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Top Picks: Running late? There's an app for that, West African music, and more
A Boston time-lapse video captures the city with haunting music, eBookMall.com brings 'American Idol' for books to the Internet, and more top picks.
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Culture Cafe 'The Dark Knight Rises' early reviews arrive
As Warner Bros. lifts its review embargo, online reviews of the hotly anticipated Batman finale start rolling in.
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Danny Elfman in talks to score 'The Hunger Games'
Danny Elfman has revealed that he’s in talks to score ‘The Hunger Games,' and that he will reunite with director Sam Raimi on Disney’s ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful.'
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Les Paul: The best songs played on today's Google guitar
In a single Google doodle, the search engine somehow captured both of Les Paul's incredible contributions to modern music: The solid-body electric guitar, shown in the look and sound of today's Google logo; and multitrack recording, presented, in some degree, through Google's clever record feature. This interactive Les Paul tribute caught the imagination of armchair guitarists across the country, no doubt derailing office productivity in the process. Since strumming with your mouse is a little imprecise, Google also allowed people to play through their keyboards. Once you click the record button, type any number key to pick at a corresponding string. The 1 key plays the lowest note, 0 strums the highest. Plus, if you hit several number (or letter) keys at a time, you'll play a chord. YouTube has many excellent recordings from the Google guitar. Here are some of the best, in no particular order. The final page of this story will have some instructions on how you can play your own version. If you record a good session, share it with the world by posting the URL in our comments section.
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Oscar swag to fill your designer bag. And is that Brad Pitt??
Designer stuff is a big part of Oscar weekend – everything from handbags, Mongolian jewelry, vitamins, hand-made chocolates, aluminum art apples, and cosmetics to exotic lodging deals. Hollywood’s glitterati come to see and be seen. And to fill their swag bags.
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Review: 'Angels and Demons'
This sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" keeps the dour tone as Tom Hanks steps in to thwart a plot against the Vatican from a secret society bent on revenge.
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Noteworthy CD releases
Reviews of five soundtrack collections, from the stellar 'WALL-E' to the haunting score of the legendary 'Gloomy Sunday.'
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