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Weekend Express: The top 9 things happening in Utah

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:24 MDT

Weekend Express: The top 9 things happening in Utah

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 02:01PM MDT

We’re here to help you plan your weekend, with best picks from our entertainment reporters, critics and bloggers. For more event listings, visit www.sltrib.com/entertainment. Sports listings can be found here. <freeform> 1. Ethnic festival • Ethnic food, music, dancing and children’s activities are all part of the annual Living Traditions Festival. The featured acts include a female Mariachi band, an Irish country singer, and gospel group that weaves in bit of psychedelia and funk. When •...

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Friday movie roundup: Art houses ain’t afraid of ‘Star Trek’

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:03 MDT

Friday movie roundup: Art houses ain’t afraid of ‘Star Trek’

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 10:30AM MDT

The big studios are steering clear of the U.S.S. Enterprise this weekend. (You can read The Cricket’s review of “Star Trek: Into Darkness” here.) So the arthouse slate is picking up the slack, with some intriguing Friday openings. Best of the lot is “In the House,” a seductive and twisty French thriller about a high-school student (Ernst Umhauer) who tries to insinuate himself into the middle-class home of a classmate — with an eye toward the kid’s hot mom (Emmanuelle Seigner). The student relat...

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The Cricket’s Daily 3: Angelina Jolie’s big secret

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:19:00 MDT

The Cricket’s Daily 3: Angelina Jolie’s big secret

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 10:19AM MDT

Here’s what’s happening today in pop culture: • Angelina Jolie disclosed in a New York Times op-ed that last month doctors completed a double mastectomy — a preventive measure because the actress carries a gene that increases the odds that she would contract breast cancer. [The New York Times] • Stefon is hopping to another club, as Bill Hader is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after eight seasons. [Entertainment Weekly] • Dr. Joyce Brothers, who became a pop psychologist on TV in the 1960s and pa...

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Friday movie roundup: A dazzling 'Gatsby'

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:41:03 MDT

Friday movie roundup: A dazzling 'Gatsby'

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 10:41AM MDT

Yes, it's great. Baz Luhrmann's “The Great Gatsby” is an eye-popping visual feast of Jazz Age excess, with Luhrmann's over-the-top visuals neatly matching the appearance-is-everything mindset of its title character (played with charm and intensity by Leonardo DiCaprio). The cast, which includes Carey Mulligan as the waiflike Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as the ever-observant Nick Carraway, is perfect in this feverish adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. Another fascinating take...

The Cricket’s Daily 3: ‘Iron Man 3’ is pure gold

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:37:12 MDT

The Cricket’s Daily 3: ‘Iron Man 3’ is pure gold

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 7, 2013 10:37AM MDT

Here’s what’s happening today in pop culture: • “Iron Man 3” opened with a massive $175.3 million at the box office this weekend. That’s the second biggest opening of all time. (No. 1 was “The Avengers” last year.) [Box Office Mojo] • In a rule change that could expand the voting bloc for short and foreign-language Oscar contenders, Academy voters will be able to watch DVD screeners instead of having to attend official theater screenings. [The Hollywood Reporter] • Thank God that awful [redacted...