Dueling personalities, dating problems and women reaching climax.

Under the artistic direction of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee dance professor, Luc Vanier, a handful of UWM dance majors presented a variety of self-choreographed works in Mitchell Hall this past December.

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If new tax incentives pay off, Wisconsin could be a very attractive location for film and TV producers. Wisconsin legislature approved a host of incentives in hopes of drawing more entertainment business to the state that went into effect Jan. 1, 2008. Incentives include sales tax exemption and breaks on equipment and services used during production and post-production.

The state is also offering “a refundable tax credit of 25 percent of direct production expenditures for feature films, television movies, episodic and mini-series television, video games and broadcast advertising production,” according to the Film Wisconsin, Inc. website. The site also mentions further incentives on a city-by-city basis, such as the use of state-owned buildings and locations with no charge.

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The ABC hit show “Dancing with the Stars” brought its dazzling tour to the Bradley Center Friday, Jan. 11. Wayne Newton played narrator for the two and half hour live show that showcased celebrities and dancers from past and present seasons.

Newton serenaded the crowd with “Danke Schoen.” During the song, he walked around the edge of the stage and kissed women in the crowd on the lips, proving Mr. Las Vegas has still got it.

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It was only a couple of weeks ago that we were all cramming for finals and rushing to turn in papers and projects. I kept telling myself that after all my hard work this past semester I deserved lazy days on the couch eating stale Christmas cookies while Giada and Rachael taught me how to cook healthy in the New Year.

I can honestly say that I took my favorite ladies’ advice and cooked… a lot. So, needless to say I am itchin’ to get out on the town and retire my knife and saute pan for awhile.

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It is once in a blue moon that I walk out of a movie theatre 100 percent satisfied. When most of Hollywood films are the same recycled storylines with different characters, computer generated effects, and borrowed source material from an old TV show or films, it’s nice that “Juno” breathes fresh air into theaters.

Directed by Jason Reitman and written by former stripper and first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody, Juno is the story of an extremely offbeat Midwestern teenager who gets pregnant and instead of getting an abortion, chooses to give the child up for adoption. She deals with teen issues as well as parental issues, such as prom drama that coincides with doctors’.

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Battered, beaten and physically broken, Daniel Plainview crawls out of the dark depths of a gaping hole in the Earth. As he inches his way up a rocky hillside, the audience views a man who is covered in blood, yet somehow has an unmistakable smile upon his face.

There’s no harm in shedding blood, as long as some financial gain will come of it. This is pretty much the motto of Mr. Plainview, our guide in Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic tour de force, “There Will Be Blood.”

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I have never liked musicals. I tolerate them, but never go out of my way to see them.

However, when I heard about the newest adaptation of the legend of Sweeney Todd, I began to get excited. Any musical that receives an R rating might not be too bad.

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This game saddened me in ways I can’t describe. I loved Dungeons and Dragons-like RPGs that were around in the mid-90s, in which a player wandered around a large dungeon battling dragons and what not.

Their simplistic turn-based combat systems and classic story lines were all comforting to the dorky teenager that I was.

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The Internet is a hell of a thing. It’s simultaneously the greatest and worst advancement in technology during the course of our young lives.

It is a haven for useful knowledge and information, as well as a seedy den of debauchery and nonsense. For every IMDb, there’s a site where you can give your credit card information to the deposed prince of Nigeria. For every Wikipedia (yes, a legitimate source for quasi-facts), there’s the BME Pain Olympics (kids, don’t look that one up on ma and pa’s computer).

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Long before “Disturbia” there was “Peeping Tom.” The obscure British thriller was released in 1960, where after it disgusted audiences and was thrown out of theaters. The film subsequently ruined the career of its director, Michael Powell. Thus it requires some examination.

“Peeping Tom” tells the story of film director Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) who murders young women, using his camera as an instrument of death. He films their terror as they die to relive later in the privacy of his darkroom.

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So you found your Peach and have had your happily ever after with minimal appearances of Bowser and his dastardly children mucking up you relationship, but there are always other ways of destroying your perfect relationship and running out of extra lives.

One year ago I began an exploration into how video games taught players to search for true love outside of their CG worlds. Hopefully my ideas worked any you all went out and found yourselves some nice Peaches, Marios or Yoshis. (It’s fine if you swing that way I won’t judge.) The question arises, what now?

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