Selected restaurants

Weekly theme listings reflect a range of dining possibilities in central Arkansas, across a spectrum of settings and price ranges. To read recent restaurant reviews in their entirety, visit www2. arkansasonline.com/restaurants/
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TRANSITIONS

Scott McGehee and John Beachboard are leaving Boulevard Bread Co. and “moving on to new projects.”
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Elton John-Billy Joel concert canceled

The Elton John & Billy Joel Face 2 Face concert scheduled for Nov. 28 at Verizon Arena won't take place as planned.
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Weekend Calendar

The Weekend Calendar lists events from around the state that are occurring the weekend after publication. To submit an event for publication please use our calendar form at www.arkansasonline.com/events/submit. For more event check our searchable events database at www2.arkansasonline.com/events/.
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Movie Review: Planet 51

Astonishing animation isn’t matched by storytelling

The computer-generated renderings, co-produced by Spain’s Ilion Animation and the United Kingdom’s Handmade Films, is stunning in its detail and creativity.
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Movie Review: New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You is the second installment (after 2006’s Paris, j’taime) in a proposed series of portmanteau films about big cities and little serendipitous romances.
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Oprah to announce show ending in 2011

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.
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THE TV COLUMN: It’s nearing sweeps’ end and axes are swinging

Here we are in the last half of November sweeps and that means the layoffs have begun.
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POP NOTES: Too many cooks in kitchen taint Kris Allen debut CD

We’re going to pretend for a minute that Kris Allen — Arkansas’ son and America’s Idol — isn’t from here.
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LISTEN UP Jones shows her rowdy side; Amerie fires up some R&B

Norah Jones The Fall Blue Note AWhile it’s not exactly the Jack White-style rock ’n’ roll stomper that the early buzz suggested, The Fall (available Tuesday) is a surprisingly hot-blooded album from the preternaturally tasteful Norah Jones, who’s presumably stepping out on her own after divorcing herself from her regular band and ex-boyfriend /bassist Lee Alexander.
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CBS employee pleads not guilty in Letterman plot

A CBS News employee has pleaded not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that spurred the TV host to acknowledge sexual relationships with female staffers on his show.
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Kanye West apologizes for Swift outburst at VMAs

Kanye West apologized for yet another outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards, this time directed at country-pop sweetheart Taylor Swift. The disruption upstaged not just Swift's awards speech, but the entire evening, including an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson.
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