E2 www.app.com ASBURY PARK PRESS SUNDAY, DEC. 27, 2009 Year FROM PAGE E1 A cabaret scene flourished at McLoone's Supper Club, The Showroom brought movies to Cookman Avenue and the Pinball Museum added some retro flair. TICKETMAST TACTICS UNDER ATTACK. When tickets went on sale for Springsteen's Izod Center shows, many online customers found themselves shunted from Ticketmaster's site to TicketsNow, a subsidiary that offered re-sales above face value. About 2,000 consumers lodged complaints to the state and Springsteen himself issued a statement that said he was "furious." After an investigation by state Attorney General Anne Milgram, Ticketmaster settled with the state for $350,000, though the ticket agency admitted no wrongdoing.
Ticketmaster held a random drawing for 1,000 consumers for another shot at buying tickets. The remaining consumers were compensated with $100 Ticketmaster gift certificates to put towards a future Bruce show. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM GOES GLOBAL. The New Brunswickbased rock band The Gaslight Anthem, led by Red Bank's Brian Fallon, hit the festival circuit, playing Lollapalooza in Chicago, the Reading, Leeds and Hyde Park Calling festivals in England and the Glastonbury Festival in Scotland, where they are joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen. I DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON.
The King of Pop died June 25, ending a tumultuous life and a tremendous career. Jackson had worldwide impact, including in Asbury Park, where his family had considered opening an attraction along the lines of a "Neverlandby-the-Sea" in the '80s. BOB DYLAN GOES I FOR A PATROL-CAR RIDE IN LONG BRANCH." Like a complete unknown? On July 23, Bob Dylan learned how it did feel when two young police officers approached him on a Long Branch street. Police responded to a complaint about a suspicious character peering into a vacant house that was for sale. The officers did not believe that Dylan who wore a hooded jacket in the pouring rain was indeed Dylan, until he was able to secure some ID and get people at the nearby Ocean Place Resort Spa, where he was lodging, to vouch for him.
Dylan was at the Shore for a gig at Blue Claws Stadium in Lakewood. He told police 1 he just felt like taking a walk. OF THE LES DEATH PAUL. The 94-year-old jazz man Les Paul, who died Aug. 13, was widely credited with inventing the solid-body electric guitar, an instrument that continues to play a prominent role on any stage in any club at any given moment at the Jersey Shore.
WENDY WILLIAMS GETS OWN TV SHOW, VISITS ASBURY PARK STUDENTS. Radio personality GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR BEST ACTOR BEST ACTRESS BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS BEST SONG Marion Cotillard Penelope Cruz. Crete ahar0 Daniel Day Lewis PETER TRAVERS, Rolling Stone DAZZLING! wisen PG-13 THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY CHI ONE a 885 03 DON'T MISS THE MOVIE ENGAGEMENTS EVENT OF THE YEAR! NOW PLAYING GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS OBEST PICTURE! COMEDY OR MUSICAL BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep BEST SCREENPLAY Nancy Meyers CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS NOMINEE BEST COMEDY "MOVIES DON'T GET ANY FUNNIER THAN THIS! Smart, sophisticated and hilarious." PETE HAMMOND, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE MERYL STEVE ALEC STREEP MARTIN BALDWIN Written and Directed by Nancy Meyers -WINNER Ensemble Cast Complicated RESTINCTED PARENT OF OURS SOME DRUG CONTENT AND SEXUALITY www.itscomplicatedmovie.com UNIVERSAL CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATRES AND SHOWTIMES MOBILE USERS: For Showtimes Text COMPLICATED and your ZIP CODE to 43KIX (43549)! Wendy Williams, who grew up in Asbury Park and Ocean Township, became a TV star this year with her syndicated talk show. Throughout September, she asked her audience members to bring donations of school supplies for Asbury Park Middle School. On Sept.
30, Williams returned to her hometown to deliver the goods in person and to speak to students. RICHIE SAMBORA COMES HOME TO WOODBRIDGE. Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, who has been a philanthropist almost as long as he's been a rock star, launched a "You Can Go Home" fundraising campaign for Kelly Mahon, a Woodbridge teenager living with a brain tumor. Sambora helped the family financially and arranged for renovations to accommodate Mahon's condition. On Nov.
23, he returned to Woodbridge, his hometown, to welcome Kelly Mahon home. It was a big year for Bon Jovi, too. In November, Bon Jovi released "The Circle" album and played in Germany for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I MTV'S 'JERSEY SHORE' GIVES ITALIAN AMERICANS A BAD NAME. OMG, It's MTV's "Jersey Shore." Stripping every bit of realism from the concept of "reality shows," this series, set in Seaside Heights, embarrassed Italian Americans, New Jerseyans and makers of fine hair gel.
The cast of out bennies aside from one young lady from Hazlet embraced the term "guido" and the accompanying decadent lifestyle. Guilty pleasure or travesty? Youze guys decide. 'MAD 'MODERN FAMILY' AMONG THE YEAR'S BEST TV By FRAZIER MOORE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE BIGGEST SHOWS of 2009 couldn't always be contained by the TV screen. There were breakout tabloid scandals with Jon and Kate Gosselin. A wannabe reality TV star crashed the White House.
David Letterman's hankypanky seized headlines. Oprah Winfrey grabbed the nation's attention as she began her long goodbye. This was TV run amok. But in 2009 other shows proved outstanding in more manageable terms: as excellent TV shows. They include: "Breaking Bad" (FX).
Here's the cruelest premise on series TV: A highschool teacher with terminal cancer gets into the crystal-meth trade as a desperate scheme to make sure his family is financially secure after he dies. Against all odds, in its second season, this drama upped the danger level, getting even stranger, more addictive and, yes, even funnier. 1 "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO). This season, "Curb" creator-writer-star Larry David outdid himself. A creator of "Seinfeld" in another age, he reunited his "Seinfeld" cast and interlaced his old show with his current one for a brilliant story line that gave "Seinfeld" fans what they had craved for a decade: an acceptable finale for that comedy.
I "Damages" (FX). Guest star William Hurt brought new shadings and power to this diabolical legal thriller in its riveting second season. Glenn Close and Rose Byrne stood tall as the series' leading ladies, playing at fullof-intrigue lawyers in a cutthroat litigation firm. "The Good Wife" (CBS). It stars Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother forced to resume her long ago career as an attorney in the wake of betrayal when her politician GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE BEST ACTRESS EMILY BLUNT CRITICS' CHOICE MOVIE AWARD NOMINEES BEST ACTRESS EMILY BLUNT BEST COSTUME DESIGN SANDY POWELL.
YOUNG VICTORIA' HAS IT ALL" Thelma Adams, Us "EMILY BLUNT MAKES VICTORIA IRRESISTIBLE." Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN TIMES EMI THE YOUNG VICTORIA HER COUNTRY. HER HEART. HER MAJESTY. PG GK fire APPARITION THEYOUNGVICTORIAMOVIE.COM COM ROBERTS CLEARVIEW FLORIN-CREATIVE CLEARVIEW THEATRES CINEMAS MONTGOMERY CINEMAS CHATHAM CLAIRIDGE CINEMA 6 CENTER RED BANK CINEMA MONTCLAIR ROCKY HILL RED BANK 822-1550 777-FILM 924-7444 777-FILM "HUGH GRANT AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER ARE A PERFECT COMBO." Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV Hugh GRANT Sarah Jessica PARKER Did You Hear About Then MORGANS. PICTURES NOONS I VENA A CASTLE ROCK FILMS TON HEAR ABOUT THE SAM MOSS MICHAEL HELD BRIMLEY SHAPIRO A MEISSI WELLS ANTHONY SHARER LIE GARTER POME MANE LAWRENCE 13 PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED DONE DE SOME SERIAL REFERENCES AND MOMENTARY POLENCE NOW PLAYING CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES SORRY, NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT AP Frank Ockenfels Jones and Jon Hamm in Style and substance: January a scene from "Mad Men." hubby, played by Chris Noth, is jailed for corruption and philandering.
But what makes it more than a formula legal drama, and more than a series struggling for relevance by using current events as a dramatic contrivance, is smart writing and a splendid cast. That's a solid formula. "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" (CBS). The best late night talk show was better than ever this year, and Ferguson's winning ratings reflected it. The Scottishborn late host, who insists he's not a late-night host but something else, is clearly gifted at it.
He's brilliant, shrewd, silly and charismatic as anyone knows who saw him bonding with a guest not usually seen on late-night TV, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu. "Lost" (ABC). Another wacky, wacked-out season that showed no concern for time and space constraints and left the viewer's head reeling. The min action on the island, and beyond, set things up for the final season in 2010 which here's hoping will bring everything home. "Mad Men" (AMC).
Modern living 1960s style got darker and more gripping this season as the Kennedy presidency ended in Dallas and, in New York City, ad man Don Draper's world seemed to be collapsing. "Modern Family" (ABC). Three households, all unconventional, are blended into this fall's freshest family comedy. Ed O'Neill and Julie Bowen are among the stars perched on this sitcom family tree. "The No.
1 Ladies' Detective Agency" (HBO). This charming and uplifting drama told of Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott), a plucky private eye. Operating from her storefront office on the outskirts of the Botswanan city of Gaborone, she dedicates herself to helping those who need help the most. Her good will proved as infectious as her cases. "Sons of Anarchy" (FX).
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