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Director Oliver Stone has a habit of delivering movies that are cultural barometers. Whether or not you agree with the ideas expressed in "Wall Street," "JFK" and "W.," you pause to ponder what he's saying about where we're at as a country. But in "Savages," Stone narrows his focus and pours his passion into making a crime drama that's as evocatively gritty as possible.
How best to ring in the Fourth of July? John Adams suggested marking the day with "pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other." But he'd probably also enjoy some of the film, concert and comedy fare that's on the horizon this week.
Comedy fans are keeping an eye out for Louis C.K.'s unflinching humor. Larry Hagman has eyebrows that everyone is talking about. And get ready for Ryan Lochte, an easy-on-the-eyes potential superstar of the summer Olympics. They're among the people who pop up in this week's look at what's on the horizon and who's having a moment.
A president fighting vampires? That's not real. A giant meteor hurtling toward Earth? No reality there, either. A meeting between Oprah and the Kardashians? Now that's really happening. Here's a look at what's on the horizon and who's having a moment.
Will Detroit's own David Alan Grier win a Tony tonight for starring in a revival of “Porgy and Bess”? Does the pride of Troy, Sutton Foster, herself a past Tony winner, have a cable TV hit on her hands? Can the relatively tony film by Wes Anderson succeed in the summer popcorn movie season? Here's a tony, tony, tony look at what's on the horizon and who's having a moment....
There's a British theme to the week ahead, from a new reality show featuring Cat Deeley to a series inspired by the Earl of Sandwich. Oh, and there's this nice 86-year-old woman who's throwing a party for 60 years on the job. Here's a look at what's on the horizon and who's having a moment.
An actress who hails from metro Detroit, an author who spent summers up north and a movie made in Michigan are all part of this week's highlights of what's on the horizon and who's having a moment. If you seek a pleasant peninsula immersed in popular culture, you've found it.
Get your DVRs ready. It's finale time this week for “Celebrity Apprentice,” “American Idol” and “Dancing With the Stars. With apologies to crooning and entrepreneurial wrangling, the real test of skill here is on the ballroom floor. Come on, what has a higher degree of difficulty: singing a passable “Unchained Melody,” feuding with Aubrey O'Day or learning the paso doble?
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