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Kenny Rogers makes new fans

By Michael G. Kraios · Monday, Oct. 14,2002 12:42 a.m.

Before Kenny Rogers concert at the IU Auditorium Friday, I would have in no way called myself a fan or even said I knew any of his music. I knew of two Kenny Rogers songs, "The Gambler" and "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." The latter, a psychedelic single from the '60s, is heavily featured on the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers cult classic film "The Big Lebowski." The former, a late '70s chart-topper, is now a cliché, and people use the refrain as a phrase in everyday speech, "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em." Probably most college students recognize the native Texan not as a musician but as a restaurateur running "Kenny Rogers' Roasters" which has been parodied on television shows from Seinfeld to Jackass.

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Maestro Effron is memorable

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 1:02 a.m.

The Indiana University School of Music's Orchestra concert was impressive, despite the fact that the house was small. Just over 100 people attended, most of whom probably qualified for membership to AARP.

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Hungarian author wins Nobel Prize

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 1:01 a.m.

After Auschwitz, to write poetry is barbaric, a philosopher once concluded. A long line of poets and novelists have thought otherwise, and on Thursday, the Nobel Prize in literature went to Imre Kertesz, a Hungarian novelist and Auschwitz survivor.

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Ibsen play starts tonight

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 1:01 a.m.

Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" will open at the John Waldron Arts Center tonight at 8 p.m. and will run until Oct. 26. The show is produced by the Bloomington Area Arts Council and in cooperation with Detour Productions. It is the second production commemorating the 10th anniversary of the John Waldron Arts Center.

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Myriad of choices

By Jane Charney · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2 a.m.

Practicing three hours a day for every one hour a week they spend at class, students at IU's School of Music do not miss out on the overall college experience. Instead they have a rare opportunity to attend a music conservatory within a full-range university. "I came here because I'll get a well-rounded education as opposed to just doing music," said Crystal Boohr, sophomore trombone major.

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Former 3LW member sues

Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 1:22 a.m.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Naturi Naughton, a former member of the platinum-selling teen group 3LW, claims in a lawsuit that she was forced out of the R&B trio because she was not "ghetto enough." Naughton, 18, says she was ousted from the group, whose hits include "Playas Gon Play" and "No More," in August.

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Actress announces illness

Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 1:20 a.m.

NEW YORK -- After nearly 20 years of dealing with the illness, Teri Garr has revealed that she has multiple sclerosis. Garr, who received an Oscar nomination for supporting actress for the 1982 movie "Tootsie," told CNN's Larry King on Tuesday night that she kept the disease secret for years because she "didn't feel it was necessary to tell anybody."

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Local artists get their chance

By Lacy Kelly · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 1:18 a.m.

If you're like Dan Ovando, a high school student from local jazz band Le Petit Combo, "you'll play wherever you can, just for the hell of it." Fortunately, local music venues welcome that attitude. With settings as diverse as the culture and moods that change with the tempo, downtown Bloomington becomes an open forum for musicians and poets alike. It allows free music and poetry to fill its cafes and streets. Not only does it allow appreciation to its viewers but opportunities for artists as well.

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Mourning ends on 'The West Wing'

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:46 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The mourning period was suitable. It's been more than a year since beloved White House secretary Dolores Landingham was laid to rest on "The West Wing." Still, we would be ready to resent just about anyone who tried to replace Mrs. Landingham. As played by Kathryn Joosten, she was not only a moral bulwark for Martin Sheen's President Bartlet but a real pistol to boot.

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Jazz performance entertains all

By Alyson Brodsy and Katie Killebrew · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:47 a.m.

Some people came to see friends, others came for the love of jazz, and yet some people came for their love of music in general. For whatever reason, people came to listen to the Jazz Ensemble conducted by Pat Harbison Monday night at the MAC. Almost every Monday there is a performance of an ensemble at the MAC. This was the second Jazz ensemble that has performed in the MAC, but the first time that Harbison's Ensemble has performed. The concert started out with a piece called "It Could Happen to You", which was arranged by Harbison himself. This was not the original song, "It Could Happen to You," but a jazz piece composed by Burke and VanHeusen. Nine other songs were performed, ranging from jazz ballads, to pieces composed by friends and students of Harbison, and a piece by a Hoosier himself, Al Kiger.

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Networks tune out President's primetime speech

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:46 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The White House has no quarrel with the decision by ABC, CBS and NBC not to carry President Bush's speech about the threat from Iraq, press secretary Ari Fleischer said Tuesday. "The White House did not request them to do so, so I think it would have been unreasonable for anybody to suggest that they should have," Fleischer said. The three biggest broadcast networks all said they routinely set aside time for a presidential speech when the White House requests it. What made Monday's speech somewhat unusual was the decision by Fox, after initially saying it would not air Bush's address, to switch gears and cover it. The start of the baseball playoff game between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves had been delayed.

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History of TV program published

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:44 a.m.

NEW YORK -- A new season, the 28th, dawns on "Saturday Night Live" this week and, as always, the question is how the pendulum will swing. The NBC comedy institution is uniquely elastic in quality. You can chart its health on a graph like the stock market, from glory years to gory years and all sorts of middling seasons in-between. Right now, the show is on a high. After a descent into bathroom humor during the mid-1990s, the comedy is now sharp and topical. The "Saturday Night Live" writing staff, largely together for about seven years, returns to work this week with a new Emmy Award in hand.

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Around the Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 12:26 a.m.

Gannett buys Como's Florida mansion Group finds Beatles photo collection

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Take a minute for 'Quick Fiction'

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Monday, Oct. 7,2002 12:24 a.m.

When I picked up "Quick Fiction: Issue One" I didn't quite know what to expect. With its colorful cover art and thin size I thought I accidentally picked up a children's book. Much to my surprise, this thin volume contains some extremely hilarious and mature short stories. "Quick Fiction" publishes stories in collections that are extremely quick reads. The short stories in this collection are all less than 500 words, and some are significantly shorter. While extremely brief, all the stories were engaging. The true art of these authors is that they managed to say succinctly what many authors cannot do in page after page.

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Around the Arts

Monday, Oct. 7,2002 12:22 a.m.

Letterman seeks to rename I-465 INDIANAPOLIS -- David Letterman has an offer: He'll pay for new road signs if Mayor Bart Peterson renames the highway that circles Indianapolis the "Dave Letterman Expressway." On the "Late Show" that aired on CBS Thursday night, the talk-show host extended the offer after joking for weeks about renaming Interstate 465. "How about this: What if we change the name of that to the 'Dave Letterman Expressway'?" Letterman said in an on-air conversation with Peterson. "You know, Dave, I will tell you, I like that idea," the mayor said. Letterman had been saying he would pay $10 million for the renaming rights, but when he actually reached the mayor he pledged only to pay for new signs. LOS ANGELES -- Jackie Chan received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, promising in return to "make better films."

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5 Women Poets too academic

By Joelle Petrus · Monday, Oct. 7,2002 12:20 a.m.

Accidental Pentameters and Occasional Words," performed at the John Waldron Arts Center Saturday, marked the annual performance of "Five Women Poets", a 28-year-old writer's group that has actually grown to include eight poets instead of five. The basement of the JWAC where the event was held, boasted hard wood floors and an intimate seating capacity of approximately 50 people, which was the perfect size for the event. But the fact that the poems were delivered behind a white podium with flowered plants positioned around it, gave me the feeling of being in church listening to a sermon rather than a poetry reading. That's not to say the poems themselves were necessarily sermons, but rather, the spoken delivery of "Five Women Poets" tended to be a style doused with academic flavoring.

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Producer and director Paltrow dies at 58

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 4,2002 4:12 p.m.

ROME -- Producer and director Bruce Paltrow, whose daughter, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who she once said was the "smartest person I've ever known," has died in Italy. He was 58. Paltrow, who was the husband of actress Blythe Danner, was known for the quirky karaoke road movie "Duets" (2000) and the TV hospital drama "St. Elsewhere." A U.S. diplomatic official said on condition of anonymity that Paltrow died in Rome, and that the American Embassy was informed of the death Thursday.

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Publisher sues ex-talk show host

By Alyson Brodsy and Lisa Singhania · Thursday, Oct. 3,2002 2:39 a.m.

The publisher of Rosie magazine sued Rosie O'Donnell for $100 million Tuesday for abruptly pulling out of the venture last month. Gruner + Jahr Printing and Publishing Co. said in court papers that the former talk show host breached her contract and publicly disparaged the magazine when she quit Rosie on Sept. 18.

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