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Contributor: Plugged In Staff

Echo

There was a lot to like about Leona Lewis’ first album, Spirit, in 2007. Does her second studio album, Echo, offer as much?

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Axl Rose Meets Jesus?

I’m wrestling with something. A couple of weeks ago, an acquaintance said that her Denver-area church had sung the Guns N’ Roses’ hit “Paradise City” during its worship service. I considered those lyrics and wondered how they could inspire Christians. …

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Amelia

Amelia Earhart is one of the world’s most intriguing missing persons. Her life captivates millions even seven decades after her disappearance. Does the movie that bears her name do her justice?

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Southern Voice

Vice and virtue are both modulate the tone of Southern Voice as Mr. Faith Hill talks up Billy Graham, Jesus, NASCAR, dancin’ drinkin’ and last call romps.

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The Balloon Boy Has Landed (in Court)

Last week, 6-year-old Falcon Heene and his weird-science family made headlines when the boy was thought to have been caught up inside a helium balloon. For more than two hours the silver saucer-shaped craft drifted from Ft. Collins, Colo., to the field …

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Where the Wild Things Are

Nine-year-old Max sails away to an imaginary island after an argument with his mother. Will the Wild Things living there eat him or love him? Maybe both …

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Why The Beatles Are More Important Than Pie

That Monday night, like most Monday nights, the Walnut Grove community was going through a dire dilemma. I can’t remember what their trial was during that episode, but I know that I, a child who’d savored each Little House on the Prairie book, was entr …

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An Education

Sixteen-year-old Jenny wants more verve in her life than her staid English schoolgirl existence is delivering. Her salvation seems to arrive in charming sophisticate David, a man more than twice her age.

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Put Down the CrackBerry and Talk!

Some friends and I had dinner last night. During our conversation, we got onto the topic of technology and how it’s so addictive—how “CrackBerry” might be a better name for BlackBerry. One friend said, “I can’t sit still anymore. If I have down time, I …

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Whip It

Drew Barrymore directs and stars in a female roller derby dust-up she says is about “finding your inner strength … and figuring out who you are along the way.” Is she right?

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Revolution

Miranda Lambert softens just a touch on her third release, but not so much as to ruin her reputation for being a Texas spitfire who shoots guns, downs whiskey and tells cheaters where they can go.

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Sorority Row

Theta Pi sorority sisters get a lot more than they bargain for—like, um, death—when a nasty prank on one of their cheating boyfriends goes bloodily awry.

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All About Steve

Sandra Bullock is a socially inept cruciverbalist-turned-stalker in this zany (and crass) road trip flick.

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A Perfect Getaway

They say you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover. But what about predictably unpredictable slasher flicks?

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“Party in the U.S.A.”

Miley Cyrus: grounded role model for tweens or just another cautionary tale who ought to be grounded? Our quick listen to her hit song “Party in the U.S.A.” may help you decide.

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