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Friday, May 09, 2008
Grand Forks Herald


Entertainment

‘Doves,’ vibrant and lyrical, is a communion with spirits

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Louise Erdrich is a shaman. She communes with spirits from other times, channels their messages, reveals their mysteries and layers the present with the past. “The Plague of Doves,” her 11th novel, is yet another of her superb enchantments.

THE LIST

05/09/2008 12:00 AM

Canine reading companions

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
For children who struggle to read, there may be no better or more encouraging audience for their reading efforts than a dog. After all, when’s the last time a dog tried to correct someone for mispronouncing a word?

‘Speed Racer’ is just spinning its wheels

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
The Wachowski brothers have tumbled into a matrix of their own with “Speed Racer,” one which has rendered them completely out of touch with the outside world.

There’s not much romance or fun in ‘Vegas’

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
The old Hollywood formula for romantic comedy was: Take two very good-looking stars, throw them together, tear them apart, let them surmount their obstacles and end with a wedding.

‘The Paper’ is quality reality TV

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas — At long last, a reality show that doesn’t make my skin crawl. Actually, this one made me stand up and cheer.

AT THE MOVIES

05/09/2008 12:00 AM

‘Do what you dream’

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
From the time they started dating a year ago, Phillip Clyde Bernier and Kari Nelson talked about going on tour together. Now Bernier has launched his Do What You Dream Acoustic Tour, with Nelson as his special guest, and one of their first stops will be Saturday at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks.

Free concert will close Master Chorale’s 25th season

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
The Grand Forks Master Chorale will sing two works with a faith tradition at its concert May 18, the finale of its 25th season.

Remembering a brother

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
MADISON, Wis. — Shaking hands with Tom Farley Jr., I don’t quite see the resemblance to Chris.
DJ Def Child, 25, from Aurora, Ill., practices his art in his basement bedroom in Grand Forks. Def Child hopes to create some buzz for hip hop this summer with the release of a mix tape he is working on. Herald photo by John Stennes.
DJ Def Child

5 questions with DJ Def Child

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Drop into most Grand Forks bars and clubs and you’re way more likely to hear music by Nickelback or Aerosmith or Johnny Cash than anything by Lil Wayne or Bizzy Bone. DJ Def Child, who moved here a year ago from Chicago, plans to be part of changing all that.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
Winehouse arrested: Amy Winehouse has been arrested on suspicion of drugs possession, police and her spokesman said Wednesday.

Madonna’s ‘Hard Candy’

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
NEW YORK — Timbaland and the Neptunes are so dominant as producers, they can sometimes upstage the artist they’re working with .?.?. unless that artist is Madonna.

AREA ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

05/08/2008 12:00 AM

Summer at the Playhouse

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
Paul Bunyan Playhouse, a professional summer theater in Bemidji, will opens its season June 11 and present five shows before closing Aug. 16. Here’s a list of this summer’s shows, according to a release from Paul Bunyan Playhouse:

Rapper DMX arrested for drugs, animal cruelty

DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said.

Jury selection begins in R. Kelly child pornography case

Jury selection began Friday in R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial.

Judge sends wrestler's son to jail for 8 months for crash

A judge in Florida says the 17-year-old son of wrestler Hulk Hogan should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. Nick Bollea was led off to begin his sentence immediately after Friday's ruling. He will be on five years' probation and lose his driving privileges for three years.

Toni Braxton's Las Vegas show to remain dark until June

Toni Braxton's return to the stage on the Las Vegas strip has been pushed back for at least another month.

Foxy Brown pleads guilty to menacing Brooklyn neighbor

Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served.
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