his early years building his fan base by
touring colleges and dubs across the
country. In 2004 — after
three independent
albums — he signed with
Columbia Records and
released Someone To Tell
to great critical and fan
acclaim.
At the time, One Way
magazine wrote that
Hest's "soulful baritone
voice and soaring falsetto
beautifully weave between
Ari Hest
infectious rhythms and
hook-laden music"
With his new album, The Break-In,
the 6-foot-4-inch Brooklyn-based
singer-songwriter — he once aspired
to be a professional baseball player—
sets off in a new direction, showcasing
both his development as a writer and
growth as an artist.

"A lot of my earlier songs were
inspired by things I went through, like
struggling with love
and relationships:'
Hest has said. "This
time, on many songs
I consciously took a
step back and tried
to look through other
people's eyes. Maybe
it's because I'm a little
older or maybe I just
care more now about
what's going on in the
world."
Ari Hest comes
to Michigan 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June
10, for a concert at the Ark in Ann
Arbor. Joining him on the bill are the
Damnwells, fellow New Yorkers with
an alternative country-rock sound.
Tickets are $15, $10 with student ID.
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cooled the public's penguin fever.
So, opening Friday, June 8, is the
animated flick Surf's Up, a mock
documentary "behind-the scenes
look at the annual penguin world
championship of surfing."
Shia Labeouf voices the lead
character, Cody Maverick, a small
rock hopper penguin
who yearns to be a
surfing champ.
Horror film direc-
tor-screenwriter
Eli Roth, 35, makes
movies that attract
controversy and
Eli Roth
filmgoers. I some-
times wonder if
Roth, who was a bar mitzvah,
acquired some insights into the psy-
chology of horror from his father,
Sheldon Roth, a psychiatrist who
teaches at Harvard Medical School.
Roth's first film, 2002's Cabin
Fever, about flesh-eating bacteria,
was a surprise box-office hit. While
gruesome, it was not nearly as
lurid as Hostel, Roth's 2005 film,

which was made for $4 million and
grossed $180 million worldwide.
Hostel grossed out most crit-
ics, who were aghast at its graphic
depiction of the terrorizing of
four young men at a European
hostel. Hostel: Part Il, which opens
June 8, is about four young women
who fare no better than their male
counterparts.
Also opening on June 8 is
Ocean's Thirteen, the third entry
in the lighthearted Ocean's movies
starring George Clooney and Brad
Pitt. The Ocean's
gang reunites to
revenge their friend
Reuben Tishkoff
(Elliott Gould) after
a bad guy (Al Pacino)
swindles Tishkoff
out of his ownership
Ellen Barkin
share in Pacino's
casino. Ellen Barkin
has a big role as Pacino's assistant,
while Jewish actors Carl Reiner and
David Paymer have colorful sup-
porting parts.

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