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Billboard CD reviews (Reuters) Reuters - Young Jeezy balances commercial/pop aspirations with core hip-hop sounds on "The Recession," getting a lift from DJ Toomp, Drumma Boy, Midnight Black and longtime collaborator Shawty Redd on this sonically enjoyable follow-up to 2006's "The Inspiration." Previously criticized for strange rhymes and repeating lines, Jeezy delivers som......




Billboard single reviews (Reuters) Reuters - One might think that after 20 years of melodic mastery, recently elusive Sarah McLachlan might be out of surprises.


New Bochco legal drama merely nudges "Bar" (Reuters)

Producer Steven Bochco arrives for the final wrap party of the ABC television series 'NYPD Blue' in Los Angeles February 12, 2005. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Had it come from practically any other producer, TNT's "Raising the Bar," premiering Monday at 10 p.m., might be worthy of mild praise. It is, after all, a solid legal drama with several appealing characters and above-average dialogue.





Japanese filmmaker tackles "Achilles" paradox (Reuters) Reuters - In his third film examining the conflicts that arise from being distinctively creative, Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano uses the mathematical paradox of the title "Achilles and the Tortoise" to chase after the true nature of art, and doesn't quite make it.


Iranian film "Shirin" a rewarding challenge (Reuters) Reuters - A tough yet fascinating watch once you get into it, "Shirin" marks another interesting twist in the eclectic artistic career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.


Reviewed: `Raising the Bar,' 'Sons,' 'True Blood' (AP)

In this image released by HBO, Anna Paquin, left, and Stephen Moyer are shown in a scene from 'True Blood,' premiering Sept. 7, on HBO. (AP Photo/HBO, Prashant Gupta)AP - The fall season is afoot, with these three shows among the first to hit the air: TNT's courtroom drama "Raising the Bar"; FX's series about an outlaw motorcycle club, "Sons of Anarchy"; and HBO's vampires-are-just-folks horror-comedy-romance, "True Blood."





Asensi delivers fun in new thriller (AP)

In this photo released by HarperCollins shows  Matilde Asensi author of 'Everything Under the Sky', (AP Photo/Teresa Ricart,HarperCollins-Muy Interesante)AP - "Everything Under the Sky" (HarperCollins Publisher, 387 pages, $25.95), by Matilde Asensi: It's a good thing that the gambling, opium-addicted, prostitute-loving husband of Elvira De Poulain died. She would otherwise be stripped of an adventure that is so engrossing it could compel the reader to skip meals and ignore chores in a mad dash to r......




Review: `Frozen River' a gripping slice of life (AP) AP - When the two women first cross the river together — in the dead of winter, in a rickety Dodge Spirit — Melissa Leo's character, Ray, says what the audience is thinking: "This is so ... stupid."


Sad and funny stories from Annie Proulx (AP)

In this photo released by Scribner shows the cover of 'Fine Just The Way It Is,' the new book by 'Brokeback Mountain author Anne Proulx. (AP Photo/Scribner)AP - "Fine Just the Way It Is" (Scribner. 221 pages. $25), by Annie Proulx: It was Annie Proulx's award-winning "Brokeback Mountain" — a tale of love between two Wyoming cowboys — that became an Academy Award-winning film.





Female doctor writes of life in Saudi Arabia (AP)

In this photo released by Sourcebooks shows Dr. Quanta  Ahmed author of 'In the land of Invisible Women'. (AP Photo/Jack Alterman, Sourcebooks)AP - "In the Land of Invisible Women" (Sourcebooks Inc. 464 pages, $24.95) by Qanta A. Ahmed: Most job contracts don't include mentions of the death penalty, but when Dr. Qanta A. Ahmed agreed to a new job in a Saudi Arabian hospital she became subject to the laws of that country which, as she writes in her memoir, can include decapitation.





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