Post Entertainment: Protagonist in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" goes on search for dad's last embrace

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Movie review: Protagonist in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" goes on search for dad's last embrace
Oskar Schell, protagonist of Jonathan Safran Foer's 9-11 novel "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," is bright and amazing in ways precocious and exhausting. The 9-year-old inventor, tambourine player and only child of Thomas and Linda Schell had been tested for Asperger's syndrome.  

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• Pigskin and pinot grigio? Former NFL greats serve up wine with a kick

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Today's Food and Dining

Pigskin and pinot grigio? Former NFL greats serve up wine with a kick
What pairs well with your couch, a bowl of popcorn and the Super Bowl? How about a wine with a genuine pigskin pedigree?

 

• Girl Scout cookies are on the way

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Gossip - Bill Husted

Parker: Goodwill goes upscale with Deja Blue boutique in Denver
Goodwill Industries of Denver is going upscale with the introduction of Deja Blue, a chic boutique selling used designer clothing, shoes and accessories in Cherry Creek North.  

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Moms - Parenting

Denver school board approves school-start date of late August, seeks heat-days plan
A calendar pushing Denver Public Schools’ start date later by a handful of days was approved by the Board of Education on Thursday night. “Changing the school start date is not going to be the solution for the heat, we all know that,” said board member Anne Rowe. “What it did do, I think, is set  

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• How Young is Too Young to Learn to Ski and Snowboard?

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Today's Movies

Review: Protagonist in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" goes on search for dad's last embrace
Oskar Schell, protagonist of Jonathan Safran Foer's 9-11 novel "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," is bright and amazing in ways precocious and exhausting. The 9-year-old inventor, tambourine player and only child of Thomas and Linda Schell had been tested for Asperger's syndrome.  

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• Review: "Pariah's" mesmerizing journey gets bogged down
• Family Films: "Starfighter" a fun slice of '80s escapism
• Quibbles aside, "They did a real good job," Tuskegee veteran and retired Lt. Col. Marion R. Rodgers says of "Red Tails"
• Movies Now Showing, 1/20/2012

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Reverb

Mile Marker: Gardens & Villa
Gardens & Villa stops by Uneven Studio to record three songs of experimental indie-rock. Stream/download the whole session for free.

 

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• Pop & Circumstance: Spice Girls reunion rumors at 2012 Olympics in London

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Today's Style

A perfect shirt: It's all in the details, and more makers are getting them right
It should be so easy to find the perfect button-down shirt. All you're asking for is good fabric, a nice fit, seams that are pucker-free and buttons that don't fall off before you even get home from the store, right?  

• Charity events buck tradition to draw young crowds
• Style File: In the bag; Hide and seek; All American

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

Denver-based HDNet rebranded as AXS, becoming "a music-lover's channel"
Operations for Mark Cuban and Ryan Seacrest's new network — a rebranding of Cuban's Denver-based HDNet — will remain in Denver's Lowry neighborhood.  

• Ostrow: In ABC's "Shark Tank," it's all about the green and the greed
• Best Bets: An "Idol" viewing plan, Yak demos, "Enchanted" operas and more
• Michelle Obama heading to Leno's 'Tonight Show'

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Theater - John Moore

A more human, tender "Phantom"
Review: Boulder's Dinner Theatre's artfully presented and elegantly performed production of "Phantom" is a return to what it does best — telling rich, sophisticated stories with dramatic, emotional and technical complexity. Rating: ***1/2  

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