It’s not the type of welcome most wedding guests expect before they get into church — background checks, ID verification and a security sweep.
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Derby women balance life off the track
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Funny lady: ’30 Rock’ star Tina Fey on stardom
By Christopher Borrelli Chicago Tribune CHICAGO- We want to go to there. That’s how Liz Lemon herself would probably put it. If she were in a Charlie Kaufman-esque meta movie and the harried, set-upon head writer of the show-within-a-show on “30 Rock” had to explain the appeal of her own creator, Tina Fey, she would…
Soap opera bond is slipping away
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Singer and songwriter to play at local winery
Brimfield Township- Regional singer and songwriter Will Cheshier will make his debut at 5p.m. Sunday at Viking Vineyards in Brimfield. Cheshier mixes up pop melody, funk rhythm, jazz sensibility and visceral blues emotion. “I tell people that if Dave Matthews was raised by Marvin Gaye and James Brown and was a middle-class, white suburban dad,…
10 things to do for $10 or less: Our weekly guide to inexpensive entertainment options
Weekend of April 15 to April 17- Enjoy a weekend full of musical entertainment and more!
‘Game of Thrones’ on HBO puts Sean Bean back in fantasy action
By Geoff Boucher Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES- The sun had gone down when Sean Bean arrived at the bright hotel bar in West Los Angeles and found the only shadowy corner of the patio, or maybe the corner was no different than the rest and the wintery hush arrived at the table with the…
New James Bond movie coming to theaters next year , and another maybe not long after that
By Steven Zeitchik Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES- James Bond fans holding their breath about the fate of the superspy franchise can exhale a little. MGM and Sony have announced a deal under which the companies will co-finance and release the next two Bond pictures. After numerous false starts, the deal will return Daniel Craig…
Coachella music festival amps up security
By Todd Martens and Deborah Vankin Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES-The three-day Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is not one that would seem in need of a tune-up. After all, the 2011 edition, which opens Friday and will be headlined by the likes of rap star Kanye West and indie-rock heavyweights the Arcade Fire,…
Turn on the ‘Lights’: It’s not too late to start watching
By Chuck Barney Contra Costa Times If there were justice in the complicated realm of pop culture, “Friday Night Lights” would have spent the past five years loading up on Emmy awards and adorning magazine covers. Instead, it has mostly lurked on the prime-time sidelines as television’s most understated and underappreciated masterpiece. Perhaps it needed…
