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LAURA JOHNSONAssistant A&E Editor Britney Spears is in a trance. She was in one at the MTV Video Music Awards; she was in one during her entire marriage to Kevin Federline. She is still in one on her highly anticipated new album, “Blackout.” It is a very tough call whether this trance is drug-induced or simply a malfunction of Britney’s mind: but, whatever the reason, … [Read more...] about After a four-year ‘blackout,’ Britney is back

NICOLE KLIESTStaff Writer At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), visitors can enter the mysterious world of one of the most well known surrealist artists of the 20th century, Salvador Dali. On view from Oct. 14 through Jan. 6, 2008 the LACMA will be hosting the exquisite “Dali: Painting & Film.” The exhibition is the first to demonstrate the relationship … [Read more...] about Surrealist works brought to life

JENNACA RHODES & KATIE STJERNHOLMContributing Writers The studying abroad experience is a time in which students are whisked away from any comfort zone you’ve ever known, and plunged into an uncertain and highly volatile state. At some point in the frenzy, there are those pivotal moments when time freezes and you can reflect and question your place — both in this new … [Read more...] about Traveling students learn value of home

CRYSTAL TAYLORStaff Writer Judy Garland, the star of “The Wizard of Oz,” was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars with one of the most tragic stories. Her career slowly faded away as drugs, alcohol and severe depression took over her life. In 1961, however, she gave the concert of her life at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Garland put on a three-hour performance of all her trademark … [Read more...] about Artist gets show ‘wright’