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• An energized Paul McCartney opens SoCal music festival

• 'Bo: America's Commander-in-Leash'

• Woman says she snooped at Britney Spears' home for her film

• Oprah's first tweet so-so

• Downloading music: Beyond iTunes

• "Ghostwritten" at the Goodman Theatre: 2 stars

• Allen Toussaint's 'The Bright Mississippi' proves top notch

• 'State of Play': film version vs. miniseries

• Jeff Beck still has the chops

• Chicago Improv Festival: Slow to Start

• 'Dancing' star, Indy driver acquitted of tax evasion

• 'Chorus Line' at Oriental: This musical is best when it's all on the line

• 'State of Play': 3 stars

• 'Crank: High Voltage': ½ star

• 4 stars for 'Sugar'

• Susan Boyle's makeover and a new song

• Pirate Bay supporters protest conviction of organizers in rallies across Sweden

• Movie review: '17 Again'

• YouTube to stream full-length movies, TV shows

• 'One Tree Hill' actor arrested for selling Social Security numbers

• Russian singer says she's Mel Gibson's other woman

• Song by Al Capone due on CD

Television

• Are you there God? It's me, network TV

• The truth about 'Dollhouse'

• A shocking episode of 'House'

• Therapy back in session for Byrne, 'In Treatment'

• The wounding of young Ben Linus: Innocence 'Lost'?

Movies

• 'American Violet' stars Nicole Beharie, Alfre Woodard, Charles S. Dutton

• 'Hunger': Bobby Sands' story told with painstaking detail

• 'Crank: High Voltage' stars Jason Statham, a review will post soon

Music

• It's a Four Seasons extravaganza Frankie Valli in town

• Chris Cornell is bringing his "Scream" to the Riv

• Chicago Opera Theater: No second fiddle

• OK Go is back ... new moves, new music

• Two must-see weekend events

Theater

• At Goodman, 'Ghostwritten' a spicy mix but needs a steadier hand

• Despite bumps in the road, Victory Gardens moves ahead

• 'Chorus Line' at Oriental: This musical is at its best when it's all on the line

• 'Next to Normal' on Broadway: When normal is achingly out of reach

Art & Architecture

• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center opens, at once moving and flawed

• Pritzker Prize to Peter Zumthor, creator of sumptuous essentials

• Inside Scoop: Payne to Iowa

• 'The Bean' gets new neighbors

• Zaha Hadid: 'A real kind of optimism in the city'

Dining

• Hot Chocolate rates 3 stars

• Eat: Pizza Fusion

• Cheap: Pierogi Place

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