| Movie Review: The Princess Bride | | Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:07:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | When it comes to defining delightful, amusing, and epic motion-pictures, there is no higher rung on the ladder than The Princess Bride. This terrific feature will warm your heart and tickle your funny bone simultaneously for hours on end. It’s a winsome fairy-tale about romance, adventure, and camaraderie. Moreover, it is yet another shining star of a comedy (alongside perhaps the funniest film on celluloid, This is Spinal Tap) from director Rob Reiner. With a cough and an image of the Bases Loaded Nintendo video game, "the grandson" (Fred Savage) makes his entrance. In need of both getting well and a bedtime story, his grandpa (Peter Falk), begins to read him the tale of The Princess Bride, by S. Morgan Stern. Grandpa informs grandson that this tale includes "fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, and miracles." What more could anyone ask for?And so, the story of Westley (Cary Elwes) and his love, Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright), begins. While serving the young Princess as a boy, Westley professes his love by exclaiming "As you wish," instead of "I love you." He knows he is only a peasant, but he yearns for her Excellency so. Surprisingly, true love triumphs, as Buttercup confesses a mutual attraction. However, when it appears that Westley has perished at sea, Buttercup is forced to become the bride-to-be of the Great Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). Meanwhile, a poor band of lost circus performers, Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), Fezzik (Andre the Giant), Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) encounter Westley, and assist him on his quest to break up the wedding and win back the girl. Additionally, the man named Inigo relentlessly searches for the six-fingered fellow (Christopher Guest) who killed his father.... | |
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| | | Lots of "Heart" | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:11:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | Jennifer Lopez worked her Blackberry backstage at the Kodak Theatre on Thursday night while hubby Marc Anthony huddled with Tony Bennett, George Clooney, Paul Newman, Billy Crystal, Bruce Willis, Kelly Clarkson and Madeleine Peyroux. The group playfully posed for photos before the audience arrived for Bennett's 80th birthday celebration and tribute concert. "It's the least we could do for him," deadpanned Newman during an evening that also raised funds for his Hole in the Wall Camps for children with chronic illnesses. "After all, he's an American treasure and he's young enough to be my kid brother." Quincy Jones bear hugged Willis and Clooney when he arrived backstage. "Come stai?" Jones said to Clooney as they began chatting about Clooney's villa on Lake Como.Then Crystal took the stage to set the evening's comical tone with jokes about aging and octogenarians.... | |
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| | | Comedy Super Trio Reunite For Us Comic Relief | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 3:03:55 AM by Blog57 Team | | Comic Relief pioneers BILLY CRYSTAL, ROBIN WILLIAMS and WHOOPI GOLDBERG are to reunite for the televised fundraising gala's 20th anniversary next month (NOV06). The comics will join other top US comedians and comediennes to co-host the special, which will air on 18 November (06). 19/10/2006 03:15 .... | |
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| | | Wednesday September 27, 2006 The Winchester Sun website updates every afternoon, and as events warrant. | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:03:07 AM by Blog57 Team | | Ellene J. Bush, 76, of 129 Buckner St., died at 6:35 a.m. today at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Scobee Funeral Home. JACK COLLINS Jack F. Collins, 72, of 12858 Iron Works Road, husband of Mary Boyd Collins, died at 6:05 p.m. Monday at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. A native of Toledo, Ohio, he was the son of the late Willford and Fay Epperson Collins. He was a retired employee of Sylvania with 33 years of service. He was an Air Force veteran, and a member of the Lighthouse Church of God, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2728. Other survivors include four daughters and two sons-in-law, Catherine Irene Collins of Spring City, Pa., Jacqueline Marie and Billy Joe Powell of Clay City, Robin Renee Collins of Winchester and Nola Faye and Edward Bray of Wilmore; three sisters-in-law, Ruby Ginter, Irene Estes and Troxy Boyd, all of Winchester; 11 grandchildren, Michael T.... | |
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| | | O'Brien steers funny telecast of well-orchestrated Emmys | | Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 5:05:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | Finally. An Emmy Awards telecast as good as the TV it sought to honor. Tightly planned and smartly performed, this year's telecast with host Conan O'Brien was a welcome about-face from last year's sloppy post-Katrina affair. Put another way, when the worst thing to criticize was the inane banter of the presenters -- which was unusually lame -- you know the crew and the TV academy can be proud. O'Brien was at his best when it mattered most, at the outset of the telecast. He flawlessly adapted Billy Crystal's successful approach to film parodies, putting himself in Lost, The Office, 24, House, Dateline NBC and even South Park. He followed that with a monologue that touched on practically all the controversies surrounding this year's Emmy selection and still left room for zingers aimed at Hollywood's top two targets, Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise.... | |
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| | | His exodus story is a teachable moment | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:11:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | Pet. Leg. Ten. Yes. Bed. Help. The students are learning the short e sound. Lloyd Baptiste is in a shirt and tie. The students are silently working through Mr. Baptiste's conference time because they didn't do their homework. "One way or another, the work will be finished," he says. These days, Baptiste, 32, is a second-grade teacher at Christene C. Moss Elementary School in southeast Fort Worth. He lives in a Dallas apartment with his fiancee, Trina. A daughter is on the way. His mother and brother are in Atlanta. Another brother is back in New Orleans, trying to finish high school. The family is scattered. The house in New Orleans East is gone. Federal aid, food stamps, medical attention -- all of it -- goes to his mother. Baptiste set it up that way.... | |
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| | | Robin Williams Checks Self Into Rehab | | Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:11:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | "After 20 years of sobriety, Robin Williams found himself drinking again and has decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and the well-being of his family. He asks that you respect his and his family's privacy during this time. He looks forward to returning to work this fall to support his upcoming film releases." .... | |
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| | | Wednesday, August 2, 2006 | | Posted Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:06:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Melva E. BeCraft, 58, passed peacefully with all her family around her on Wednesday, July 26, 2006. She fought a very long, hard and courageous battle. She was a loving wife, caring mother and an astounding nana. She was a member of Highway 89 Community Church. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband Garnett Lee BeCraft; a son and his wife, Phillip and Laura Morris; two grandsons, Brandon and Aaron; eight sisters, Francis Mitchell, Barbara and Ralph Anderson, Kaye and Earl Willey, Diane and Jerry Turner, Linda Clements, Tammy Mandoza, Kathy Faith, and Anna Martin; two brothers, Charles and Billie Peach and Paul Scott; closest friends Jean Turner and Norman Boggs; and 27 nieces and nephews. Visitation was held 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 28, at Boyd Funeral Home, Lonoke.... | |
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| | | Whoopi Goldberg to Guest Appear on Everybody Hates Chris | | Posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:04:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | The CW Network welcomes superstar Whoopi Goldberg in a guest appearance on the critically acclaimed comedy series Everybody Hates Chris. Goldberg will appear in two episodes of Everybody Hates Chris, which premieres October 1 (7:00-7:30 p.m. ET). She will play Louise, a woman from Queens who moves in next door to Chris' (Tyler James Williams) family, and whose granddaughter is the latest object of Chris' affections. Goldberg is one of a very elite group of artists who have won the Grammy (Whoopi Goldberg, 1985), the Academy Award (Ghost, 1991), the Golden Globe (The Color Purple, 1985 and Ghost, 1991), the Emmy (as host of AMC's Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel, 2002) and a Tony (Producer of Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2002). Her nationally syndicated live radio show, Wake Up With Whoopi, will premiere this fall.... | |
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| | | JOHANNESON CLAIMS TITLE | | Posted Saturday, July 15, 2006 3:08:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Carl Johanneson has claimed the British super-featherweight title with a fourth-round stoppage victory over Billy Corcoran at York Hall, Bethnal Green. The nephew of former Leeds United winger Albert Johanneson stopped the London-based Irishman after 63 seconds of the fourth round to win the vacant title at the east London venue. Corcoran - and his big following of fans - protested about the stoppage after he was sent reeling by the 27-year-old former soldier after just over 10 minutes of non-stop action. But referee Ian John-Lewis' intervention looked timely with Corcoran taking a lot of punishment and suffering a gash over his right eye. Johanneson said: "I'm surprised he went toe to toe with me but that's what I like. I just took my time.... | |
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