World / Recreation & Entertainment

Fox explains 'X Factor' shakeup, defends 'Idol' ratings

 February 07, 2012 09:58   cnn.com

The changes to Fox's singing competition shows have only just begun.

World Recreation & Entertainment

The new ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ trailer: Enough of a Peter Parker departure?

 February 07, 2012 07:40   washingtonpost.com

If you felt a nagging sense of melancholia because “The Amazing Spider-Man” was not featured among this year’s Super Bowl commercials, cheer up: you didn’t have to wait long for a new trailer. A second preview for the Andrew...

World Recreation & Entertainment

National Geographic to air first documentary on Concordia sinking

 February 07, 2012 05:43   washingtonpost.com

Last month, just days after the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off a Tuscan island, killing 17 people and leaving 15 missing, Discovery Channel announced that it would “dissect the anatomy” of the Friday the 13th disaster and — with...

World Recreation & Entertainment

Playwright Jason Grote takes a turn at writing for ‘Smash’

 February 07, 2012 05:11   washingtonpost.com

“Smash,” which NBC hyped as heavily as the Super Bowl, premiered Monday night. The show is many things: a musical within a show, a heavy-on-the-glitter-but-light-on-the-grit look behind the scenes of Broadway and an ode to every musical...

World Recreation & Entertainment

‘The Voice’ season 2: Blind auditions continue

 February 07, 2012 05:00   washingtonpost.com

So many questions about Monday night’s episode of “The Voice,” which made its debut in the show’s regular timeslot. Will it be a ratings hit like it was on Sunday after the Super Bowl? Will it provide enough of a lead-in so NBC can finally...

World Recreation & Entertainment

New in paperback: Stephanie McAfee’s ‘Diary of a Mad Fat Girl’

 February 07, 2012 04:54   washingtonpost.com

Stephanie McAfee’s Diary of a Mad Fat Girl (NAL, $15) offers a fascinating tale, but not between its covers. The girl-buddy cape, starring a sassy, overweight Mississippi teacher, brims with local color but is burdened by too much plot and too...

World Recreation & Entertainment

21 questions for the 2012 Grammys

 February 07, 2012 04:40   cnn.com

You might think you have all the answers to the 2012 Grammys -- who's nominated, who's gonna win, who's gonna perform, who's gonna make awkward banter with LL Cool J, who's gonna make an overt pass at the newly single Katy...

World Recreation & Entertainment

Celebs celebrate Prop 8 decision on Twitter

 February 07, 2012 03:36   cnn.com

A federal appeals court has ruled California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional in a decision announced earlier today, likely sending the case to the Supreme Court.

World Recreation & Entertainment

Best and worst Super Bowl commercials

 February 06, 2012 12:50   washingtonpost.com

The best Super Bowl XLVI commercials, by and large, hawked neither food nor drink, but false dictators, Audi headlights, smart phones , Chevys as stunt cars and Volkswagens with a nose for pop culture. And was it my imagination or did many of the...

World Recreation & Entertainment

Obscenity punctuates halftime show

 February 06, 2012 12:07   cnn.com

Ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, singer Madonna promise there would be no "wardrobe malfunction." What she didn't guarantee was no obscene gestures.

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