Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Former Miss USA Fakih faces drunken driving trial
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.—Former Michigan beauty queen Rima (REE'-muh) Fakih (FUH'-kee) is facing trial on a drunken driving charge.  

• 'Simpsons' creator: Real Springfield is in Ore.
• Clinton embraces 'Texts From Hillary' web parody
• Robin Gibb too ill to attend Titanic concert
• Last week's TV ratings show season-low audiences
• Randy Travis sued by ex-wife and former manager

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Today's Food and Dining

Nation's top new chefs will be part of St. Regis Aspen Resort
A defunct lounge space at the St. Regis Aspen Resort has been retooled as an open-kitchen restaurant where teams of chefs named Best New Chef by Food & Wine Magazine will showcase their talents with rotating seasonal menus.

 

• Beef-stock tapioca? Eat like it's your last meal aboard the Titanic
• Colorado's Sterling-Rice Group helps clients shape the future of food
• How to deep-fry chick peas
• All-season soup recipe makes most of marcona almonds
• For fried chicken, grocer rules roost

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Moms - Parenting

The Kid Blender: How Should I Introduce My Kids to Someone New?
It's easy for many of us to say the words "the most important thing in my life is my child" but never is it more important to live those words than when you're dating as a single parent. How and when you introduce you children to someone new really has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them and making them feel secure about the situation.  

• Win a FREE 6-week Gymnastics Class From Mountain Kids! (a $183 value)
• Denver Deal: Tax freebies, Consignment Sales, Free Days
• Events: Arvada Kite Festival, Doors Open Denver
• Do Your Part: Try these 7 green cleaning secrets

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Reverb

Lollapalooza 2012 lineup: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Keys, Jack White, Black Sabbath
Lollapalooza 2012 lineup: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Keys, Jack White, Black Sabbath more to take over Chicago's Grant Park Aug. 3-5

 

• James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem announces Boulder Theater DJ set
• Phish returns to Colorado for three-night run at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
• Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie talks Denver tour kick off, new music
• Neon Indian at the Bluebird Theater, 4/9/12 (photos and review)

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Today's Style

For fried chicken, grocer rules roost
Boulder isn't exactly fried-chicken central. For years, choices did not veer much between thighs shriveling under heat lamps at supermarkets, and the occasional upscale rendition.  

• Eat Local: Savoring the stuff dreams are made of
• Denver's Pho-natic brings Vietnamese food downtown
• Following in her uncle's footsteps, skier Kelley McMillan will attempt to climb and descend Wyoming's Grand Teton

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

Last week's TV ratings show season-low audiences
NEW YORK—Whether it was the upcoming religious holidays, nice spring weather, school vacations or just plain boredom with their choices, many television viewers took a siesta from their sets last Thursday.  

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Theater

Complete rundown of auditions
Last updated April 10, 2012.