Bradenton.com: Entertainment

THE JOKER'S LASTING LAUGH

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:55 EDT

"I 've been thinking lately. About you and me. About what's going to happen to us, in the end. We're going to kill each other, aren't we?"

Ringling's Historic Asolo screens classic movie musicals

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:55 EDT

Remember when Julie Andrews flew in with her trusty umbrella as "Mary Poppins" or Audrey Hepburn's famous Eliza Dolittle makeover in "My Fair Lady"?

Golden Apple's 'Musical' shows both sides of coin

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:55 EDT

Every coin has two sides. Yin has its yang, and white has its black; this show is a perfect example of such opposites.

Joker role fails to define Ledger legacy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:55 EDT

"T he Dark Knight" is likely to make Heath Ledger a bigger star than he ever was in life.

Perfect your golf swing at library

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:50 EDT

Golf is a game of options. When considering the lie of your ball, should you pull a 6-iron, or 7-iron out of the bag?

Bookstore events

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:50 EDT

Information: 907-3808 or www.littlebookworms.net.

E! unleashes 'Pam' in August

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:50 EDT

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ARTS BRIEFS

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:50 EDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: Send arts news to accent@bradenton.com. Art classes are listing in Friday's Neighbors section.

THE WEEK AHEAD { July 17 - 23 }: Our best bets until we see you again

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:15 EDT

TODAY

Poison's Dall knows what fans want

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:14 EDT

For a nostalgia act, Poison's press clippings come shredded straight from today's headlines.

Sebastian Bach puts his glory days behind him

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:14 EDT

Music trends come and go faster than you can say "swing music revival." Artists often find themselves a thing of the past before they even begin to reach their full potential.

Comedy explores love at any age

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:14 EDT

Young people don't own a monopoly on love, said Susan Greenhill.

'Dark Knight' nearly lives up to hype

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:13 EDT

It's difficult to separate the movie from its mystique.

Banyan offers thought-provoking 'True West'

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:14 EDT

When fiction imitates life, it often comes close to getting it right. Some plays actually hit the nail on the head. At least that's the impression given by cast members of Banyan Theater Company's latest dark comedy "True West."

In the theaters

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:05 EDT

NEW FLICKS

'Hellboy' stokes box office with $34.5 million

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:50 EDT

"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" caught box-office heat with a $34.5 million debut, while Eddie Murphy flopped as his comedy "Meet Dave" opened with just $5.3 million.

'Mamma Mia!': A romp you can't refuse

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:05 EDT

"M amma Mia!" is a pajama party of a musical, a stay-up-too-late, sing-in-front-of-the-mirror/hairbrush-as-micro- phone, giggle-with-your-girl- friends, worry about the mess afterward romp. It gets by on the featherweight golden oldies of ABBA and the treat of seeing and hearing some golden oldies of the cinema break character and belt out a song.

No more Mr. Bad Guy for Oldman?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:50 EDT

In some earlier parallel universe of Batman's Gotham City, it might have been Gary Oldman instead of Heath Ledger cackling and conniving as the maniacal Joker.

Murphy muddles through 'Meet Dave'

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:05 EDT

"M eet Dave." Or don't. Eddie Murphy doesn't particularly seem to care one way or the other.

A story of forbidden love

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:50 EDT

It sometimes seems that there is but one true erotic taboo left in a cinema obsessed with body parts and bodily fluids. And if the taboo of Islamic infidelity was ever going to fall, it would have to happen in a story set outside of the Middle East, in "Bangla City" on Brick Lane in London, for instance.