The Short List of Things to Do

Week of July 27

Sean Kingston

In Stores July 31
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Beautiful Girls may be the song of the summer, but its fusion of lightweight rap, a Ben E. King sample and schlock lyrics hardly augurs well for a full 48-min. album. Yet Kingston's synthed-up voice and ripped-off hooks (seriously: he steals from Led Zeppelin and Diana Ross) prove surprisingly entertaining — largely because, like a Jamaican Jimmy Durante, he knows how to make songs about nothing sound like something fun.

November 28

The new Elvis Costello television series, Stephen Colbert's Christmas Special and Chungking Express on DVD

November 21

The Monty Python Holy Grail on DVD, Gears of War 2 for the gamers, Bolt in movie theaters, and more

October 10

The good cheer of Happy-Go-Lucky, reliving the amazing life of John Lennon, cathing up with The Starter Wife on TV, and more

October 3

Greg Kinnear, in Flash of Genius, Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, and more

September 26

Jenny Lewis in the record stores, Dennis Lehane's The Given Day in bookstores, The Lucky Ones in movie theaters, and more

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