COOL DRY PLACE
Extending holiday
By PETE BLAND of the Tribune’s staff
It’s time for the spring break edition of Cool Dry Place, in which I fully embrace the tradition of attempting to prolong the party in lieu of returning to our responsibilities.

HOLLYWOOD HEADLINERS
By GEORGE RUSH and JOANNA RUSH MOLLOY Tribune Media Services
Have money and ego come between Jay-Z and L.A. Reid? 

Self-loathing, bad cop returns for new season of ‘The Shield’
By FRAZIER MOORE of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - It might have been the single ghastliest moment on a drama last season: On the finale of "The Shield," Detective Shane Vendrell executed his partner, Detective Curtis Lemansky, with a hand grenade.

Put pedal to the metal in PS3’s ‘MotorStorm’
By JUSTIN HOEGER of McClatchy Newspapers
"MotorStorm" is one filthy game.

Music

Singer delves into her history with moving, textured stories
By MARY T. NGUYEN of the Tribune’s staff
With one listen of Neko Case’s "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood," a listener might be surprised to discover that the record took two years to complete. 

Windy City cyclone
Trying to create a song with six perspectives sounds like a challenge, but the members of Umphrey’s McGee, the six-piece jam band out of Chicago, attribute their unified vision for their sound to true friendship.

Go with flow
More than college students, it’s the musicians who maintain Columbia’s transient quality. Whether it be buskers in the streets or bands that form and go, the town known for its vibrant local music scene has seen its fair share of migrant talent.

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Film

Sandler’s psychodrama loses touch with reality, audiences
By SCOTT A. MAY
Heartfelt one moment and contrived the next, "Reign Over Me" is a curious mix of comedy and drama that never comes together.

Plot low on ammo
The name of the movie is "Shooter," and for a while, director Antoine Fuqua is right on target with this claustrophobic tale of conspiracies, lies and double crosses. Ultimately, though, it collapses - as so many action films of lesser intelligence do - into a seemingly eternal series of explosions and false endings.

Cutting-edge humor
Will Ferrell, who plays a competitive ice skater in his new comedy, "Blades of Glory," does not have that syndrome where an actor plays a role and then develops a lifelong love of the sport.

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