Editing Minnesota (section)

=== Entertainment ===

{{Main|Music of Minnesota}}
[[File:First Avenue nightclub.jpg|thumb|left|[[First Avenue (nightclub)|First Avenue]] nightclub, the heart of Minnesota's music community<ref name="Compass" />]]

Minnesota musicians include [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Eddie Cochran]], [[The Andrews Sisters]], [[The Castaways]], [[The Trashmen]], [[Soul Asylum]], [[David Ellefson]], [[Chad Smith]], [[John Wozniak]], [[Hüsker Dü]], [[Semisonic]], [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]], [[Owl City]], [[Holly Henry]], [[Motion City Soundtrack]], [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]], and [[Dessa]]. Minnesotans helped shape the history of music through popular American culture: the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was an iconic tune of World War II, while the Trashmen's "[[Surfin' Bird]]" and Bob Dylan epitomize two sides of the 1960s. In the 1980s, influential hit radio groups and musicians included [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[The Original 7ven]], [[Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis]], [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]], [[Lipps Inc.]], and [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]].

Minnesotans have also made significant contributions to comedy, theater, media, and film. The comic strip ''[[Peanuts]]'' was created by St. Paul native [[Charles M. Schulz]]. [[A Prairie Home Companion]] which first aired in 1974, became a long-running comedy radio show on [[National Public Radio]]. A cult [[Science fiction|sci-fi]] cable TV show, ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', was created by [[Joel Hodgson]] in Hopkins, and Minneapolis, MN. Another popular comedy staple developed in the 1990s, ''[[The Daily Show]]'', was originated through [[Lizz Winstead]] and [[Madeleine Smithberg]].

[[Joel and Ethan Coen]], [[Terry Gilliam]], [[Bill Pohlad]], and [[Mike Todd]] contributed to the art of [[filmmaking]] as writers, directors, and producers. Notable actors from Minnesota include [[Loni Anderson]], [[Richard Dean Anderson]], [[James Arness]], [[Jessica Biel]], [[Rachael Leigh Cook]], [[Julia Duffy]], [[Mike Farrell]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Peter Graves]], [[Josh Hartnett]], [[Garrett Hedlund]], [[Tippi Hedren]], [[Jessica Lange]], [[Kelly Lynch]], [[E.G. Marshall]], [[Laura Osnes]], [[Melissa Peterman]], [[Chris Pratt]], [[Marion Ross]], [[Jane Russell]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Seann William Scott]], [[Kevin Sorbo]], [[Lea Thompson]], [[Vince Vaughn]], [[Jesse Ventura]], [[James Hong]], and [[Steve Zahn]].