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'The Departed' banned from China

By Min Lee · Wednesday, Jan. 24,2007 11:28 p.m.

HONG KONG -- Martin Scorsese's hot crime thriller "The Departed" -- in which Boston gangsters try to sell computer technology to ethnic Chinese villains -- won't be showing in China. A state-run distributor has rejected the film, an industry executive said Thursday

Film with rape scene featuring 12-year-old actress stirs debate

By Debbie Hummel · Wednesday, Jan. 24,2007 11:11 p.m.

PARK CITY, Utah -- At a festival that features several films with sexual content, including full male nudity and a documentary about bestiality, a Southern Gothic tale that includes the rape of a young girl is causing the biggest stir.

Women 'expose' their art

By Michelle Manchir · Wednesday, Jan. 24,2007 11:08 p.m.

More than 20 women, both Bloomington residents and IU students, will showcase their artwork at the third annual Women Exposed art exhibition and benefit from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday at the Art Hospital.

Thin is 'out' on the runway

By Katrina Loh · Wednesday, Jan. 24,2007 11:07 p.m.

The latest trend gracing the runways this season won't be a new Chanel bag or Dolce & Gabanna jeans, but healthier models.

Unstoppable IU pianist fueled by strong passion for music

By Katie Ingmire · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2007 11:12 p.m.

A pianist with a broken hand is like a hurdler with an injured leg -- both are brought to a halt until fully healed. But for Maxim Bernard, an IU graduate student working toward his artist diploma in piano performance, a broken hand from a bicycle accident did not present a crisis, but an opportunity. "Instead of just taking the time off, he decided to prepare an entire program with his left hand," said Bernard's friend and fellow pianist Melinda Baird, who added that Bernard not only voluntarily prepared the program in two months, but performed it in a recital.

Chanel dazzles with latest couture

By Joelle Diderich · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2007 11:11 p.m.

PARIS -- Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld defied predictions Tuesday that Paris haute couture will soon die out with a display of feather-light gowns for Chanel destined to lure a new generation of clients.

Comedian, Ind. native Jim Gaffigan to perform Thursday

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2007 11:10 p.m.

Jim Gaffigan is no stranger to television, commercials, movies or comedy nightclubs. If you don't recognize his name from his recent successes, chances are you have seen him somewhere. His one-hour special on Comedy Central and subsequent CD and DVD releases have given him the rare comedic stardom of his own national tour.

Illegal immigrants used as runway models

By Mar Roman · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 10:44 p.m.

MADRID, Spain -- A Spanish fashion designer used illegal African immigrants as models in a Barcelona fashion show to draw attention to the plight of thousands of poor migrants who embark on dangerous sea expeditions for a chance at better lives in Europe. Eight Senegalese immigrants paraded down the catwalk in white and beige outfits Thursday as part of the show, which also featured a white wooden fishing boat -- the same type many illegal immigrants use to reach Spain's Canary Islands off west Africa.

A time to be born, a time to die

By Ryan Brown · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 10:43 p.m.

In the last few days of 2006, Google Video and YouTube were bombarded with searches for Saddam Hussein's hanging. Somewhere in the midst of the world's top secret execution, one of the attendants managed to capture the event on a cell phone, documenting perhaps one of the most defining moments of our time.

IU Art Museum curator leads 'noon talk' on influential engraver

By Kyle Meehan · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 10:41 p.m.

Stanley William Hayter's work and influence is the subject of an upcoming "noon talk" from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the IU Art Museum. Though trained as a chemist, Hayter studied engraving under Joseph Hecht in the early 20th century. Many feel that his artwork and the studio he founded revitalized what was then considered an archaic practice, influencing generations of artists.

Awkward Silence Comedy to host 'improv jam session'

By Brian Hettmansperger · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 10:40 p.m.

Junior Brian Frange jumps up on stage and asks the audience to suggest a setting for the next improv game. Someone yells, "dildo factory!" Two members of Awkward Silence Comedy immediately start improvising the intricacies and potential hazards of working at a dildo factory. The audience erupts with laughter.

Forget Paxil, try fashion

By Teri Rosenbaum · Sunday, Jan. 21,2007 10:42 p.m.

This semester, the OneStart gods have graced me with 9:30 a.m. classes four days a week, and it is seriously starting to affect my fashion sense. Everyone knows that my earliest wake-up time is 10 a.m. -- if that's when Ellen DeGeneres starts shaking her ass, that's when I do, too (one exception: early-morning sex). Without Ellen, I am left stumbling around my room, in the dark, throwing stylistic caution to the wind. (It's true: one morning I left wearing those flower-shaped pasties Lil' Kim once wore to an awards show. Ouch.)

Celt rockers The Chieftains rock IU Auditorium

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Sunday, Jan. 21,2007 10:33 p.m.

Ireland's own Chieftains performed at the IU Auditorium on Saturday to a packed house. Even the stage was filled with featured guests, including the group Quagmyre, Triona Marshall on harp, Maureen Fahy on fiddle and Ryan MacNeil on keyboards.

AMO fashion show auditions Tuesday

Sunday, Jan. 21,2007 10:32 p.m.

The glamour and excitement of fashion shows like those on the runways of Paris will be coming to IU. This spring, the IU Apparel Merchandising Organization will be hosting its annual fashion show, "Sweet Dreams: A Sugar High Fantasy," April 12 in Alumni Hall. The AMO will have runway model auditions from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in the McNutt Flame Room.

This weekend in the Jacobs School of Music

By Eric Anderson · Sunday, Jan. 21,2007 10:32 p.m.

Philharmonic concert The Jacobs School of Music Orchestra Series will continue this Wednesday night when the IU Philharmonic Orchestra presents a Russian repertoire. First on the program is Sergei Rachmaninoff's fourth piano concerto, followed by Igor Stravinksy's "The Rite of Spring."

'MoCo Goes Hollywood' exhibit opens

By Katie Ingmire · Sunday, Jan. 21,2007 10:28 p.m.

Red carpet rolled out at the building's entrance and the smell of popcorn wafted through the air, greeting the attendees Friday evening. After walking up the stairs, guests could get a photograph with actress and singer Liza Minnelli or the Invisible Man from the Abbott and Costello movies. Visitors were not attending a movie premiere, however, but the grand opening of the exhibit "Lights! Camera! Action! MoCo Goes Hollywood!," now on display at the Monroe County History Center.

The Complete Moron's Guide to: World Poetic Forms

Friday, Jan. 19,2007 2:54 p.m.

Sonnet A 14-line poem that follows a set rhyme scheme and has a logical structure. Sonnets are archetypical of love poetry, and have vivid imagery. Shakespeare's sonnets are among the most famous in English poetry.

Chieftains to rock IU with Celtic style

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Thursday, Jan. 18,2007 9:50 p.m.

This Saturday the IU Auditorium will host a large celebration of Celtic tradition that is uncommon to Bloomington. The Chieftains will be going on stage at the IU Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. for their first time in almost 19 years.

Mixed Media: SoFA opens MFA show

By Shannon McEnerney · Thursday, Jan. 18,2007 9:49 p.m.

If the walls in the School of Fine Arts Gallery could talk, their conversation would clash and resemble the artwork created by MFA printmaker Jeremy Sweet. Sweet has numerous prints in the exhibit "Print Making and Textiles," which is scheduled to open today in the School of Fine Arts Gallery.

InMotion hosts dance clinic

By Zack Teibloom · Thursday, Jan. 18,2007 9:48 p.m.

Dancers better get some sleep Friday night because there's a full day of dancing with a top-notch Bloomington company Saturday. InMotion Dance Company is putting on a clinic Saturday unlike any they've done before by offering a full spectrum of dance styles from hip-hop to lyrical, to tap and jazz taught by elite members for dancers of all abilities.

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