COOL DRY PLACE
More than simply means to an end
By PETE BLAND of the Tribune’s staff
It’s one of those conversations you ignite to kill time - time, most likely, you otherwise should be spending on something a bit more productive.

GAME OVER
Weapons galore make ‘Halo 3’ a killer game
By PAUL DZIUBA
If the words Master Chief elicit looks of pure joy and awe, as well as a 30-minute conversation with a gamer, it’s a good bet that gamer has spent the last 12 days playing the "Halo 3 Beta." 

Lifetime marches into summer with new ‘Army Wives’
By JANICE RHOSHALLE LITTLEJOHN For The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Denise Sherwood tugs on her necklace as she watches her husband board the bus. There are no tears, but her sullen look reveals her fears as the Army major embarks on a three-month tour of duty in the Middle East.

HOLLYWOOD HEADLINERS
By GEORGE RUSH and JOANNA RUSH MOLLOY Tribune Media Services
Accused "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey is aching to out more of her alleged johns.

Music

Perlman, Carlin, Glass on tap for Concert Series’ 100th year
By MARY T. NGUYEN of the Tribune’s staff
The University Concert Series kicks off another season this Saturday with a special afternoon performance by the Grass Roots featuring Rob Grill at Art in the Park.

Indie machine
If ever you turn on the radio and it sounds like the machine mechanisms inside the stereo decided to cut off any broadcast signals and eat itself up to produce danceable beats and electronic rock, don’t fret. Your radio isn’t being possessed by the devil.

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Film

‘Pirates’ CGI broadside can’t keep franchise from hitting rocky script
By SCOTT A. MAY
You’ll need more than "yo ho ho" and a bottle of No-Doze to make it through "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End," the third and hopefully last we see of this bloated franchise. Don’t bet on it.

Judd zapper
This is a different kind of woman-in-peril movie starring Ashley Judd.

Loved to death
In the thriller "Mr. Brooks," the villian is a doting dad and devoted husband who gets his jollies killing couples in the act of love.

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