Chicago Sun-Times Entertainment http://poll.suntimes.com/entertainment/index.html Chicago Sun-Times http://poll.suntimes.com/images/cst_logo_300.gif http://poll.suntimes.com/entertainment/index.html Copyright 2009 Digital Chicago Entertainment en-us <![CDATA[Rihanna's fighting words]]> Jim DeRogatis: For all the talk of an edgier, angrier and more mature new Rihanna, it's hard to buy the re-emergent dance-pop singer as a towering pillar of feminine strength akin to Patti Smith, Courtney Love, Queen Latifah or Mary J. Blige. Nevertheless, "Rated R," the new album recorded in the wake of Rihanna's altercation with former boyfriend Chris Brown and arriving in stores today, is by far the best, most layered and most heartfelt effort of the 21-year-old artist's career.]]> JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic / jimdero@jimdero.com ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Oprah's little helpers move on ]]> Paige Wiser: If Oprah is the center of the universe -- and we have no reason to doubt she is -- then she's not just shutting down a show. She's shaking up the cosmos. After all, she's responsible for launching a series of stars, comets and dwarf planets that are out there now on their own. What's next for those in Oprah's orbit?]]> PAIGE WISER TV Critic / pwiser@suntimes.com ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Felder fully on as Ludwig van ]]> Hedy Weiss: Hershey Felder is an altogether remarkable polymath -- an exceptional actor, writer, pianist, singer and teacher. And all his prodigious talents are on grand display in his latest work, "Beethoven, As I Knew Him," now in a hypnotic production at the intimate Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place.]]> HEDY WEISS Theater Critic / hweiss@suntimes.com ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Taylor is tops, but Michael makes history ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Watch Jennifer Lopez take a fall at AMAs]]>

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Colbert goes bobsledding ]]> LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless.

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA['Cougar Town' shuts down for Courteney ]]> "Cougar Town" is quiet today as star and executive producer Courteney Cox deals with a secret family issue.

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Rich harvest for 'Moon' ]]>

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]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Rihanna's fighting words]]> Jim DeRogatis: For all the talk of an edgier, angrier and more mature new Rihanna, it's hard to buy the re-emergent dance-pop singer as a towering pillar of feminine strength akin to Patti Smith, Courtney Love, Queen Latifah or Mary J. Blige. Nevertheless, "Rated R," the new album recorded in the wake of Rihanna's altercation with former boyfriend Chris Brown and arriving in stores today, is by far the best, most layered and most heartfelt effort of the 21-year-old artist's career.]]> JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic / jimdero@jimdero.com ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Watch Jennifer Lopez take a fall at AMAs]]>

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Taylor is tops, but Michael makes history ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Oprah's little helpers move on ]]> Paige Wiser: If Oprah is the center of the universe -- and we have no reason to doubt she is -- then she's not just shutting down a show. She's shaking up the cosmos. After all, she's responsible for launching a series of stars, comets and dwarf planets that are out there now on their own. What's next for those in Oprah's orbit?]]> PAIGE WISER TV Critic / pwiser@suntimes.com ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Watch Jennifer Lopez take a fall at AMAs]]>

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA['Cougar Town' shuts down for Courteney ]]> "Cougar Town" is quiet today as star and executive producer Courteney Cox deals with a secret family issue.

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Colbert goes bobsledding ]]> LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless.

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Oprah's little helpers move on ]]> Paige Wiser: If Oprah is the center of the universe -- and we have no reason to doubt she is -- then she's not just shutting down a show. She's shaking up the cosmos. After all, she's responsible for launching a series of stars, comets and dwarf planets that are out there now on their own. What's next for those in Oprah's orbit?]]> PAIGE WISER TV Critic / pwiser@suntimes.com ]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Watch Jennifer Lopez take a fall at AMAs]]>

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA['Cougar Town' shuts down for Courteney ]]> "Cougar Town" is quiet today as star and executive producer Courteney Cox deals with a secret family issue.

]]> 4:00 AM, Nov 23, 2009 <![CDATA[Colbert goes bobsledding ]]> LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless.

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