Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Smokin' personality. This weekend is the official start of barbecue season. It's time to find your thrill.
To grill, or not to grill — that's not the question.You will grill.But what kind of contraption will you fill with heat, pack with meat and veggies, and stand beside, clutching a cold one?  

• Dogs will behave like dogs unless you train them not to
• Marni: Create appeal one exterior home project at a time
• Colorado's strong summer concert calendar forces fans to make tough choices
• TV director-producer Robert Finkel dies at 94
• 'Idol' moves toward lower payouts for runners-up

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Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Johnny Depp officially joins Comanche Nation
Also

Will Smith's kiss 'n' tell

Levi Johnston penniless?

 

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Moms - Parenting

Films in the park and ethnic fests are just a few of Colorado's affordable events
Summer in Colorado can be a season of sweet savings — especially for those who think ahead. Free and affordable activities abound, in the cities and in the high country. But the clock is ticking. With about a month left until the official summer solstice (June 20), the time is now to plan to spend the  

• How to turn your kids' summer boredom into blossoming brains

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Today's Movies

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet
CANNES, France—The ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a passionate documentary about the overthrow of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, are being screened alongside the latest features from the world's heavyweight directors.  

• Review: "We Have a Pope," but he's gone underground
• 3 young actors seize the day, go 'On the Road'

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Reverb

Van Halen, Kool & the Gang at the Pepsi Center, 5-24-12 (review and photos)
"It's like a time machine where nothing ever changes," said original Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth about halfway through their set in front of a mostly enthusiastic crowd at the Pepsi Center on Thursday night. There was a hint of iciness in his tone, perhaps leading one to believe the recent rumors (of the band hating each other) that spread following the announcement of many cancelled dates for the remainder of their summmer reunion tour.

 

• I Might Be Wrong: The hippest playlist for summer 2012
• Meadowgrass Music Festival this weekend and looking ahead to other music series in Ouray, Ridgway and Paonia

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

'Idol' moves toward lower payouts for runners-up
LOS ANGELES—Coming in second on "American Idol" may still be a path to superstardom, but it no longer offers guaranteed paychecks worthy of the next pop idol or rock star.