WASHINGTON - Exhibits of J.M.W. Turner’s work in recent years have shown snapshots of the famous British landscape painter’s travels, styles, and illustrations of history. Now the broad range of his six-decade career comes together in the largest Turner retrospective ever presented in the United States.

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Annie Lennox is often at her very best as a songwriter when she is feeling at her very worst.

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(Not That You Asked) Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions By Steve Almond Random House, 304 pp., $21.95

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No one needs to tell Ben Affleck how much he has at stake with this month’s release of his directorial debut, “Gone Baby Gone.” “I feel like this film is a linchpin for my life. My career,” Affleck tells Details magazine in the edition due on Boston newsstands Oct. 9. “I have a lot riding on it. I want [the …

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On Friday, violinist Maria Bachmann and pianist Jon Klibonoff framed their Jordan Hall recital with souvenirs from one of art’s most famous lost utopias, 1920s Paris. But it was through a run of contemporary throwbacks that they finally engaged the proper spirit of the time and place.

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In an upset, the family comedy “The Game Plan,” which was filmed in Boston last year, beat the terrorism thriller “The Kingdom” at the weekend box office in North America, the Hollywood studios reported yesterday. “The Game Plan,” starring wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (inset), sold about $22.7 million worth of tickets since opening Friday. “The Kingdom,” starring Jamie Foxx …

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Guess no one on the Patriots’ private jet to Cincinnati noticed that the 2003 flick “The Recruit” stars Al Pacino , Colin Farrell , and a certain actress named Bridget Moynahan before it started to play. But as soon as the opening credits revealed that Tom Brady ’s ex was in the thriller, the movie was yanked, someone on the …

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