horror movie that is Precious's life. But "Precious," in its own way, is a work of astonishing joy. 
Television
Oprah ending show
The talk show host's powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 years.
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- Survey Are you sad to see the show go? Or is it time?
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Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Va., killing 1
One person was killed in the accident, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board. (AP)
'Jon & Kate Plus 8' to end its stormy run Monday
In the midst of a bitter divorce, the Gosselins are ending the show that made them (and their eight kids) famous. (AP)
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Brady’s an iron man
Perhaps to make the gridiron god seem merely mortal, the Pats QB is pictured ironing in GQ's "Men of the Year" issue.
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Critic's Notebook
Palin leads her own charge into the reality spotlight
This week, Sarah Palin ran for the top spot on bestseller lists, plying the media with dish in exchange for renewed attention. And she won.
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Robert Carlock talks about the fine state of comedy
The Globe's Mattthew Gilbert spoke with Robert Carlock, executive producer and writer of "30 Rock," about his Emmy-winning - but low-rated - NBC sitcom on the phone from New York.
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Opera Review
Janacek's haunting opera finally arrives at the Met
Leos Janacek's darkly transfixing final opera "From the House of the Dead" is based on the Dostoyevsky novel.
Stage Review
The humanity behind 'Heroes'
Can a little comedy about three old guys standing around talking also be sophisticated and meaningful? Of course, promises Merrimack Repertory Theatre.
Music
iPod Shuffle: Thurston Moore
We spoke to Sonic Youth guitarist-singer Thurston Moore ahead of the band's shows at the Wilbur Theatre this weekend.
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TD Garden party guide
Headed out to see a concert? You'll find plenty of options for hanging out or grabbing pre-or-post show eats and drinks in the North Station area.
Movies
‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’
Where the first film's director, Catherine Hardwicke, plugged into Meyer's vision of supernatural teenage lust with abandon, Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel that's a morning-after mope-fest.-
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‘The Messenger’
In the film, a forcefully acted and peculiar emotional drama, we ride shotgun with Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) and Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) as they inform loved ones that their child or significant other has died in battle.Books
Review
From a man's mind, a girl's thoughts
In "Mathilda Savitch," poet-playwright Victor Lodato does a great job of conjuring the first-person voice of a feisty, precocious young teen dealing with the death of her "perfect" older sister.
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Nitze, Kennan, and the Cold War
In "The Hawk and the Dove," Nicholas Thompson tells the story of the Cold War through the lives of two key diplomats and thinkers.