Entertainment / Travel

by Sandra Olmsted Director Tarsem Singh’s Mirror Mirror is a delightfully twisted, campy, gorgeous, girl-powered version of the Grimm Brothers’ classic tale, Snow White.  Told from the Evil Queen’s perspective,…

by Sandra Olmsted The first shot in The Hunger Games is of Stanley Tucci in a ridiculous blue hairdo and a costume left over from Director Tim Burton’s Alice in…

With the historic 200 year old Taille de Noyer as a backdrop, an event commemorating the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the American Civil War will be held on Sunday,…

More than 400 tickets were sold and 52 event sponsors were recruited for this year’s 5th Annual Mayors’ Shamrock Ball held March 3, which netted $27,000 for Valley Industries Sheltered…

By Maggie Scott Lon Chaney may have been the Man with a Thousand Faces, but Eddie Murphy, as Jack McCall in the raucously poignant fable, A Thousand Words, is the…

by Sandra Olmsted Most adults, at one time or another, have wished to run away and return to a simpler life, especially in tough times.  As director David Wain’s movie…

By Maggie Scott On a dark and snowy Chicago street, a dump truck rear-ends a car containing the snuggling Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams), spinning the auto into…

Are residents who still have St. Louis Baseball Cardinals fever after seeing their hometown team win the 2011 World Series will now be able to view and have their photo…