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By C. Warner Sills and Michael Mellini · Thursday, Jan. 18,2007 12 a.m.

Ahh January, what a crappy month. All the studios dump movies that weren't good enough to be released last year, and TV has yet to pull stunts for February sweeps. One can't help but fantasize of better things to come. Here's a look at some of the most anticipated entertainment events of 2007:

A tenuous study in paranoia

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Thursday, Jan. 18,2007 12 a.m.

In the loaded pantheon of drug cinema, Richard Linklater's "A Scanner Darkly" falls somewhere in the purgatory between "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle." Based on a Philip K. Dick novel, "Scanner" is the story of Substance D, a sort of crack-on-crack hallucinogen with as many slaves as pushers and quite a reputation in government and law enforcement circles. Keanu Reeves is Bob Arctor, a D-addicted divorcee hired by the local police force to rat out his D-addicted buddies, Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane, Winona Ryder and a never-punchier Robery Downey Jr. As the film progresses, the opening scene's sense of humor gives way to a melange of paranoia, espionage and the maze of withdrawal. As with many drug films, "Scanner" occasionally takes bigger bites into the drug culture than it can handle, but Linklater does his best to keep everything relatively grounded.

The power of illusion

By C. Warner Sills and Michael Mellini · Thursday, Jan. 18,2007 12 a.m.

Somehow I didn't see either of 2006's magician movies ("The Prestige" being the other) in theaters so I can't compare the two. That's a good thing, because "The Illusionist" is a fine film on its own that shouldn't only be weighed against something similar. Edward Norton plays Eisenheim, a popular magician in 1900 Vienna. Eisenheim's shows capture the attention of the city's Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), who swears him as an enemy when Eisenheim forms a relationship with his fiancée (Jessica Biel, finally in a role that doesn't require her to just be hot.) Leopold assigns his chief policeman Uhl (Paul Giamatti) to watch over Eisenheim until problems arise and cause Uhl to doubt his loyalties.

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Faking it

By C. Warner Sills and Michael Reschke · Thursday, Jan. 18,2007 12 a.m.

IU's reputation as a party school has historically caused University officials to cringe, and students to work even harder to uphold it. However, defending the party title can be costly to many undergraduates who opt to enter the bar scene early with fake IDs. Possessing a fake ID is a Class C infraction and is punishable by up to $500 in fines, said Indiana Excise Police officer R. McDonald. The demand for fake IDs has also created an onslaught of students who choose to chance the law by creating the IDs. Making fake IDs is a Class D felony, punishable by up to $1,000 in fines and up to a year in jail, McDonald said. Indiana State Police Cpl. and Bloomington District Duty Officer Eric Dunn said he has seen many fake IDs in his career but admits several offenders slip through the cracks.

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More than 1,000 visit 11th Annual Housing Fair

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 11:57 p.m.

Seniors Julia Koday and Jenny Kratzat live in sorority houses on campus, but next year the pair will face a situation they have not had to worry about: searching for off-campus housing. On Wednesday both Koday and Kratzat attended the 11th Annual Housing Fair hosted by the Indiana Daily Student in Alumni Hall to find a remedy for their unknown housing arrangement next year. The two were among 1,028 people who attended the fair, said IDS Marketing Manager Rob Bock.

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Police searching for student

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 11:50 p.m.

Purdue University police are searching for a Purdue student who has been missing since early Saturday morning. Wade S. Steffey, whose hometown is Bloomington, was reported missing Tuesday night after being last seen early Saturday morning at Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house, 900 David Ross Road in Lafayette, according to a press release.

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Face-morphing machine shows similarities

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 11:49 p.m.

IU students who have ever wondered what they might look if they were a different race have a chance to find out this week. As part of the week long Martin Luther King Jr. Day events, the Office of Diversity Education is sponsoring the Human Race Machine, which shows participants what they would look like if they were of another race. The machine is equipped to map six different races -- Asian, black, Hispanic, American Indian, Middle Eastern and white -- onto a participants' images.

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Annual Spirit of Sport ends 30-year run

By Brandi Baldwin · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 11:47 p.m.

Spirit of Sport, the annual event that showcased IU's various athletic clubs, will not be returning for the first time in 30 years. "Spirit of Sport has really accomplished its goals and it's no longer novel; it's no longer unique," said Kathy Bayless, director of Campus Recreational Sports and assistant dean for the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

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IU wrestlers arrested, suspended

By Kristi Oloffson · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 11:46 p.m.

Bloomington Police arrested two IU wrestlers Monday after more than a month of investigating a Dec. 3, 2006, incident in which the two were involved in a fight near Kilroy's Sports Bar, 319. N. Walnut St.

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Around the Arts

Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 11:08 p.m.

The Trickle Down Effect presents free show at IMU

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Rethinking Tattoos

By Michelle Manchir · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 11 p.m.

I'd never given body art much thought. It seemed like a dangerous, rigid culture, in which I -- a Catholic-schooled, perpetually optimistic small-town girl -- had no place. As a little girl, when media formed my opinions on essentially everything, I took in the large, inked convicts I saw on "Cops" with wonder and fear. Later, with years of life experience and a media-literate mind, I viewed the "tatted" as interesting, artsy folk with whom I had little in common.

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ARTiFACTs

Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 10:35 p.m.

What: "Number 11" by American Jackson Pollock 1949. Duco, aluminum and paint on canvas

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IU folk dancing fosters togetherness, tells stories

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 10:34 p.m.

Checking out the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Fridays, a passer-by would witness people dancing joyously in a circle to European music. And it wouldn't be out of the ordinary --just another weekly meeting of the IU International Folkdancers.

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Jordan River Forum

By Aparna Venkatraman · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 9:41 p.m.

Student chant result of paying more for worse seats "Stand up, old people." Mildy innappropriate? Yes. Extremely humorous? Yes. Regardless of what you think, this chant draws attention to a big issue: student tickets.

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Slanderous Stimson

By Thomas Wachtel · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 9:34 p.m.

Last week, a member of the Bush administration said something stupid. Although that happens a lot, this instance was particularly notable. Charles "Cully" Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs at the Pentagon, used a radio interview to condemn the lawyers who represent inmates at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Stimson suggested boycotts of firms that represent such defendants. The Pentagon has since stated that Stimson does not speak for the administration.

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An easy choice

By Abram Hess · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 9:31 p.m.

On a crisp autumn evening as I jogged past Bryan Park, a crunchy old townie stopped me and asked me to sign her petition. I replied that I would need to know what I was petitioning before providing my signature. So this old, gray hippy lady -- let's call her Alice -- informed me that her organization wanted to end the euthanizing of animals at the Bloomington Animal Shelter.

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'Idol' fast forward

By Colin Dugdale · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 9:29 p.m.

Ten minutes into the movie "Click," I found myself writhing with ferocious anal pain.

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'CSI: Baghdad'

By Edward Delp · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007 9:27 p.m.

It just gets better and better. That is my reaction to the latest round of executions coming out of Iraq. In the latest twist, the head of Saddam's half brother, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, was severed during his execution. While I think we can all agree that al-Tikriti and his execution mate Awad Hamed al-Bandar were bad men and deserved to die, the debate about the humanity of this execution remains.

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