 Bodacious lies
 Warner Bros.
Previews for Ridley Scott's “Body of Lies” live up to the title. The preview makes it appear as though the movie is a deathly battle between Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
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Star zooms while routine 'Express' chugs along
Oct. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Ernie Davis, a marvelous Syracuse University running back from the '50s and '60s, earned the nickname “The Elmira Express” in high school.
In “The Express,” the lukewarm film of his life, Davis is a tragic figure overcoming racial attitudes of the era on the field and off, challenging hard-nosed coach Ben Schwartzwalder (magnetic Dennis Quaid), and, on the brink of a pro football career (a $15,000 signing bonus from the Cleveland Browns), confronting a devastating disease.
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9:49 a.m. Oct. 10 (AP)
How the government defines chocolate types: Here's a look at definitions for different types of cacao products, or chocolate, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration:
9:49 a.m. Oct. 10 (AP)
Details about top U.S. candymakers Mars, Hershey: Details about Mars and Hershey, the top two U.S. candymakers:
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa., 9:48 a.m. Oct. 10 (AP)
Aggressive Mars breathes down Hershey's neck in U.S.: This stretch of rolling dairy country has long been Milton Hershey's turf, where he first found success making chocolate more than a century ago and earned a name synonymous with chocolate in America.
Oct. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Celebs' clout is with cameras, not with White House choices:
In a little more than three weeks, Americans will go to the polls, and the next president of the United States will be selected. Until then, campaigning by both major candidates will ramp up; so, too, will endorsements from key figures in the public as well as the political realm.
Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Sliders - Landreth, Lindley kick off "The Magic & Mystery of the Slide Guitar": Sonny Landreth is a little perplexed why more people don't play slide guitar. It has a mesmerizing effect on Landreth, who admits he is intrigued every day he plays his own slide guitar or listens to someone else.
Oct. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Gregory to visit Warwick's:
Warwick's in La Jolla is referring to it as an “evening with the Queen of Historical Fiction.” And why not, given Philippa Gregory's long-running success with novels set in the British Isles of centuries past, such as “The Other Boleyn Girl,” which also became a recent feature film.
Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)One-hit wonder: La Jolla restaurateurs Luca Mazzolani and Deborah Odle wanted to branch out. So, they decided to hone in. Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Once upon a dare . . .: On one late night in Manhattan, Joan Osborne visited the Abilene Cafe on Second Avenue and took a dare that changed her life. Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Night watchmen: Would anyone dispute the notion that we live in a color-saturated world when it comes to images, still or moving? Unless you're a avid follower of old films, you probably haven't seen a black-and-white movie in some time. Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
'Music was a part of my health and happiness': When new artists enter the studio to record their debut album, they often morph from human beings into taffy. They are pushed and pulled by their record company's marketing and A&R departments, their management teams and, of course, their own creative impulses. Sometimes, they are stretched into shapes they don't recognize.
Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Chalk talk : Traditions of Italian art, music and food will come alive Sunday as members of San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood welcome everyone to their 14th annual Festa. Two stages will feature nonstop entertainment. Guitarist Daniele Spadavecchia melds jazz and Gypsy jazz with flamenco, with a repertoire of Italian favorites.
Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Fans of crime-TV can do better:Kath (Molly Shannon) is fortysomething and fabulous. Her daughter Kim (Selma Blair) is 27 and moving back home because her new husband wants her to “do things.” Like make dinner. Can they live together without sacrificing an innocent mani-pedi?
Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
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NEW YORK, 7:49 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
Travis Barker: 'I'm just thankful to be alive!': Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who always has been afraid of flying, says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, 8:40 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
My Morning Jacket singer released from hospital: My Morning Jacket singer-guitarist Jim James has been released from the hospital after being injured in a fall during a concert at the University of Iowa.
Oct. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Let's undo lunch: Your morning bagel is but a distant memory. The 10 a.m. granola bar has been reduced to a few crumbs stuck to your desktop.
NEW YORK, 8:02 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
Superman's dad dies – again: Superman's dad has died again. DC Comics has killed off Clark Kent's Earth father with a heart attack. In Action Comics {PI:EF}870, out Wednesday, Superman can't hear his mom's cries for help in time to save Jonathan Kent.
BEIJING, 7:24 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
Linkin Park cancels China tour over back injury: Linkin Park is canceling its China tour because lead singer Chester Bennington has suffered a back injury.
LOS ANGELES, 6:01 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
Campaign Comedy: Tuesday's late-night TV wrap-up: Political debates inform voters – and provide material for late-night TV show hosts.
MALIBU, 4:51 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
Nick Nolte escapes his burning home in Malibu: Actor Nick Nolte jumped out a window and used a hose to fight a fire that broke out in his Malibu home Tuesday, authorities said.
NEW YORK, 4:44 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
2 people watch 123 hours of movies in NYC: You may want to try this at home. Suresh Joachim of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra of Germany, claim to have broken the world record for continuous movie watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plastic-glass house in New York's Times Square.
NEW YORK, 1:54 a.m. Oct. 8 (AP)
Exhibit on cigarette advertising opens in NYC: A phalanx of white-coated doctors endorses Camel cigarettes in an exhibit that opened this week at the New York Public Library.
NEW YORK, 3:08 p.m. Oct. 7 (AP)
Strong ratings for CBS: CBS is looking good so far this TV season, easily winning last week in the prime-time ratings and perhaps minting a new hit in “The Mentalist.”
Oct. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
'Tobacco Road' a vivid rendering of hard times: The Lester family's fortunes are sinking fast. Also, their house. Forget being upside-down on their mortgage. This clan of Georgia sharecroppers – a family that would be dirt-poor if only they had the good fortune to own the dirt they live on – inhabits a shack that looks ready to slide sideways right into the soil.
BEVERLY HILLS, 9:49 a.m. Oct. 7 (AP)
A-list women celebrate their own in Hollywood: In the year of “Sex and the City,” perhaps it's no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
BEIJING, 5:33 a.m. Oct. 7 (AP)
China state TV to air 50-part Bruce Lee biography: Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star.
NEW YORK, 5:56 a.m. Oct. 7 (AP)
Campaign Comedy: Monday's late-night TV wrap-up: You'd hardly know the Democrats have even chosen a presidential candidate, judging from late-night comedy monologues. It was Republican John McCain and – oh, by the way – his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, who claimed most of the jokesters' attention.
Oct. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Symphony opener a tour de force: Murmurs from the furred and feathered crowd shuffling into the Balboa Theater on Saturday night for the San Diego Symphony's opening gala, “Opus 2008,” suggested the show was a hit even before the music started.
Oct. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
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NEW YORK, 9:42 a.m. Oct. 6 (AP)Lohan's estranged father to jump into boxing ring: Michael Lohan isn't the type to back down from a fight. The estranged father of Lindsay Lohan has publicly feuded with the actress, her girlfriend Samantha Ronson and her mother Dina Lohan. ANAHEIM, 3:27 a.m. Oct. 6 (AP)
Miley Cyrus celebrates Sweet 16 at Disneyland: Miley Cyrus' 16th birthday party was more boisterous than sweet. Cyrus celebrated the hallmark birthday at an over-the-top Disneyland celebration Sunday – even though she doesn't actually turn 16 until Nov. 23. NEW YORK, 1:32 a.m. Oct. 6 (AP)
Jimmy Kimmel returns as American Music Awards host: Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to provide more laughs for the American Music Awards. The comedian and talk show host is slated to host the annual event on Nov. 23 live from Los Angeles on ABC. Pink and the Jonas Brothers are among those scheduled to perform.
Oct. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Lee Grant's Outtakes:Showtime's “Dexter” (9 p.m. Sundays) is back, and, once again, it's an opportunity to observe the superb Michael C. Hall, eerie blood spatter expert for the Miami P.D., who splatters the screen with the gruesome task of meting out deadly justice to those who deserve it.
Oct. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Fashion Week catches a heel:For a while, it looked like Fashion Week San Diego was never going to happen. The ambitious, first-time show, inspired by New York and Los Angeles fashion weeks, was supposed to be the biggest style event this jeans and t-shirt city ever saw.
Oct. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
'Fool' is a taut, well-muscled lovers' quarrel:In Sam Shepard's “Fool for Love,” two formidable foes face off in a motel at the edge of the Mojave Desert. On-again, off-again lovers May and Eddie may not draw blood, but they always shoot for the heart.
INDIANOLA, Miss., 9:02 p.m. Oct. 5 (AP)Museum is a tribute to a King: Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi Delta. NEW YORK, 9:02 p.m. Oct. 5 (AP)
Odd couple: Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan: At 19, Rachel Maddow shared a house with friends in Philadelphia and wasn't paying much attention to the 1992 Republican National Convention on television until Pat Buchanan took to the podium. COLUMBUS, Ohio, 4:56 p.m. Oct. 5 (AP)
Bruce Springsteen rocks for Obama at Ohio State: For the second day in a row, rock star Bruce Springsteen sang a few songs and urged thousands of potential voters in a battleground state to register and support Democrat Barack Obama. PARIS, 3:40 p.m. Oct. 5 (AP)
Designers play it safe as economy sours: Paris Fashion Week ended on Sunday, capping a season which saw designers play it safe to coax customers into stores despite the global financial crisis.
LOS ANGELES, 2:03 p.m. Oct. 5 (AP)
Paramount, DreamWorks formalize separation deal: Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks say they are formally separating following DreamWorks' deal to partner with Reliance Entertainment of India.
LOS ANGELES, 11:13 a.m. Oct. 5 (AP)
Audiences adopt 'Chihuahua' with $29M weekend: “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” was barking up the right tree with movie-goers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Three votes for enlightenment: Three brief documentaries by San Diego filmmakers – Michael Chen's “Absent Voices,” Cheryl Kanekar's “Banana Republic,” Ron Tuatagaloa's “The Greater Good: The Political Journey of Tom Hom” – consider this provocative dilemma: Why Asian-Americans don't vote.
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Physicians' footsteps: Josh Reicher was in preschool when the teacher asked class members what they wanted to be when they grew up. No fireman or policeman or football player for Josh.
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
MCASD doffs hat to Davies in exhibit:They are some of Henri Matisse's most famous words. “What I dream of, is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter,” the iconic 20th-century painter wrote in 1908. He then compares a successful work of art to a good armchair.
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
See Kim's closet before Asian fest:Today, we pop in for a visit with Lee Ann Kim. The former Channel 10 news anchor is the executive director of the Asian American Film Foundation, which hosts its ninth annual film festival Thursday through Oct. 16 in San Diego (SDAFF.org).
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Old Globe adds hip-hop play to roster and to outreach program:It's been a breakthrough year for hip-hop in theater. In June, the propulsive “In the Heights” won the Tony Award for best musical; locally, La Jolla Playhouse staged “The Seven,” a bold fusion of rap and Greek tragedy.
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
He uses art as a voyage of discovery:In an out-of-the-way corner of the bustling, vital campus that is City Height's Hoover High School, an 18-year-old senior named Angel Marquez perches before four easels bearing his extraordinary art.
Oct. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Apocalypse soon: The pages of failed end-of-the-world prophecies could make up a whole new testament. Now there's the Rev. David Jeremiah, an East County mega-pastor and TV evangelist who says the end is coming, in the words of a familiar church song, “soon and very soon.”
Oct. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
For elite team of women, a high-level (private) chat: With the nation in the throes of an economic crisis and a high-stakes presidential election a month away, the salad bar at Carlsbad's Four Seasons Resort Aviara was one of the best places to get the inside scoop this week.
