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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Emma Watson tells teens to be true to who they are
HONG KONG—Emma Watson's advice to teenagers is: "feel comfortable in your own skin." The 21-year-old Harry Potter star, on her second visit to Hong Kong, said she loves traveling in Asia.  

• Barbara Walters gets 'Fascinating' on her special
• Willow Smith wants to empower her fans
• "Sherlock Holmes" sequel has London premiere
• Claremont Trio gives rich performance at Gates Concert Hall in Denver
• Batteries not included? It's part of games' charm

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Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: KISS frontman sticks tongue out at Madonna Super Bowl pick
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Miss Sunshine's pay grows up

Baldwin deletes Twitter account

 

• People: Bradley Cooper agrees, says Ryan Gosling is Sexiest

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Gossip - Bill Husted

Parker: Denver's dueling-piano bar SingSing to close after New Year's Eve
SingSing, the 14-year-old downtown Denver dueling-piano bar, will shut down at the close of business New Year's Eve.  

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Moms - Parenting

Resistance to Homework is Futile
Resistance to schoolwork is futile. You will be assimilated into the schoolwork collective. Public school or homeschool, there’s bound to be resistance to schoolwork at some point, or multiple points. How do you handle the complaints, the dislike, the utter resistance that kids throw our way? What is the deal with not wanting to do schoolwork?  

• Holiday cards: We're sending fewer than we used to, but we want them to be special
• Kids Need To Fail
• Denver middle schools recruiting and captivating students

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Music - Classical

Claremont Trio gives rich performance at Gates Concert Hall in Denver
With the vigor of youth and the artistic maturity of far more seasoned musicians, the Claremont Trio delivered aesthetically rich interpretations of three diverse and complementary works at Gates Concert Hall on Wednesday.  

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Reverb

Why So Serious, Kathleen Madigan?
Most comics would kill for Kathleen Madigan's accolades and screen credits, even if the Los Angeles-based, Missouri-born stand-up may not register on most Americans' comedy radar.

 

• Talk Talk: War on Drugs love the Hi-Dive, watch a new Tennis video, details on Reverb Christmas Dance Party, more music news
• Live review: Brandi Carlile @ the Boulder Theater
• Live review: Rise Against, Flobots @ the 1stBank Center

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Today's Style

Batteries not included? It's part of games' charm
In Christmas Past, children would find all sorts of simple games under the tree: Tiddlywinks, pickup sticks and board games could amuse young minds for hours. Batteries and computer chips have made much of kid's play an electronic spectator sport today, but there are signs of some pushback.  

• Ippolita likes her jewelry to be sensual
• It's the season to reconsider your holiday traditions
• The envelope, please: Designers push the clutch handbag
• Denver Post Fashion Calendar, 12/8/11
• Style File: Beauty, Bubbles and Baubles; Into the Woods; More Blooms

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

"MythBusters" cannonball rips through house, van
SAN FRANCISCO—Zany experiments testing scientific theories in real-world settings have earned the TV show "MythBusters" a devoted following, but a stunt gone awry met with an unhappy audience when an errant cannonball went shooting through a California family's bedroom.  

• 'M-A-S-H' star Harry Morgan dies at age 96

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Theater - John Moore

Complete rundown of auditions
Last updated Dec. 7, 2011.