Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Bartenders warm to the new Ice Age
Most Denver residents spend little time thinking about ice, unless they are scraping it off windshields or cursing it after falling on a frozen sidewalk. Randy Layman thinks about ice all the time.  

• Sean Penn named ambassador for Haiti in ceremony
• An evening of ballet with 7dancers
• Snowmass fossil find lands prime-time hour on "Nova"
• CBS' 'Big Bang' surpasses Fox's 'American Idol'
• How to respectfully pay your respects for friends whose loved ones have died

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Today's Food and Dining

Fine eatery rises again after blaze
If Hollywood filmed the story of Oak at Fourteenth, it might script a romance, albeit one with more drama than comedy: Boys get restaurant, boys lose restaurant, boys get restaurant again.

 

• Are you ready for some meatballs?
• Bartenders warm to the new Ice Age
• Sesame oil: What it is and how to use it
• Grazing: Cookies worthy of a Super Bowl QB
• Mediterranean soup hits many tasty notes

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Moms - Parenting

Creative Valentine Ideas for the Entire Family!
Spreading the love has never been so much fun! Whether you decide to go traditional or get creative, this holiday of charming affection offers up an opportune time to tell those around you how much you care.   A Valentine mustn't be elaborate or pricey to win the hearts of those you love…but it does need to  

• Olympic Skier Picabo Street On the Product That Will Revolutionize Learning to Ski
• Like-minded fiber and clothing merchants team up in Baker neighborhood's "anti-mall" retail area

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Reverb

Why So Serious, Demetri Martin?
In advance of his Boulder date on Feb. 2, comedian Demetri Martin dishes on his new TV special, his canceled Comedy Central show and why he's louder than he wants to be.

 

• These Go To Eleven: The 11 best Rush songs for 2.1.12
• Guest Feature: James Murphy muses over LCD Soundsystem's new documentary at Sundance
• Missed our headphones: Hospitality
• Album reviews: Tim McGraw, Lana Del Rey
• Live review: Blind Pilot @ the Boulder Theater

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Today's Style

Deviled Eggs and Shrimp: Circa 1972
Recipe from Patricia Sharp, reported by Helen Dollaghan in The Denver Post's Sept. 3, 1972, Empire Magazine. Serves 12.  

• Central American dishes star on eclectic international menu
• Fine eatery rises again after blaze
• Are you ready for some meatballs?
• A walk on the wild, dried side of mushrooms
• Bartenders warm to the new Ice Age

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

Snowmass fossil find lands prime-time hour on "Nova"
The scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are ready for their close-ups. And a chummier bunch of brainy cutups have seldom graced PBS.  

• CBS' 'Big Bang' surpasses Fox's 'American Idol'