Friday, August 26, 2011

Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

A cornucopia of Colorado's best at the State Fair
It's hot and sunny, and the scent of funnel cakes and sawdust is on the breeze: It must be Colorado State Fair season. Opening today and running through Sept. 5, the fair is a harvest of Colorado's good stuff, from livestock to live entertainment.  


Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Dakota Fanning headed to NYU, hacker students discover
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    Today's Fitness

    Boulder's AllSports Recovery Club provides treatment for serious endurance athletes
    One of the toughest challenges for serious endurance athletes is that they push their bodies to extremes but can't find, or afford, the kind of therapeutic treatment elite athletes receive.  


    Today's Food and Dining

    Colorado State Fair starts Friday in Pueblo
    It could be your last best chance for a summertime road trip: The Colorado State Fair starts this Friday (and lasts through Labor Day). The schedule is jam-packed with food competitions — from cupcakes to home brews to green-chile stews, plus plenty of entertainment for all ages.

     


    Gossip - Bill Husted

    Husted: Kirk Montgomery getting some big-screen time
    Entertainment reporter Kirk Montgomery may ham it up at 9News at 4 p.m. — but he's no Smithfield when it comes to the movies.  


    Moms - Parenting

    Simple ways to stop daily homework battles
    A new school year has begun, which inevitably means homework. Well, in my case, the teacher smartly did not assign any homework to my newly minted fourth-grader in the first week of school. It was enough for her to get used to a new classroom, a new teacher, and attempt to cope with the fact  


    Today's Movies

    Movie review: "The Interrupters"
    Tense, moving, and, at times brain-draining, "The Interrupters" leaves audiences with more questions than answers. For instance, is urban violence really akin to a public-health challenge like tuberculosis?  


    Reverb

    Pop & Circumstance: 10 things to look forward to at this year's VMAs

    When you think "VMAs," what comes to mind? The Britney-Christina-Madonna makeout of 2003? Taylor Swift, Kanye and all that was holy in the 2009 Twitterverse? Lady Gaga's dress made of meat in 2010? Some might say the VMAs are grossly obsolete, celebrating a medium of music that exists only on YouTube and not television, but you know what? I gotta admit, I'm more excited for this awards show than I have been since MTV actually played music videos. It's safe to say that these spectacles... Read more

     


    Today's Style

    Jim and Doug Jackson find philanthropy fun with Project C.U.R.E.

    Jim and Doug Jackson are the father/son team who run Project C.U.R.E., a highly regarded Denver charity that delivers seagoing containers filled with donated medical supplies to distressed countries around the world. Jim, a devout Christian, is the organization's founder while Doug is the chief executive and president. They both sat down recently with Bill Husted at Japoix in Denver.  


    Television - Joanne Ostrow

    Top TV
    Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 10 prime-time shows nationally.  


    Theater - John Moore

    "Love! Valour! Compassion!" a rich stew of comedy and complexity
    Review: In its 2011 season, Vintage Theatre has boldly embraced full frontal nudity, waterfront locales and being trapped with friends you hate to love. "Love! Valour! Compassion!" is a one-stop shop for all three. Kateri McRae's rating: **1/2  


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