Chromeo @ 9:30 Club (DCist) When a restless audience opens a sold out show with chants of, "Oh Ee Oh, Chromeo," you know you're probably in for a treat. And at their first ever show in D.C., Chromeo killed it. Chromeo is Patrick Gemayel and David Macklovitch, boyhood friends who describe themselves as, "the only successful Arab/Jewish collaboration since the beginning of time." In addition to their ethnic ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Bob Warner: VP reality shows a definite must, not bust (Battle Creek Enquirer) Maybe you watched the vice presidential debate on television last night. us.rd.yahoo.com
Loud and Proud Mizrachi Voices (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles) On the last night before her family would flee Libya in 1967, Gina Bublil Waldman recalls that she had to choose between taking her only warm sweater or a photo album with the words "Souvenir of Libya" on the cover. us.rd.yahoo.com
MOVIES (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Back in Las Vegas following its CineVegas showcase in June, this quirky black comedy (based on a novel by "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk) focuses on a sex-addicted con artist (Sam Rockwell) who finances the care of his deranged mother (Anjelica Huston) by pretending to choke to death -- and playing on the sympathies of his rescuers. us.rd.yahoo.com
FEATURE: Disabled Chinese artists aspire to global fame (People's Daily) An electrical accident left HuangYangguang armless, but dancing changed his life. The 31-year-old was born in a mountain village in south China'sGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and lost his arms at five. As he grew up, he learned to write, paint, ride a bicycle and plant fruit trees with his legs, believing he could live as normal as others did. Now his life is more than normal. As a lead ... us.rd.yahoo.com
FEATURE: Disabled Chinese artists aspire to global fame (China Economic Net) An electrical accident left HuangYangguang armless, but dancing changed his life. The 31-year-old was born in a mountain village in south China'sGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and lost his arms at five. us.rd.yahoo.com
Disabled artists aspire to global fame (China Daily) BEIJING -- An electrical accident left Huang Yangguang armless, but dancing changed his life. The 31-year-old was born in a mountain village in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and lost his arms at five. us.rd.yahoo.com
Screen test: 'Ghost Town' (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By JANE HORWITZ (PG-13, 1 hr., 43 min.) Teens ought to like the cynicism-with-a-heart style of this amusing romantic tale, in which Manhattan becomes a haven for very persistent ghosts in pursuit of a highly annoyed dentist . Ghost Town strongly echoes Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol minus the holiday theme. British comic actor Ricky Gervais (co-creator and star of the original U.K. ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Updated 9/18: Calendar (The Doings Western Springs) Taste of Downers Grove will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at the corner of 355 and Butterfield Road. The Taste of Downers Grove features more than 25 food items from Downers Grove restaurants with live entertainment throughout the event. us.rd.yahoo.com
Ultimate taboo hits big screen: Sex with children (WorldNet Daily) The founder of Movieguide, a top film-rating organization in Hollywood, is joining a growing call for a boycott of two new movies that feature pedophilia, warning of the dangers that come with themes involving sex with children. us.rd.yahoo.com
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