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  • A wholesome Disney movie that's thin on youth revolt but lays the mainstream tropes on extra thick, Prom earns points for casual color-blindness — and is sure to please parents irked by all the hormone-fueled adolescents seen in fictional high-school hallways of late.
  • Drummer Scott Clark is one of the best to be found in Richmond, Va., anchoring a number of excellent bands. But in an interview, he reveals that the life of a musician isn't as easy as his playing looks.
  • The secret to a good fistfight isn't the perfect sucker punch — it's endurance. Victory belongs to the last one standing, says author Alan Heathcock. He suggests three books with characters who never say die as they fight tooth and nail to outlast every obstacle in their way.
  • President Obama chose officials as part of his national security team who should be easily confirmed by the Senate. They also have a familiar, Bush-era feel.
  • Wesley Morris, film critic for the Boston Globe, recently wrote that the movies in the Fast and the Furious franchise promote progressive, multicultural ideals. Fast Five, the fifth installment of the franchise, races to theaters this Friday.
  • Cultures clash when the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond sets out to adapt his show for Russian audiences. But a lack of focus distracts from what could have been a smart look at "universal" comedy.
  • Based on a true story about a Kansas artist's attempt to landscape an art-work into a plot of prime Manhattan real estate, Chris Ordal's film has some charming homespun qualities — and a few too-obvious narrative tricks.
  • In 1958, James Hanover Thompson and his friend David Simpson — both African American, both children — were accused of kissing a girl who was white. They were arrested, and taken to jail. Prosecutors sought a stiff penalty — living in reform school until they were 21.
  • From the hours leading up to the wedding and on through the traditional "first kiss," we'll be following the story.
  • Egypt has come under harsh criticism for the way it's dealing with migrant workers who fled the fighting in eastern and western Libya. There are 600 asylum seekers and thousands more third-country nationals who are living at the border.
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