AltWeeklies Wire
Portland Stays Weird at TV’s 'America’s Got Talent' Auditionsnew
The AGT crew was in Portland looking for more talented and crazy people. It was the last and smallest stop on an eight-city audition circuit that included New York, L.A. and Chicago. Jason Raff, one of the show’s executive producers, says AGT chose Portland this year in part because “not many shows are filmed here.” In other words, we’re fresh meat.
Willamette Week |
Ari Phillips |
03-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: America's Got Talent, Portland
Home to Windsurfers, Microbrews, and Drones That Kill America’s Enemiesnew
One day in the Columbia Gorge, Tad McGeer watched a video from a battlefield 7,000 miles away. Filmed from the air, the footage revealed tiny figures moving about an open field below. Suddenly, the figures were engulfed in an explosive fireball.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-03-2010 |
War
The Lords of Altamont Are All About the Rock 'n' Rollnew
When the Los Angeles band Lords of Altamont began about a decade ago, they set out to strike a balance between purist garage-rock traditions and a heavier hard-rock sound.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Old-Fashioned Horror Film Has Ample Scares and Fun Suspensenew
Zack Snyder began his Dawn of the Dead remake with The Man Comes Around, and director Breck Eisner has utilized Cash's version of We'll Meet Again to kick off his redo of The Crazies. Cash's wavering, vulnerable voice acts as a nice precursor to zombie terror.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Crazies, Breck Eisner
Bruce Willis and a Surprisingly Tame Mood Ultimately Bring Down 'Cop Out'new
Regrettably, the film almost feels afraid of the genre. For an R-rated tribute to the trash cinema of yesteryear, it feels like PG-13 fluff. There aren't nearly enough F-bombs; there's absolutely no nudity, and very little explosive blood.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Cop Out, Kevin Smith
Scientists Fight to Explain High Childhood Leukemia in Sierra Vistanew
In 2001, Pat Durkit's granddaughter, Jessica, then 2 years old, was diagnosed with leukemia. In 2004, Jessica's half-sister in Phoenix, Kellie, was given the same diagnosis. Their father and Pat's son, Dale, grew obsessed with finding a cause for the disease.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-03-2010 |
Science
When it Comes to the Oscars, Tom is on Team 'Hurt Locker'new
It's Oscar time, and you know what that means! OK, I don't know what that means, either, but I might actually tune in to the last 15 minutes, just to see if the gutless wonders who run Hollywood will reward The Hurt Locker and leave James Cameron to cry in his billion-dollar box-office take from Avatar.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
03-03-2010 |
Movies
Take a Village: A Burundian Woman's Struggle to Keep Her Kids, in Americanew
Thirty-two-year-old Burundian refugee Christiana Niyonzima has not seen her six children since July 2009 when the state removed them from her custody. Eighth months later, her parental rights have been terminated.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
03-03-2010 |
Children & Families
NOVO Festival Gathers Up Baltimore's Most Speechless Artistsnew
When's the last time you described a band as "instrumental"--as in, the first thing that comes to mind about whatever you're listening to?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
03-02-2010 |
Concerts
Help For the 'College Capable'new
Anthony Rosado was in the National Honor Society when he graduated from the Rochester City School District. Now a freshman at Monroe Community College, Rosado, a young Latino male, says he knows he's bucking the odds. "I was seeing others around me - my friends - and they made some bad decisions," he says.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
03-02-2010 |
Education
What Started as an Awards Dinner Has Evolved Into a Political Food Fightnew
The Monroe County Democratic Committee was scheduled to have its annual volunteer recognition dinner and fund-raiser last week. But committee chair Joe Morelle canceled the event after it came out that the Rochester and Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation planned to picket it.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
03-02-2010 |
Politics
Fish Fry: Worst-Case Scenarios for Carp in the Great Lakesnew
Scientists, lawyers and the hosting politician had the to-be-expected persuasive presentations at a forum about what it would mean for Lake St. Clair and the Great Lakes if Asian carp breach barriers to rivers and canals in Indiana and Illinois and enter Lake Michigan.
Metro Times |
News Hits staff |
03-02-2010 |
Environment
Mit Saves the World, One Derelict Passenger At a Timenew
My old missionary companion Mit Romney is a bit of a fussbudget, so none of his close friends were surprised by the recent airplane incident, which I witnessed.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
D.P. Sorensen |
03-02-2010 |
Comedy
Plea Bargains Go on Behind Victims' Backs, Without Their Approvalnew
They wanted to tell their side of the story to a jury, and made it clear to the Harris County prosecutor that they didn't want to settle for a plea deal. If a jury let Craig Washington off, so be it, but they liked their chances in court.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
03-02-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Lyrikill.com Bumrushes South Florida TV Reportersnew
'This is how we do,' whispers the rapper, who calls himself Lyrikill.com. 'We stake it out, and then if you look right over these bushes, you can see they 'bout to go live... And when they go live, that's when we hop out these bushes.'
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-02-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
