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Weekend 9/19-9/21 A damaged Dakota Fanning is note perfect in the controversial Hounddog. › Empire Film Group; opening today; read Edelstein › Uncommonly well-crafted Duchess stars uncommonly well-crafted Knightley. › Ice Cube (sadly, sans Jheri curl) takes us back to 1992. › Ghost Town: Ricky Gervais plays likable? This we gotta see. › “Convergence Center”: Political art gets its own convention. › Highbrow fest ATP brings My Bloody Valentine to (outside) NYC. › Roast marshmallows with Jose Gonzalez and UCB at Campfire. › New Van Gogh exhibit dives into the master's obsession with nighttime. › Randy Newman brings classic satire to classy Carnegie Hall. › Battles in Seattle, a fiery homage to the 1999 WTO riots. › “Signs of the Time,” refreshingly broad look at great contemporary photos. › Doug Aitken's Movement vid checks animals into motels. › Vertical Player Rep brings high opera down to Red Hook pier. › Snakes? Sandbox? Party! Brooklyn Children Museum’s reopening bash. › Real-deal fair in NYC, complete with pig racing, pie eating. › John Cusack in Igor, the cutest Frankenstein story yet.›   Lee Ann Womack, Achy and Breaky in All the Right Places Filmmaker David Bond Flunks Art Class William Shatner Thinks J.J. Abrams Could Be a Little More Creative The New Bond Theme: Bad! Synecdoche, New York Trailer: Charlie Kaufman Makes Us Happy and Sad Artist Derek Buckner on Painting Marshmallows Andrew Lloyd Webber Saves the Economy Good Dick Trailer: People Still Rent Porn? Jerry Seinfeld Dumped Faster Than Windows Millennium Edition Fall TV Death Watch: Which New Shows Will Be Canceled First? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Mother Director   Big oil has a small problem. The MINI Cooper Hardtop. 37 MPG highway, 28 MPG city*. Test drive one today at your Greater Gotham MINI Dealer. For more information visit GREATERGOTHAMMINI.com . *EPA estimate. Mileage varies.

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