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Studio: 20th Century Fox
Plot: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere.
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane, Max Thieriot
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: *1/2
Boss of Lunch
By Barbara Park
ISBN: 0-375-80294-0
Publisher: Random House
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Date/ Time: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 7:30pm Cobb Great Hall
Tickets: $33, $28, $23
Box Office: www.whartoncenter.com
517.432.2000 or 1.800.WHARTON
LANSING, MI — Promoter Danny McDaniel is bringing Brian O’Neal to the Cadillac Club on February 29, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. This will be an extraordinary opportunity to see jazz at its best.
Dolphins at Daybreak
By Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN: 0-679-88338-X
Publisher: Random House
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Studio: Universal Pictures
Plot: A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Mo’Nique, Mike Epps, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Joy Bryant
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ***1/2
Situations 101
By Bern Nadette Stanis
ISBN: 0-9770361-0-3
Publisher: Worthingham Publishing
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Plot: A high school student is forced to leave her private school and return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.
Cast: Rutina Wesley, Dwain Murphy, Tre Armstrong, Kevin Duhaney, Keyshia Cole, DeRay Davis
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: **12
Actress-turned-author Bern Nadette Stanis – who will be speaking along with actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the Lansing Center Feb. 23 – is not only an icon in urban entertainment, but also a role model for generations.
EAST LANSING, MI- -The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a world renowned dance organization which has grown in leaps and bounds from the now fabled first performance at the 92nd Street Young Men’s Hebrew Association in New York in March 1958.