Emily Moore's take: Pasties, fishnets and black patent leather heels. I already knew I was venturing into an unfamiliar realm: the world of modeling. About a month ago, when a friend brought up the idea, I jumped at the opportunity. Being on “America’s Next Top Model” had always been a fantasy of mine, and what better way could I replicate the experience than modeling in an actual runway show? My hair was cut and colored for free.
Ryan Reynolds presenting on The Blind Side. At least they matched talent. Quentin Tarantino looks like he should be on To Catch a Predator. Does anyone else think Clash of the Titans is destined for TNT Saturday afternoon repeats for the next 20 years? Oh hey Meryl Streep’s cleavage.
Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland Walt Disney Released March 5, 2010 Score: B Who isn’t curious to see what Tim Burton does with “Alice in Wonderland?” The crazy part: it’s surprisingly not much in comparison to his murking and warping of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
If it had gone the route of a traditional documentary, the audience for “Sniff the Dog Movie” would have been more limited. But, by including the story within the story, director Barry Stone greatly expanded his audience. The camera follows two British actors employed as concierges of a fancy dog hotel in San Francisco and their quest to make a movie about the dogs they encounter.
“The White Ribbon,” directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, is a fascinating look at what people can do when motivated by fear and psychosis. The German language film, shot entirely in black and white, is a focused, detailed portrait of a small reformist German village trying to solve the mystery of a series of shocking, random acts of violence on the eve of World War I.
Liars Sisterworld Paper Bag Records Released March 9, 2010 Score: A- The band Liars is weird. Very, very weird. After jettisoning two original members, the band spent a month in a cabin in the woods of New Jersey to research forest witches and record an album about them.
Frightened Rabbit The Winter of Mixed Drinks FatCat Records Released March 9, 2010 Score: A After releasing one of the most critically lauded albums of 2008, you might think Frightened Rabbit frontman, Scott Hutchison, would have a lot to be happy about.
jj N°3 Secretly Canadian Released March 9, 2010 Score: C+ Nº3, the newest release by record label Secretly Canadian’s still-mysterious Swedish group jj, is quite easy to understand: the production is bad. Perhaps jj should have waited for more than eight months to release their next album.
These New Puritans Hidden Secretly Canadian Released March 2, 2010 Score: A- Hidden is an orgy of sound. With so many different instruments and vocalists being used, it’s nearly impossible to identify all of them. The songs on Hidden are chaotic, humbling, and examples of deeply involved music from a band that does not appear to understand the word “genre.
If I was forced to choose, I would have to say “Heavy Rain” is among the best five games I’ve ever played. Good games can get away with taking pieces of other genres and slowly building on them; great games push the boundaries of what interactive entertainment can do and prize innovation above all else with no cost to the established rules.
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra will be gracing Tucson Music Hall on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon with “Video Games Live.” The show is a multimedia event featuring a strong lineup of orchestral video game scores including the themes from “Halo,” “Super Mario Bros.
Wednesday, March 10 A free preview screening of Fox’s “Sons of Tucson” will take place in the Gallagher Theater in the Student Union Memorial Center at 5 p.m. Audience members will watch the first two episodes of the series. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with executive producer Justin Berfield and actor Tyler Labine.
Centennial Hall will be illuminated with life and vigor this Friday night as live music and live dance join forces and take to the stage. This weekend marks the next installment of UApresents’s season with a performance by Mark Morris Dance Group.
Rather than embarking upon your exodus from Tucson Friday afternoon, consider staying an extra weekend and enjoying one of the largest literary festivals in the nation. The Tucson Festival of Books returns Saturday and Sunday to the UA campus. Last year’s festival drew 50,000 visitors, including big names like lauded children’s book author Gail Carson Levine.
Are people born to be remembered? Take Tennessee Williams — with a slew of plays under his belt (“A Streetcar Named Desire,” anyone?) Williams has no doubt etched his name into history. One of his and America’s best plays is “The Glass Menagerie.
Spring Break: Maybe it’s the midterms; maybe it’s the pollen; maybe it’s that there are two months left until the end of the school year. But whatever it is, it makes people want to get out there and do something a little crazy. Now, before you convince yourself you’re never going to see him or her again, “What happens in Mexico/Las Vegas/insert location stays in …,” why not avoid the awkward phone calls, the doctor visits, and go with the “let’s not and say we did?” There is many a filthy, dirty cocktail to experience, and the worst that can happen is a hangover.
Late Sunday night, Lulubell Toy Bodega, 439 N. Sixth Ave., faced a break-in, and lost around $5,000 in merchandise. The locally-owned toy store faced a robbery of 50 stolen items, including a three-foot tall fiberglass statue, “Evil” by Frank Kozik, an artist known for his rock concert posters.
You’re on a date and had the brilliant idea to go to an art gallery. It’s hard enough trying to formulate some semblance of an intelligent opinion on modern artwork. A red dot on a huge blank canvas — what are you supposed to do with that? Thankfully, not all contemporary artists are quite so esoteric.
Reproductions of images nothing compared to originals
Andy Warhol has become a household name. With famous works like his screen-printing of the Campbell’s Soup Cans, Warhol is one of the most famous artists during the Pop era of art and his style of art has transgressed through the decades of art.
Fox debuts its newest, and practically only, live-action half-hour comedy, “Sons of Tucson” on Sunday. The premiere keeps a swift and steady pace, detailing the origins of what will soon become a very untraditional, yet functional, family.
Alla Goldman: Dressed to impress
Alla Goldman, a political science senior, is a style-savvy girl. Not only is Goldman a blogging fanatic, but she — and the people reading her blog — knows she is Fashion Forward. It is internship season and Goldman knows the right outfit to wear for an interview and what is considered “work wear.
