Imovie 11 and itunes library

help. i'm new to mac and i'm trying to put together family movies and itunes music. the problem is i can't access the music library on imovie 11. the screen on the bottom right corner is empty..all i can see is the imovie sound effects and ilife sound effects. when i click on itunes.it says that i have to open itunes to access music. itunes is open but i don't see the list of music in the little box. I also tried to drag and drop from itunes to imovie but it's not working. any help?

You might try trashing the iApps preference files. See this User Tip for details.
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