Monday news and reviews
Movies
The received wisdom was right. To no one's surprise, the top prizes went as predicted in Sunday's dull, anticlimactic Academy Awards.
- COLIN COVERT, Star Tribune
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'King's Speech' rules the Oscars
The three big winners at the Oscar ceremony last night were the year's most mind-blowing film, a movie about the social networking site Facebook and a movie about a king who didn't have a single Facebook friend.
- Chris Hewitt, Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt's Oscar observations
For all the talk that this year's show would be different from previous, overlong shows, it wasn't.
- Chris Hewitt, Pioneer Press
Music
Haggard, Kristofferson make things unforgettable
REVIEW: Haggard stepped in to pick up Kristofferson, who was battling a cold and was in less-than-great voice.
- JON BREAM, Star Tribune
Music review: Marsalis and Blanchard focus on the new, not the tried-and-true
Sunday's concert featured mostly new compositions by the two bandleaders and their colleagues -- a refreshing change, since most Orchestra Hall jazz shows feature tried-and-true standards.
- Dan Emerson, Pioneer Press
Stage
Song Of Extinction by Theater Latté Da performing on the Guthrie's Dowling Stage
Song Of Extinction is a fierce meditation on death, species extinction, grief, familial dysfunction, adolescent anger, and the redemptive power of music.
- John Olive, howwastheshow.com
"The Pillowman" by Six Elements Theatre: Cold, hard truth
By the end of the first scene, I decided that while great art is worth making sacrifices for, I really was not going to enjoy the remaining two hours of the long play if I could not feel my toes.
- Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet