Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on July 05, 2005, 12:03:50 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you are ready to sally forth or even trixie sixth, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home or, at the very least, until the cows sally forth.
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I quite like the Tuesday Weld TV film of "The Rainmaker". I watched "Glengary GlenRoss" a couple of nights ago and enjoyed that too. My favourite would be the delightful "The Ritz".
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One of my absolute favorite movies was based on a play, but the play was based on a book...is that okay?? If it is (and even if it isn't), I love "Auntie Mame."
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And if made-for-TV movies count: "The Laramie Project."
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And the word of the day is: PHEROMONE!
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Well, it's been a long, been a long, been a long, been a long day (a How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying reference). So, since I have to go to work in the morning, I must get some sleep. Good night!
As for pheromones, well, let's just say that there are a couple of people that I know... ;) ;D
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Good morning, all! I pulled a BK last night and watched two dreadful movies: something in Spanish called SEXUAL DEPENDENCY and PARTING SHOTS, which had a great premise, some excellent cast, a boring leading man, and not enough wit or pace.
DRMBarnum, yes, Jack Larson's late partner was director James Bridges.
TOD:
AUNTIE MAME
BELL BOOK AND CANDLE
THE INNOCENTS
THE RAINMAKER
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
AMADEUS
THE RITZ
I know I'm missing a few, but it's too early and I'm not thinking yet!
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Too early! Too Late! Goodnight DR Elmore.
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DR Ron mentioned the new season of Big Brother starts this Thursday.
There are some interesting twists, read below:
http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=3581
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/B/BigBrother6/2005/06/29/1110484-ca.html
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TOD:
Auntie Mame
The Miracle Worker
Inherit the Wind
Witness for the Prosecution
The Ritz
Pleasure of His Company
Six Degrees of Separtation
Picnic
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Morning. y'all!
I don't know how I managed to wake up at 6:30 this morning and drag my butt to work, but I did. I think I left my head back in bed because I can barely rustle up a meaningful thought here at the office beyond attaching my iPod to my PC and setting it up to play my 80's playlist.
I had a dream that I was attacked by black-hooded ninjas who were trying to cut off my hands. What the heck does that mean?
TOD:
The Miracle Worker
Sleuth
Harvey
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Auntie Mame
The Dresser
I'm looking at DR Elmore's list and I'm spotting The Innocents and it's occurred to me that I've never seen or read the stage version. Has anyone here seen this play performed and was it as effective as the film?
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Good to see you posting last night, sir!
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Last night, DR MBarnum wrote:
"I imagine Jack would have some interesting stories! I am also thinking that his partner died a few years ago...am I right or am I thinking of someone else?"
Jack's late partner was film director James Bridges (THE CHINA SYNDROME among others). He died a few years ago. Jack was also great friends with Montgomery Clift and James Dean, among others, so I'm sure he had a treasure trove of memories. I hope and pray he is putting them all down in book form.
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I'm looking at DR Elmore's list and I'm spotting The Innocents and it's occurred to me that I've never seen or read the stage version. Has anyone here seen this play performed and was it as effective as the film?
DRDTM, THE INNOCENTS is a play by William Archibald, and I think it's quite good. Beatrice Straight, I believe, was the original Governess, and it was redone on Broadway in the 1970s with Claire Bloom, Sarah Jessica Parker as Flora and direction by Harold Pinter. Truman Capote adapted the play for the screenplay.
I can't believe I forgot INHERIT THE WIND, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, and THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER earlier!
There was a blind item in today's Page Six of the NY POST that seemed to confirm BK's gossip from last night:
July 5, 2005 -- WHICH newlywed husband of a TV personality dropped her off at an award show, then went on a tour of gay bars in L.A.? What he didn't realize was that the limo driver had to keep a list of every stop — and that when network execs got the limo bill, the list "looked like a Yellow Page ad of gay bars" . . .
WHICH leading man landed his fiancée by giving her a five-year contract for $10 million? Now, she's giving an Oscar-worthy performance acting as if she's really in love with him . . .
I'm still pondering the first item!
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Last night, DR MBarnum wrote:
"I imagine Jack would have some interesting stories! I am also thinking that his partner died a few years ago...am I right or am I thinking of someone else?"
Jack's late partner was film director James Bridges (THE CHINA SYNDROME among others). He died a few years ago. Jack was also great friends with Montgomery Clift and James Dean, among others, so I'm sure he had a treasure trove of memories. I hope and pray he is putting them all down in book form.
Beat you!
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DRRodzinski, welcome back!
DRBen, I'm waiting for the report and hopefully photos from the trek.
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Hello. I am very tired. MJy next door neighbor LOOOOOOOVES the 4th of July He had over 100 people there and a DJ that played loud bass thumping disco until 4 in the morning and set off a firework show from 8:45 - 10:15 that was trult spectacular... the Grucci fireworks for Macy's weren't a spidgin of what old Joe put on...
Of course our house, lawn, cars and pool are covered with debris but since Joe must own himself a police chief or two nothing ever happens with these wild parties
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Hello. I am very tired. MJy next door neighbor LOOOOOOOVES the 4th of July He had over 100 people there and a DJ that played loud bass thumping disco until 4 in the morning and set off a firework show from 8:45 - 10:15 that was trult spectacular... the Grucci fireworks for Macy's weren't a spidgin of what old Joe put on...
Of course our house, lawn, cars and pool are covered with debris but since Joe must own himself a police chief or two nothing ever happens with these wild parties
It's always good to have a corrupt official in your pocket, but a party until 4 am is not neighborly but rather the height of rudeness and inconsideration. You've got a lawfirm, can't they do something for you?
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Now I shall attempt to catch up.
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DR Elmore, the first blind item is either Allison Janney or Star Jones, both of whom are recently married to men who have gossiped about on the boards for awhile.
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Thanks Elmore!
I am back East and doing my best to catch up on all the goings-on here at HHW. Got back last night and the fireworks in my neigborhood did not stop ringing out until around 3am, so I expect to crash hard at some point today.
Want to send out heath vibes to Ozderek, and I hope everyone else is doing well.
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The first play to movie adaptation that came to my mind was WHO"S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF which I think is a masterpiece all the way around.
My other choices:
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
SLEUTH
THE MIRACLE WORKER
THE BOYS IN THE BAND
DEATHTRAP
INHERIT THE WIND
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Enjoyed all the fireworks photos and George's beach photos last night. Thanks to all for providing them.
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Oops. Forgot about ANGELS IN AMERICA and BAREFOOT IN THE PARK.
Talk about an "odd couple" (a Neil Simon reference).
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Good Morning!
-Why are we in widescreen mode right now? -At least on my computer screen we're in widescreen. -And I didn't see any pics posted.
Hmmm...
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Don't understand what's happening to your computer screen, DR Jose. No widescreen here.
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Very disappointing. The mail just arrived and there are no packages for me. :(
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I'm thinking a may pull an already watched DVD off the shelf to see what it looks like on the wider screen. So, I'll probably spend part of the afternoon watching eiter SPIDER-MAN 2 or X-MEN 2.
And I have that LARA CROFT 2 movie on the DVR to check out as well.
Umm,,,, I have a case of the 2's this morning! :D
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I caught a few minutes of the color portion of THE WIZARD OF OZ on TCM last night, and it really looked dazzling. I know Warner has remastered the film in Ultra-Resolution (the same process they used on ROBIN HOOD, GWTW, EASTER PARADE, and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN), and they're planning on releasing it in another special edition package this fall.
I'm wondering if this was the version that TCM broadcast last night. Though I think the DVD I have now looks great, I have to admit the color looked much deeper and richer in what I saw last night.
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In any case...
As for the Topic of the Day...
DITTO
I have to admit, I tend to prefer plays in their original format, as a play. For better or worse. Warts and all.
I think the only play that I've truly loved as a film has been On Golden Pond. And that's mainly due to the the presence of Henry Fonda and Kathryn Hepburn. It's not a great play, at all. Good, yes, but not really special, imho. The film, however, is a totally different animal. And all those shots on the water... And I've also always like the soundtrack - Dave Grusin, right?
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The Innocents was the first play for which I provided underscoring, yesterday when I was young. ;) I was still in HS (maybe 15 or so) and was hired to write the music for a professional production in SLC. I had never actually written down my "tunes" before--I just kind of remembered them. So this was my first experience in notating "everything" for everybody. But I think I wrote some evocative music for the show, including a nice haunting theme scored for solo violin, piano and IIRC celesta (might have been glock--I don't think I even have the music anymore).
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Another show to watch out foron TCM
Tonight, TCM is premiering a new one hour documentary on sci-fi movies of the 1950s called WATCH THE SKIES! It's by critic/documentarian Richard Schickel (whom I know quite a few on here don't like), but the show sounds good from the VARIETY review if a bit truncated since an hour isn't much time to cover such a vast array of material from that decade.
Anyway, I still plan on watching.
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Forgot to mention that WATCH THE SKIES comes on tonight at 8 p.m. (EDT) with an encore at 10:30 p.m.
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Ah, that's better... No more widescreen... Just had to close and reopen my browser...
And now let me switch to my laptop...
-Don't just love the play by play...
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Going to be another scorcher down South today, so once again, no walking for me. Will have to exercise inside. Looks like the rest of the week is going to be more of the same. At some point, I will have to mow my grass unless the intense heat burns it away.
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Ah, the joys of multi-tasking - and working on two computers at the same time. I'm printing out orchestra scores and parts on one. And surfing the net on the other - my own - whilst said scores and parts are printing out. How convenient.
:)
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Going to be another scorcher down South today, so once again, no walking for me. Will have to exercise inside. Looks like the rest of the week is going to be more of the same. At some point, I will have to mow my grass unless the intense heat burns it away.
Loose, light-colored, light-weight clothing.
Sunscreen.
Water. Lots of water.
;)
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Lovely photos yesterday - camping and fireworks and beaches. Thanks!
Yes, as DRMATT and DRELMORE have written - Mr Larson's partner was Mr James Bridges, most famous for his film THE PAPER CHASE. But my favorite Bridges film is calle 9/30/55 and stars Mr Richard Thomas as one of a group of Midwestern teenagers who are obsessed with James Dean and the effect his death has on them. Uses a LOT of the score from REBEL and GIANT!
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DR Elmore, the first blind item is either Allison Janney or Star Jones, both of whom are recently married to men who have gossiped about on the boards for awhile.
Who did Allison Janney marry?
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Hmmm....TOD:
THE RAINMAKER to be sure, and AUNTIE MAME.
Since a lot of my favorites have been mentioned, I will add one that is new to the list:
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
and THE WOMEN.
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DR ELMORE mentioned that a new biography of Henry Willson will soon be published. Oh my!
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In other news...
After our very brief, but very good orchestra rehearsal yesterday, the conductor and the director took out the orchestra members and myself out for dinner. We had tried to make reservations at one of the nice places near campus, but since it was the Fourth of July, everything was closed. Except for the Chinese carry-out place. *Which is surprisingly good. So, we ended up at Uno's Chicago Pizzeria & Grill. Or just "Uno's" for short.
Once we got to the restaurant, we were also joined by the director daughther, Tess; Michelle, our composer; Amanda McBroom, our lyricist; Wayne Wilcox, one of the actors; and, as "promised", Laurel Massé.
Laurel, it turns out, is a dear friend of Amanda's. In fact, it was Amanda who helped Laurel start to get back into the business and start performing again. -More later...
We had a very good time. The food was good - and we only had to send back one salad since the mandarin orange slices were "off" - they had started fermenting already. There was plenty of dish, of course, since this was a table full of theatre types and musicians. How could there not be dish!
And there were also some wonderful stories shared by everyone about their experiences in the "biz" and in life. It's just amazing to think that we could all be sharing stuff like that - and most of had just met yesterday. Some of us just then at Uno's!
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My favorite play to film adaptions are
DINNER WITH FRIENDS
WIT
ANGELS IN AMERICA
AUNTIE MAME
THE BAD SEED
If Shakespeare counts, I loved the resettings of ROMEO & JULIET and HAMLET (Ethan Hawke).
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It's always good to have a corrupt official in your pocket, but a party until 4 am is not neighborly but rather the height of rudeness and inconsideration. You've got a lawfirm, can't they do something for you?
It's not really a law firm kind of issue, if they ever caused any permanent kind of damage I could sue, but its noise and debris.. and since I cannot get a police report. (these guiys have sokmeone pretty good in their pocket because all they do is sell fireworks and illegal cigarettes out of their garage and they do it quite openly... while people all around are being arrested for fireworls possession nothing happens here and they have been reported numerous times by numerous neighbors and nothing happend. I suppose we could try going to the local newspapers but as they are quite obviously "connected" we are not quite sure what the personal ramifications would be... so better we go out every 4th to miss most of the noise and come back at night to make sure they don't burn down our house.
They have actually offered in the past to get us a hotel room for the evening but we are afraid to leave the house alone because we are afraid of a stray rocket burning the place down
So we run the sprinklers, hose down the roof and siding and keep a couple of hoses ready just in case.....
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Favorte Movies from Plays:
Becket
The Lion in Winter
Witness for the Prosecution
Suddenly Last Summer
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Ten Little Indians
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Women
The Man Who Came to Dinner
You Can't Take it With You
Anastasia
Auntie Mame
The Seven-Year Itch
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Sleuth
The Odd Couple
Barefoot in the Park
I Am A Camera
Member of the Wedding
Born Yesterday
...among others.
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Still printing out parts... Boy, do these PDF files take forever!
However, it is kind of neat being able to use the internet to send and receive the scores and parts from the people in NYC.
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DRs Danise, Ginny, Jane:
About this October trek, can you please PM or email me with dates and hotels in the City? I need to start a calendar, because there are things brewing . . .
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Welcome back Rodzinski, that was a loooong trip! Hope it was a fun one!
TOD:
THESE THREE
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
both from the same play.
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I'm up, I'm up. Meeting is being rescheduled, which is good because it would have made me late to rehearsal.
Excellent lists all! I agree with many of the choices.
I'm glad that haineshisway.com beat out Page Six in terms of gossip number two.
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PHEROMONE, baby, PHEROMONE!
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DRs Danise, Ginny, Jane:
About this October trek, can you please PM or email me with dates and hotels in the City? I need to start a calendar, because there are things brewing . . .
DR elmore - check your email!
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DR elmore - check your email!
I just answered yours.
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I just answered yours.
Got it! Ain't technology grand?
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DR Elmore, the first blind item is either Allison Janney or Star Jones, both of whom are recently married to men who have gossiped about on the boards for awhile.
I've heard nothing about Alison Janney's marriage or husband, but my suspicion from NYC gossip was that it might be Jennifer Garner's new husband.
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Re: the gossip. Hasn't Jennifer Garner only been married a week? I doubt she has gone to any award shows since then.
Btw, no Big Brother comments? :(
So who will be watching this year? (DRS Ron? MattH? Stuart? MBarnum?) Anyone else? I think the twist sounds very interesting. Survivor has nothing on them!
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The fireworks here last night were really neat. A slew of us gathered around Sunset Lake here on the Vassar campus starting around 8:30. The New York Stage & Film staff had set up a dessert buffet for those of us in the program this summer. Cupcakes, hamantaschen, rugelach, cheesecakes, pound cakes, pudding cakes, cookies, ice cream, popsicles. Oh, and a keg of beer! Dessert and Beer - What could be be better? And more Fourth of July?!?!
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Sunset Lake is a small lake. The crowd sat on one side, and the fireworks were set up on the other side - only about 200 feet away.
It was amazing being soooo close to the fireworks. We could see the guys with flares lighting them, and then they fireworks would be right overhead. And sometimes we could see the "sparks" trailing off into the tree tops. The "booms" were really boomy, and the colors were electric. They only lasted about 15 minutes - and we knew they were over when we could see the "flarers" waving their flares in the air signaling that the show was over. Lots of ooohs and ahhs. It wasn't the biggest display I've ever seen in person, but the "intimacy" of the situation added some extra excitement.
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Now, wait just a darned minute - who is Jennifer Garner's new husband? Last I heard she was with Ben Affleck.
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Yes Jennifer Garner's new husband is Ben Affleck.
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Apparently they are having a baby this fall (i think november).
So the pregnancy is being written into the storyline on Alias.
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Wait a minute - they JUST got married and the baby is due in November? Why, that means that...
I'm so bored of these marriages - it's like kiddie playtime. He leaves JLo in January of 2004 - she marries Marc Anthony a few months later. Amazing how you can just fall in and out of love so fast, isn't it?
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Yes Jennifer Garner's new husband is Ben Affleck.
They are Bennifer 2.0.
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One could also suggest that the courtship of Katie and her father - I mean, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes - is pretty amazing, too.
Greetings, all. Hope you had a safe, happy 4th of July. I spent the day with friends, old and new, and even had to turn down an offer for dinner and fireworks because of previous plans! I've never had to do that before... The worst part of it, though, was that I had to turn down the person for whom I have a huge crush. Oh, well...c'est la vie.
This weekend I saw my very own Kristin Chenoweth in BEWITCHED. I love Kristi, and I think she's outrageously talented, but do we have to sing in everything we do? Is she afraid that her acting chops aren't enough - that she has to sing in her "I'm a munchkin but I sing opera" voice to legitimize her place next to Nicole Kidman? Totally unnecessary. The movie was alright - not great...just alright - until Uncle Arthur came along and then I got really bored and confused. And for an Oscar-winning actress, Ms. Kidman is not very good at hiding her Australian accent. But that's just my $.02.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
PHEROMONES!!
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Btw, no Big Brother comments? :(
So who will be watching this year? (DRS Ron? MattH? Stuart? MBarnum?) Anyone else? I think the twist sounds very interesting. Survivor has nothing on them!
I'm wondering what they're doing with the contestants right now...considering they've let loose with the big secret identity twist that can double the prize money should a "pair" make it -- undetected -- to the final two.
I believe the show has always been "live" (at least, for east coast viewers)...so they've either sequestered the contestants until Thursday, or they've already begun.
But I wouldn't miss it for anything.
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I wonder if Nefertiti ever got tired of hearing the PHEROMONE?
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Page Three Dancing at Lughnasa Dance:
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It was a long trip indeed MBarnum. A few more days and I don't think I would have left.
Dim Sum with Ron Pulliam, ladies and gents. Not to be missed if you are in the Bay Area. I spent the rest of that day milling about in Jack London Square. A lot of empty shops and restaurants, but it was a Monday. What else did I do? A lot of family stuff. My dad has 11 siblings and most of them were out there for my cousin's wedding. Went to Santa Cruz. Went to a couple A's games. Ate a lot. Swam. Yes, I swam after eating. Shopped for records when I could. Played cards with Aunt Bea and Uncle Jim. Oh yeah, went to the wedding.
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When they were a couple, Ryan O'Neal would often make PHEROMONE with his bad jokes.
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DR Ron, I think I read somewhere today that they went in the Big Brother house july 3rd. So this thursday we will see what they have been up to in those 4 days.
Yes we know the "twist", however, we (the viewers) do not know who each is paired with. I believe they will announce that to us the next thursday.
I actually hope that nobody in the house spills the beans, because otherwise this twist will unravel fast.
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I'm writing away - I do enjoy doing short stories, even though I move slower than I do with the novels. The novels are all about forward momentum and getting to the next chapter, and telling a story at whatever pace you like. With short stories there is no next chapter, and you must be more concise in the storytelling without losing style and color and visual sense.
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Btw, re: Big Brother, not sure when they made the "twist" public, but I'm sure the contestants have been sequestered for a while now.
Although if I were on the show, I'm not sure I would believe them if they told me I was the only one with a friend in the house. Although considering there was only one twin in the house last year, I guess it would be possible.
I think it will be fun for the first week trying to figure out who knows who. I think some people have already started to speculate based on where each person lives.
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I'll be enterering what I hope are the final final galley fixes tomorrow morning at Grant's. As I mentioned, we came up with a couple of cover ideas, one of which I'm very fond of. We'll do some work on that, and if that's what we go with, I should be able to turn everything in by the end of next week, which means the release should be in September or so.
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DR Ron Pulliam, the BB contestants are kept sequestered for about a week prior to going into the house...
DR Jennier, I couldn't get the link to open so I am still in the dark regarding the twist...but I am certainly looking forward to Thursday night! I checked out the contestants on CBS's websight and have no favorites yet.
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My favorite part about Big Brother is reading about the live updates. They are much better than the actual show!
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DR Jennifer, indeed I plan on watching the new season of BB. Until such time when I say to the Dear Partner "These people are shallow and vapid. Remind me why I am spending my evenings with them...." But perhaps that time won't come along. Who knows?
And, DR Ron Pulliam, I believe (but am not sure) that each season begins several days prior to the first broadcast. That was always the impression I got, at least. (They need footage for the premiere, no? And I don't believe that they were done live, except, perhaps, the one in which Kent (??) won the car. And I'm not even so sure about that.)
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Yes BK, Bennifer (#2) got pregnant, then engaged, then married. And I agree, it is very weird how they fall in love so quickly.
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"Truth, Justice, & the American Way" wrapped filming in LA on June 29, just in time for Ben's nuptials to Miss Garner.
Jack Larson is not mentioned in the cast of characters, so if he is portrayed in the film, it's not credited. No actress is listed as Noel Neill or Phyllis Coates either - although many dead people are portrayed including Toni and Eddie Mannix, Robert Maxwell, Lenore Lemmon, and Helen Besselo, George Reeves' Mother. This is the most interesting casting to me (next to Affleck as Reeves and Diane Lane as Toni Mannix) - playing Helen is Lois Smith!
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divaRobbie mentioned a play into movie I must ADD to my list:
THE BAD SEED!
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My new issue of Scarlet Street just arrived in the mail!
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Here for DR MBarnum is the text to one of the links i provided (it will tell him the Big Brother twist).
Canoe.ca:
Big Brother is now a team game. This season, Big Brother will be a battle of teams not an individual game as in previous instalments.
CBS announced today that the 14 contestants are actually seven teams of secret partners from the outside world. Friends, co-workers and significant others will play the Big Brother game as covert duos. The twist is that each team believes they are the only such partnership in the house.
As an added stipulation, if one team can keep their secret and end up being the last two people in the house, the winner will win $1,000,000 with the second place finisher winning $250,000. If a twosome does not make it to the final two, the winner will win $500,000. The pairings will be revealed to TV viewers during the first live broadcast on July 14th.
This year’s theme is the Summer of Secrets. There are secrets in the new two-storey house, secrets in the game and every houseguest has a secret too which will all be unveiled throughout the summer.
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Now, wait just a darned minute - who is Jennifer Garner's new husband? Last I heard she was with Ben Affleck.
There have been rumors.
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Wait a minute - they JUST got married and the baby is due in November? Why, that means that...
I'm so bored of these marriages - it's like kiddie playtime. He leaves JLo in January of 2004 - she marries Marc Anthony a few months later. Amazing how you can just fall in and out of love so fast, isn't it?
I suspect for some folk sex is a form of currency and is not about affection.
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for Big Brother
First show is Thurs july 7th. And then I believe the next show is tues july 12th. After that the show will be on tues, thurs, sat, with thurs july 14th being the first live show.
I think that is right.
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DR Jennier, I couldn't get the link to open so I am still in the dark regarding the twist...but I am certainly looking forward to Thursday night! I checked out the contestants on CBS's websight and have no favorites yet.
Does that mean they're all wearing shirts in the photos?
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Yes BK, Bennifer (#2) got pregnant, then engaged, then married. And I agree, it is very weird how they fall in love so quickly.
I'm still amazed, in this age of AIDS, there are so many pregnancies among celebrities. Of course, if folk practiced safe sex on television, the soaps would be out of business.
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re: big brother
One thing I wonder about is what incentive do you have to keep the secret if your teammate is voted out.
For instance if DR Ron and DR MBarnum are a team, and one gets voted out, what stops the other from blabbing to the group? And if they blab, that might give a lot of insight to whoever they tell.
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BTW, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's nickname is "Garfleck."
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Hmm, I've never heard them called that.
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A cursory glance through this issue of SS reveals the names of HHW'ers, Michael Barnum, Anthony Dale, Mr Bruce Kimmel (hisself), and yours truly - in either the reviews or letters section or BOTH!
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BTW, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's nickname is "Garfleck."
I'd prefer Bennigar.
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I suspect for some folk sex is a form of currency and is not about affection.
Hmmm....I must have a lot of money in the bank somewhere. I sure ain't spending any. :o
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congratulations to Robert Armin on his Sparkling Prize!!
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DR JASON is there such a thing as a Choreography Guide for Pippin that is available from your place?
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Hmm, I've never heard them called that.
I found it on Fox News' website, though I'm not sure where. Do a Google search for 'celebrity uni-names' and you should find it. They're also known as Bennifer II and BenJen.
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DR JASON is there such a thing as a Choreography Guide for Pippin that is available from your place?
Sadly, no. I don't think MTI would ever officially sanction it, but my unofficial take on it is that we assume everyone doing PIPPIN has or has access to the videorecording that's out on DVD and 'references' that resource. Either that or the Fosse choreography is copyrighted, but in that case we generally provide choreography notes (like we do with Jerome Robbins' stuff for WEST SIDE STORY and FIDDLER).
Sorry I can't be of more help with that - I'd be happy to send it to you if we had it!
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A cursory glance through this issue of SS reveals the names of HHW'ers, Michael Barnum, Anthony Dale, Mr Bruce Kimmel (hisself), and yours truly - in either the reviews or letters section or BOTH!
Well, that answers my question about the new issue's being out. I wonder when mine's showing up?
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I caught a few minutes of the color portion of THE WIZARD OF OZ on TCM last night, and it really looked dazzling. I know Warner has remastered the film in Ultra-Resolution (the same process they used on ROBIN HOOD, GWTW, EASTER PARADE, and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN), and they're planning on releasing it in another special edition package this fall.
Maybe I'll finally buy this. I've never gotten this movie on video or DVD.
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Ha, BenJen. I like that one. :)
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Btw, re: Big Brother, not sure when they made the "twist" public, but I'm sure the contestants have been sequestered for a while now.
Although if I were on the show, I'm not sure I would believe them if they told me I was the only one with a friend in the house. Although considering there was only one twin in the house last year, I guess it would be possible.
I think it will be fun for the first week trying to figure out who knows who. I think some people have already started to speculate based on where each person lives.
DR Jen, don't you think this whole "twist" thing will go to pot the first time someone is thrown out and their remaining partner says, "Well, there goes my brother/sister/co-worker/neighbor." Once that bean is spilt, everyone is gonna suspect that everyone is linked to someone else somehow.
Spoo! I just read your post where you bring up the same point.
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That's kind of what I thought, DRJASON. Thanks. My problem is, I don't have any dancers like the ones on the DVD....so it gets a bit complicated. Right Foot, Left Foot....no your OTHER Right foot first.
DRELMORE usually contributors get a free copy and then regular subscription copies follow a few days later.
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Does that mean they're all wearing shirts in the photos?
You know me too well DR Elmore3003! LOL!
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Off to the theatre.....show opens Thursday....newspaper photos tonight!
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My name is in this issue of SS? I wonder what I contributed?? I haven't a clue. LOL!
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I need to go to the store and buy milk and drop off a letter to Edith Fellows. Then my day is done. :D
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Who did Allison Janney marry?
That's "whommmmm" did Allison Janney marry? ;)
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I wonder when MY Scarlet Street will arrive. Time for a nasty note.
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That's "whommmmm" did Allison Janney marry? ;)
ok so whommmmm is it?
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Bonjour from Pareee!!! Having a great time. DR Jane, I was able to find one major patisserie that had Madelines, a place called Fauchon, pretty popular in the pastry world. Today, we checked out major patisseries for EL Eric's "research" it was a tasty day. We topped off the day with a picnic in front of the Eiffle Tower. Tomorrow, the Llouve, Notre Dame and the Opera Garnier - home of the Phantom, we will be visiting box five!!! Au Revoir for now :)
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I'm still amazed, in this age of AIDS, there are so many pregnancies among celebrities. Of course, if folk practiced safe sex on television, the soaps would be out of business.
Can you catch AIDS from a turkey baster artificial insemination?
Didn't think that looked right.
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I fear I nearly forgot
WAIT UNTIL DARK
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From what I read, DR Jennifer, Jennifer Garner's pregnancy is NOT being written into the scenario of ALIAS. They're going to be filming this summer before she gets too far along and also plan to have her be photographed from the waist up in many shots.
To be honest, with ALIAS scheduled opposite SURVIVOR, JOEY/WILL & GRACE, SMALLVILLE, and THE O.C. next season, I don't expect it to last past January. I think ABC will cancel it midseason.
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T.O.D.
THE LION IN WINTER
WAIT UNTIL DARK
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS -- I actually prefer the film to the play because of the scene at the hospital between Lee Kinsloving and Shirley Knight. Also, the entire cast of the film is wonderful.
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Lois Smith looks EXACTLY like George Reeves' mother. They did a MYSTERIES AND SCANDALS show (on the E! Channel) on George Reeves' death, and the pictures show her to be very mcuh the spitting image of Lois Smith. Great casting!
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DRLaura beautiful photos of the fireworks.
Last night we watched fireworks, on our new high definition TV, over Mt Rushmore. We thought they were grand until we saw the fireworks over the river in Louisville, Kentucky. Seems every year before the Kentucky Derby there is a spectacular display of fireworks. Set off from barges & the bridge they are designed to reflect in the water. I want to see this show one day.
Ron Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis both begin on the 15th, not this Friday.:(
The day has not progressed as I had planned, haven’t even had a walk and doubt there will be time to do so. I will try and return later.
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The reason I think it's Star Jones rather than Garner or Janney is because the blind item said "television celebrity," and while those two other women are celebrities, they are actresses first and foremost while Star Jones is famous only for being famous, not for acting and CERTAINLY not for her interview skills which are negligible.
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Good Afternoon!
Parts, parts, parts... And more parts!
DR elmore - Larry Hochman is sitting at a table behind me right now, but I have yet to pass on your greetings to him. But once we get to a break...
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Dinner break soon.
Whew!
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I think all these wonderful lists prove that Hollywood has done a generally good job with many of the famous plays of the past century. Looking at others' lists, I saw BECKET and THE LION IN WINTER, both of which should have been on my list.
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Today's madness:
http://tomcruiseisnuts.com/
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Got about an hour of the LARA CROFT 2 movie watched. Excellent high definition photography and effects, wonderful sound. The story, of course, is a jumbled mess.
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OH!!!
DR George - Hopefully, I will be able to get to the post office tomorrow morning... I have something for you.
:)
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I really have not made up my mind about watching BIG BROTHER yet. It really depends on what else is on at the time it airs. Last year, I lost interest pretty quickly, and the little I've seen of these contestants doesn't make me itch to see it frankly.
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Nicole Kidman's ability to mask her Australian accent really depends on the project and who her dialect coach is on any particular film. I thought she did a great job hiding it in MALICE, for example.
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DRLaura beautiful photos of the fireworks.
Last night we watched fireworks, on our new high definition TV, over Mt Rushmore. We thought they were grand until we saw the fireworks over the river in Louisville, Kentucky. Seems every year before the Kentucky Derby there is a spectacular display of fireworks. Set off from barges & the bridge they are designed to reflect in the water. I want to see this show one day.
Jane, "Thunder Over Louisville" is indeed a sight to see. I went to the very first one, as a matter of fact. It's the largest fireworks display in North America according to the ads, though I'm not sure that's entirely true. It is beautiful, though, to watch the fireworks cascading off the bridges that link Kentucky with Indiana. I will say, though, downtown Louisville was not built for events as large as Thunder - the traffic, both foot and auto, is awful and most Louisvillians choose to stay home and watch it on TV, much like New Yorkers and the Macy's fireworks. I watched the fireworks from my living room window last night. All the beauty, none of the body odor. :)
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"Truth, Justice, & the American Way" wrapped filming in LA on June 29, just in time for Ben's nuptials to Miss Garner.
I bought, and (kind of) read the book that the film is supposedly based on, and I am surprised they could manage to get a coherent story out of that book. It was one of the worst books I have ever tried to read. They had the one premise that George Reeves was murdered and they just kept going around and around with that premise and never getting anywhere. George Reeves death was very traumatic to me as a child, but by the half-way point in that book, I could care less how he died or who killed him.
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Nicole Kidman's ability to mask her Australian accent really depends on the project and who her dialect coach is on any particular film. I thought she did a great job hiding it in MALICE, for example.
That's what's baffling, Matt! She's done a great job of hiding it in the past - why would she let it slip in BEWITCHED? And why didn't someone else catch it before the film was released? Very perplexing...
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DR MattH, where did you read about Jennifer Garner's pregnancy not being written into the show? Ron Rifkin was on Regis and Kelly last week and he said it was being written into the script (or at least that is what i understood).
They only start shooting in August. By then she will be 6 months pregnant and there is no way that she could do any stunts. I believe RonR said something like "well how could they not write it in, they sort of have to". But maybe he's not sure?
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DR Dan, that is funny that we wrote the same thing at the same time. Maybe they will give them some incentive not to talk?
DR MattH, Big Brother is going to be Thursdays, Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8pm (although I think tuesdays is at 9pm). There is so little on during the summer, I know I cannot wait to hopefully be amused.
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Jennifer asked: "DR MattH, where did you read about Jennifer Garner's pregnancy not being written into the show? Ron Rifkin was on Regis and Kelly last week and he said it was being written into the script (or at least that is what i understood)."
I read it in a TV GUIDE interview with creator/producer J.J. Abrams but this was back before it was conclusive that Jennifer was pregnant. Perhaps the plans have changed. I don't see how the show can function, however, with Sydney supposedly the person who is supposed to be saving the world, and yet she's not going to be able to even go on missions. I see a fast crash and burn for the show, to be honest.
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That's what's baffling, Matt! She's done a great job of hiding it in the past - why would she let it slip in BEWITCHED? And why didn't someone else catch it before the film was released? Very perplexing...
Well, I haven't seen the movie (nor will I pay to see it; another one that will have to wait for an HBO/Showtime/STARZ playdate a year from now), but doesn't she play an actress who's a witch playing a fictional TV witch. Is the actress character supposed to be an Aussie? I don't know, you see, I'm just asking questions.
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Well, I haven't seen the movie (nor will I pay to see it; another one that will have to wait for an HBO/Showtime/STARZ playdate a year from now), but doesn't she play an actress who's a witch playing a fictional TV witch. Is the actress character supposed to be an Aussie? I don't know, you see, I'm just asking questions.
She plays a witch from an undertermined locale who decides to give up her powers and live like a normal human - in L.A. She's "discovered" by Will Ferrell, a washed-up film actor who has stooped so low as to play Darrin in a TV-remake of "Bewitched." When he sees her wiggle her nose, he knows that she is the one to play Samantha and from there, mediocrity ensues.
Nicole's father is played by Michael Caine, so I guess it is feasible that she could have some sort of accent, but he certainly doesn't sound Aussie, and she uses a standard American dialect through 97% of the movie. Very odd...
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That is odd, and despite Nora Ephron's name on the screenplay, it doesn't sound very appealing and not very respectful of the charm that the original BEWITCHED generated.
I think remaking classic TV shows for the movies is ridiculous anyway, but if they're going to do it, give the original shows some respect. They were watched and loved by millions of people (and continue to be), and a lame movie just makes the movie business look desperate. Thankfully, the original series is available for us to enjoy.
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DR George - Hopefully, I will be able to get to the post office tomorrow morning... I have something for you.
:)
OOO! I can't wait!
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Lois Smith looks EXACTLY like George Reeves' mother. They did a MYSTERIES AND SCANDALS show (on the E! Channel) on George Reeves' death, and the pictures show her to be very mcuh the spitting image of Lois Smith. Great casting!
Oh...Lois Smith! The first few times that I read this I was thinking of Liz Smith. :o ;D
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Has anyone else had any trouble logging in/posting to HHW?? This morning, I tried to get on, but five minutes later, it wouldn't even display the page or it would take so long that I'd give up. After I got back from lunch, it was still acting up for a while, but now (thankfully) it seems to be okay.
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Yes BK, Bennifer (#2) got pregnant, then engaged, then married. And I agree, it is very weird how they fall in love so quickly.
Love?? I don't think "love" has anything to do with it. It's all just lust (not that there's anything wrong with that), but really...how long do they think that their "marriage" will last? What chance to do they actually have to stay together with their careers and looking at the kinds of relationships that they've both had in the past. :-\
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OOO! I can't wait!
DR George-
Oops!
I just realized your address is on my old laptop. So... Could you PM me your current mailing address. Thanks.
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In other news...
<SNIP>
Once we got to the restaurant, we were also joined by the director daughther, Tess; Michelle, our composer; Amanda McBroom, our lyricist; Wayne Wilcox, one of the actors; and, as "promised", Laurel Massé.
Laurel, it turns out, is a dear friend of Amanda's. In fact, it was Amanda who helped Laurel start to get back into the business and start performing again. -More later...
I LOVE LAUREL MASSÉ!!!! Just had to say that. Jose, if you EVER meet her again (Laurel), PLEASE ask her if Moxie will EVER record! Moxie is a group made up of Laurel (formerly of The Manhattan Transfer), Janis Siegel (the alto of The Manhattan Transfer) and Cheryl Bentyne (who took over for Laurel when Laurel left The Manhattan Transfer). They did a mini-concert on the Internet a few years ago (only four songs), but they sounded so good! They did a full concert back in February, but it was not recorded. THEY NEED TO RECORD AS A GROUP!! Just my 2¢ ;D
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I LOVE LAUREL MASSÉ!!!! Just had to say that. Jose, if you EVER meet her again (Laurel), PLEASE ask her if Moxie will EVER record! Moxie is a group made up of Laurel (formerly of The Manhattan Transfer), Janis Siegel (the alto of The Manhattan Transfer) and Cheryl Bentyne (who took over for Laurel when Laurel left The Manhattan Transfer). They did a mini-concert on the Internet a few years ago (only four songs), but they sounded so good! They did a full concert back in February, but it was not recorded. THEY NEED TO RECORD AS A GROUP!! Just my 2¢ ;D
We actually talked about Moxie last night for a bit at dinner. She mentioned that Moxie will be getting together sometime again in the future, however, Cheryl Bentyne will most likely not be a part of the group next time round.
And as far as a recording goes... Hmm... Maybe something BK might consider for a future Kritzerland release? Hmm...
;)
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DR George - Do you happen to have Laurel's solo CD? The a cappella one? She described her solo concert - which is truly just a solo concert - just her. No instruments at all. Only her. She recorded a CD of that concert, but added a few other "sounds" to certain tracks since she thought people might tire of hearing just one voice for the duration of the CD.
*She also discussed how that concert came about... When she had moved to the Adirondacks, she realized that she was the best singer in town. She was also the only singer in town. And she also found out there were no instrumentalists in her literal neck of the woods that could play for her, so she started doing these a cappella arrangements of songs. -Her vocalese on the Bach Cello Suites sounds fascinating!
In any case.. I believe she's dropping by a copy or two of the CD tomorrow...
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DR elmore -
:D
-Larry Hochman
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DR elmore -
:D
-Larry Hochman
He's one of the best!
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He's one of the best!
He said the same of you.
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DR George - Do you happen to have Laurel's solo CD? The a cappella one? She described her solo concert - which is truly just a solo concert - just her. No instruments at all. Only her. She recorded a CD of that concert, but added a few other "sounds" to certain tracks since she thought people might tire of hearing just one voice for the duration of the CD.
*She also discussed how that concert came about... When she had moved to the Adirondacks, she realized that she was the best singer in town. She was also the only singer in town. And she also found out there were no instrumentalists in her literal neck of the woods that could play for her, so she started doing these a cappella arrangements of songs. -Her vocalese on the Bach Cello Suites sounds fascinating!
In any case.. I believe she's dropping by a copy or two of the CD tomorrow...
:)
If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's called Feather and Bone (http://www.laurelmasse.com/featherandbone.html). She has a beautiful voice. The CD is not for people who want their music spoon-fed to them. It's very etherial and quite beautiful. :)
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He said the same of you.
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I'd love to hear his work on your show. I'm sure it's wonderful. I thought he was robbed at this year's Tony Awards; LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA has interesting but too similar scoring; Larry's work on SPAMALOT was smart, witty, and virtuosic.
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I'd love to hear his work on your show. I'm sure it's wonderful. I thought he was robbed at this year's Tony Awards; LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA has interesting but too similar scoring; Larry's work on SPAMALOT was smart, witty, and virtuosic.
Some of us adore "Light in the Piazza" and think it most exceptional.
I certainly think it was a well-deserved Tony.
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I was up too early this morning, and I have to do the same tomorrow, so I'm crashing. Have a nice evening and pleasant dreams.
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...After the fireworks last night, I had the opportunity to chat with Laurel Massé for a bit...
It turns out we had similar experiences growing up. We both had sort of nomadic childhoods. I can't exactly remember what line of work her father was in, but her family moved all over the place, both in the States and in Europe. My father was in the Coast Guard, and each time he was re-stationed, we all had to pick up and move our lives time and again.
Laurel brought up something that I'm just now realizing and dealing with: Since we moved around so much as children and adolescents, neither of us have any true childhood friends. We were just never in one place long enough to establish those types of bonds and friendships. Consequently, we also "learned" how not to get attached to people since we knew we would never be "there" in the long run.
However, lately, it's been a process of unlearning that behavior, and allowing ourselves to open up to people on a deeper level. To form friendships, relationships.
It's amazing how getting rid of that sense of the temporary has started to change both of our lives. And I'm sure many other have dealt with the same sort of thing too.
*She also, like myself, is liking getting "older". I told her that turning 30 was great for me - it truly was. And she told me, "Just wait till you turn 40!"
:)
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Just heard (From OzDerek) that next month's production of "Sunset Boulevard" (4 performances only) which stars the wonderful Judi Connelli, will have David Campbell as Joe. Good news indeed.
I'll be interested in seeing this scaled down production having seen the fullscale London and Melbourne productions.
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Derek coped with a full day at work yesterday and is there again today. Good news.
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I'd love to hear his work on your show. I'm sure it's wonderful. I thought he was robbed at this year's Tony Awards; LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA has interesting but too similar scoring; Larry's work on SPAMALOT was smart, witty, and virtuosic.
This show - at least in it's present workshop form - is a model of restraint. The orchestra for this show consists of four players: Piano, Reeds (flute, oboe, English horn, recorder, etc.), Cello and Percussion. It was very neat sitting listening to the orchestra rehearsal this afternoon, and observing Larry Hochman editing on the fly. Not only adding things, but also taking things away. And when you only have four players, taking away something is saying something if you get my drift.
-Oh, but he is at least wearing his Spamalot t-shirt today.
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DR Ron. I've only listened to "Piazza" once so far - and it sounds beautiful to me. Also have my first listen to "Spelling Bee" which was most enjoyable. "Spamalot" is fun. I've not listened to "Scoundrels" yet or to "Litte Women".
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DR Tomovoz - Thanks for the continued update on DR ozderek.
As for the upcoming scaled-down version of Sunset Blvd., I'm wondering if it will be based on the scaled-down version that toured here in the U.S. a couple of years ago with Petula Clark and Lewis Cleale.
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I'm back from rehearsal with Mr. Kevin Spirtas. We finished singing through the second act, and I made one further order switch and now it all feels really good. Then, my favorite part - we started staging the act. We got three songs in and we'll continue tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday.
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I'd love to hear his work on your show. I'm sure it's wonderful. I thought he was robbed at this year's Tony Awards; LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA has interesting but too similar scoring; Larry's work on SPAMALOT was smart, witty, and virtuosic.
I think it all comes down to the "feeling" of both shows. Piazza is more rhapsodic, so the scoring lends itself to some "sameness" - which is a good thing in this instance. However, I do have to agree that Larry Hochman did take advantage of all the various references and in-jokes in Spamalot.
OH! But the harp writing in Piazza is quite wonderful. And it's played on a real harp too! Not on a synth!
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OK - I'm gonna head back into the hall and listen in for a bit...
Laters...
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More like an "Encores" I guess. The productions are staged simply but effectively. Last year's "Carousel" was wonderful.
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I just spoke with Derek. Thank you from him for all the wishes etc.
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Jose, don't forget to say hello to Emily Skinner.
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In about forty-five minutes I shall be on my way to the Pasadena Playhouse to attend the opening night of Purlie.
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Will someone walk you up the stairs BK?
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I now have some time to post.
I had a great visit in Virginia. I was there from Friday afternoon till Monday morning. I saw Forum 3 times (I'm a good husband). It was a lot of fun. Anthony was excellent as was Domina (Diane Pennington). Jose, Nick was great and oh, boy is he hot. He spent the show in a toga with his chest showing. Besides being hot, he's a genuinely nice person and I really enjoyed meeting him.
The accomodations are nice for a Virginia mountain town. The theatre owns a building in which they house the cast and crew. One floor has many rooms with a big common kitchen and a television/common room. If you're on that floor you get to share cupboard space, refrigerator space and kitchen duties including trash, loading the dishwasher and cleaning up the tables. It's all somewhat dorm/college-like but fun. If you've been there before or you know to ask, you try to get on the 3rd floor where the rooms are all suites with small kitchens and private bathrooms. Some of the rooms on the 2nd floor require the sharing of a bathroom and communal showers (sex-segregated). Anthony had one of the few rooms on the 2nd floor with a private bathroom.
There are no pictures right now because 1) there have been many pictures posted over the last few days and I don't want to clog the pipeline and 2) they are still on Anthony's camera. He won't be back until July 11 and then he has to get them off his camera and on to the computer so there will not be pictures for a while.
This is turning into an epic post so I shall stop and leave you all for a while.
More later (or tomorrow).
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Is this the Sheldon Epps directed Purlie which is supposed to be headed to Broadway?
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Just heard (From OzDerek) that next month's production of "Sunset Boulevard" (4 performances only) which stars the wonderful Judi Connelli, will have David Campbell as Joe. Good news indeed.
I'll be interested in seeing this scaled down production having seen the fullscale London and Melbourne productions.
Can you sneak in a tape recorder? ;)
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Today was the first day of my summer History class. Oy. OY!
That about sums it up.
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Everything that's done anywhere is supposed to be headed to Broadway. I don't believe there is any deal for Purlie to go anywhere at this point.
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Just waiting for Miss Tammy Minoff to arrive so that we can sally forth to the Dena of Pasa. We'll be supping after the show, as she couldn't get here early enough to do before. I'm hoping it's not the full two-and-a-half hours that the PP website says it is, otherwise we're not out of there until after ten.
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Evening all. I was having connect problems there for awhile so I couldn’t get on the board sooner.
I hope everyone had a very happy and safe holiday! Judging from the amount of fireworks we had there sure were plenty of problem squirrels and birds this holiday weekend. Wink, wink.
To explain, I don’t know about where you all are but around here, fireworks are illegal UNLESS you are using them to scare away problem animals. You have to sign a paper that states that is reason you are buying them. Soooo…. Isn’t it amazing how many people had the same problem and all at night as well?
I guess they were scaring the problems from one area to another. Yeah, that sounds good.
I was so very glad to read DR Oz Dericks post! I hope this is a very sign of very good things to come!
Continued vibes your way!
Great news about your trip to see Anthony, DR Ben. I know you must miss him badly but he’ll be home soon.
DR Elmore, by the time you read this the e-mail should be in your box.
I enjoyed all of DR MBarnums pix, glad you had a nice time as well. I have the same problem with picture taking. I don’t mind. I know I was there.
And I loved the fireworks pictures from DearReaderLaura. My camera has a firework setting but I haven’t used it. Bear was to upset for me to go outside and try to use it. In fact, until I saw your photos, I honestly forgot about it.
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It's also very nice to see DR Jane posting again. You were missed very much.
But talking about the quick marriages and people falling in and out of love so fast. My thought is that if you really wanted to be some kind of honest with your vows now days you should say:
“Till death do us part, I get bored with you or something better comes along, whichever happens first.”
Don’t feel rained on DR JRand. I belong to the same bank.
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I see Jed but not Ann. Married? Welcome back.
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But talking about the quick marriages and people falling in and out of love so fast. My thought is that if you really wanted to be some kind of honest with your vows now days you should say:
“Till death do us part, I get bored with you or something better comes along, whichever happens first.”
How true DR Danise, how true! LOL!
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I'm here with my friend showing her the site and how it works. :D
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Hello DR Jane. Card arrived for Derek today. I'll get it to him asap. He knows it's here. Thank you.
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Yes, Tomovoz, we are back. No, most certainly not married. :D Our spontaneous little trek to Reno was quite fun. Quite a bit of lovely area to drive through between here and there, including DR Jane's Ashland. We particularly loved pretty much any stretch of road with a view of Mount Shasta. Simply beautiful.
We saw a few fireworks here and there from the freeway as we were driving home last night, and luckily timed things so as to have stellar views of the Portland fireworks display as we drove through the city. Traffic had come to a dead stop on the freeway due to fireworks gawkers, and we didn't mind at all being stuck in the mess with a fabulous view.
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Now I need to get my map and check out the location of Mt Shasta. Once a teacher....
Good to hear the trip went well.
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We got a pretty good view of fireworks here as we were driving in a cab over the Triboro Bridge.
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Just finished up yesterday's bbq chicken, along with some potatoes roasted in olive oil w/rosemary and garlic, and some marinated tomatoes.
Yum.
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Jed was rather adamant about there "certainly not" having been a wedding in Reno.
And I was all ready to send congratulations and a crockpot!
:D
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It's back to work tomorrow. Sigh. Somehow I'll muddle through the rest of the work week.
On a positive note, DR Rodzinski will be pleased to know that I'll be doing dim sum with some co-workers at lunch tomorrow.
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DR Elmore would say "I Can't Do The Sum". He spends a lot of time in Toyland.
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I'm still feeling really good vibes from my viewing, Friday, of "The War of the Worlds."
From what I've experienced in various forums, it's a "really loved it" or "vehemently hated it" split among moviegoers (at least, in film music circles)...with only a very few so-so reactions.
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I'm back from rehearsal with Mr. Kevin Spirtas. We finished singing through the second act, and I made one further order switch and now it all feels really good. Then, my favorite part - we started staging the act. We got three songs in and we'll continue tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday.
Oh, come on. Stop lollygagging--you should have had both acts done and completed a film and your next novel in one day. I mean, really, didn't we teach you anything in Portland? ;)
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Today was the first day of my summer History class. Oy. OY!
That about sums it up.
You're studying the History of Summer? That's got to be one big textbook.
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Good Evening!
First tech - DONE!
Whew!
:)
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Second tech tomorrow from 1:00-11:00 - with a two-hour dinner break...
Smiley TBA
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Well, since DR JMK took leave without supplying a Page Seven Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/purlie.jpg)
I love the Purlie poster art. Purlie was my first Broadway show (the first one I remember, anyway--my mother claims otherwise.) I can't recall any of the cast but I do remember the singing, dancing and sets. And I particularly remember looking up at that bright green poster above the marquee.
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Quite enjoyed guilty pleasure EMPIRE again tonight. Octavius and Tyrannus were thrown in a slave prison guarded by gladiators in training. Lots of testosterone in every direction (Dennis Haysbert guest starred as a Roman general of the 4th Legion whom Octavius came to for aid in his attempt to regain control of Rome. They were all taken prisoner.
Again, great high definition imagry, superb Dolby DIgital 5.1 sound, and not historically accurate in any way, shape, or form.
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DR Ben - Yes, Nick is hot.
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I'm glad you were able to get down to see the show. I haven't been to Mill Mountain in ages.
Diane Pennington - WOW! - I haven't heard that name in years. She used to do a lot of stuff in Richmond. -And wasn't she also in Close A Little Faster .. er... I mean... Dance A Little Closer.... hmm..
...Or maybe I'm thinking of someone totally different....
*Ignore this post until further notice.
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I just checked the IBDB... Yes, Diane was indeed in Dance A Little Closer.
Whew! At least I'm not that brain dead after rehearsal.
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And now I shall return to my dorm room... I was having a problem connecting to the internet last night from there... So... I shall not say Goodnight now.. Rather...
Laters...
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WATCH THE SKIES! ended up as a mixed bag. I'm glad the science fiction films of the 1950s, both superb efforts like THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN or B-Z grade stuff like TARANTULA! or THE DEADLY MANTIS, are getting their due, but the topic was SO broad that an hour was not nearly long enough to do the genre justice, especially since the last quarter hour became an extended trailer for Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS. Great to see those scenes especially in comparison to the 1950s version, but other wonderful films got passed over simply for lack of time.
The four talking heads used throughout were James Cameron, Ridley Scott, George Lucas, and Spielberg (with narration by Mark Hamill). They're marvelous directors, but I didn't need them to tell me the plots of the films being shown. I could have used less of them and more film clips with Hamill's narration.
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I've always loved the score to PURLIE, but I haven't listened to it in ages. I'm not sure I even have it on CD.
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Yes, there was a point this afternoon when I waited and waited for the page to build and finally gave up. I came back five minutes later, and the pages loaded just fine. I think there must have been a slowdown all over the web because several other sites were very, very slow to come up, too.
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...Nick was great and oh, boy is he hot. He spent the show in a toga with his chest showing. Besides being hot, he's a genuinely nice person and I really enjoyed meeting him.
Are we speaking of Nick Dalton? He's the first Nick with an amazing chest and good personality that comes to my mind. He and I did IRON MASK together in May. Nice guy...
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WATCH THE SKIES! ended up as a mixed bag.
I was pretty disappointed in this doc, too. I had a sense beforehand that it was going to wind up as a promotional thing for WOTW, but I still hoped that it would be more interesting than it turned out to be. It did, however, give me a great hankerin' to see Invaders From Mars again.
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Getting late right about now, so I must carry myself off to bed.
Hopefully tomorrow I can finsh the LARA CROFT movie.
Gerard Butler has a fairly heavy Irish brogue in it. Does he use that while speaking in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA? I don't remember it during the vocals. I think that's all I heard in the little bit of PHANTOM I saw/heard at my friend's house over Easter.
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I was pretty disappointed in this doc, too. I had a sense beforehand that it was going to wind up as a promotional thing for WOTW, but I still hoped that it would be more interesting than it turned out to be. It did, however, give me a great hankerin' to see Invaders From Mars again.
Me, too, DR Dan. And I couldn't believe they spoiled the ending for those who hadn't seen the film! That should have been left out!
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Would it have killed them to make it a 2-hour documentary and be a little more in-depth?
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I watched a really misguided show on A&E called Family Forensics. Where a family goes on a vacation and a forensics team comes in and uses their tools to discover everything they can about the people. It sounded interesting on the ads, but it really is uncomfortably voyeuristic, even by today's standards. I really can't figure out what family would actually volunteer to submit to the search.
They go so far as testing teenage boys sheets for bodily fluids and searching computers for internet porn. Really weird. Then they tie it up with a little "counseling" to make you feel like the family got something good out of it.
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Hello all
Well, I've finally caught up on all the posts I missed over the weekend. As I think DB Jed mentioned, we have returned from Reno still as yet unmarried. We did have a wonderful time, however. I'm slightly sunburned, only on my right side though. I have a fun sunburn line right where my purse strap lies on the side of my shoulder. We saw some friends, lost a bit of money, and enjoyed the sheer tackiness of the place. Good times, good times.
One comment on the past TOD - I do have a fondness for Streisand that Jed teases me about mercilessly. My mother raised me on Babs and Judy...I couldn't help but grow to like them.
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Rodzinski, that show sounds downright creepy
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How sad to come here to see all of my buddies...and there is nobody here but me :'(
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I just ordered a bunch of old 1950s Japanese horror and crime films on DVD...but don't tell Elmore3003, because I am supposed to be saving my money for New York.
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Yes, I asked Diane about the show and she referred to it as "Close a Little Faster" I didn't want to use the term, out of respect but since she brought it up.
She's a wonderful person. She has adopted a child and is settling into her new life. She is voice talent in a few Disney flicks and she worked a lot in the DC area. She and Bobby Smith are old pals.
Yes, Jason, it's Nick Dalton. Jose's friend is in Forum with Anthony in Virginia and then he's going out to Long Island to do Full Monty.
It was fun being with the cast this past weekend. Many times people will ask if I miss being in "the business" and I usually say (and mean sincerely) no, I don't miss it. But at times like this past weekend, I do miss certain parts of it. That camaraderie with a cast and the intense bonding that goes on for 6 or 8 weeks is great. They were all very nice and for 3 days I was part of their group because of Anthony. That's when I miss being in the the biz. I don't miss the down time, though. I spoke to Anthony today and he said everyone was realizing that this is the last week and on Sunday it will be over. Some are going on to other work (Bobby Smith will be doing Frog and Toad in DC, Nick, Full Monty) and others will just be going back to respective homes and starting the process all over again. Ant will have a long drive back to New York and then we will take some time out on Long Island to just relax and get to know each other again. I'm glad he was out working but I'm glad he'll be back.
It's 1:04 AM and I'm never up this late. What's going on. It's raining and there is lightning. I must go to bed. I have a meeting at 11am tomorrow.
Goodnight all.
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Jed -- The comps are in my name at the box office. I had no control on where you are sitting, but hopefully it isn't directly behind the orchestra.
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Back from a very long evening and then dinner. I shall now hurry and write the notes, which will hopefully be up around 12:15