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If you go see just one new movie this week, this is The One Full story »

Event, focusing on socially conscious cinema, spans 10 days Full story »

Drink, eat and dance like the French on Saturday, March 20 Full story »

Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road. The former host of "The Tonight Show" announced a 30-city theater tour on Thursday. Sidekick Andy Richter and the former "Tonight Show" band will join O'Brien for what he promises to be "a night of music, comedy, hugging and the occasional awkward... Full story »

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69. Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night at a Los Angeles hospital. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year. Olsen was an All-American at Utah State and a first-round draft pick of the Los Angles... Full story »

In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court has ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original albums. The group sued the music label, saying its contract prohibited selling the tracks "unbundled" from their original records. EMI claimed the rule applied only... Full story »

For his 80th birthday, friends of Wardelle Quezergue, "The Creole Beethoven," contribute diabetic-friendly recipes to his party. Full story »

The 40-plus-year-old, horn-driven urban soul ensemble Tower of Power funks up the House of Blues. The folksy, gentle Hurray for the Riff Raff plays dba. At the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s After Hours series, Cajun rocker Zachary Richard speaks and performs from 6-8 p.m.   Full story »

THURSDAY'S CALENDAR Special events New Orleans Home & Garden Show Louisiana Superdome. The largest consumer home show in the Southeast will feature thousands of products for the home, seminars with design and renovation experts, advice on eco-friendly building, gardening and landscape ideas, pet products and obedience demonstrations, plus cooking sessions with local chefs, samplings and cookbook signings, begins, 4-9... Full story »

Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she over has 20,000 — as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding. The unsuspecting rural Michigan woman has one out-of-work late-night talk show host to thank for her newfound online popularity — Conan O'Brien (follow Conan... Full story »

Benefit dinner will feature food from over 25 area chefs. Full story »

The New Orleans Indie Rock Collective presents "Foburg: A Music Festival" (official site), a new three-day alternative music festival held in venues along Frenchmen Street March 12 - 14, 2010. The festival features Rock, Indie Rock, and Alternative artists from the greater Gulf South and national touring artists on their way to SXSW in Austin, TX. Pre-sale weekend passes... Full story »

Jay Baruchel comedy opens Friday (March 12) in New Orleans Full story »

Coming attractions for this weekend at the movies Full story »