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Dates for Gary Allan, Bill Engvall, TLC, more are back on sale at Coeur d’Alene Casino

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

The Coeur Stars lineup includes Gary Allan on June 24, Lee Greenwood on July 1, Bill Engvall on Aug. 5, Grits and Glamour on Aug. 19, Super Diamond on Sept. 2 and TLC on Oct. 28.

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Chris Franjola hopes city will choose him at Spokane Comedy Club and Gonzaga’s Final Four game

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

If Chris Franjola knew beforehand that the Zags were here, he wouldn’t be delivering his take on pop culture Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Spokane Comedy Club in five shows.

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Stream on Demand: Imaginary and real-life monsters populate new streaming options

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

The two biggest movie monsters around go toe-to-claw in "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021, PG-13) after the lizard king attacks Florida and the giant ape is set free from Skull Island for the inevitable clash of the titans.

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Game On: Movie and video game tie-ins aren’t always a box office hit

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

It doesn’t seem too long ago that many of the video games filling store shelves were movie tie-ins – love them or hate them, they were particularly ubiquitous in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Spokane Arts announces first round of SAGA recipients for 2021 totaling $44,500

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

Spokane Arts announced its first round of Spokane Arts Grant Awards for the year, with seven local artists and arts organizations receiving a total of $44,500 for projects.

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Disney’s next Marvel film ‘Black Widow’ will hit theaters and $30 Premier Access July 9

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Walt Disney Co. has delayed its much-anticipated Marvel Studios film “Black Widow” to July 9, and the feature will be released simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ for an additional fee.

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Based on 1980s legend, ‘Shoplifters of the World’ is a heartfelt coming-of-age drama

UPDATED: Fri., March 26, 2021

For years, a myth persisted that in 1987, a young Smiths fan held up a local Denver radio station at gunpoint with a stash of Smiths tapes and demanded they play the Manchester band’s music for hours.

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Stream on Demand: New shows, movies give a different view of some well-known characters

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Emilio Estevez reprises his role as Pee Wee Hockey coach Gordon Bombay in “The Mighty Ducks – Game Changers: Season 1” (TV-PG), the TV spinoff/revival of the 1990s family sports film.

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A monster among monsters: The highly anticipated, $180 million ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ is just around the corner

UPDATED: Fri., March 26, 2021

One of the first movies I remember watching was “King Kong vs. Godzilla.” I must have been 3 years old and caught it on some creature feature on the Syfy channel.

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After multiple versions, the composers of ‘Husavik’ hit the high note

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

The makers of “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” always knew the comedy would climax with a song. They just changed their minds about what the song would mean.

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Pansexual hip-hop artist All Day Trey is here to stay with his ‘sunshine rap’

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

“Sunshine rap” is Spokane hip-hop artist All Day Trey’s own subgenre. In his own words, it’s “all about the vibe.” When writing and recording, he “pictures somebody riding around with the windows down."

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‘America’s Got Talent’ comic Drew Lynch headlines nine shows at Spokane Comedy Club

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Drew Lynch, who jokes about relationships, family and race, will perform Friday through Sunday at the Spokane Comedy Club. Lynch, 29, went national in 2015 after impressing during his run on “America’s Got Talent.”

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Gonzaga presents Jean Anouilh’s ‘Antigone’

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Gonzaga’s Theatre and Dance Department will present Jean Anouilh’s adaptation of “Antigone,” translated by Christopher Nixon, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

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Will ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ finally bring us a Black Captain America onscreen?

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

During the final moments of the 2019 blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame,” the possibility of a Black Captain America became a likely Hollywood reality. Captain America is elderly and time-traveled.

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UI Chamber Music Series features St. Lawrence String Quartet

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

The University of Idaho’s Auditorium Chamber Music Series will present a free virtual concert featuring the St. Lawrence String Quartet at 4 p.m. Sunday.

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Rob Zombie returns with more shock rock

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Alice Cooper laughed when asked about co-headlining with Rob Zombie during "The Gruesome Twosome Tour" a decade ago. "I had the greatest time out with Rob," Cooper said during a chat in February.

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What’s Worth Watching: It’s clear – ‘WandaVision’ is great TV viewing

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

While watching “Infinity War” in theaters in 2018 (what a world away that seems), I remember thinking, “Wow, Wanda and Vision, there’s a relationship I would like to see more of for sure.”

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Where’s the rock in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Dionne Warwick rarely rocks. Nor, for that matter, do Carole King, Mary J. Blige, Kate Bush, Jay-Z, Fela Kuti, LL Cool J or most of the other 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees.

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‘Nobody’ is a lean, mean and brutish dadsploitation flick

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) is stuck in a rut. Or, perhaps he’s stuck in a Talking Heads song, finding himself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife (Connie Nielsen), asking himself, “how did I get here?”

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Game On: Modern video games aren’t better or worse, just different

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

It’s pretty easy to say video games have come a long way. It all started with a dot ping-pong’ing from one edge of an oscilloscope to another in “Tennis for Two” in 1958.

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