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February 27. 2008
Black History Month
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Political Thriller Tops Box Office
The political thriller "Vantage
Point" secured the top spot at the
weekend box office, earning an esti­
mated $24 million in ticket sales, ac­
cording to studio estimates Sunday.
The previous.N o. 1 movie. 20th
Century Fox's "Jumper." dropped
to second with $ 12.7 million, raising
its dom estic total to $56.2 million in
two weeks. Paramount's family fan­
tasy "The Spiderw ick Chronicles"
w as a close third with $12.6 million.
Disney's dance saga "Step Up 2
T he Streets" and W arner Bros.'
rom antic com edy "Fool's Gold"
rounded out the top five.
"Vantage Point," a Sony Pictures
Richard T. Jones and Dennis Quaid try to make sense o f the
scene after the president is shot in "Vantage Point."
action-dram a about a presidential
assassination seen from different
characters viewpoints, included a
star-studded ensem ble cast that
featured Dennis Q uaid and Mat-
thew Fox as Secret Service agents.
Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera
petition and has been in­
v o lv e d in a n u m b e r o f
scrapes since. H arding's ex-
husband. Je ff Gil looly. and
tw o others spent tim e in
prison. Kerrigan went on to
win a si I ver medal at the w in­
A rock opera that retells
ter O lym pics and becom e a
the story o f P o rtla n d 's
spokesw om an for Disney.
Tonya Harding and her ri­
The opera opened previ­
val N ancy K arrigan in­
ously on the East Coast. It
cludes 20 songs and plenty
follow s the lives o f the two
o f wacky m emories.
w omen before and after the
"Wow. Did my life really
whack.
lo o k th a t b a d ? " a sk e d
Sample song titles: "Whip
Harding, the one-tim e fig­
Her
Butt" and "Estacada," for
ure skater, after the P ort­
a
blue-collar
town near Port­
land opening Thursday o f
land.
Sample
lyrics: "When
"Tonya and Nancy: The
you
wake
up
sleeping
in your
Rock Opera."
car
in
Estacada,
cause
your
"But you know what?"
house
is
surrounded
by
re­
she said o f the show. "They
porters
and
the
FBI
"
did a really great job."
The T riangle Productions
It's more often been de­
p
la
y
ru n s
T h u rs d a y s
scribed as soap opera - the
th
ro
u
g
h
S
a
tu
rd
a y s un til
1994 whack heard round the Tonya Harding (left) and Nancy Kerrigan.
March
8
at
The
W
orld Trade
world in which a man with a
club hit Kerrigan to knock her out of
Harding denied knowing ot the Center Auditorium on the skybridge
world and O lym pic com petition lor plot. She was bapned from U.S. level. 121 S.W . Salm on St. Curtain
a gold medal.
Figure Skating A ssociation com - tim e is at 8 p.m.
Play revives
wacky
memories
Amazing bodies in sensuous motion perform for the Stephen Petronio Company.
[KHILARIlTlilG DflflCE
Portland's W hite Bird dance series will welcome
back one o f the most acclaim ed choreographers.
Stephen Petronio and the Stephen Petronio C om ­
pany on W ednesday, M arch 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the
A rlene S chnitzerC oncert Hall.
T he dancers will perform a new work set to the
music o f Rufus W ainw right and perform ed live by
Portland's Pacific Youth Choir.
Petronio has been hailed as “the most fearlessly
inventive choreographer o f his generation." He is
known for his high-speed, off-balance movement.
Tickets are $2O-$5O plus service fee and available
at all T icketm aster outlets, including the Portland
Center for the Perform ing Arts Box Office.
Together we make
a difference!
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