http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F Philly.com entertainment headlines. en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552879&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Bodies_pile_up_fast_and_deep_in_this_vicious__comic-book_caper.html Punisher: War Zone wastes no time in getting down to its nasty business. The opening credits have barely stopped rolling when our title character, a vicious vigilante, bursts into a mansion straight out of a bad Godfather fantasy and wastes every gangster and button man in this casa nostra. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT f3c10ab86c23f279b53a93cd2e0edf84 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552784&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Nation_by_nation__peace_on_earth.html It's a celebration of Peace Around the World Sunday as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology hosts its 13th annual family event from 1 to 4 p.m. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 3c2c873a9c09244e9e9ef20d404518f0 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552844&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_A_documentary_exalting_jazz_s_glorious_O_Day.html To watch Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden's Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer is to get a close-up look at the strange alchemy that is jazz singing - singing at its most sublime. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 36d50ac96ec44a7b637cd4f9ded8699d 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35589239&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Sideshow__Dipping_a_toe_into_motherhood.html Jennifer Aniston hasn't lost her sense of humor even though she is ticked over the flurry of tabloid reports that she is pregnant. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT dfb69594091febbb537eedceb8d43fb0 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35589244&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Changing_Skyline__Arch_St__s_a_bad_place_for_ultra-tall_and_dense_tower.html What is it about a really tall skyscraper that makes people fall into a swoon? Ever since developers unveiled their design for a 1,500-foot office tower called the American Commerce Center, supporters have been behaving like teenage girls at the opening of Twilight. When the Philadelphia Planning Commission held a hearing on the project recently, fans swarmed the meeting room, hoisting printed signs as if they were rally towels. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 96a6365b7ca7d735bd3875edfb6ecbd3 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35589204&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Grammy_list_offers_reasons_to_cheer.html Anytime the Grammys get anything right, it's cause for a minor celebration. And at least three good reasons to start a party were revealed when the Recording Academy released its 110-category nomination list Wednesday night, after a first-ever one-hour telecast on CBS called Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 0e08c7c5a08a9a1d611dc791eac4db7a 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552794&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Music_drives__Cadillac_Records_.html In 1950, as the blues, gospel and jazz cross-pollinated but before Detroit's Motown, before Memphis' Sun and Stax - and well before Philadelphia International Records - there was Chicago's Chess label. Those of a certain age fondly remember its logo, a silhouette of a king chess piece flanked by those of bishop and knight. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 416ef55ca77b7dfcf2afd218f067fa0e 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552859&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Bare_Knuckles___Tina_Fey_has_Madness_in_her_past.html It's not as if I'm a regular reader of Vanity Fair, but Tina Fey on the cover of the January issue was bananas, so I felt it was my manly duty to investigate the Maureen Dowd interview. Besides, gamers usually like the ladies with a scar or two. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT db04982df08bd0925aba5042ac156915 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552849&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205__Nobel__prizes_a_fast_pace.html A smart aleck-y kidnapping caper that whooshes around to a thumping electronic beat, Nobel Son offers quotes from Ogden Nash and Pat Benatar, deploys a highfalutin synonym for cannibalism (anthropophagy), offers a movie-long commercial for the Mini Cooper, and features a hot candlelit sex scene on an apartment roof. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT d3b6c40f5e1bc2cfe15fd53782c0afd8 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552824&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Repertory_Films_showing_this_week.html Repertory Films Bryn Mawr Film Institute 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; 610-527-9898. www.brynmawrfilm.org. Ballerina (France, 2007). 12/9 7:30 pm. Magnificent Obsession (1954). $9.50; $6.75 seniors, students & children under 18. 12/10 7:30 pm. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 07356b81ecb6102ecaaa33e8c303bd91 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552804&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_New_This_Week.html The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian *** (Walt Disney Video, '08) $29.99. 149 mins. A year after returning to England, the Pevensie children - Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy - are beckoned back to Narnia to help a young prince take his place on the throne by defeating an evil king. With Ben Barnes, Cornell John, Liam Neeson. PG (intense battle sequence) Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 0cf07d7c548b79b0f3c23204b1cfa46b 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552809&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Top_Rentals.html *1. Hancock ***1/2 (PG). 2. Tropic Thunder *** (R). *3. Fred Klaus ** (PG). 4. Get Smart ** (PG-13). 5. WALL-E *** (G). Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT cda0cf451fc2f1d7a2b8fdd1960672de 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552814&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Events_for_the_family.html Special Events Philadelphia *FREE* Army/Navy Pep Rally Official rally for the upcoming Army/Navy football game. Pep bands & cheerleaders. The Shops at Liberty Place, S. 16th St. & Chestnut St.; 215-636-3300; 215-636-3417. www.phillylovesarmynavy.com. 12/5 noon. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT ac8de7a74cd33afb77ba8cf825802254 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552819&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Top_regional_attractions.html Top Regional Attractions Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-299-1000. www.ansp.org. Hadrosaurus Foulkii: The Dinosaur That Changed the World. Closes 4/19. $10; $8 seniors, students, military, children 3-12; free for children under 3. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4:30 pm; Sat.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 67ee9f68fe14c047b6ec9d49ae35943a 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552789&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205__Flickgrrl_.html Inquirer film critic Carrie Rickey offers her take on movies at http://go.philly.com/flickgrrl Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 2e75632f5da926126198bf22192d43af 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35552774&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Museum_and_gallery_events.html Art Museums & Institutions African American Museum 701 Arch St.; 215-574-0380. www.aampmuseum.org. Quilting Tying Ceremony & Tea - Learn how to tie a traditional community quilt. Ends 12/6.Included in admission. 12/6 1-3 pm. Shadows of a Journey - Tanya M Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 194701aa31513d1b39a0cc2c301a98b5 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35589194&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Ask_Amy__Neighbors_expect_free_use_of_house.html Dear Amy: We own a vacation home that we occasionally rent out. It's not a rental machine, but we try to rent it a few times a month to help with the mortgage. We rent it for $165 a night plus a cleaning fee - three-night minimum. The expenses run $1,000 a month. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT e255f3332bf990fe127393a66ac9b08b 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35588659&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205__Punisher__barely_misses_being_year_s_worst.html I'd just about decided that "Punisher: War Zone" was the worst movie of the year when something happened to change my mind. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT 5200f93792081e26302905120350940e 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35588629&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_At_last__Hollywood_takes_a__sort_of__fact-based_look_at_the_founding_of_Chess_Records.html WITH CONTEMPORARY crowd-pleasers like Beyonce Knowles, Cedric the Entertainer and Mos Def cast in critical roles, we can hope that a diverse audience will pay attention to "Cadillac Records," this significant and entertaining musical history lesson: the story of Chess Records. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT fcf0389ace43e68a290da4152c594821 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168041&44=35588649&32=3796&7=195357&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2F20081205_Despite_great_cast___Nobel__is_no_prize.html "Nobel Son" stars the great Alan Rickman, over-the-top and deliciously insufferable as a college chemistry professor who treats his rudeness to everyone, the graduate students he sleeps with and the Nobel Prize he's just won as nothing less than his due as a "superior intellect." He alone is worth the price of admission to this unnecessarily gruesome caper picture. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:00 GMT ee648c89c7cf6e9dd989fdb9fce14289 2008-12-05T08:01:00Z