US – Friday, March 19
The Grid
The week's releases
Metro staff reviews the latest CDs, DVDs and books for your reading pleasure.
 
My Entertainment
THE WEEK THAT WAS
This week, the news community ate up the story of world’s fattest mom Donna Simpson — who, reports claim, actually hopes to increase her already ample girth to claim a new record.
 
My Entertainment
THE WEEK THAT WAS
This week, the news community ate up the story of world’s fattest mom Donna Simpson — who, reports claim, actually hopes to increase her already ample girth to claim a new record.
 
The Word
James admits to ‘poor judgment’
Sandra Bullock is having quite a week with her dogs. On Thursday, husband Jesse James released a statement to People magazine about the affair rumors swirling around the couple, stating that a “vast majority” of the allegations are “untrue and unfounded,” but says, “It’s because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way.
 
Movies
Taking on a blockbuster
If the name Stieg Larsson isn’t familiar, the cover of his globally best-selling book may provide instant recognition, considering the novel is reaching Harry Potter-level ubiquity. The film adaptation follows suit, blowing box office records all over Europe for its roundly praised, faithful rendition of the story of two detectives (of sorts) who uncover family scandals in search of a woman who has been missing for 40 years. We sat down with director Niels Arden Oplev to chat about his version of the tale.
 

Photo: JOERG KOCH/AFP/GETTY IMAGESQuite the bright, Buble personality
For three very successful records, Michael Buble has reinterpreted standards. But when it came to last fall’s hit album, “Crazy Love,” the pop/jazz singer decided it was time to start telling his own stories and included two originals, including the Sinatra-esque “Haven’t Met You Yet.”
 

Photo: GETTY IMAGES
New York Music
Ain’t wastin’ time no more
For nearly 20 years, the Allman Brothers Band have made the Beacon Theatre their home away from Georgia for the month of March. But this year they’ve moved their residency over to the United Palace Theatre. Why?

 
New York Music
Elly Jackson: ‘We all like catchy hooks’
Anything you’ll read in the  next few months about the impending stateside success of U.K. electro duo La Roux will no doubt make reference to their ’80s synth pop style and declare, “The ’80s are back!” The only problem is that the ’80s never went away, particularly in the indie dance scene.
New York Music
Ladysmith in waiting
Albert Mazibuko has been a member of pioneering Afro-beat group Ladysmith Black Mambazo since 1969. The singer recalls what it was like when the group first found worldwide acclaim working on Paul Simon’s 1986 album, “Graceland.”
 

New York Music
Lissie’s songs are so much more than ‘silly little ditties’
She’s got the soulful, weathered voice of an old pro, but Illinois-born Lissie Maurus is just about to test her mettle on the longest tour of her career — and the first of her very own.
 
New York Music
Who said classical music is boring?
They’re XX-hausted but XX-cited to tour
For big Zombie fans, a ghastly double feature
Old man down the road returns to the rock scene
Tell all your friends what you want to do for your birthday
Something like a phenomenon
The Mayer of smooth city
Shiny happy people
‘Sun’ comes out
The return of Extreme
New York Music
Making a big splash
Identity of Afro-punk
A soldier, a rider, a ghetto survivor
An aggressive ‘Bachelor’
Breaking all the Windows
3 INFLUENCES School of Seven Bells
Near and Deer
The Club Phenomena
What Technicolor sounds like
Shins find ‘Sea Legs’