By Alexandra Pecci
Correspondent
Say goodbye to 2009 and hello to a brand new decade at First Nights in Portsmouth and Boston.
In Portsmouth, events and performances are scheduled throughout the day and night, said Barbara Massar, executive …

By the writers of Last Word Features

BOXED SETS
Frank Sinatra: “New York”
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Four CDs and one DVD give a career-spanning survey of Sinatra in concert at several venues in his favorite town, New York City. He’s in …

By Bruce Dancis
Scripps Howard News Service
Filmmaker Michael Mann’s lofty aims have usually been matched by his significant achievements. As executive producer of TV’s “Miami Vice,” he modernized the police crime drama and made it hip …

Video games based on movies are often pushed through as afterthoughts, so word that director James Cameron and Ubisoft have been collaborating for years on his sci-fi epic, “Avatar,” offered hope to gamers longing to …