'New Moon' doesn't shine as bright as 'Twilight'
Watching "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" with an audience is like going to a football game. The press screening in greater Cleveland Wednesday was in a 700-seat theater, and most of those seats were filled by loyal fans of Team Edward or Team Jacob. They shrieked and swooned when their favorites took the field. Team Jacob had plenty to cheer about. If this was a neighborhood game of shirts and skins, Team Jacob definitely was skins. Taylor Lautner, who plays the teen wolf, had to bulk up to hold onto the role in this sequel, and he spends most of the movie showing off the work he did (even Matthew McConaughey might be tempted to say, "Hey, buddy, enough already. Put your shirt on."). In one scene the makeup on his chest to accentuate his abs is noticeable. It's also unnecessary, like giving Angelina Jolie's lips collagen injections. But Team Jacob frequently was thwarted at the goal line – Bella's lips.
» Full StoryOrchestra fuses programs for belated debut
Economic woes forced the cancellation of its first concert of the season, but music director/conductor Susan Davenny Wyner is promising the best of both programs when the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra makes its belated debut at a new hom.
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Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:
l Summit Entertainment is keeping a tight wrap on the second film in the ‘‘Twilight’’ saga.
BWR’s ‘Nutcracker’ dances to new location
Ballet Western Reserve’s ‘‘The Nutcracker’’ finds a new home with two shows Saturday at Stambaugh Auditorium.
» Full StoryWilson retrospective opens at TAG
Kay Wilson sold many paintings during a career in which she won more than 90 awards in juried competitions.
But when the artist died of cancer in 2007 at age 69, she left behind hundreds of finished works in her Canfield studi.
Quartet of pianists to play recital hall
Four pianists from four countries will team up for a performance billed as ‘‘Hands on Pianos.’’
The concert features pianists Dror Biran (Israel), Michael Schneider (USA), James Wilding (South Africa) and Caroline Oltmanns (Germany).
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