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LaPaglia: From pro soccer to film sprockets When he was still a teen-ager, actor Anthony LaPaglia failed at the thing he wanted most. "When I was young all I wanted to be in my life was a professional soccer player. In fact, I was a professional soccer player for five years from age 15-20. This was my dream," he says. FULL STORY »  'Lady Bird' soars on PBS special  Size does matter  Art of lights  Sissy Spacek is back for Oscar contention  Art in the open  'Joseph' is no Donny - and that's a good thing  Art of money  Aaliyah crash probe continues  Bleeth charged with cocaine possession

Music Sounds: DMX, Robert Earl Keen, Jill Jack THE GREAT DEPRESSION, DMX (Def Jam) On his latest release, DMX displays maturity and a continuing spiritual transformation that make him without peer in rap. FULL STORY »  New releases: Jewel, 'Lord of the Rings,' Alex Gold  Chicago-area Muslim charity groups raided  Dance fever on PBS  Leave it to Beaver  Livening up 'Domingo'  Rock Hall of Fame inducts punk pioneers  Jingle this  Give greatest hits for the holidays  Daughter to give kidney to Freddy Fender

Movies Associated Press Chyler Leigh is 'Pretty Ugly Girl' Janey Briggs and Eric Jungmann is Ricky 'The Obsessed Best Friend' in 'Not Another Teen Movie.' 'Teen Movie' is predictable but still funny There's a lot of thievery going on in the halls of John Hughes High School - especially in the Anthony Michael Dining Hall. FULL STORY »  'Almost Famous' DVD: Where's the sleaze?  Movie directors tell all in cable series  Kate & Leopold  Not Another Teen Movie  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring  The Majestic  Vanilla Sky  Samm Levine: 'Not Another Teen Movie' star  Crowe tries to explain 'Vanilla Sky,' fails

Television Dance fever on PBS In a season awash in "Nutcrackers" and the sentimentality of it all, dance fans can take in the latest edition on television, compliments of PBS - a very, very British version by Great Britain's Royal Ballet. FULL STORY »  Bengals offensive woes sadden Boomer  Tiger on television remains an unbeatable combination  Biography in-the-raw posts challenges  Alex Marvez's weekly look at professional wrestling  'Undercover's' Forsythe: Not just another bad guy  'Yes, Dear' star can't abandon standup  A fine drama series you'll never see  TV specials for a special time of year  Singing stars come out in Washington

Books Excerpt from 'Loft Style' - LOFT STYLE, Dominic Bradbury. FULL STORY »  PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER LIST  A journey to self  Tacoma will take a reading course  Santa Claus, superhero  And a Pashtun in a pear tree  Prim book brings racy surprise

Columns Cartman, Costanza, Keaton: 3 characters I love On this day of giving thanks, I'd like to spread the love to people I rarely show any compassion for: television characters. FULL STORY »  'Absolutely Fabulous' returns on Comedy Central  Just for tonight  All in the (warped) family  Story of Warsaw Ghetto presented on 'Uprising'  Will work for a comeback