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Howdy Adventureland Friends: A few weeks ago I reconnected with an old classmate, Carrie. I stopped to show Koda Bear a goat. It just so happens that she lives there. Here is a link to our old school. http://www.nettlecreek.k12.in.us/HHS.php I mentioned an old friend, Mike, that I reconnected with. The link that I provided is to his little brother's school. Ryan is the principle and an old classmate of mine. http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/tme/home This will likely be the last weekend for Sky-Vue Drive-in this season. It is still dicey as to future seasons. The property has been up for sale. I am sure that Airline Twin will close this month. But it should re-open. http://www.skyvuedrivein.com/ http://www.teichertheaters.com/airline_twin_drive_in http://groups.google.com/group/adventureland-friends This is our free members only community hosted by Google. Almost 5 of our nearly 300 subscribers have joined. I intended for it to be a small group, but there is certainly room for more of you. Our Celebrity Spotlight shines on Jonathan Taylor Thomas. He is best known as Randy on ABC's "Home Improvement." The Snack Bar has Chicago-style pizza. Stop by and grab a slice today. I am keeping the bookmark for last week. World Wide Web TV would be a great compliment to your broadband internet connection. Blog Bytes has been in warp drive this week. There are several goodies. Add yourself to our Birthday Alarm today. Then you could find your name here with various celebrities. Provide only the info you feel comfortable sharing. http://www.clickaudit.com/goto/?36409 I just won a Fandango movie ticket. Before this I had a $5 gift certificate. My sponsor won both as well. I hope you sign-up today and win - because I will too. http://www.blingo.com/friends?ref=LJt9EIXsXBaBuP-fW5DaMrkkYSk +===================================+ !! TAKE THE HAMBURGER SURVEY TODAY !! Share your opinion and participate in our offers to receive a FREE $500 Gift Card! http://www.adreporting.com/dir.php?a=689632&p=897&w=text +===================================+ FIND SHOWTIMES @ ADVENTURELAND http://adventurelandvideo.com +===================================+ <> <> <> BOX OFFICE <> <> <> +===================================+ 'BANGKOK' REACHES #1 IN SLOW WEEKEND The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in 7 years, according to studio estimates Sunday. The total weekend box office gross was expected to reach just $66 million, the lowest figure since the $59.5 million reported for the weekend of Sept. 21, 2001, according to Media by Numbers. "We had no strong holdover from Labor Day Weekend to boost the box office," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media by Numbers. "Bangkok Dangerous," a remake of a 1999 Asian movie that opened on 2,650 screens, performed within Lionsgate's expectations, said Steve Rothenberg, the studio's VP of distribution. "We're going to make a profit on it," he said. "We lucked out. No one was going against it." Coming in second was "Tropic Thunder," the DreamWorks-Paramount combat comedy starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. It earned $7.5 million in its 4th. week of release, good for #2 after 3 weeks in the box office top spot. Its cumulative total is $96.8 million. In third place was Sony/Columbia's comedy "The House Bunny" with $5.9 million, giving it a cumulative total of $37 million after 3 weeks. "It's a very nice hit for us," said Steve Elzer, senior VP of media relations for Columbia Pictures. Rounding out the top 5 films was "The Dark Knight," in 4th. place with $5.7 million, and Overture Films' espionage drama "Traitor," with $4.7 million. The weekend results brought "The Dark Knight's" cumulative total to $512 million, second only to "Titanic." The slowdown in ticket sales is typical for September, which falls between the summer blockbuster season and the period when studios begin rolling out offerings for Academy Award consideration. It also comes at a time when the fall TV season is gearing up. "The marketplace is definitely shifting gears," Dergarabedian said. "The attention is shifting to the small screen." However, this week's low figures represent the 7th. consecutive weekend that the box office gross has been sliding compared to a year ago. Dergarabedian blamed that on the economy, the national political conventions and severe weather in the Gulf states in recent weeks. "We don't want that to turn into 10 weeks or more because that's not good for the health of the industry," he said. Vin Diesel's sci-fi thriller "Babylon A.D." dropped from 2nd. place last weekend to 6th. this weekend with $4 million in earnings. "Death Race," an action/adventure flick from Universal, grossed $3.6 million for 7th. and Lionsgate's "Disaster Movie" spoof was 8th. at $3.3 million. Estimated ticket sales for Friday - Sunday @ U.S. & Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers. Final figures will be released Monday. 01) "Bangkok Dangerous" @ $7.8 million. 02) "Tropic Thunder" @ $7.5 million. 03) "The House Bunny" @ $5.9 million. 04) "The Dark Knight" @ $5.7 million. 05) "Traitor" @ $4.7 million. 06) "Babylon A.D." @ $4 million. 07) "Death Race" @ $3.6 million. 08) "Disaster Movie" @ $3.3 million. 09) "Mamma Mia" @ $2.7 million. 10) "Pineapple Express" @ $2.4 million. +===================================+ <> <> <> NOW SHOWING <> <> <> +===================================+ To be released on video January 2009. BANGKOK DANGEROUS Starring: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Yeung, James With, Philip Waley Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang The life of Joe, an assassin, takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe is in Bangkok to execute 4 enemies of a ruthless crime boss. He hires Kong, a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of killing him. Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality. "...far from seeming unfamiliar or freshly stylized, offer nothing that you couldn't catch in an episode of CSI." - New Yorker, Anthony Lane "Heavy on the spice and cheap on the meat..." - Variety, Jordan Mintzer http://www.bangkokdangerousmovie.net/ +===================================+ <> <> <> COMING SOON <> <> <> +===================================+ Opening September 17, 2008 APPALOOSA Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris are gunmen hired to police a a small, lawless town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher. Rated R for some violence and language. http://welcometoappaloosa.warnerbros.com/ Opening September 19, 2008 FANBOYS Four "Star Wars" fans attempt to sneak a peek at the yet unreleased "Episode 1" as a last hoorah for their dying friend. Rated PG-13 for pervasive crude and sexual material, language and drug content. http://www.myspace.com/fanboysmovie Opening September 26, 2008 HUMBOLDT COUNTY A disillusioned medical student finds himself stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers. Rated R for drug content and language throughout. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810022250/ +===================================+ <> <> <> NEW 2 DVD <> <> <> +===================================+ Some New DVD Releases: Sep 11, 11:16 AM (ET) By DAVID GERMAIN "Made of Honor" Patrick Dempsey stars in this twist on wedding romances, playing a man content with a platonic relationship with his best friend (Michelle Monaghan) until she returns from a business trip to Scotland with a fiance and a request that her male pal stand up for her as "maid" of honor. And so begins his own secret love for her as he tries to walk the line between his wedding party duties and surreptitious schemes to win the bride for himself. The DVD and Blu-ray disc have commentary with director Paul Weiland, while the Blu-ray release also comes with deleted scenes and two making-of featurettes. DVD, $28.96; Blu-ray, $38.96. (Sony) --- "Speed Racer" After creating a blockbuster sci-fi trilogy with "The Matrix" flicks, the Wachowski brothers stumbled badly with this costly flop that blends live-action and candy-colored computer animation for a big-screen update of the TV cartoon show. Emile Hirsch stars in the title role, a driving prodigy who tries to salvage the family business and bring honor back to the corrupt auto-racing circuit by competing in a hazardous road tournament. Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox co-star. DVD and Blu-ray extras include a set tour and a making-of featurette. The Blu-ray disc also has a digital copy of the movie for portable video players. DVD, $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99. (Warner Bros.) --- "88 Minutes" Al Pacino stars as a criminal profiler who helped put a serial killer on death row but now has his own rapidly approaching expiration date. The thriller piles on outlandish action as Pacino's forensic psychologist receives a phone call telling him he has 88 minutes to live, prompting a scramble as he races to track down his stalker and unravel a dense mystery loaded with suspects. The DVD and Blu-ray releases come with an alternate ending, a conversation with Pacino and a segment with director Jon Avnet, who also provides commentary. DVD, $28.96; Blu-ray, $38.96. (Sony) --- "Risky Business" Tom Cruise returns to dance in his underwear to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" in this 25th anniversary DVD update of his breakout movie that put him on the road to decades of superstardom. Cruise plays a teen with an Ivy League future who suddenly turns pimp after meeting a prostitute (Rebecca De Mornay), setting his house up as a brothel while his parents are away. Cruise and other cast members recall their experiences on the movie in a new documentary segment, and the actor also joins director Paul Brickman for commentary. There also are an alternate version of the ending and screen tests by Cruise and De Mornay. The two-disc Blu-ray release also has a digital copy of the movie. DVD, $19.97; Blu-ray set, $28.99. (Warner Bros.) --- "Beetlejuice" Tim Burton's wild supernatural comedy gets a DVD makeover in this 20th anniversary edition. Michael Keaton stars in the title role as an obnoxious dead creep enlisted by a couple of recently deceased ghosts (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) to help them scare the new inhabitants out of their New England home, including Winona Ryder as a brooding teen. The DVD and Blu-ray discs come with three episodes from the animated "Beetlejuice" TV show. DVD, $19.97; Blu-ray, $34.99. (Warner Bros.) --- TV on DVD: "Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season" - This clever take on death-after-life stars Lee Pace as a pie maker whose touch can bring the dead back to life, but only for a minute, or else someone else nearby has to die instead. Anna Friel co-stars as our hero's childhood sweetie, who goes belly up until he restores her to life. The first nine episodes and a making-of featurette come in a three-disc package. DVD set, $29.98; Blu-ray set, $39.99. (Warner Bros.) "Chuck: The Complete First Season" - A young tech geek (Zachary Levi) accidentally downloads classified information into his brain, making him a valuable commodity and prompting the government to assign agents (Adam Baldwin and Yvonne Strahovski) to protect him. A four-disc set has the first 13 episodes, plus deleted scenes and a couple of featurettes. DVD set, $39.98. (Warner Bros.) "Will & Grace: Season Eight" - The comedy starring Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes ends its run with an all-star series finale. The final 22 episodes are packed in a four-disc set that includes cast interviews and commentary on the last episode. A 33-disc "Complete Series" boxed set also is available. "Season Eight" DVD set, $44.98; "Complete Series" set, $249.98. (Lionsgate) "Criminal Minds: Season 3" - Joe Mantegna joins the crime drama as a veteran FBI profiler who reteams with the crack unit he helped found to track down bad guys. The five-disc set has year three's 20 episodes, along with deleted scenes and making-of segments. DVD set, $64.99. (Paramount) "Torchwood: The Complete Second Season" - An offbeat team of operatives with a mysterious leader (John Barrowman) battle alien menaces and other paranormal activities in this edgy British action series. Season two's 13 episodes come in a five-disc set with deleted footage and a featurette on Barrowman's character. DVD set, $79.98. (BBC) "First Among Equals" - Adapted from the novel by Jeffrey Archer, this 10-part miniseries traces the careers of four British Parliament members from their first day on the job through 20 years of service. The cast includes Tom Wilkinson. The three-disc set includes a biographical segment on Archer. DVD set, 49.99. (Acorn) +===================================+ <> <> CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT <> <> +===================================+ JONATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS DOB: September 8, 1981 - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania This actor who rose to sitcom fame playing Randy Taylor on Tim Allen's "Home Improvement." Thomas first started out in show business modeling for print ads and starring in commercials. Some of his biggest roles on the silver screen include lending his voice to the character of young Simba in Disney's The Lion King (1994), and appearing in Pinocchio (1996), Wild America (1997), The Best Man (1998), I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) and Walking Across Egypt in 1999. More recently, Thomas's voice talents have been used in The Tangerine Bear (2000) and the animated TV series "The Wild Thornberrys" (2000). Jonathan has since appeared as a guest star on shows such as "Smallville." NOTABLES: Born Jonathan Taylor Weiss. His stage name is derived from his real first name (Jonathan), his real middle name (Taylor), and his brother's middle name (Thomas). Has one brother, Joel Thomas Weiss. Has done voice overs for cartoons and video games such as "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" (1994), "The Adventures of Spot" (1987), The Ivy Cottage, and Scooter's Magic Castle. Loves to watch college basketball. Brother, Joel, is an Assistant Coach for a college in Louisiana. Graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory High School in West Hills, California with honors [2000]. Attended Harvard University. Enrolled in Columbia GS (2007-08). QUOTABLES: "It [rumors of his homosexuality] was just a blatant lie put on the Internet, and then it was just a feeding frenzy... And I'm sure it was validated by my recent roles. What startled me was how willingly people accepted it." Interview with The Advocate. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022444 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001795/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Taylor_Thomas http://www.angelfire.com/fl/JTT99/ +===================================+ <> <> <> SNACK BAR <> <> <> +===================================+ CHICAGO-STYLE PIZZA 2 1/2 -3 Cups unbleached all-purpose flour unsifted Olive Oil (1/8 Cup or more total) 2 Jumbo eggs (room temperature) 2 Tbsp. dried thyme 1 Cup warm water 2 tsp. (1 packet) quick yeast 2 tsp. sugar 16-oz Can crushed tomatoes in tomato sauce OR diced tomatoes in juice 2 Cloves of finely minced garlic (6 cloves if you use a garlic press) 2 Tbsp. dried basil (or 1/8 cup fresh) 1 tsp. salt 1 Tbsp ground pepper 3 TBS olive oil + 1 TBS olive oil 2 Links fresh hot or sweet Italian sausage 8 oz Block Mozzarella cheese (or unsmoked provolone cheese) 6 oz Diced mushrooms (any button type) Olive oil cooking spray Mix sugar, yeast and water in a big bowl with a whisk. Set aside 10 minutes. Sift flour and salt together into a big bowl, then sprinkle the thyme in. After the foamed yeast starts working really well, mix in the whole eggs and oil into the yeast mixture with a whisk. Pour half the liquid into the flour mixture and mix fully. Pour 1/8 more into the flour and mix more. Keep pouring a little more liquid into the dough until it is soft and sticky. Sift a little flour into the bowl and use your hand to start kneading the flour for 5 minutes (adding flour as necessary to keep the skin of the dough from being sticky). The final product should be soft and very pliable - not a stiff dough, but soft and silky. Place into a well-oiled bowl Cover and set into unlit oven for 2-3 hours. Mash the minced, fresh garlic into a paste (mortar & pestle work well), or crush some garlic with a garlic smasher. Heat a large skillet on high heat for 3 minutes. Place oil and garlic quickly into the hot pan and saute for a few seconds (until you smell garlic). Then pour the tomatoes into the pan and mix it up. Mix in the salt, dried basil (not the fresh) and pepper. Simmer down (crush with a fork or potato masher any chunks of tomatoes) until it is sorta pasty (a non-stick pan works well to simmer the tomato sauce down). Set aside. If using fresh basil, cut and mix into sauce the last 5 minutes of the cooking. Squeeze 2 links of sausage into the pan (discard the casings) and brown sausage, drain grease and set aside. Finely dice a small onion. Shred 8 oz. Mozzarella cheese. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Grease a 12" pizza pan with olive oil. Pop the dough onto the pan and use your knuckles and palms (well-floured) to punch the dough into an even circle in the pan. Let it rise for 10 minutes. When it has risen for 10 minutes (and the oven is already hot), use some oil spray to spray the top of the crust with a light coating of oil. Smear the sauce on. Evenly sprinkle the cheese on the pizza, then top it with sausage, onion and mushroom. Quickly place the pizza in the upper part of the HOT oven (no top heat source) and cook. Depending on your pan type, cook the pizza for 13-18 minutes. Pull the pizza out, remove from pan and place on a cooling rack. Put the pan back in the oven to cool off with the oven (so it doesn't warp). Spray olive oil spray on the outer crust and let cool for 6 minutes. http://www.absoluterecipes.com/ +===================================+ <> <> <> BUDDY LIST <> <> <> +===================================+ !!! PAKADEVA'S FREEBEES !!! This is the place ! Find real freebies, Interesting finds, & contests ! Subscribe to enter & receive a FREE phone card ! Check our Crafts, Natural Beauty & Recipes pages. ( International ) http://www.pakadevasfreebees.com ??? WANT SOMETHING FOR NOTHING ??? Free stuff with free shipping. If it's not clearly free, it's not on Free N Clear! Freebies and samples with no postage sent to you! 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There are also thousands of free radio and video stations just waiting for you. http://permaprofits.com/webtv/?e=advland +===================================+ <> <> <> AUCTION WATCH <> <> <> +===================================+ +===================================+ <> <> <> BLOG BYTES <> <> <> +===================================+ THE VOICE OF MOVIE TRAILERS HAS DIED Don LaFontaine's distinctive voice had the unique ability to seamlessly embellish big-screen kisses, slice through over-the-top explosions, pair with robust musical scores, glide alongside car chases and co-star with any A-list talent in Hollywood. "He was the originator of the modern voiceover for movie trailers," said voiceover artist Jim Tasker. "For the past 30 years, his voice has been the gauge for all of us in the industry." LaFontaine (68) got his start as an audio engineer in 1965. He went on to voice more than 5,000 trailers in a career that spanned 33 years. He is survived by his wife Nita Whitaker and three daughters. BEFORE HOLLYWOOD, THERE WAS JACKSONVILLE Oliver Hardy made his debut film there. The first feature-length color film produced in the U.S. was filmed there. It even was the birthplace of Metro Pictures, which later become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, or MGM. Dubbed the "World's Winter Film Capital" a century ago, Jacksonville once had more than 30 studios. The city's cinema production thrived for about a decade and survived for a decade more before competition from California, disease, war and clashes with the locals drove the industry from town. Jacksonville's downfall started as its California rival took off in the 1920s, complete with the now-famous "Hollywood" sign. http://www.normanstudios.org ROGEN & SMITH ON `ZACK AND MIRI' All Seth Rogen wanted was to make a movie with Kevin Smith. His dream came true in Smith's "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." The actor recalled a meeting with an agent who asked what his career goals were. He confessed his desire to work with Smith. The agent "said to me that's probably easier than you think." Smith wrote the script with Rogen in mind, having seen the actor in "Freaks and Geeks." By the time Smith finished the script, Rogen was the leading-man with "Knocked Up." Smith said. "This dude was like a supporting actor in '40-Year-Old Virgin' and he's just waiting for somebody to give him his own movie." See the movie trailer & poster here. +===================================+ <> <> <> DVD SHOWCASE <> <> <> +===================================+ START SHOPPING @ ADVENTURELAND http://adventurelandvideo.com +===================================+ <> <> <> NOW SHOWING <> <> <> +===================================+ BABY MAMA Starring: Amy Poheler, Tina Fey, Sigourney Weaver, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Greg Kinnear, Maura Tierney Director: Michael McCullers Businesswoman Kate Holbrook is determined to have a kid. But she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Kate allows Angie Ostrowiski to be her surrogate. After learning that Angie is pregnant, Kate reads books, baby-proofs the apartment and researches pre-schools. Her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. They struggle through preparation for the baby's arrival and discover 2 kinds of family. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference. "The buddy film starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler gets in some jabs but plays it mostly sweet." - Los Angeles Times, Carina Chocano "...a comedy that remains on the right side of funny simply by not doing anything too wrong." - Chicago Tribune, Matt Pais http://www.babymamamovie.net/ STREET KINGS Starring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Chris Evans, Hugh Laurie, Amaury Nolasco, Naomie Harris, Terry Crews Director: David Ayer Keanu Reeves stars as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him. Rated R for strong violence and pervasive language. "...a viscerally compelling but thematically confused mess of an action noir..." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, William Arnold "...Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker doesn't seem to know what movie this should be..." - Chicago Sun-Times, Jim Emerson http://www.foxsearchlight.com/streetkings/ +===================================+ <> <> <> COMING SOON <> <> <> +===================================+ To be released September 16, 2008. SPEED RACER Starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, John Goodman, Richard Roundtree, Scott Porter Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother -- legendary Rex Racer, whose death has left behind a legacy Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business. The only way for Speed to save his family's business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. Rated PG for sequences of action, some violence, language and brief smoking. "A Saturday morning live-action cartoon with stellar visual effects but rudimentary story and characters." - Hollywood Reporter, Kirk Honeycutt "For a movie about velocity, the excitement factor is low and the races feel like a drag." - USA Today, Claudia Puig http://www.speedracerthemovie.com/ To be released September 23, 2008. SEX AND THE CITY Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg Director: Michael Patrick King Sex and the City is coming to the big screen in a feature film adaptation of the hit HBO television series. The film will follow the continuing adventures of the series four main characters - Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda - as they live their lives in Manhattan four years after the series ended. Stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon are all on board to reprise their roles, while the film will be written and directed by Michael Patrick King, who executive produced the original television series. Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language. "Here is a 145-minute movie containing one (1) line of truly witty dialogue..." - Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert "It's an unabashed guilty pleasure that goes down as smoothly as a chilled cosmo." - USA Today, Claudia Puig http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809936370/ +===================================+ <> <> <> SPORTS FLIX <> <> <> +===================================+ FOOTBALL MOVIES: RUDY (1993) Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to beat the odds and play for Notre Dame. AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECEIVER (1998) Now in the 8th Grade, Josh discovers he has a great throwing arm and tries out for the football team. Soon after his athletic dog Buddy joins the team. ANGELS IN THE ENDZONE (1997) The football team Jesse is on is terrible, after the death of his dad Jesse quits the team. Then angels come to help them but Jesse's brother can see them. LITTLE GIANTS (1994) Football star Kevin now coaches pee-wee football. When Kevin excludes his niece, Becky, she convinces her dad Danny to coach a team, and beat Kevin's team. VARSITY BLUES (1999) In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified as long as the team is winning. THE WATER BOY (1998) The coach discovers the lowly water boy for his college football team has an amazing talent for tackling people much bigger than him. BASKETBALL MOVIES: HOOSIERS (1986) A college basketball coach leaves the Navy in 1951 and becomes coach of an underdog Indiana high-school team. COACH CARTER (2005) True story of a high school basketball coach who benched his undefeated team because of poor grades. LUCK OF THE IRISH (2002) A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun. A SEASON ON THE BRINK (2002) Chronicles Hoosier's 1985-86 season, when Bob Knight granted author John Feinstein access to the team. BLUE CHIPS (1994) A college coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive. +===================================+ <> <> STEALS & DEALS <> <> +===================================+ I am proud to bring you 2 new affiliate offers. They have not been added to the web site. So they can only be found here for now. Hope you like them. - Paul WANNA BE A SUPER HERO? NOW YOU CAN. 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The new season premieres Sept. 25. http://www.nbc.com DIVORCE REVEALS HOGAN'S NET WORTH Thousands spent on clothing, grooming and vacations are among the monthly expenses for Hulk Hogan's wife. Linda Bollea's monthly expenses include $7,258 on clothing; $1,318 on grooming; $6,100 on vacations, the documents state. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, spends $102 on clothing by comparison, and $38,000 on legal and accounting fees. The couple disagrees over Hogan's net worth; Hogan claims it is $32 million, while his wife, Linda, claims it is $26.7 million. Meanwhile, their son Nick is serving an 8-month jail sentence for causing a traffic crash that left a passenger permanently disabled. TOMMY LEE JONES SEEKS $10M IN LAWSUIT Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of "No Country for Old Men" for $10 million that the actor claims he is owed for the 2007 hit crime thriller. The lawsuit against Paramount Pictures claims that Jones was promised "significant box-office bonuses" and other compensation depending on the success of the film, which went on to make $160 million. The movie, set in Texas and based on a Cormac McCarthy novel, garnered 4 Academy Awards, including "Best Picture." The lawsuit was filed in Bexar County in San Antonio. N.M. Classics, Inc., a Paramount subsidiary also named in the lawsuit. Jones (61) is asking that an auditor be named to review financial records to determine how much he should be paid. SILENT SCREEN STAR ANITA PAGE DIES Anita Page (98), an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent to talkies, has died. Page died in her sleep Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles, said actor Randal Malone, her friend and companion. Page's career, which spanned 84 years, began in 1924 as an extra. Her big break came in 1928 with "Our Dancing Daughters." It spawned 2 sequels, "Our Modern Maidens" and "Our Blushing Brides." Page's daughter Linda Sterne said her mother had been good friends with Marion Davies and Jean Harlow, and for about six months in the 1930s lived as a guest in William Hearst's massive castle on the Southern California coast. "She was the best mother I could have," Sterne said. "She was wonderful." In 1928, the New York-born Page starred opposite Chaney in "While the City Sleeps." The following year, she was co-star of "The Broadway Melody," the 1929 backstage tale of two sisters who love the same man. The film made history as the first talkie to win the best-picture Oscar and was arguably the first true film musical. In his 1995 book "A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film," author Richard Barrios reserved much of his praise for Bessie Love, the veteran actress who played the other sister. But he called Page "intensely likable - sincere, well-meaning, endearing, in much the same fashion as Ruby Keeler several years later - and, of course, quite beautiful." Variety wrote in 1929 that Page "is also apt to bowl the trade over with a contribution that's natural all the way, plus her percentage on appearance. ... She can't dance, (but) the remainder of her performance is easily sufficient to make this impediment distinctly negligible." Among Page's other films were two of Keaton's sound films, "Free and Easy" in 1930, and "Sidewalks of New York" in 1931; "Night Court," with Walter Huston in 1932; and "The Easiest Way" in 1931, in which Clark Gable had a small role. For a short time Page was married to composer Nacio Herb Brown, who wrote songs for "The Broadway Melody," but the marriage was annulled within a year, Sterne said. Page stopped acting in 1936 when she fell in love with Herschel House, a Navy aviator. The couple married six weeks later and Page happily adapted to life as an officer's wife, hosting many parties at their home in Coronado, a city peninsula in the San Diego Bay, Sterne said. The couple had two daughters, Linda and Sandra. After House died in 1991, Page went on to return to films. In 1994, she appeared in the suspense thriller "Sunset After Dark." Most recently, she had a cameo in the horror film "Frankenstein Rising," due out later this year. NY lawsuit claims `Disturbia' copied short story Email this Story Sep 9, 6:38 AM (ET) NEW YORK (AP) - A lawsuit claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off "Rear Window" when they made the movie "Disturbia." The 2007 thriller "Disturbia" stars Shia LaBeouf as a kid who spies on neighbors, including a man he suspects is a serial killer. The copyright infringement lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan, says "Disturbia" copied a short story Cornell Woolrich wrote in 1942 and the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock movie that starred James Stewart and Grace Kelly and was based on the story. Woolrich died in 1968. The rights to "Rear Window" were sold to Sheldon Abend, who died in 2003. His estate brought the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages. Representatives for Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount said they don't comment on pending litigation. Rourke's `Wrestler' acquired by Fox Searchlight Email this Story Sep 8, 9:25 PM (ET) TORONTO (AP) - Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," a drama starring Mickey Rourke that won top honors last weekend at the Venice Film Festival, was picked up Monday for U.S. distribution by Fox Searchlight. Scheduled for release in December, "The Wrestler" likely will leap into the Academy Awards picture, particularly for Rourke's acclaimed turn as a one-time marquee figure on the professional wrestling circuit who now scrapes by on weekend bouts. "Darren Aronofsky has created an unbelievably electrifying and compelling tale with tour de force performances," Peter Rice, president of Fox Searchlight, said as the company bought domestic rights for the film a day after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. "The Wrestler" features Rourke in a mesmerizing role as Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a former wrestling star who describes himself as a broken-down piece of meat but still scrapes by on gigs in the ring, though he's reduced to working a day job at a supermarket to survive. The film co-stars Marisa Tomei as a stripper he pursues romantically and Evan Rachel Wood as his estranged daughter. Rourke, 51, has flitted in and out of favor in Hollywood for decades, making an early splash in 1982's "Diner" and starring in such '80s films as "Angel Heart" and "Barfly." In 2005, he earned solid notices in the graphic-novel adaptation "Sin City." Aronofosky directed the critical favorites "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream" but stumbled with the 2006 commercial misfire "The Fountain." +===================================+ <> <> <> REEL TALK <> <> <> +===================================+ +===================================+ <> <> <> TRADE TALK <> <> <> +===================================+ +===================================+ <> <> <> TECH TALK <> <> <> +===================================+ +===================================+ <> <> <> PAUL'S PICKS <> <> <> +===================================+ LOVE'S LONG JOURNEY (2005) Missie and Willie headed west, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, on a new homestead, they start their new life and family. ***** This is a television adaptation of the third installment from Janette Oke's "Love Comes Softly" book series. The Hallmark productions comes to life under the direction of Michael Landon, Jr. Missie is newly married and with child. Having been a school teacher, she finds herself teaching indians to read and adopting an orphaned boy being neglected by his well-meaning, bad-boy brother. Her husband Willie works their homestead with a rag-tag team of farmhands turned extended family that he finds in time. They include a one-armed guy, African American cook and a German immigrant. This is very much like the "Little House" television series made famous by Michael Landon, Sr. It, too, was adapted from a series of books. But they were written by Laura Ingals Wilder. That said, this is a no less refreshing old west love story that should have family appeal. There are a number of issues to discuss with the kids from pioneers to alternative families. Then take this lesson to a pioneer settlement near you. Here, we have Conner Prairie. http://www.connerprairie.org/ This place rocks. There is something here for everyone. Mom can learn the fine art of brick oven cooking. Dad can milk cows and shear sheep. The kids can attend the old school house and play with pioneer children. +===================================+ <> <> TIME CAPSULE <> <> +===================================+ September 9, 1986 - Ted Turner presented the first of his colorized films on WTBS in Atlanta, GA. September 10, 1847 - The first theater opened in Hawaii. September 12, 1928 - Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut in "The Czarina." Four years later she made her film debut in "A Bill of Divorcement." +===================================+ !! TURN EVERY MOVIE INTO AN EVENT !! Are you looking for a new way to experience your favorite movies? HD/LCD clarity will put you right in the action. Get your Free Toshiba HDTV/DVD combo today. http://www.adreporting.com/dir.php?a=689632&p=762&w=text +===================================+ We should know more about the house deal next week. If all goes well, we should close soon. The actual move would likely be in mid October now. It has some plumbing issues that we need to tackle before moving in. There is an old building on US 40 in Cambridge City. I noticed it at Canal Days. The second floor has a playhouse theater. Gosh, I want to restore it and open it as a single screen movie theater. See you next week, Paul @ Reel 2 Reel To comment on this issue, simply hit reply or find this issue on our blog and post your comment there. Or send me an email to advland@live.com. Make tonight a movie or game night! http://adventureland.moviefever.com |
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