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Show Another celebrity leaves 'Dancing' country n LOS ANGELES Chuck Wicks is leaving the "Dancing With the Stars" ballroom, but he'll hang onto his girlfriend. The country singer and his real-lif- e girlfriend and professional dance partner Julianne Hough were eliminated from the ABC dance-of- f Tuesday. Wicks had improved steadily throughout the season, earning praise from the judges for . his "hip action" and attitude. He came into Tuesday's results show with a solid 51 points out of 60, but fans failed to keep him afloat. Wicks said The he intends to return to music and touring. pro-danc- DVDVideo releases 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' MICKSHAWFOX RAY Anoop Desai right and Lil Rounds say goodbye to "Idol." TV Ratings viewership numbers compiled Nielsen Media Research for the week that ended Sunday by 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 23.96 million. 2. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 23.95 million. Stars," ABC, 4. "Dancing With The Stars Results," ABC, 14.73 miilion. 5. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 14.64 million. 6. "Criminal Minds" special, CBS, 13.72 million. 7. "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 13.64 million. 8. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 13.51 million. 9. "NCIS" special, CBS, 12.65 million. 10. "The Mentalist" special, 12.46 million. CBS, New York Times Bestseller List HARDCOVER FICTION 1. JUST TAKE MY HEART, by Mary Higgins Clark 2. LOOK AGAIN, by Lisa Scottoline 3. TURN COAT, by Jim Butcher 4. LONG LOST, by Harlan Coben 5. THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin 2. ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox 3. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell 4. MOMMYWOOD, with Hilary Liftin 5. COLUMBINE, 20 (TO 165 minutes): Brad (PG-1Pitt plays the title character, who is born in 1918 as an elderly man, then ages back- ward through the cataclysmic changes of the 20th century. Button is a naif, passively moving through a world and meeting colorful characters who continually amaze him and what else teach him how to live. Meanwhile, he nurtures a lifelong love for Daisy, played by Cate Blanch-et- t at her most ethereally beautiful. Much of the narrative tension derives from watching Pitt drastically alter his appearance, going from a wizened, hunched "E.T."-lik- e creature to a young man at the height of ripe handsomeness. The movie, directed with a firm hand by David Fincher, is often astonishingly beautiful, but it plays too safe when it should be letting its freak flag fly. Contains brief war violence, sexual content, profanity and smoking. DVD edition contains Extras: commentary with Fincher; docua four-pamaking-o- f mentary. fun-lovi- Ai . Prime-tim- e 3. "Dancing With The 20.53 million. it by Tori Spelling by Dave Cullen --A : MERRICK MORTONParamount Pictures Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." sequences are stretches of amateurishness, wretched excess, tedium and weirdness that will likely have you grimacing a lot of the time, but grinning more frequently than you might expect. Contains violence, adult situations and language. In Hindi and Cantonese with subtitles. 'Last Chance Harvey' (PG-1- 99 minutes): This quiet romantic comedy takes a cinematic chestnut (two meet fleetingly, spend time 'Chandni Chowk together and embark on a tentative romance until fate to China' intervenes) and somehow 154 minutes): infuses it with a sense of May 5: (PG-1rue and regret that makes it Sidhu travels east from the seem new. Dust in Hoffman New Delhi neighborhood of Chandni Chowk, fooled into plays the title character, a New York-base- d jingle writer believing he's the reincarnawho travels to London for his tion of a great Chinese warrior. Overmatched in a battle daughter's wedding. It's obvious almost immediately that with a local crime boss, he transforms himself into a Harvey is close to washed-ukung fu expert. With his long, professionally. But once he handsome face, Akshay Kugets to London, it becomes mar resembles Sacha Baron increasingly clear that he's on Cohen, and he plays Sidhu like the outs personally as well. He's even shot down by his a more pathetic Borat, bumbling through a land he knows own daughter, who chooses nothing about. Warner Bros., her stepfather to give her away. But when he meets presumably hoping to piggyback on the success of "Slum-do- g Kate (Emma Thompson), a Millionaire," is giving the mutual recognition of souls film the widest U.S. release transpires. Thompson and Hoffman develop an easy, for a Bollywood film. But be warned: the Bollywood-lit- e of unforced chemistry, resulting in a touching portrait of that "Slumdog" is no preparation for the toll that 2 12 hours of rarity in the movies: a recogthis film can take on a person. nizably human couple with recognizably human prob Interspersed with amazing rt Daily Herald, Thursday, April 30, 2009 Olbermann repeats waterboard offer p lems and quirks. Contains brief strong profanity. DVD Extras: Commentary with writerdirector Joel Hopkins, Hoffman and Thompson; f 'Wendy and Lucy (R, 80 minutes): A deliberately spartan tone poem of need and desperation, the film stars Michelle Williams in a role that is one long moment. Wendy is trying to make her way from Indiana to Alaska, because she has a vague promise of work in a fish-packi- plant. When her Honda breaks down, she's faced with repair bills she can't pay. Wendy steals food for her dog, Lucy, and becomes the victim of a store employee: "If a person can't afford dog food, they shouldn't have a dog!" Wendy later searches desperately for Lucy, who disappeared while she was under arrest. Williams's performance is nuanced, moving and well worth any awards she gets. But Wendy is also anonymous, since we are provided almost nothing about her background. Contains vulgarity. Also: "Bones: Season 2," "Enchanted April," "Higher Ground," "Grin Without A Cat," "Incendiary," "Ivanhoe," "Momma's Man," "Smother" and "Under the Bombs." The Washington Post NEW YORK The debate over torture is getting personal for two of cable TV's prime-tim- e hosts. After Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity made a seemingly impromptu offer last week to undergo waterboarding as a benefit for charity, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann leapt at it. He offered $1,000 to the families of U.S. troops for every second Hannity withstood the technique. Olbermann repeated the offer on Monday's show and said in an interview Tuesday that he's heard no response. He said he'll continue to pursue it. "I don't think he has the courage to even respond to this let alone do it," Olbermann said. Rivers defends daughter on 'Celebrity Apprentice' NEW YORK Think twice before crossing Melissa Rivers her mother might just step in and chew you out. Joan Rivers unleashed an earful of insults after Donald Trump fired her daughter on "The Celebrity Apprentice." Rivers's targets: poker champ Annie Duke and Playboy pinup Brande Roderick. Melissa Rivers, who appeared with her mom on the NBC show, claimed the two formed an alliance against her. She called them "pit vipers." Joan Rivers launched into mama-bea- r mode, calling Rod- erick a "stupid blonde" and Duke a "white trash" poker player. She called the duo "a Nazi and a follower." The Associated Press |
