Heinle hits screen in 'Limey'
If you haven't seen "The Limey," odds are that you aren't familiar with Amelia Heinle, as the film marks her first foray into mainstream movies, after roles on the daytime-dramas "Loving" and "The City." In the film, Heinle plays Adhara the girlfriend of
Valentine, (Peter Fonda) a record-producer who hasn't quite let go of the '60s.
'Satya' blends cultures at Hill
The last annual Indian American Culture show of the millennium is the largest student show in the country. "Satya: Voices at the Millennium" combines Indian American culture with a more traditional Indian flavor.
"Beginning with an influence of Indian dance and then ending in a fusion of both the Indian and American cultures, is what this show is all about," said Neha Singal, an LSA senior and show coordinator.
'Pokémon' flick good for kids
The amazing phenomenon which started as a Game Boy game and then evolved into a television show and card game has fully realized its full merchandising potential by becoming a major motion picture. "Pokémon The First Movie" is finally here.
'Hell' reveals different romance
Sometimes, we all feel like we work for the devil. But what if we really did? In Jaime Vasquez's creation, "Living Hell," this nightmare will become reality.
Directed by Bonnie Malczewski, the play will open the door to a world of romance, struggle and sacrifice. This will take shape in an unfeasible context that, in reality, will hit close to home. It is a story that presents the everyday challenges of 20-som
ethings trying to succeed and find love in an atmosphere that seems to be working against them.
'Iron Chef' takes cuisine seriously in TV cook-off
Within an hour two masters duel it out to retain their honor and win the ultimate victory as the best at what they do on a Japanese show. No, it's not some lost Akira Mifune samurai movie, it's the Iron Chef! A cooking show that brings together surreal dr
amatic music, documentary style profiles of contestants and dizzying camera angles, "Iron Chef" brings you the ultimate weekly cook-off.
Memorable 'Private Ryan' offers nothing new on DVD
People will not remember this past year's Oscars for what won Best Picture (it was the very overrated "Shakespeare in Love," for the record), but for what didn't win - "Saving Private Ryan." And for those of you who don't realize what a travesty this is,
now you can check out "Ryan" in beautiful widescreen on DVD.
'Sideshow' toys with cultures: The Multicultiboho Sideshow
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In Flames sets fire to Detroit metal
scene
The last In Flames album was called "Colony." If the band has it its way this Saturday, Detroit's metal scene will become part of its colony as the band invades the Motor City with its melodic, headbanging metal sound.
Founded in 1993 and originally calling themselves Ceremonial Oath, In Flames has undergone numerous line-up and stylistic changes. Since its last couple of albums, however, the band has managed to come into its own and has been recognized as one of Sweden
's top melodic metal acts.
Dull plot, predictability weaken 'Magical World of Leprechauns'
Romeo is a Leprechaun, Juliet, a fairy, and basically you have the plot of "The Magical World Of Leprechauns," a two part mini-series that aired on NBC Sunday and Monday nights. Randy Quaid, a disillusion citified New Yorker, Jack Wood, comes to Ireland t
o exploit the land and falls in love with a Irish bathing beauty.
RC class remembers Goethe with production of 'Urfaust'
Wrapping up a series of events commemorating German writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 250th anniversary this year, a new translation of Goethe's play, "Urfaust," will be presented this weekend in the Residential College auditorium.
Crowe's at home with his range
Russell Crowe wore a crocodile tooth on a cord around his neck.
In town the other day to promote "The Insider," Michael Mann's new movie about tobacco whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand, the 35-year-old New Zealand-born actor interrupted an interview at the Argyle Hotel to shout epithets at a televised rugby match. He took
a reporter to task for describing him as proud.
Sarandon relaxes with new lm 'Anywhere but Here'
The Allentown Morning Call
Turn on the TV news and you might see her along the barricades. At 53, Susan Sarandon is still a cause celeb.
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