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November 22, 2009
Around the Remote: Chuck Barney's TV Picks for Nov. 22-28
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 Chuck Barney's TV Picks for Nov. 22-28 DON'T MISS: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade It's not really Thanksgiving until gigantic floating balloons with big smiley faces invade our TV screens in the...
'Sons of Anarchy's' Katey Sagal looks back at her many mom roles
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 KATEY SAGAL is back in mommie-not-so-dearest mode. The actress was hardly the model mother as wisecracking, lazy housewife Peg Bundy on Fox's "Married ... With Children." But that character would be "...
The early buzz on 'Bad Lieutenant' and Nicolas Cage is good
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 IN "BAD LIEUTENANT: Port of Call New Orleans," Nicolas Cage portrays a cop of unwavering commitment: He never lets his duty to protect and serve stand in the way of a hard-core drug binge. As a homici...
'American Idol' winner Kris Allen remains humble on new album
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 KRIS ALLEN knows he's not garnering as much attention as Adam Lambert and that's OK with him. Since foiling Lambert at the "American Idol" finale in May, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Conwa...
Q&A: New Leona Lewis CD echoes growth, strength
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 The success of Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" not only made the British-born singer an international star last year it also helped her branch out and toughen up. "I'm quite a sensitive person and I'm ...
Crime pays for USA Network: 'White Collar' latest hit
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 TALK ABOUT using pain as your muse. Though there are certainly echoes of movies such as "Catch Me If You Can," "48 Hours" and especially "Lethal Weapon" all over USA's new hit, "White Collar," one of ...
Bridge * Frank Stewart
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 It's a humbling game. Even world-class experts who win far more than they lose have bad days. In the prestigious Spingold Teams at the Summer NABC, the 64-deal final pitted Russ EKEBLAD, Matt Granovet...
On Movies: Mortensen breaches postapocalyptic frontier
The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 2009 Sunday
 TORONTO - Director David Cronenberg, who cast Viggo Mortensen as a Russian mob lieutenant in Eastern Promises, tells how his star would disappear from the London shoot on weekends, not revealing where...
K-never fear, k-nishes here; Lipkin's Bakery in the Northeast is back from a fire with the Jewish dumpling/turnover goodies.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 2009 Sunday
 Not that you would call him svelte. By any means. But I ask Mitch Lipkin, 60 now, hasn't he lost some weight? "I lose some. I find some," he shrugs. He is leaning over the counter at Lipkin's Bakery (...
Kong; Pervasive sweetness and poor cooking made a first sampling of this "Hong Kong street food" sour indeed. A second was a bit tastier.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 2009 Sunday
  There was so much syrupy hoisin and sweet sauce streaked across my first dinner at Kong - Northern Liberties' new ode to Hong Kong street food - that it was pretty clear Michael O'Halloran's "authent...
Chick Wit: Pimping the family at Thanksgiving
The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 2009 Sunday
 This Thanksgiving, I'm pimping out my family. As you may know, my book of these columns is titled Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman, and it will be publis...
Two dance-pop divas cocksure of their power
The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 22, 2009 Sunday
 Shakira is the lycanthropic predator on the prowl who issues a warning to all who might resist her. "Nocturnal creatures are not so prudent," she sings, while writhing around in a cage in a flesh-colo...
Tuned In: New releases from 'American Idol' stars
Scripps Howard News Service, November 22, 2009, Sunday 5:04 PM EST
 "FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT," Adam Lambert (RCA) Polarizing though Adam Lambert is, even his detractors must admit "American Idol" has never had anything quite like the show's latest runner-up. The singer...
November 21, 2009
Suicide survivors gather to console each other in Palo Alto
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 21, 2009 Saturday
 The necklaces spilling out of plastic bags looked like Mardi Gras beads, but a color-coded chart told a different, less festive story. The white beads were to be worn by people who had lost a child to...
Review: A bravo for 'Pirates of Penzance!'
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 21, 2009 Saturday
 Do dimwitted politicians, reckless scofflaws and clueless police officers exasperate you? If so, take in Ballet San Jose's delightfully wacky production of "Pirates of Penzance!" which plays at the Sa...
Review: World-famous Berliners brilliantly reflect the best efforts of Simon Rattle
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 21, 2009 Saturday
 The last time the Berlin Philharmonic and its conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, visited San Francisco, they nearly spun Davies Symphony Hall out of earth orbit with a performance of Beethoven's "Pastoral" ...
Susan Boyle and Adam Lambert: Battle of reality TV stars
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 21, 2009 Saturday
 SUSAN BOYLE vs. Adam Lambert in a steel-cage match? Well, not quite, but the year's two biggest reality TV superstars both drop hotly anticipated debut albums Monday, setting up an epic battle for sal...
November 20, 2009
An eye-popping 'Peter Pan' flies into town
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 20, 2009 Friday
 An eye-popping new "Peter Pan" will fly into San Francisco next spring for its U.S. premiere. Based on J.M. Barrie's beloved children's tale about the boy who wouldn't grow up, this lavish multimedia ...
Antiques and collectibles
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 20, 2009 Friday
 SOUTH BAY Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Expo. More than 500 dealers will buy and sell rare coins, paper money, stamps and postcards, historical documents and other collectibles. On display will be one ...
Miss Manners: One funeral and one engagement
San Jose Mercury News (California), November 20, 2009 Friday
 DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it acceptable to announce your engagement when your sister is standing in the receiving line at her husband's viewing? If not, what would have been the acceptable way to handle a...
Family Film: New movies, including 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
Scripps Howard News Service, November 20, 2009, Friday 12:48 PM EST
 A guide to movies from a family perspective: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" -- Rated: PG-13. -- Suitable for: Mature tweens and up. -- What you should know: This is the second movie based on Stephenie ...
Catching up with Burt Reynolds
Scripps Howard News Service, November 20, 2009, Friday 2:56 PM EST
 Burt Reynolds has bounced back following his back surgery and addiction to pain pills. He is feeling so good about himself and the direction his life is taking, he wants to spread the word. Wearing al...
Film: Comparing 'The Blind Side' and 'Precious'
Scripps Howard News Service, November 20, 2009, Friday 1:20 PM EST
 Hollywood serves up a heaping of hope in the days before Thanksgiving, although one comes in a palatable PG-13 package and the other with a provocative, harrowing R. "The Blind Side" and "Precious" fo...
Nicolas Cage is so 'Bad,' he's good
USA TODAY, November 20, 2009 Friday
 The cop in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is not just unpleasant, he's vile. He's also gone rogue, and Nicolas Cage is just the guy to play him.
This, funny? Only on 'Planet' Denial
USA TODAY, November 20, 2009 Friday
 When the computer-animated space adventure Planet 51 resorts to silly bathroom humor just 15 minutes after the opening credits, we know we're in for a sorry experience.
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