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Friday movie roundup: Fast cars, small critters, slim pickings

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:02 MDT

Friday movie roundup: Fast cars, small critters, slim pickings

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 10:00AM MDT

Memorial Day weekend brings mediocrity to the multiplexes. The likely box-office winner will be “Fast & Furious 6,” the latest of the car-racing action franchise. This time the outlaw racers (Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot) team up with Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), the Fed who tried to catch them in the last movie, to go after a nasty Eurotrash villain (Luke Evans). The motivation? Hobbs has evidence that Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), the girlfrie...

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A look back at Red Butte Garden’s concert series

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:35:44 MDT

A look back at Red Butte Garden’s concert series

By david burger The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 04:35PM MDT

Before he became founder and director of Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series, Casey Jarman was a working musician. And in 1987, he and his band, the Jarman Kingston Quartet, were one of the first four concerts at Red Butte Garden. At that point, the botanical garden on the University of Utah campus held concerts on the second Sunday of each month from June to September. A season ticket cost $10. “I don’t think they had a canopy,” Jarman said recently. “It was a much smaller thing.” Since th...

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Movie review: ‘Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s’ a frenetic look at fashion’s home

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:11 MDT

Movie review: ‘Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s’ a frenetic look at fashion’s home

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 05:01PM MDT

The frenzied, fast-paced documentary “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s” can be seen as either a valentine to high living or Prosecution Exhibit A at the tribunal when the revolution comes. The movie chronicles the glamorous life at Bergdorf Goodman, the department store on New York’s Fifth Avenue that has been a fashion destination for movie stars, society mavens and first ladies. Jacqueline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama are all name-dropped. A parade of fashion designers (including...

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IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:12:15 MDT

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

Updated May 23, 2013 05:12PM MDT

Washington • A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner was replaced Thursday as director of the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency’s new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email that he had selected a new acting head of the division, staying within the IRS to find new leadership. Ken Corbin, a 27-year IRS veteran, will be the new acting director of the agency’s exempt o...

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Ex-US captain Reyna to direct NYC soccer team

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:40:56 MDT

Ex-US captain Reyna to direct NYC soccer team

The Associated Press

Updated May 22, 2013 11:40PM MDT

New York • Former U.S. national team captain Claudio Reyna has been hired as director of soccer for the New York City FC of MLS. Reyna played from 2003-07 with Manchester City, which is partnering with the New York Yankees to launch the new team. It will begin play in 2015. He has been youth technical director of the U.S. Soccer Federation the past two years. Reyna was captain of the U.S. team at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. He grew up in New Jersey and lives in suburban New York.

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A look back at the history of music at Red Butte Garden

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:02 MDT

A look back at the history of music at Red Butte Garden

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 12:52PM MDT

Before he became regionally famous as the founder and director of the summer-time Twilight Concert Series, Casey Jarman was a working musician, and in 1987, he and his bandmates in the Jarman Kingston Quartet were one of the first four concerts at Red Butte Garden, in 1987.At that point, Red Butte Garden concerts were held on the second Sunday of each month from June to September, and a season ticket cost $10.“I don’t think they had a canopy,” Jarman said recently. “It was a much smaller th...

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Shannon is a chilling killer in ‘Iceman’

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:02 MDT

Shannon is a chilling killer in ‘Iceman’

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 02:01PM MDT

It’s the actor’s job in a movie to create a compelling performance out of an interesting character, and the director’s job to frame that performance within the context of a well-structured drama. In the lurid, one-note crime drama “The Iceman,” actor Michael Shannon does his job brilliantly, but director/co-writer Ariel Vromen doesn’t hold up his end of the deal. Shannon portrays real-life contract killer Richard Kuklinski, who committed more than 100 murders before his eventual arrest in 1986. ...

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Utah Valley releases finalists for AD position

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:02:31 MDT

Utah Valley releases finalists for AD position

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 12:02AM MDT

Utah Valley released the four finalists for the school’s position of athletic director, replacing Mike Jacobsen who will retire June 30. UVU plans a series of campus and community forums Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the search for the institution’s new athletic director. The four finalists for the position are Kurt Esser, senior associate athletic director at the University of New Mexico; Vincent Otoupal, athletic director at California State University, Monterey Bay; Kent Stanley, senior a...

Utah Senate confirms Pierpont to head Workforce Services

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:23 MDT

Utah Senate confirms Pierpont to head Workforce Services

By Cathy McKitrick The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 02:30PM MDT

Last August, Utah Governor Gary Herbert appointed Jon Pierpont as acting executive director of the state’s Department of Workforce Services. Pierpont took the reins at a time when caseloads were high, budgets were tight and employee morale was running low. On Wednesday, state senators voted unanimously to keep him on the job. “Thankful, humbled and honored,” Pierpont responded. At age 44, the Provo native has spent half of his life working in various capacities in the agency he now leads. After...

AP Source: Rutgers makes Louisville’s Hermann AD

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:27 MDT

AP Source: Rutgers makes Louisville’s Hermann AD

The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 11:58PM MDT

A person familiar with the decision says Rutgers has hired Julie Hermann from the University of Louisville to be its new athletic director. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school was still working on an official announcement. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., first reported the hire. Hermmann has been the Cardinals’ senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator. She becomes the third female athletic director at a school among the 124 playing at colle...

Michigan’s Brady Hoke: Notre Dame ‘chickening out’

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:59:11 MDT

Michigan’s Brady Hoke: Notre Dame ‘chickening out’

The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 04:59PM MDT

Grand Rapids, Mich. • Michigan coach Brady Hoke has taken the Notre Dame rivalry up a notch. Hoke made a crowd chuckle on Monday at West Michigan Sports Commission luncheon by saying the Fighting Irish are “chickening out” from the storied series. Notre Dame exercised an option in its football-scheduling contract with Michigan last fall to cancel games from 2015-2017. Hoke lamented that the Irish will continue to play rivals Michigan State and Purdue, joking he knows why they made that dec...