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NBC tries to balance both late-night hosts

By Joe Flint · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010

NBC executives spent most of Thursday in lockdown figuring how to spin their plans to get Jay Leno out of prime time and back to late night. Feeling pressure from affiliates, who have been griping for months about how Leno’s 10 p.m. performance is hurting their late news and bottom line, NBC is scrambling to put together a strategy to appease them and keep Leno on the payroll.

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Tim Allen gets behind camera for new comedy

By Julie Hinds · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010

Tim Allen has opinions — vocal ones — at the movies. “I pick apart movies — mine, anybody’s,” he said during a recent visit to his hometown of Birmingham, Mich. “I love movies. If I go to movies with people, they generally don’t go with me again. ‘Tim, you talked all the way through that.’ ‘But did you see that? That can’t happen. That doesn’t work. There was a different car that came in.’ I’m a continuity freak.” Now it’s time for the 56-year-old star to let audiences critique his skills behind the camera.

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Diverse workout necessary to build power, endurance

By Wina Sturgeon · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010

Everyone knows what an endurance workout is. It’s the cardio stuff, long and slow, working your lungs and heart and circulatory system. It makes you a better athlete for long-haul sports like tennis or marathons. But there’s another kind of endurance workout that can make you a better, more powerful athlete.

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Michael Cera plays usual role in ‘Youth in Revolt’

By Jodie Bolinger · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010

After meeting the girl of his dreams on a “family” trip, 16-year-old virgin Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) decides to create an alter ego to get into trouble. When Francois Dillinger aids in arson, Nick is sent to live with his father. But when his alter ego gets out of control, he is left trying to pick up the pieces.

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Dodgeball is making a comeback

By Josh Foster · Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010

In 2004, a comedy starring Vince Vaughn revived interest in a sport traditionally relegated to gymnasiums paired with the clichéd of the wimpy children forced to play against athletic children.

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'Parnassus' director Terry Gilliam fights to keep 'freak show' real

By Joe Williams · Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010

Terry Gilliam is not someone you’d expect to see lounging poolside at a luxury hotel. For almost three decades as a director, and before that as the animator and token Yank in Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Gilliam has been decidedly non-Hollywood. Although occasionally his films employ big stars—Robin Williams in “The Fisher King,” Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt in “Twelve Monkeys“—Gilliam has famously struggled to interest the major studios in his fevered visions. He was J.K.

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Television will be playing part in 3-D craze

By Eric Adler and Scott Canon · Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010

Some of television’s biggest players – from ESPN to an alliance of IMAX, Discovery and Sony – announced Tuesday a leap big enough to turn a blue “Avatar” green with envy. They will be broadcasting in 3-D soon, as in June for ESPN. But here’s something to really make your eyes pop: That 60-inch HDTV plasma screen you just bought?

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Apple mum on plans for Lala.com

By Troy Wolverton · Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009

Apple may soon take your iTunes library to the cloud. The iPhone maker recently purchased Lala.com, a company that streams songs to users over the Internet.

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'Jersey' latest example of stupidity run amok

By David Gomez · Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009

I thought we had seen the worst MTV had to offer. The Real World and Road Rules had turned into softcore porn and I thought the mindless drones who watched it would eventually get bored with it.

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'Invictus' proves another winner from Eastwood

By Jodie Bolinger · Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009

by Jodie Bolinger Opinions Editor Clint Eastwood’s newest film “Invictus” opened Friday to rave reviews by critics and fans alike. “Invictus,” which was adapted from the novel “Playing the Enemy” by John Carlin, centers on the South African rugby team the Sprinkboks as they struggle to win the World Cup. But the real story lies with Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) as he begins his presidency amidst a deeply divided nation.

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SEPE's mission: Producing a more responsible EMU

By Jeff Gerding · Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009

Students for an Ethical and Participatory Education (SEPE) is a group of Eastern Michigan University students dedicated to raising awareness of issues relating to social justice, student democracy and human rights. But the group isn’t satisfied with merely shouting from the sidelines.

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Researchers prove health affects GPA

Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009

Quit smoking. Turn off the computer. Go to bed. It could improve your grades. Of course, parents have always known that.

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