Red Pulse staff tell you their favorite graphic novels.

While the performance is good, almost great8212;and rumored to be Eastwood's last in front of the camera8212;without a screenplay to match, it's terribly difficult to believe that Eastwood could trump Sean Penn as Harvey Milk or Mickey Rourke as Randy "The Ram" in "The Wrestler."

John Fitzgerald and I will be splitting our time between Salt Lake City and Park City for the next 10 days to give you as much inside information as we can get our hands on. Check out the Red Pulse Web site at www.dailyutahchronicle.com/red_pulse to read our blogs and rants from the frontline of the film festival.

Red Pulse gives you The Word on upcoming events for this week in Salt Lake City.

A rare occurrence in the world of opera is happening this month8212;an opera set in America and sung in English. Furthermore, it's an opera with deep ties to Utah's music scene.

Each new year is brimming with musical possibilities. The most anticipated major releases won't start dropping for a few months and while it feels like a time of waiting, the gears and levers of the evolving music scene are continuing to move and change.

Red Pulse gives you The Word on what local shows to catch this weekend.

Instead of supplying a general list, we decided to look at a few of the trailers for holiday releases and judge them on those two minutes alone.

Red Pulse staff members share their favorite finals week distractions

Sometimes the black hand of genetics gives us a raw deal8212;maybe too many freckles, an excessively hairy back or even a grotesque collection of moles covering the entire body. Luckily, the good folks at Linden Labs have created Second Life, a virtual real-world online simulation that allows players to create an entirely new identity.