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Justin Bieber: Say Never

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

I'll give a disclaimer to start this review: Justin Bieber had to do a lot for me to get me to like him in the new documentary, "Never Say Never," which is, get this, based on his "life." By its simple nature, this film had several obstacles to clear before some critics (this one included) could seriously consider it legitimate.

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The 'Proof' is at DPAC

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

Whether you love theatre or instead enthusiastically prefer science, the Department of Film, Television and Theatre's production of "Proof" appeals to everyone. In "Proof," Catherine, the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, questions whether she is also becoming insane.

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Grammys Culture Tantrum

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

During awards season, I inevitably get asked, "What did you think of the Grammys?" This is met with some basic frustration every time. See, I am an awards season groupie. I live for the red carpet, the interviews between stars and late night hosts discussing nominations and wins and the endless stream of news analyzing, dissecting and celebrating film and television. And, of course, Entertainment Weekly's Oscar Ultimate Viewer's Guide.

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Lectio Live! celebrates Black History Month

By The Observer · Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011

Carter G. Woodson, known as the "Father of Black History," started "Negro Week" in 1926 in an attempt to educate the American people about the culture and achievements of African-Americans. 85 years later, Woodson's vision endures as Americans around the nation pause to remember the history of African-Americans during Black History Month every February.

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Keenan Revue in Review

By The Observer · Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011

    Dreary winters are yet another Notre Dame tradition. Football season divides up the fall with six or seven jam-packed gamedays, but come second semester, the weather is gray, the snow is piled high and there just aren't that many campus-wide events to get swept up in.

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From South Bend to Hollywood

By The Observer · Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011

Notre Dame's Department of Film, Television and Theatre, in association with the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and iNDustry Alliance, will present tonight award-winning screenwriter Larry Karaszewski as a special guest in the FTT Talks lecture series.

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2011 Grammy Awards: Who will win and what to look for

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011

The 53rd annual Grammy Awards are set to take place Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where they have been held every year since 2004. As always, the awards arrive accompanied by a wave of mixed reactions from the music community. The perennial questions of "are the Grammys still relevant?" and "why was so-and-so nominated?" are just as prevalent this year as in previous ones.

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PEMCo. brings 'Chicago' to Washington Hall for spring show

By The Observer · Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011

The Pasquerilla East Music Company (PEMCo.) has taken on a daunting feat. Its choice of spring musical is none other than "Chicago." The Broadway edition won a Tony Award for Best Revival in 1996 and the Hollywood film version won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2002. Despite the high standard set by previous renditions of the musical, PEMCo. manages to make the musical feel new and asserts the relevance of the film nearly a century after the real life events inspiring the play actually transpired.

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The Rite' needs an exorcism from its predictable premise

By The Observer · Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011

Anthony Hopkins has yet to play an unconvincing psychologically-twisted bad guy. But, unfortunately, even his Academy-Award-winning acting talent could not help save "The Rite." Sometimes bordering on the ridiculous, the movie progresses slowly towards a predictable end.

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Bright Eyes: 'The People's Key'

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 7, 2011

Conor Oberst has already made more folk-rock masterpieces than most guys with guitars riding the coffee shop circuit could ever dream of. But don't expect another one here. America's favorite Midwestern Hippie-boy obviously isn't very interested in hushed acoustic ballads this time around.

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Loretta Lynn

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 7, 2011

This Valentine's weekend Loretta Lynn brings a bit of country music to South Bend. After touring through Kansas City and Des Moines on the Friday and Saturday, Lynn performs this Sunday at the Morris Performing Arts Center before continuing her tour to New England, the South and the West throughout the spring.

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The Roommate bores her victims to death

By The Observer · Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011

We open on an idyllic college campus, with Sara, a wide-eyed, fresh-off-the-farm college freshman who looks like she's in her 30s ("Friday Night Light's" alum Minka Kelly, who is in fact, 30). She has all the hopes and dreams we remember from our own first day — the perfect setting for stuff to get really scary, really fast. Except it doesn't.

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Fashion by Felicia

By The Observer · Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011

Growing up in Florence, Italy, I remember being spellbound by color. I am sure that my fellow students who have jaunted abroad to this fair Renaissance city can completely empathize with my predicament.

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How bad songs become beloved: Greil Marcus to visit ND

By The Observer · Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011

Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" is a bad song — or so thinks veteran rock critic and author Greil Marcus, who will give a lecture Monday on the subject of beloved bad songs from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Auditorium at the Snite Museum of Art.

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Super Bowl Sunday "Culture Tantrum"

By The Observer · Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011

This weekend is the Super Bowl. You know this. I know this. Everyone in the English speaking areas of North America knows this. And, let's face it, it's getting about as much press coverage as Egypt right now. Because, you know, the impending geographical riots between those who pack and those who steel is far more relevant to our lives than the truly violent riots going on in one of America's most important allies in the Middle East. Not that I'm passing judgment at all, because if the world operated according to my wants and needs, we would spend all national news focusing on the halftime show, not the quarterbacks.

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