January, 2008
Jessop hits 40th year in radio
31 January 2008, 18:06 No comments
Dan Jessop, operations director for KBZN (”The Breeze,” FM-97.9) and KLO (AM-1430), celebrates his 40th year in Utah radio this month.
Jessop’s radio career began at Ogden’s KSVN on Jan. 14, 1968. His first duties included running the Sunday morning religion and public-affairs programming.
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Challenging French film Diving Bell is moving
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THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY **** Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Crozee; in French, with English subtitles; rated PG-13 (profanity, nudity, vulgarity, brief drugs, sex, violence)
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” is one of the most challenging films in the recent memory.
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War Dance haunting uplifting
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WAR DANCE **** Documentary feature about Ugandan refugees; with English subtitles (African dialects); rated PG-13 (violence, brief nudity)
Parts of “War Dance” are more disturbing, more frightening than anything that’s been seen in most, if not all, of Hollywood recent horror films.
For example, [...]
Cast shines in dark Savages
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THE SAVAGES *** Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco; rated R (profanity, vulgarity, sex, drugs)
Though there are some mean-spirited and certainly some bad-taste elements to “The Savages,” the film never really lives up to its title.
Of course, that doesn’t mean this [...]
Animated Persepolis is better than graphic novel
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PERSEPOLIS *** 1/2 Animated feature starring the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve and others; with English subtitles (European and Middle Eastern dialects); rated PG-13 (violence, vulgarity, profanity, brief sex, brief drugs)
“Persepolis” is probably the most faithful movie adaptation of a published work that you’ll [...]
Cast best part of sleepy Cassandras Dream
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CASSANDRA’S DREAM ** 1/2 Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson; rated PG-13 (violence, profanity, drugs, brief sex, vulgarity)
At first it seemed like all filmmaker Woody Allen needed was a change of location. When he started telling stories in London rather than his beloved New York [...]
90% of Provo rapes not reported to police
31 January 2008, 18:06 No comments
PROVO More than 90 percent of rapes in the city go unreported, according to the lead rape investigator for the BYU Police Department.
BYU officer Arnie Lemmon said only 43 rapes were reported last year in Provo, leaving the actual number of rapes estimated at [...]
Majerus is now someone elses problem
31 January 2008, 18:06 No comments
Brilliant, bodacious basketball coach Rick Majerus is in trouble again. Not so much on the court as off. And not because he’s driving drunk or dealing drugs. Those were never his vices. His problems always come from his mouth the food he puts in it and the [...]
Kirilenko now happier #151; plus trade values up
31 January 2008, 18:06 No comments
Andrei Kirilenko seemed genuinely happy on Friday night after the Utah Jazz downed the Sacramento Kings.
And why wouldn’t he be?
The self-proclaimed “cold-blooded Russian” had just finished his best scoring game and perhaps his best all-around game of the season. Kirilenko [...]
BYU impresses Lobos rookie coach
31 January 2008, 18:06 No comments
PROVO First-year New Mexico basketball coach Steve Alford got his first taste of coaching against BYU, with his Lobos getting outshot and outplayed in the Cougars’ 83-66 victory Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center.
The result: UNM’s season-worst shooting percentage and its season-worst loss.
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