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'Hunger Games' fulfills all of our expectations

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 9:33am

I first read "The Hunger Games" out of pure necessity this summer. Let me explain.

I first fell upon "The Hunger Games" novel while I was in West Africa on a backpacking trip with my aunt. I only had two pieces of media to entertain myself with each evening when I was finished hiking and adjusting to culture shock for the day: this book and a tabloid magazine. I opted for the book. And what a fantastic choice it turned out to be.

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Haters, don't hate vegetarians

Emmie Oliver Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 9:36am

Moving into my fifth year of being a vegetarian, I think I have the authority to say that eating meat-free isn't always the easiest thing in the world, but it isn't as hard as one would think.

Its difficulties are clear: sometimes a juicy steak on someone else's plate or a sizzling piece of bacon on a griddle beckon me to dig in. However, after only a few months of being a vegetarian, meat is more often repulsive to me than mouthwatering.

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Some celebrities worthy of our adulation

Emmie Oliver, TX correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, July 4, 2011 - 1:57pm

Too often, people fall into the trap of thinking that movie stars and celebrities of all sorts are dim-witted and shallow.

Images of Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Spencer Pratt and other seemingly unintelligent superstars come to mind. A realm of reality stars, heirs, heiresses and socialites whose pretty faces make them famous, Hollywood and the whole entertainment industry can seem a bit shallow.

Emerging on to the scene, however, is a new wave of celebrities with not only impressive film resumes, but also surprising lists of academic and charitable credentials.

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Movie trailers a tantalizing taste of what's to come

Emmie Oliver, TX. correspondent

Last updated Monday, April 25, 2011 - 3:02am

The lights dim, the theater quiets, and you're set with a fresh bag of popcorn on your lap.

Perhaps you're ready to brace yourself for the new slasher flick, bawl your eyes out over "P.S. I Love You" or "The Last Song," encapsulate your mind in a brainteaser like "Inception," or just sit down for a two- to three-hour laugh sesh that could pass for an abdominal workout.

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Mermaid Baby tops Standard-Examiner Battle of the Bands

Emmie Oliver TX. correspondent

Last updated Monday, April 18, 2011 - 3:30pm

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Working to halt kidnapping of 'Invisible Children'

Emmie Oliver, TX correspondent

Last updated Monday, March 21, 2011 - 3:01am

When a group of four young, fresh-faced, 20-somethings came to my school recently to show a documentary about freeing kidnapped children in war-stricken Uganda, my fellow classmates and I were just excited for the hour off classes. Little did we know, their presentation would completely enlighten us on the conflict that has been raging in Uganda for almost 25 years, making it Africa's longest-running war.

These young people -- Ryan, Tracy, Torian and Collines -- were touring the Mountain West as "roadies" for Invisible Children, hitting many schools in Northern Utah along the way.

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Shoes make your -- and others' -- feet happy

Emmie Oliver, TX correspondent

Last updated Monday, February 28, 2011 - 10:38am

When I was in eighth grade, it was skater shoes like Etnies and DC. When freshman year rolled around, Converse were the big deal. Sophomore year, everyone had Vans.

Each of these shoes came in a variety of colors and styles that teens could use as sparks of individuality.

Over the past couple of years, a new shoe has entered the must-have list for teenagers: TOMS. And these canvas, sneaker-like obsessions are everywhere.

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Kate Nash charms with femininity and a playful edge

Emmie Oliver

Last updated Monday, November 15, 2010 - 12:31pm

Kate Nash's concert and the dress she wore had a lot in common; they were both feminine, classic and clean- cut -- but not without a bunch of playful edge added on.

London native and redhead Nash came to perform at Salt Lake City's In The Venue recently, clad in a black, felty dress with cartoonish white outlines of bones sewn on to what would otherwise have been a girly dress. The whimsical and quirky theme was extended to the stage complete with a piano covered with so many light bulbs that it resembled an illuminated bubble bath, a lamp with a dragonfly umbrella shade, and wispy tulle curtains that were set as the backdrop.

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