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New planet has life

An exciting idea, a classic movie and one of today’s greatest directors combined to make a movie that’s not as good as the original, but will still provide a feast for the eyes and an exciting story. The new “Planet of the Apes” is difficult to define - while it is a good movie, it misses the depth and drama of the first.

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Museum opens quilt exhibitions

If you want to see beautiful Michigan quilts, the MSU Museum is the right place to look for the next five months. Michigan quilts are the focus of two new exhibitions at the museum, which opened Sunday and will run through December. The exhibitions, “The Michigan Quilt Project: New Discoveries” and “The Mary Schafer Collection: A Legacy of Quilt History,” will display more than 500 quilts that have helped create a resurgence of interest and knowledge about Michigan quilting traditions. “This exhibition is a tremendous collection of intricate examples of quilts from all over the country,” said Lora Helou, information officer for the MSU Museum.

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Bands on the Run winner plays Detroit, enjoys fame

DETROIT - VH1’s “Survivor”-style reality show “Bands on the Run,” based on four unsigned bands competing for musical glory, struck a chord with audiences. Flickerstick, Harlow, Soulcracker and the Josh Dodes Band competed in live shows and merchandise sales in cities across the country for a prize package of an A&E show, $100,000 worth of equipment and a video on VH1.

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Animal Planet show premieres at Wharton

A collection of MSU administrators, television programmers and members of the College of Veterinary Medicine assembled in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre on Thursday for a special event.That event was the premiere of “Vet School Confidential,” a TV series on cable network Animal Planet that will document the lives of five students as they make their way through MSU.

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TheStart decades behind with release

TheStart Shakedown! (The Label/Geffen) TheStart’s debut album “Shakedown!” would’ve been one of the great albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Unfortunately for early punk and new wave fans, “Shakedown!” wasn’t made until earlier this year. TheStart got its start when vocalist Aimee Echo and drummer Scott Ellis abandoned defunct cult band Human Waste Project, and hooked up with guitarist Jamie Miller of Snot.

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Waiting for Godot opens in Lansing

Lansing’s Riverwalk Theatre will be the venue for the tragi-comedy “Waiting for Godot” during the next two weekends. The Samuel Beckett play is designed to “rouse audiences to demonstration of enthusiasm and anger” and will be directed by Bob Gras. Brad Rutledge and Terry Jones star as two broken-down men waiting for the mysterious, all-powerful entity named Godot, who continually says he will appear but never does.

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Third times a charm

Sequels are frequently the home of the damned as far as movies go. Not only do they wallow in a far worse plot than the original, but the novel ideas that drove an original movie usually can’t push along another two hours worth of film. This is the stereotype that “Jurassic Park III” is up against.

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Blonde smarter than it looks

With a title like “Legally Blonde,” most people would expect a movie as dumb as the jokes blondes are constantly ridiculed with. But the new movie, starring Reese Witherspoon, manages to tread the fine line between pandering stupidity and comedic entertainment.

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Good actors dont score good film

“The Score” is another example of competent moviemaking gone awry. The movie sounds as though a gourmet recipe has been followed: Take four great actors, one simple, exciting plot and mix for two hours.

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Festival brings movies to park

The Moonlight Film Festival is set to kick off its sixth season at 9:30 tonight.Featuring family entertainment and a 22-pound chocolate Santa Claus, those involved hope for a good time for everyone who makes their way to Valley Court Park.

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Folles gives stage to local artists

The Lansing Civic Players are prepared to premiere their newest musical, “Folles,” on Friday evening. The play, featuring a 12-piece orchestra, 18 performers and 27 original songs, was written by an area resident and features a number of MSU students and alumni working together on the production. “I think it will be fun for people on both sides of the stage,” said T.E.