Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

British film director Ken Russell dies at 84
LONDON—Ken Russell, an iconoclastic British director whose daring films blended music, sex and violence in a potent brew seemingly drawn straight from his subconscious, has died at age 84.  

• Kickstarter site kicks off fundraising frenzy for bands, artists
• Some say "healthy, balanced" doesn't account for an individual's metabolism
• Theater review: A "Tom Sawyer" in its brightest tones
• "Escanaba 1922": Of fate and flatulence
• A more human, tender "Phantom"

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Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Prince William helps make daring rescue of 2 at sea
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Demi breaks Twitter silence

Pippa's big book advance

 

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Today's Fitness

Some say "healthy, balanced" doesn't account for an individual's metabolism
For decades, Americans have been bombarded with conflicting diet information. We've been told that meat and cheese will kill us and only a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet will keep us healthy.  

• How can I focus on losing fat in my midsection?
• Denver Post Fitness Calendar, 11/28/11
• Fit Pix: Ginny Gelbach, 69, Nathan, 5, and Cooper, 3
• Now Eat This! Healthy holiday cookies with real sugar
• We can't avoid stress, but we can learn to manage it

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Moms - Parenting

Despite popularity, not everyone's sold on Cyber Monday
Today is supposedly the day when retailers offer their best online deals, with office workers feverishly snatching them up in between spreadsheet reviews and PowerPoint presentations. In 2010, the Monday after Thanksgiving ranked for the first time as the biggest online shopping day of the year, according to market research firm comScore, lending credence to the  

• Colorado voter turnout shows high interest in education reform
• Wounded kids learn how to navigate world at Mount St. Vincent Home

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Today's Style

Some say "healthy, balanced" doesn't account for an individual's metabolism
For decades, Americans have been bombarded with conflicting diet information. We've been told that meat and cheese will kill us and only a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet will keep us healthy.  

• How To: Fight adult acne
• How can I focus on losing fat in my midsection?
• Denver Post Fitness Calendar, 11/28/11
• Fit Pix: Ginny Gelbach, 69, Nathan, 5, and Cooper, 3
• Now Eat This! Healthy holiday cookies with real sugar

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Theater - John Moore

Kickstarter site kicks off fundraising frenzy for bands, artists
The disbanded Denver band Five Iron Frenzy asked fans for $30,000 to fund a new recording on the trendy website kickstarter.com. That fans already have given nearly four times that amount points out what a powerful tool the internet has become in making fundraising easy, and even fun.  

• Schedules by company
• Schedules by opening date
• Here's a "Tom Sawyer" in bright tones
• "Escanaba 1922": Of fate and flatulence
• A more human, tender "Phantom"