A new Disney Channel niche: adults

New Disney Channel niche: adults

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'Avatar' tops $1 billion worldwide

'Avatar' blasts off to No. 1

'Avatar' -- 3 stars

History channel pursues updated look

Fan makes music with his idols

Passing time with the Black Keys

Pitbull: '2010 is my takeover year'

10 Chicago plays raising hopes for 2010

Watcher: Ahead in winter television

Elton John says he's helping Eminem fight drug problems; says rapper doing well

Cable TV standoffs threaten viewing costs, choices

'Gossip Girl' star Leighton Meester performs at The Underground

Nothing simple about this Elia Kazan retrospective

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Columnists & critics

Bill Daley

Toast 2010 with California bubbly - December 30, 2009

Steve Johnson

Web spin: Last week's 5 most viewed Tribune stories on chicagotribune.com - January 3, 2010

Chris Jones

Second City sets Limbaugh spoof - January 1, 2010

Julia Keller

Discontent providers - January 3, 2010

Greg Kot

Small venues to be hot spots for music - January 3, 2010

Michael Phillips

Nothing simple about this Kazan retrospective - January 1, 2010

Howard Reich

The decade in jazz - December 22, 2009

John von Rhein

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma named to new post at CSO - December 15, 2009

Maureen Ryan

2010 rings in new and returning shows - January 3, 2010

Phil Vettel

What kind of dog is that? - December 31, 2009

Movies


Our Miss Brooks	'A Single Man' -- 4 stars
'The Joy of Singing' -- 3 stars	Eight and a half reasons 'Nine' is a mixed bag
Nothing simple about this Kazan retrospective	'It's Complicated' -- 3 stars

AMC River East 21	Kerasotes Chicago Webster Place 11	Evanston Century 12/CineArts 6
AMC Loews 600 North Michigan 9	Davis Theatre	Landmark Century Centre Cinema
AMC Loews Pipers Alley	Kerasotes Chicago City North 14	Music Box

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TV


Three critics talking TV, Part 1: Let's get 'Lost'	'Save Bandit!' 'Your mother is an Other?' 'Why the face?' The best TV lines of 2009. Add yours!
'Lost' photos and info found: A few thoughts from Cuse and Lindelof on the end of the island drama	Got questions for the 'Lost' honchos? Leave them here
Watch this: The Top TV shows of 2009	Laugh with 'Better Off Ted's' mad scientists and corporate drones

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Celebrities


Yankee center fielder, NBA Hall of Famer hang out at The Underground	Pitbull, Patrick Kane, Miss January come out for Playboy party at the Hilton
Pitbull: '2010 is my takeover year'	Bears Pro Bowler watches alma mater play at Uncle Fatty's
'Gossip Girl' star Leighton Meester performs at The Underground	Jason Derulo to perform at Lumen

Billy Joel's daughter Alexa Ray blogs about 'heartbreak-related depression'	Lindsay Lohan tweets 2010 plan: leave 'bad people, habits behind.'
'American Idol': Jason Castro gets married	Jennifer Lopez rings in 2010 in a skin-tight catsuit
Is 'Empire State of Mind' the new 'New York, New York'?	Kathy Griffin making vulgarity on CNN a New Year's Eve tradition with 2nd quip in 2 years

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Music


Winter preview 2010: Lady Gaga, Slayer, Jay-Z, John Prine	Chicagoan of year in music: Michael Orlove
Top New Year's Eve concerts	10 key moments that shaped decade in music
Kid Sister: A rising pop star with a blue-collar attitude	Story of the decade: The fans rule --- just ask Radiohead

Girl Talk on New Year's Eve at Chicago's Congress Theater	Movie soundtracks bold, campy, playful
Local H greets the new year with cynicism	DownBeat magazine's 75-year history is one for the books
Kid Sister – from Chicago to hip-hop's top	Shiver me timbers, Light Opera Works' 'Pirates' is good holiday fun
Hip-hop gets tipsy	The decade in classical music

Theater


Winter Chicago theater preview: From 'Funny Girl' to Philip Seymour Hoffman	'Red' by John Logan: an angry artist, plotting a revolution in restaurant
Rush Limbaugh: "Rush Limbaugh: the Musical" coming to Second City	Jerry Zaks takes over 'Addams Family'
Eddie Izzard in Chicago: Izzard's Chicago stages just get bigger and bigger	From dollars to donuts

Ready for 'Italics'? Bring a phrase book	'Nutcracker' a fine last gift from the gravity-defying Kitten
'Chicago's Forgotten Renaissance Man': a lifetime of creativity	For your little snow prince or princess …
Jackie Tileston's vibrant, visual cure	2009 in museums defined by Modern Wing

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The man behind a Christmas classic	Chicago scholar peeks under the covers
Why 'best of' lists fail	No, seriously: How Playboy changed the world
Midwest mag gives Agatha Christie the last word	Book review: Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol'

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Dining

Fuzzy slippers optional at New Year's pajama brunches	Drinks with holiday sparkle
3 wishes for Chicago's food scene in 2010	The decade in Chicago dining
Unpalatable whines: Restaurant complaints we hate	14 festive dining spots full of holiday spirit


Bluprint, inside the Merchandise Mart, closes	Backyard chicken farmers get pecked by animal rights groups
Pig meat confiscated from Bayless' Frontera by state officials	Your goose is cooked at Cafe Matou
Healthy Food Lithuanian calls it a career, closes

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