Up & Coming Weekly

May 14, 2013

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Music Lovers Are you interested in sharing your insights with the community? Up & Coming Weekly is looking for music writers and reviewers to cover the local music scene and write reviews of new releases. Interested? Email Stephanie at stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com 5$ -HIIUH\V 'LVWULEXWLQJ &R .LFN RII WKRVH qZRUN VKRHVr DQG NLFN XS \RXU KHHOV &RPH HQMR\ WKH qWKLUG )ULGD\r HQWHUWDLQPHQW 0D\ WKURXJK -XO\ 2SHQLQJ DFWV NLFN RII WKH HYHQLQJ IROORZHG E\ KHDGOLQHUV RQ VWDJH DERXW )HVWLYDO 3DUN GRZQWRZQ )D\HWWHYLOOH *DWHV RSHQ DW SP .:-),51;;176 +WZV 0WTM MVLWZ[ .WWL *M^MZIOM 3QL[¼ )K\Q^Q\QM[ /Q^MI_Ia[ 1R RXWVLGH IRRG RU EHYHUDJHV DUH DOORZHG ZLWKLQ WKH SDUN 7KH HYHQW VHUYHV DV D IXQGUDLVHU IRU WKH )D\HWWHYLOOH 'RJZRRG )HVWLYDO 24 UCW MAY 15-21, 2013 May the Best Sibling Win The Goodwin Games pits family members against each other TV by DEAN ROBBINS In Fox's promising sitcom The Goodwin Games (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), three estranged siblings reunite after their father (Beau Bridges) dies, only to learn that he has set up a series of competitions to determine which one of them will win his fortune. This questionable approach to an inheritance echoes his questionable approach to childrearing. The siblings have all been scarred by him, each in a different way. Henry (Scott Foley) is an overachiever, Chloe (Becki Newton) a flake, Jimmy (T.J. Miller) a criminal. The Goodwin Games is reminiscent of Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, another bittersweet comedy about adult children broken by a bad dad. Here, daddy dearest continues to torment them from beyond the grave. "You children could have been magnificent," he tells them in one of his posthumous videos. As in The Royal Tenenbaums, though, nothing is black-or-white. In a mere half-hour, the pilot shades Henry, Chloe and Jimmy so that they emerge as people rather than comic types. Even Jimmy, the goofiest of the siblings (check out the priceless bit in which he tries, and fails, to be sarcastic), displays unexpected tenderness to his young daughter. I have to correct old man Goodwin. These children are magnificent, at least as characters. Shark Tank Friday, 9 pm (ABC) In the season finale, the panel of five self-made millionaires hears intriguing pitches from budding business people. A woman named Val seeks a $200,000 investment for a curated dating service in which only appealing people are picked to participate. An 11-year-old boy named Ryan seeks $25,000 for his dog-biscuitbaking enterprise, with the irresistible name the Barkery. The episode's would-be entrepreneurs are all likable, while the panelists … well, not so much. They leer at Val and lecture Ryan. They insult each other and guffaw at their own stupid jokes. Beady-eyed Kevin O'Leary tells two earnest restaurateurs from Cincinnati: "The whole thing is crap. Is 'crap' the brand?" I don't think any of these panelists is appealing enough to be picked by Val's curated dating service. The Simpsons Sunday, 8 pm (Fox) It's the saddest time of the year for fans of animated TV comedy: the season finale of The Simpsons. We'll have to content ourselves with watching reruns for the next few months — come to think of it, not such a bad way to spend the summer. In the meantime, the last episode of 2012-13 has an Icelandic theme, with a cameo by the overwrought ambient rock band Sigur Rós. It will be the first time Sigur Rós has gotten a laugh out of me — an intentional one, that is. Billboard Music Awards Sunday, 8 pm (ABC) The Billboard Music Awards prides itself on having something for everyone, with nods to R&B, rap, country and Billboard's other charts. In booking this year's musical performances, though, the ceremony has favored artists who've recently disgusted large segments of the population. Chris Brown has continued to behave obnoxiously after his assault conviction; Justin Bieber made a mockery of the Holocaust with recent comments about Anne Frank; Lil Wayne was dropped by Pepsi after sick lyrics about civil rights martyr Emmett Till; and Taylor Swift lost female fans with her dismissive remarks about feminism. Here's a new motto for the Billboard Music Awards: "Something for everyone… to be revolted by." WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM

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