IDVD - IPhoto images never load - perpetual spinning gear

When starting IDVD, the IPhoto library never loads (Aperture amd Photo Booth work fine and I can drag photos from IPhoto to IDVD). If I try to share an album, from IPhoto (share/send to IDVD), IDVD opens and the IPhoto says it is sending photos to IDVD, but after a few minutes the "sending photos to IDVD" message goes away, but IDVD is then hung and I must force it to quit.
I have tried reinstalling IDVD and deleting the plist file. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Apple Care to the rescue - to solve this problem I only had to rebiuld the IPhoto library = hold down the "option key" and the "command key" while at the same time, opening iPhoto. A pop-up window will apperar - only check these two boxes: "Examine and repair iPhoto Library file permissions" and "Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup". This fixed my problem. Thanks AppleCare!

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