Posted February 24, 2016in Cover Story
In 2006, producer/director Bryan Singer made what might well be regarded as the most successful flop in Hollywood history in “Superman Returns.” Filmed for nearly a year on location in Australia, the film debuted at No. 1 at the box office and would go on to make $390 million worldwide
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Posted February 24, 2016in Film Review
Religious films are surprisingly difficult to pull off. For starters, centering a film on a religious story will most likely turn off a segment of the secular audience. Aside from that, budgets for religious films have been steadily shrinking over the years as the major studios have turned to more
Read More →Paid on Jan. 15-29, 2016 Amount: $335,910.08 To: MidAmerican Energy For: Bills for various campuses Amount: $152,950 To: Wolin and Associates Inc. For: Central Academy boiler replace Amount: $3,300 To: Pyramid School Products For: Pencils, No. 2 yellow with erasers Amount: $6,044.40 To: Reinhart Food Service For: Jump Start, Frosted
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Posted February 24, 2016in The Sound
Matt Whipkey is a product of the Omaha sound. Growing up in the city, Whipkey cut his teeth on music from other Omaha guys like Conor Oberst. Then, when he started playing music, the Saddle Creek musicians like Oberst and Simon Joiner were musicians he drew upon as influences. “I
Read More →Going-out-of-business sales are a bargain shopper’s dream. If you’ve done your homework and strike at just the right time, a penny-pincher can walk away with deals that are absolute steals. While cheapskates and moneygrubbers live for these big scores, so do businesses. Whether it’s mega-banks swooping in during the financial
Read More →Denver Broncos safety Shiloh Keo was arrested Feb. 13 for driving under the influence. Keo, 28, was reportedly booked at 2:19 a.m. by Idaho State Police but was released on bond shortly after. Keo played for the Houston Texans in 2011. The late 20s are not only effecting professional football
Read More →Last in Line “Heavy Crown” Frontiers Records There are, ultimately, two criteria that factor into what makes an album “good” from a commercial standpoint. The first is “is the music any good?” In that regard, “Heavy Crown,” the first album of new material from 3/5 of Dio’s original lineup, passes.
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Posted February 24, 2016in Duffy
Posted February 24, 2016in On The Tube
You’re probably watching few, if any, Big Four (ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC) network shows via live broadcast anymore. Hell, you’re probably not even watching on an actual television set — do you even own a TV, comrade? Or, as you’ll see in some of the lists below,
Read More →Two exhibitions at the Des Moines Art Center demonstrate polar qualities of art — the enduring and the ephemeral. “Arts & Letters,” through May 1 in the Anna Meredith Gallery, explores connections between literature and the visual arts. Some 70 works come from more than 500 centuries of art-making and
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