• The Advocate eEdition
• |
• Wedding Forms
• |
• Newsletters
• |
• Text Alerts
• |
• Mobile
• |
• RSS
• |
• Twitter

		UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2
		The highly anticipated Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bout between Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin is no more. Due to a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract, Lesnar is unable to fight. In fact, it is still in question whether he will be able to fight again. The main event replacing the Lesnar-Carwin bout in UFC 106 on Saturday, Nov. 21 is a rematch of one of the greatest fights in UFC history between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.

2 THE MOVIES 'Precious' is great American cinema As Hollywood closed specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, as studios focus more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters, cinema fans have rightly wondered, who's left to make great American movies? MORE 2 THE MOVIES Bella mopes through pretentious 'New Moon' 'The Blind Side' focuses on the feel-good 'Planet 51' unable to support life ENTERTAINMENT & CALENDARS The Week Ahead, Nov. 22-28, 2009 The Week Ahead, Nov. 22-28, 2009 MORE ENTERTAINMENT & CALENDARS The week in arts for Nov. 22-28, 2009 Much more than just music BR area for Nov. 20-26, 2009 GAMES ‘Tropico 3’ makes dictatorship fun Only in "Tropico 3" is it possible to hear that your biggest fan has shaved your name on the side of his llama or that your people are so unhappy they are joining the rebel cause against you and preparing an assault on your palace. MORE GAMES INVINCIBLE MARIO 'The Warriors' no fun to play with 'Brutal Legend' odd but awesome MAGAZINE 'I like to work big' The revelation would come later, when Al Lavergne was about to leave Southern University for his new home in Kalamazoo, Mich. The city is home to Western Michigan University, where it’s really cold during the winter, but a place offering a promise. MORE MAGAZINE Port of New Orleans gets new Carnival ship 'Christmas Pageant' tickets go on sale Writer/historian Madden leaving Baton Rouge with only one regret BOOKS Writer/historian Madden leaving Baton Rouge with only one regret David Madden is packing up and driving off into retirement. The LSU English professor emeritus is heading to the hills – North Carolina. MORE BOOKS National Day of Listening is Nov. 27 Short stories contain rich literary experience in small space Pynchon fans find familiar territory

VIDEO Interview with Carrey and Zemeckis Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis discuss their collaboration to bring Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to life. In "Disney's A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt. However, when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. MORE VIDEO Interview with Woody Harrelson Interview with Vince Vaughn Chris Thomas King sings the blues MUSIC CD reviews for Nov. 20, 2009 Singer-pianist Norah Jones collaborates with a new producer and new group of musicians for the new sound of The Fall. Her voice tastefully blurred by reverb, Jones sings with warm, relaxed presence. MORE MUSIC Much more than just music Songfest in New Orleans Garage A Trois creates instrumental avant-pop MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MMA and boxing at the SU mini-dome Tony Jarreau, promoter and owner of Gladiator Promotions in Baton Rouge, will host the Bayou Challenge, a mixed martial arts and boxing event, Friday, Nov. 20, at the Southern University mini-dome. “I have always thought that Southern University would be a good location to throw a mixed martial arts event,” Jarreau said. MORE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 UFC champ Lesnar has bacterial infection UFC champ Lesnar seriously ill TRAVEL Port of New Orleans gets new Carnival ship The Port of New Orleans has a new Carnival ship, the 2,758-passenger Triumph. The ship arrived Nov. 11 and replaces the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy, which will now sail from Mobile, Ala. MORE TRAVEL Now there are more reasons to visit National World War II Museum Cruises can be kid stuff Honduran vacation provides rest during unrest ARTS 'I like to work big' The revelation would come later, when Al Lavergne was about to leave Southern University for his new home in Kalamazoo, Mich. The city is home to Western Michigan University, where it’s really cold during the winter, but a place offering a promise. MORE ARTS 'Christmas Pageant' tickets go on sale Troupe irons out 'Cherry Sisters' in LSU workshop The week in arts for Nov. 22-28, 2009

Archives

Only staff-produced articles and videos are archived in the Online search. WBRZ videos can be found on the Video page.

As a courtesy to our users, we maintain an Online Daily Archive of all site content from the past 7 days.

The Advocate also maintains a Newspaper Archive.

Site Information

Check out our site blog for the latest news on updates and changes to 2theadvocate.com.

Curious about how the site works or what content we can provide to you? Check our Frequently Asked Questions section.

Get a detailed listing of all of the site's sections with our site map.

Advertising

Have a look at our media kit for online and offline advertising opportunities.

Subscribe

Subscribe to 2theadvocate.com with any of the feeds on our Feeds page.

Click here to subscribe to The Advocate.

Legal

Copyright © 1992-2008, Louisiana Broadcasting LLC and Capital City Press LLC • 7290 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70810 • All Rights Reserved

No unauthorized use is permitted of content produced by The Advocate, WBRZ, 2theadvocate.com or any other publication or media owned by Louisiana Broadcasting LLC and Capital City Press LLC. Unauthorized use includes framing and direct posting of content on websites other than www.2theadvocate.com.

Terms of Use | Privacy Policies