11/28/07 - As Dane Cook would put it, "[He] is one silly bitch." On Saturday, Nov. 17, Dane Cook put on not just one show, but two shows at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Mass. A comedy show can either be a hit or a miss. I was hesitant to attend the Dane Cook "Rough Around the Edges Tour," because of the possibility that I would be sitting through a two-hour show of old jokes that have been heard for several years.
11/28/07 - For fanatics of the world of punctuation, Lynne Truss has now become the patron saint of proper English, creating somewhat of a biblical text for the masses to follow. "Eats, Shoots and & Leaves" takes its title from a punctuation joke. A panda walks into a café, has a sandwich, pulls out a gun, shoots into the air and then leaves.
11/28/07 - For those of us re-living our childhood and still engrossed in the world of pretty boys and bubblegum pop music, this year's Christmas came early. Oct. 30 marked the release of the Backstreet Boys sixth studio album, Unbreakable. These five boys have brought us soothing harmonies and crisp dance moves for 13 years now.
11/28/07 - The Coen Brothers' ("Fargo," "The Big Lebowski") latest flick is a tense, unflinching odyssey across the American west. The film teems with shady dealings, seedy motel and murder. And, as an added bonus, it features one of the best psychopathic serial killers since Hannibal Lector.