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Soon to be former Doctor Who actor David Tennant has been named the new host of "Masterpiece Contemporary."

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Martin Scorsese plans a bio-pic of Frank Sinatra.

The film's co-producer Cathy Shulman said the film would not be "a cradle-to-the-grave traditional portrait of the consecutive events in a man's life".

"Instead, it's more of a collage and, in many ways, it will feel like an album itself.

"It's a collection of various moments and impressions in his life and together we hope they'll tell the full story and present full themes."


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If you haven't heard yet, you can check out a streaming version of the new Wilco album here. I had a listen yesterday. Nice stuff, but I think it's too bad the band has retreated from the experimentation that made some of its more recent LPs so interesting.

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Today in sharity, some cool exotica from Les Baxter.



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From Hard Dies Night, how about a bass lesson from Paul McCartney?



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Once we were young.



Found randomly in my Web wanderings.

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See the first official preview of "Fast Forward," a new sci-fi-ish series from ABC.

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Check out a 1970s horror tale illustrated by the great Steve Ditko.



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NPR streams a new musical collaboration between movie director David Lynch, producer Danger Mouse and the band Sparklehorse.

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