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HUMOR: In her quasi-memoir, Fey addresses key moments in her life while making fun of herself throughout.

There’s something almost poetic about seeing the first installment of a proposed trilogy of films based on Ayn Rand’s magnum opus, “Atlas Shrugged,”...

The Foo Fighters have time and time again proven themselves to be one of the few bands that can operate sustainably on the...

Paul Simon adds yet another feather to his hat with his 12th studio album “So Beautiful Or So What.”  This album comes five...

Picture this: performances spread across three stages, eccentrically dressed people on stilts dancing to dynamic acoustic melodies, sweaty masses sitting in the shade or hustling themselves from one thing to the next, more ice cream, baked goods, bacon-wrapped hot dogs and strawberry lemonade than one could ever possibly need, a Ferris wheel that sped on with promises of bringing all that food back up, a brave few hanging from trees, parked cars and panting dogs everywhere, spaces packed with booths on flattened grass … this past Saturday, all of these things melted into the sun-drenched afternoon.

“We all make things up.” In his keynote speech to start the fifth annual Literary Orange this past Saturday at UC Irvine, novelist Ron Hansen presented his audience with this somewhat eccentric remark. Though he was talking about his writing, he meant it to apply outside the literary world as well, citing storytelling as an almost universal facet of human existence. Hansen made many points in his keynote speech, but like most of the talks that day, they were aimed toward the writing world.

APPS: The surprising art of iPhone photography is showcased at the OCCCA.

FRUITLESS: UCI’s advanced screening of Danny McBride’s latest turns out to be nothing more than a farce.

KILLER: Director Joe Wright steps away from familiar territory with “Hanna,” an exciting and stylized flick.

CLU: Daft Punk’s superb orchestral soundtrack to “TRON: Legacy” gets an electronic spin.

PASTICHE: This remake of the 1981 comedy falls short at almost every level imaginable.

FESTIVAL: For those lucky enough to go this year, here are the acts to check out at Coachella 2011.