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Inspired by a biannual baroque festival and the legacy of missionaries, young people join choirs and take up the violin and Vivaldi in parishes across the country's eastern lowlands.
  
    
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From Brian Setzer's orchestral fun with classical music clichés to a Parents' Choice Award winner by Dr. Noize, these albums will delight young ears.
  
    
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Former Coltrane pianist McCoy Tyner returns for an elegant romp, Bill Dixon's all-star orchestra explodes, and Nicole Mitchell does the unthinkable: make flute-led jazz a force to be reckoned with.
  
    
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Neil Diamond sheds the schmaltz; Lenny Kravitz â inspired throwback or tired mimic?; Madonna delivers on dance; Santogold's belated debut.
  
    
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Some of the set pieces are ravishing, more often they're ravishingly clumsy.
  
    
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Wachowski Brothers' movie tries for a family-values focus but veers into frenetic, sometimes cheesy effects.
  
    
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Ellen Page comes through with a performance despite distracting directorial stylings.
  
    
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Kutcher, Diaz comedy tries to get by on star power where none really exists.
  
    
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In Belize, musician Paul Nabor preserves an indigenous sound â and awaits a successor.
  
    
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Controversy â from Black Power salutes to boycotts â is often what's remembered.
  
    
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The Indian Premier League is altering the game and pulling in the best players from around the world.
  
    
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The Central Asian nation throws Borat a counterpunch.
  
    
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A product of the criminal Milosevic era, its odd nostalgia is the soundtrack to a new wave of nationalism.
  
    
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LACMA's rare display of art post the Chicano movement stresses themes of illegal immigration and discrimination.
  
    
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Shakespeare's 'Scottish Play' meets an array of modern interpretations.
  
    
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'Cardenio,' a seldom-staged work attributed by some to the Bard, opens May 10 in Cambridge, Mass.
  
    
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In 'Redbelt,' David Mamet and jujitsu come together, and the result is a draw.
  
    
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Patrick Dempsey goes into charm overload in 'Made of Honor.'
  
    
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A poignant performance by Robert Downey Jr. can't quite save 'Iron Man.'
  
    
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Authentic 'Son of Rambow' displays an understanding of what it's like to be a kid.
  
    
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'Fixie' riders, seeking adventure, dart through streets with bravura and no brakes.
  
    
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PBS's monumental 10-hour documentary about the USS Nimitz goes below decks during its recent deployment to the Gulf.
  
    
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SNL alums Tina Fey and Amy Poehler look for surrogate laughs in 'Baby Mama,' Burt Reynolds gets a raw 'Deal,' and 'Roman de Gare' adds a French twist to the serial-killer genre.
  
    
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The renowned documentarian interviews the US soldiers who tortured Iraqi prisoners and reveals the incriminating photographs no one was supposed to see.
  
    
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The Harold and Kumar sequel squanders an opportunity for sharp political satire as the titular duo are mistaken for terrorists.
  
    
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