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Music
Run this town
No living man but Jay-Z could get a sold out Boston arena so excited about New York City. But for two hours last night, the sold out crowd at the Garden was in an Empire State of Mind, as “The Blueprint 3” tour rolled into town.
 
My Television
Back in the trenches
Steven Spielberg makes strikingly vivid, breathtakingly poetic movies about some of the most terrifying conflicts in the history of man. The filmmaking aesthetic he pioneered with “Saving Private Ryan” — and continues to perfect in HBO’s new WWII miniseries, “The Pacific” — was born out of a desire to translate as honestly as possible his conversations with veterans on their combat experience.
 
The Word
Is nothing in her life real anymore?
When we first read that Heidi Pratt was firing husband Spencer Pratt as her manager, we thought, “Yay! Heidi’s new face is finally doing something right!” But then we found out that although she did fire Spencer, it seems like she’s replacing him with psychic Aiden Chase to take the reigns on her “career” — and then we got scared.
 
Movies
Pattinson: A vampire in Brooklyn
Robert Pattinson has been playing Americans so often that he has forgotten how to talk like a Brit. In his latest, “Remember Me,” the “Twilight” heartthrob stars as a soulful young New Yorker attending NYU, but he insists he didn’t need any help sounding like a native. “I’ve never had a dialect coach or anything,” Pattinson says. “Ironically, I’ve only had a dialect coach for this film I’m doing now, which I’m doing in an English accent. I guess I’ve forgotten how to do an English accent.”
 
Published 02:12, December the 18th, 2009
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Santa’s bringing Jon a divorce this year!Santa’s bringing Jon a divorce this year!
 

Gosselins must be on Santa’s naughty list

 
 

You know what good little sextuplets and twins need for the holidays after what might be the worst year of their lives? Their parents divorce to be finalized — just in time for Christmas!

Yes, nothing says Joyeux Noel for the Gosselins like their lawyers talking to the press about how much they can’t wait to be separated. Kate’s attorney confirms to E! News that a judge expected to sign off on their split within 24 hours.

“The law clerk said the decree would be entered today or tomorrow and literally, I’m waiting for it. It could be any minute,” the lawyer said.

Let’s hope an excited Jon and Kate make tiny Xeroxes of their divorce decree — we hear they make great stocking-stuffers for little children whose hearts have been broken into millions of pieces.

 
 
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Music
MMMpod
The March MMMpod features conversation and music from Surfer Blood and The Allman Brothers Band (There's a double-bill you're not too likely to see. However, Gregg Allman does mention Hannah Montana!). We also speak with Vampire Weekend and the Dropkick Murphys.
 
 
 
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