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This week, Obama mingles with Hollywood’s A-list, Precious finally hits theaters, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin team up, and more in art, music, theater, and film.
Sure, it’s cold, it’s windy, and it’s probably snowing where you are. But that makes the cultural landscape all the more appealing, right? It’s time to hunker down inside a movie theater, next to your radiator with a great new album, or curled up in a Snuggie in front of trashy television (or maybe that’s just us). This week, Obama cozied up to Hollywood stars for his new arts committee, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were announced as Oscar hosts, and the Glee cast gave us the warmest fuzzies of all with a stellar first soundtrack. All this—plus Gwen Stefani vs. videogames, the hype over Precious, a Broadway failure, a marvelous ballet documentary, and a modern art museum’s circus act—inside the Week in Culture.
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If you can listen to those kids from Glee singing their little hearts out to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and not fall in love with it, you have no heart. That's why the single went Gold.
I have no heart.
In terms of music becoming popular because it's "good", did you see that CREED's new album is #2?
The single went Gold because mainstream America has terrible taste.
Not that I'm any better--I used to own 18 albums by "Yes".
it is not plagerism a all...everything is fair game... it is just a bad idea. a bad painting. a nothing effort. where is this question. why is a bad painting good because the artist is...we have already given her entry into the club so it is good or we are wrong. so often the real questions are passed over in favor of a snarky argument.
I love Glee - its why I clicked on the article. And how did you know, I sing their music in my hairbrush right now
Thanks a lot for such a nice post! I just love these kind of shows. I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I'm glad I found your blog. Thanks.
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