Thursday, September 29, 2011

Post Entertainment: Ken Burns epic on Prohibition a fine "Boardwalk" chaser

Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Ostrow: Ken Burns epic on Prohibition a fine "Boardwalk" chaser
Whether you're a fan of "Boardwalk Empire" or of filmmaker Ken Burns, you're bumping into rum runners, speakeasies, police raids on backyard stills, celebrity gangsters, flappers and other unintended consequences of the bill that established Prohibition.  


Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Arnold and Maria reunite for son's 14th birthday
Also

  • Payday for Britney's dad
  • Hargitay gives to UCLA
    •  


    Today's Food and Dining

    Colorado cheese shops defy recession as public tastes grow more adventurous
    You've heard all the bad news: The economy is in the tank, unemployment numbers are stubbornly high, no one's buying anything anymore. Except, it appears, cheese. Except, it appears, cheese.

     


    Gossip - Bill Husted

    Parker: 5280 magazine shakes up its top 25 restaurant rankings
    5280 magazine's annual edition of the 25 best metro-area restaurants hit newsstands this week with a list of eateries that come as no surprise.  


    Moms - Parenting

    Denver's Live Theater and Music Performances Your Family Will Love
    Fall has arrived and Halloween is right around the corner. But did you know that this time of year is also prime time for children's theater and music? My husband and I fell in love with live theater the year we lived in New York, and we feel so fortunate to have an abundance of  


    Today's Movies

    Movie review: "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil"
    As one-joke horror comedies go, "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" is built around a winner. That one joke is this: Suppose, in the usual cliched horror-movie plot, the inbred redneck rubes, with their penchant for chewin' tobacco, bad dentistry, worse grammar and chainsaws, were merely innocent bystanders. Misunderstood. Victims.  


    Reverb

    Live review: Taylor Swift @ the Pepsi Center
    PHOTOS and review of Taylor Swift at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on her 2011 tour

     


    Today's Style

    Cheesman Park mailboxes in Denver deliver fairy-tale "romance"
    Their love was simple and pure. But fate and a coat of paint intervened ... Like magic, they found each other once again. It's true: Love conquers all! The fairy tale continues ...  


    Television - Joanne Ostrow

    Ostrow: Ken Burns epic on Prohibition a fine "Boardwalk" chaser
    Whether you're a fan of "Boardwalk Empire" or of filmmaker Ken Burns, you're bumping into rum runners, speakeasies, police raids on backyard stills, celebrity gangsters, flappers and other unintended consequences of the bill that established Prohibition.  


    Theater - John Moore

    "Next to Normal" serves up a gut-punch
    Review: The Pulitzer-Prize winning "Next to Normal" rewrote all the rules for musical theater. Now it's rewriting the rules for dinner theater. Rating: *** 1/2 stars  


    Posted by ucid at

    No comments:

    Post a Comment

    Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)