Adrianne Ahern
Dr. Adrianne Ahern says people are often their own worst enemies, and many don’t even know it.
The scratch golfer who can’t move to the pros. The accomplished writer who suffers from blocks. The actor who gets jitters before auditions. Ahern, a Reno-based psychologist, says anyone can overcome such troubles by simply re-wiring their brains, and she’s developed a system to help.
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After a month of vacation, Crystal Kellogg, star of the national touring production of “The Pajama Game,” said she and her cast mates are eager to get back on stage. The show took a break for the holidays and is springing back to life on Friday in Reno.
“When we get in, we’ve got about a five-hour rehearsal we’re doing,” Kellogg said. “I think that we’ll have a good run in Reno. It will be like we’re performing it for the first time all over again. Everyone is pretty excited about it.”
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A scene from "Brother, Where Art Thou?"
During tough economic times, it’s easy to imagine entertainment falling by the wayside. But during the Great Depression, movies remained popular. In part, that’s because films were a relatively inexpensive form of escapism. Since America is once again facing economic troubles, we thought it would be fun to look at some of the greatest movies ever to address financial concerns. Don’t worry. They aren’t all downers. Plenty of movies built around poverty and strife are not only entertaining but inspirational. In fact, we found several sub-genres that fit neatly beneath the umbrella of “Spare-change cinema.”
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I’m a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and we handed out our annual Critics’ Choice Awards Thursday in Santa Monica. “Slumdog Millionaire” took the top prize. Following is a list of all winners.
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Angelina Jolie discovers she's being given the wrong boy in "Changeling."
With 2008 behind us, it’s time to look back at what were among the year’s best movies, albums, concerts and more. So let’s cut to the chase, and get the best of last year behind us.
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Reno pianist James Winn says the Nevada Chamber Music Festival is not only an excellent event for local music lovers, it’s great for local musicians.
“I think it’s good for Reno audiences because they get to hear these wonderful people,” Winn says. “It’s good for Reno musicians because we get to play with these wonderful people and keep our chops up at the level where they belong.”
This year’s festival, which begins Dec. 28, features seven concerts with some of the finest classical musicians in the world. The lineup includes Grammy-nominated violinist James Buswell, world-renowned cellist Clive Greensmith, Los Angeles Philharmonic concertmaster Martin Chalifour and Cleveland Orchestra principal violist Robert Vernon.
These internationally known musicians will perform alongside Winn and other players from Reno, and the locals say that helps them gauge their abilities.
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The Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced its 2008 awards this week, and director Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon” was the runaway winner.
The film, about British journalist David Frost’s post-Watergate interviews with Richard Nixon, nabbed five of the organization’s Sierra Awards, including best picture, best actor for Frank Langella and best director for Howard. “Frost/Nixon” was also given honors for best screenplay and editing, and Langella also received the group’s William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Josh Brolin plays Dan White in "Milk."
When “Milk” was filming in San Francisco, actor Josh Brolin stayed in an apartment overlooking the Castro District, long known as a haven for the city’s gay residents. This seemed appropriate for a movie about Harvey Milk, a former Castro resident who was elected to the San Francisco board of supervisors, making him the first openly gay politician to take a major public office in California. But Brolin plays the villain in the story, Dan White.
It was White who assassinated Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone on Nov. 27, 1978, bringing the political careers of both men to a tragic end. So, Brolin couldn’t help but wonder what sort of reception he’d get in the Castro.
“That’s where I’d go shopping for my groceries and all that stuff,” he said. “I was afraid at first because I knew San Francisco was embracing this story and this movie so much. Not a lot of movies get done here anymore. So, I was a little afraid when I’d go down shopping, you know, being recognized. ‘Oh yeah, you’re the guy playing Dan White’ (pantomimes spitting in disgust).”
Brolin needn’t have worried.
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Performers from "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy."
In the theater world, it’s good to be a triple-threat — a performer who can sing, dance and act. To star in “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy” it takes even more.
“I kind of give myself the title of quadruple threat,” said Marco Balestracci, a “Jungle Fantasy” performer. “You’ve got singers, actors, dancers. You have gymnasts. … Not many people can do everything. I can sing a little bit. … I danced for 11 years, strictly ballet with jazz and modern and tap and all the other stuff on the side. Then I took gymnastics for 12 to 13 years competitively. … Now I can actually add to my resume that I’ve been on Broadway and that I’m an acrobat, too.”
It takes a multitalented entertainer to lead a show like “Jungle Fantasy,” opening at the Pioneer Center today, because it shares traits with both cirque (or circus) productions and Broadway theater. Although cirque is French for “circus,” the production is a far cry from a Ringling Brothers show. Rather than focus on animals performing in rings, it blends traditional circus acts into the ongoing story of a man discovering life in the jungle.
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Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk in the new movie.
In 1977, Harvey Bernard Milk became the first openly gay man elected to a major public office in California. A year later, the San Francisco city supervisor was in the national spotlight again, one of two victims of a double homicide.
Thursday is the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone. Both were gunned down by Dan White, a former supervisor who had resigned his post and become angry when Moscone refused to re-appoint him.
White’s defense team argued that he was depressed and not fully responsible for his actions, citing his consumption of mass amounts of junk food. The argument was called the “Twinkie defense.”
The anniversary of the killings is being commemorated this week by the release of the film “Milk,” with Sean Penn in the starring role. The film opens today in the Bay Area and other major markets today, with arrival in Reno scheduled for Dec. 12.
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