Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed. COMEDY Lisa Lampanelli Tower Theater, Upper Darby Sat, 3/8/08, 8PM $32.50 On sale: Sat, 10AM, Live Nation MUSIC Kid Rock with Reverend Run and Dickey Betts Sovereign Center, Reading Fri, 3/21/08, 8PM $19.68 On sale: Sat, 10AM, Live......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Most Likely to Rule: Diva - The 1981 debut film from the director of the more recent Diving Bell and the Butterfly is about a famous opera singer who refuses to be recorded, and the fan who one night sneaks a tape recorder into her performance and tapes her anyway. Eventually the fan and the singer become friends, but there's also a labyrinthine plot involving two......

Let's see if we can keep this straight. John Nolan left Taking Back Sunday to form Straylight Run (MySpace), for which he eventually recruited drummer Will Noon after the band Noon was in, Breaking Pangea, split up. The lead singer of Breaking Pangea had been Coatesville native Fred Mascherino, who then went on to replace Nolan in Taking Back Sunday. While still in Breaking Pangea, Mascherino began work on his own project, The Color Fred......

Let's get this out of the way up front. The video accompanying in this review was not selected for its quality, but because it pretty much embodies what happened at the Wachovia Center last Tuesday night. People went absolutely nutso for Fall Out Boy, to the point where this fan could only concentrate on Patrick Stump while he was doing backing vocals on Gym Class Heroes' performance of "Clothes Off." Seriously, it was pandemonium. We......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news. COMEDY Michael Ian Black Fillmore at the TLA Fri, 11/30/07, 9PM $20 On sale: Fri, 12PM, Ticketmaster MUSIC Girl's Night Out Atlantic City Hilton Sun, 11/11/07, 7PM; Wed, 11/14/07, 7PM $45 On sale: Wed, 10AM, Ticketmaster; Today, 10AM, Ticketmaster......

UPDATE: A water main broke at about 5AM in front of the University of Pennsylvania's new Life Science Building, flooding the streets in three-foot deep rapids. The flow was stopped and the water has since subsided, but as of 7:30AM, University Avenue between 38th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue was closed while repair continued on the broken water main. Woodland Avenue is an alternate route. Ramps on and off I-76 at University Ave. were......

14,029 people participated in yesterday's Philadelphia Distance Run. The Inquirer article about the event focuses not on the winner, but on the amateurs and the regular folks involved. The still theoretical Philadelphia Major League Soccer franchise already has a fan club: the Sons of Ben, or SoBs. As part of a piece of 2002 legislation, the state of New Jersey took over many of the powers of Camden's local government and school board. Yesterday,......

By Bill Hayes and Pencopal This week, the Renegade Phillyists are feeling slightly less hateful, but just as snarky. Think of it as haterade lite. So instead of picking people off one by one, we've decided to taze them. Bill's To Taze List: 1) The people at Pitchfork. If you've heard of an album, they probably think it blows. I've been listening to the latest Tegan & Sara album, The Con, and I have been......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Remember the news about Universal's upcoming Harry Potter theme park? Turns out Disney thought about doing it, too, but passed on the project, after deciding that realizing Rowling's vision would be too complex and expensive. The Logan's Run remake isn't dead yet! Now Joel Silver has taken it over to Warner Brothers, with a new director (Joseph Kosinski,......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The headline (Creepy Dog Robot Planned for the US Military) almost says it all, but watching the embedded video will complete the picture. *shiver* (Via Jill) More funny scans from scans_daily. Included this time is an amusing comic strip and one hilarious panel from The Tick. Celebrities are taking over the web! Run for your lives! (Uh... any celebs lurking around......

Late last night Governor Rendell made a deal with top lawmakers that ended the budget standoff and the partial shutdown of state government. The Daily News has a run-down of some of the crime that occurred in the city this past weekend, and it includes a story about a potential burglar getting his head caught in a trapdoor and suffocating to death while trying to rob a bar. In other crime news, a man......

We would be terrible, awful, no good Phillies Phans (see what we did there?) if we didn't take the opportunity to congratulate Chase Utley, Cole Hamels and Aaron Rowand on their selection to the 2007 All-Star Game. We'll be honest - we were expecting that Utley would be elected starting second baseman, and we were fairly certain King Cole would make the cut on the mound. We were, however, pleasantly surprised to see Rowand make......

A Quirky Column about Dog Walking Adventures in the City of Dog-Owning Love Water Bowl Blues So, while hanging out at Seger Run—the dog run down behind the Superfresh around 10th and South—I discovered a whole new truth to the saying, “You can lead a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink.” Here’s the story: I walk into Seger Run with this dog that I’m dog sitting for the summer, Murphy. Murphy......

Five people in Cherry Hill and one in Pennsylvania, who are being described now as "Islamic radicals," were arrested last night for an alleged plot to attack Fort Dix, and a public information officer at Fort Dix says it wasn't the only base targeted; there was actually a plan to attack several bases in the Northeast. "Five of the men are expected to be arraigned in federal court in Camden today. The other one is......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news. COMEDY Lesbians of Laughter House of Blues Atlantic City Fri, 5/11/07, 8PM $13-$15 On sale: Wed, 10AM, Ticketmaster Bruce Bruce House of Blues Atlantic City Fri, 8/3/07, 10PM $17-$40 On sale: Sat, 10AM, Live Nation MUSIC Sound the Alarm......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed. Straylight Run w/Sparta and Lovedrug The TLA Sat, 6/23/07, 8PM $15 ($17 day of show) On sale: Fri, 12PM, Live Nation Bryan Adams and George Thorogood & the Destroyers Mann Music Center Thu, 8/2/07, 7:30PM On sale: Sat,......

Film: Consequences Future Screenings: No future screenings scheduled Once in a while, you hear about a movie that gets booed at a film festival, that film festival usually being Cannes, a.k.a. the film festival to end all film festivals. Having your film booed at Cannes is almost a death sentence: the film has to be re-edited, new scenes have to be filmed, and even then, chances are that it won't do very well in the......

This morning, the first thing we thought to ourselves upon waking up was, “Fucker’s twat.” No, we’re not suffering from Tourette’s. We loved Michael Showalter’s routine so much last night at the TLA that we fell asleep chuckling to his joke about changing the names of different ailments so they sound more hardcore. Rather than ordering a cream for gonorrhea, Showalter thought it would be better to ask for medication for “Fucker’s cock.” Which had......

A Quirky Column about Dog Walking Adventures in the City of Dog-Owning Love... You can just feel the electricity in the air. The moon is full, dogs are excited that their owners are home, owners are upbeat because the work day is done and the mood is right for love and friendships down at Seger Run … under the lights … behind the SuperFresh on South Street. If only the park was equipped with a......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Do you want to see some video of the all-dancing, all-singing stage production of Edward Scissorhands? Of course you do. Clickety click! (Via) Trailer time! It's Run, Fatboy, Run, another upcoming movie starring Simon Pegg. He tries to do the Rocky drink-a-glass-of-raw-eggs thing and... well, you should just watch it. Good stuff! Plus Hank Azaria's in it. (Via) And now, list time! Premiere......

Philadelphia is one of the key stops on Galactic’s East Coast Run tour. The New Orleanian instrumental quintet--composed of Robert Mercurio on bass, Stanton Moore on drums, Jeff Raines on guitar, Rich Vogel on Hammond B3 organ and keyboards, and Ben Ellman on saxophone--will bring in its jazz/funk-infused music to the TLA on Thursday night. The band is one of the key acts from the recently announced New Orleans Jazz Fest line-up. So consider Thursday......

Before I begin my review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, I'd like to encourage all those who still want to see the film by the end of my review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer to make sure to visit the restroom on their way into the theater. The film clocks in at just under 150 minutes, without previews. Now that that's out of the way... Perfume is a beautifully shot,......

Normally we wouldn't be particularly interested in a kids' cartoon movie about a sheltered pet rat getting flushed down the toilet only to land in the middle of a whole city of rats, and a dangerous adventure he never could have imagined. But this movie was made by Aardman Animations, and we love Aardman Animations. These are the guys responsible for the classic stop-motion, clay-animated "Wallace & Gromit" shorts, as well as Chicken Run, and......

Ryan Howard of our own Philadelphia Phillies won the Home Run Derby contest before the All-Star game Tuesday night, beating out David Wright of the Mets for the title of Home Run Derby King. Woo hoo! The Daily News discusses the pros and cons of the city's plan to fit out Philly with surveillance cameras. The folks quoted here from either side have pretty poor arguments to back up their positions; the ACLU spokesperson says......

Phillyist reader J. Zecker (YouTube user BlakeWallington) sent us this fun video he made last summer at the PMA. The Rocky Run sure looks different when Dali's face is on the steps!......

If you've been reading anything by this Phillyist editor, you know that she's been in the process of moving over the last few weeks. While in between apartments, Phillyist HQ has been temporarily located at the apartment of a friend. We've all been here. Staying rent-free for a week or a month at the home of a kind-hearted friend who's simply too nice to say no and doesn't know what she's getting herself into. It......

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...Eeewwww: Teri Hatcher and Ryan Seacrest were caught... Please, don't make us finish that sentence. (Via Us Weekly.) ...Skank: Mariah Carey doesn't believe in underwear. Warning: NSFW images follow. (Via The Superficial.) ...Scientology: That's three weeks in a row that we've had a Scientology-related story to report: Katie Holmes has had six-foot high signs reminding her to be completely still and silent during childbirth delivered to the home she shares with Tom Cruise, as distress......

What's fun and/or interesting on TV this week: 24 (Mon; 8-10PM; FOX): "24" fans will get two full, all-new hours of the show this week, and X-Men fans should be aware that some time in those two hours (we suspect right near the end, but don't quote us on that), the new trailer for X-Men 3 will premier. Exciting stuff! (Official site) I Love Toys (Mon; 10PM; VH1): VH1 debuts another entry in the genre......

More events that are going on sale this weekend (see the previous list here): POD w/The Pillar, The Chariot and Maylene & The Sons of Disaster The Troc Thu, 4/20/06, 7PM $16.50 ($18 day of show) On sale: Fri, 10AM, Electric Factory Rachelle Ferrell Keswick Theatre, Glenside Thu, 6/1/06, 7:30PM $39.50 On sale: Fri, 10AM, TicketMaster The Spinto Band w/The Teeth TLA Thu, 3/30/06, 9PM $12 ($15 day of show) On sale: Fri, 12PM, Electric......