http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=960&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com The Latest Entertainment News from Times Leader en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z en-us http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=70597127&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F_lsquo_Planet_51_rsquo__doesn_rsquo_t_get_off_ground_review_11-20-2009.html How might a kid — OK, a teenager — protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies (including “The Fourth Kind”), the anal probe? If you weren’t thinking “champagne cork,” you were way off according to the sci-fi kids cartoon “Planet 51.” Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT e99103dc1793704b981fa641ae9321db 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=70597117&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F_lsquo_New_Moon_rsquo__has_shining_moments_review_11-20-2009.html A marginal improvement on last year’s “Twilight,” “New Moon” is a bit like being locked in a room for two hours with a very moody teenager. The people most likely to appreciate the experience are other moody teens ... and moms who remember what it was like to be a moody teen. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 6eec88e8fda1d209d984887a0aadefd8 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=70597122&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2FRadiant__lsquo_Education__rsquo__exciting_introduction_11-20-2009.html LOS ANGELES — Sixteen-year-old Jenny learns the ways of the world in the coming-of-age drama “An Education,” but there’s a revelation in store for us as well. We get the pleasure of meeting an exciting young actress who surely deserves to become a star. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT ff32201242ec56d31770cb1a32c2d93c 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=70597112&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F_lsquo_Blind_Side_rsquo__scores_big_points_review_11-20-2009.html Sandra Bullock retrieves much of the career momentum that “The Proposal” gave her and that “All About Steve” threatened to kill with “The Blind Side,” a surprisingly smart and moving drama about a Memphis steel magnolia who doesn’t truly bloom until she takes in a homeless teen and gives him a life. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 35bd2a08916b0573cb102b866b93aa95 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182561&44=70597087&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2F_lsquo_Hunchback_rsquo__at_WVW_11-20-2009.html For his role as Quasimodo, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Nello Pierontoni is free to ignore the age-old advice, given to students everywhere, to stand up straight. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT aed95970a3d8ca2d9e2158ad02a07542 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182561&44=70596867&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2FMaking_up_the_Munchkins_11-20-2009.html If you could click your heels together in real life and get anything you wanted, what would your wish be? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 4b8758f34d696ed510b53c68e143ffe8 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182561&44=70596862&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2FStallions_in_step_11-20-2009.html When baby horses are born at the Lipizzaner Stallions farm near Orlando, trainer Lori Beggs said, “It’s a huge, big deal for us.” Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 002cf8b1a87d08d55ef40c89b4a2fccd 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182561&44=70568307&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2FWinfrey_to_announce_Friday_show_will_end_in_2011.html CHICAGO (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:46:51 GMT c4f1c396224bb7f99af95ae1d9a7d511 John Baldino 2009-11-19T23:46:51Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182561&44=70291867&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2FIN_CONCERT_11-17-2009.html He may have started out on “American Idol,” but Chris Daughtry is quickly becoming a bona-fide rock star. The fourth-place finisher from season five of the pop-music juggernaut and his namesake band brought the “Leave This Town 2009 Tour” to the Wachovia Arena on Monday, and they rocked. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:47:50 GMT 4376cbd89bcf93729858d3a0a2e8e0b5 2009-11-17T20:47:50Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=69940082&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2FFAMILY_REVIEWS_11-13-2009.html Parents guide to new movie releases: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT e9d08167bdd63047cb3c4503eabb07bd 2009-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=69940077&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2FAll_aboard_for__lsquo_Pirate_Radio_rsquo__review_11-13-2009.html Richard Curtis makes romantic, sentimental and overlong comedies filled to the rafters with friends as cast-members. He’s a British Judd Apatow — indulgent, substituting sweetness for edge, charm for shock value. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT a5a0a8a8578ba4a56e13fb8d6571a969 2009-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=69940072&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2Freview_11-13-2009.html Nothing like a dandy evening’s apocalypse to take the edge off recession, unemployment, Afghanistan and Glenn Beck. With “2012,” Roland “Day After Tomorrow” Emmerich serves up World’s End 4.0, with cataclysmic effects showcasing what volcanoes, tidal waves and earthquakes will do once that fabled Mayan calendar runs out on 12-21-12. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 25ee300b991c60dbc4c0ea56aceec4f6 2009-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=69940067&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2FVIDEO_RELEASES_11-13-2009.html Capsule reviews of new DVD releases follow: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 1b4387f04c91f57b1a952739afab2d0c 2009-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=373404&44=69940062&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2FCapsule_reviews_of_continuing_films__11-13-2009.html Capsule reviews of continuing films: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT b72c10aab7549b1b081f33436b70f472 2009-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182561&44=69939757&32=3991&7=186436&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fentertainment%2FWhen_Anthony_Daniels__the_English_actor__11-13-2009.html When Anthony Daniels, the English actor who breathed life into the metal body of fussy droid C-3PO in all six “Star Wars” films, ambles onto the Wachovia Arena’s stage in Wilkes-Barre Township on Tuesday night, don’t expect the narrator of “Star Wars: In Concert” to be shining brightly in Threepio’s constrictive gold costume. 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