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Memorize Shakespeare Offers Actors New Way to Learn Lines
Tailor-made audio drills cut down study time and increase recall. Actors at all levels can benefit from this new approach to memorization.
Toronto, Canada, January 17, 2009 --(
)-- Memorize Shakespeare, a new Toronto-based company, has launched its flagship product for three of Shakespeare's most popular plays: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and As You Like It. The product, ScenePartner, helps actors learn their lines by listening to them, like learning a foreign language.
Shakespeare's plays are the most frequently performed in the English language. Professional and amateur productions abound, especially in outdoor summer shows. Performance and study of Shakespeare is a foundation in most theatre schools. However, the difficult subject of memorizing the lines is often glossed over in the curriculum.
"The question I hear most often from first-time Shakespearean actors is, 'How do I memorize all these lines?,' The question isn't trivial," says Memorize Shakespeare founder David McCormick. "Teachers and directors typically answered vaguely: Read them over and over, Drill them... But this is time-consuming and often ineffective."
McCormick created ScenePartner to address this issue for actors. The actor downloads the ScenePartner for his or her desired character. Each "Partner" is an audio album of the lines for that part, which can be played on any digital music player. The lines are split into short segments, optimized for memory retention. At the conclusion of each segment, a bell sounds, and the performer repeats the segment, using the recording as a guide.
This method of rote memorization is not new. Language-learning programs have employed it for decades, and some actors routinely record their lines onto audio recording devices. ScenePartner was developed to save actors the time and trouble of making their own recordings. Inexperienced actors, or those unfamiliar with Shakespeare's more complicated passages also benefit from hearing the difficult language pronounced by an expert reader.
ScenePartner is especially effective because the speaking performer remembers the sound of the phrase instead of the image of the printed page. Busy actors can use the albums to learn their lines without a script in hand, even while commuting or jogging. ScenePartner also has benefits for actors with conditions that might make reading the lines difficult, such as sight impairments or dyslexia.
McCormick is quick to point out that "ScenePartner is not an audiobook or a recorded performance. The lines have been broken down for the quickest possible memorization. Our actors read the text with only the appropriate rhythm and punctuation, not with emotion. That way, the actor learning the lines will not be forced into a particular style or encouraged to mimic another actor."
Memorize Shakespeare plans to expand by three or four plays per year. The next products will be Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. For more information (and a sample), visit www.memorizeshakespeare.com.
About Memorize Shakespeare:
Founded in 2007 by Toronto entrepreneur David McCormick, Memorize Shakespeare aims to provide effective and affordable audio products to aid in the memorization of Shakespeare's plays for actors at all levels. For more information (and a sample), contact David McCormick or visit www.memorizeshakespeare.com.
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Marie Curie
Unfortunately (probably more for Tom than me), some of my "fun" things don't turn out quite as well as I originally think. Alas, the lamp shade. Now before you start crossing your eyes at its pitiful presentation, I want to tell you there have actually been a few visitors to my classroom who actually like my lamp.
I watched my DIY shows and it seemed like a fairly easy project to add some color and whimsy. Let's just go with that, shall we? What they don't always tell or warn you about is that if you start a project and already know it's not going to be a winner, it's TOO LATE!
So, from the bedroom to the bathroom to the classroom, my colorful, whimsical lamp and shade have looked for a happy home. I can't seem to let them go because the combo inspires me to keep trying. You know, confidence and perseverance, like in Madame Curie's quote? Like my newest colleagues and the annual luau.
I gotta tell you, seeing the principal in a grass skirt and lei greeting parents as they drop off their kids is a stitch! The kindergarten teacher is out there in her neon "tropical -inspired attire" with a hula hoop and a couple of middle school girls. Our only guy, an amazingly talented musician, has been drafted to play a ukulele, even in a gloomy, light mist morning.
What a way to start the day!
Being parochial means fund-raising, lots of it! That of course means lots of work for everyone. My colleagues and the parishioners are so inspiring! They put in countless hours to support something they believe in. And I must tell you it definitely showed on Saturday night!
All kinds of folks showing up with smiles, tropical shirts and wallets jumping out of pockets and purses. Their confidence in their school is only surpassed by their generosity. Unfavorable shifts in demographics, economy and funding don't seem to damper their spirits or their dedication. The folks at St. Regis are the personification of Curie's tribute to perseverance, confidence and "believ(ing) that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained," and I'm so thankful to be among them!
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|You are in: Europe
Thursday, 24 August, 2000, 16:59 GMT 17:59 UK
Putin struggles to express emotion
By BBC News Online's Stephen Mulvey
President Vladimir Putin belatedly recognised the scale of Russians' distress and anger over thesubmarine tragedy when he confessed to a "total sense of responsibility and sense of guilt" in a speech 11 days after the accident.
Those who accused him of callous indifference in the days immediately following the disaster, when he failed to break off a holiday on the Black Sea, were rewarded with an account of the president's own personal pain when he spoke to the nation in a televised address.
"It is difficult to pick the right words. It makes you want to howl," he said, apparently referring to an emotional meeting with relatives of the dead sailors at the northern fleet's headquarters.
Witnesses of this meeting said Mr Putin calmed a hostile audience with plain talking, sympathy and evident emotion.
It was the first time he had been seen dressed in black.
His only earlier effort to capture the national mood of impending tragedy - more than a week after the submarine sank - was woefully inadequate.
"We are all following the tragedy now unfolding in the Barents Sea with aching hearts, and without any exaggeration, with tears in our eyes," he said on Sunday.
But there were no tears in Mr Putin's eyes, and nothing to erase the image of the tanned president in his shirtsleeves, relaxing on the Black Sea coast in the first days after the Kursk crisis broke.
Instead, his failure to become engaged - and in particular his failure to return to Moscow until last Friday, six days after the Kursk sank - was widely interpreted as lack of concern.
But it's also likely that Mr Putin's own personality makes it difficult for him to express his feelings in public.
In the collection of interviews with Mr Putin, his family and friends, which was published shortly before the Russian presidential election in March - and which remains the best key to his personality - one friend explained how difficult the career KGB officer found it to express emotion.
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"In principle he is a very emotional man, but he was completely incapable of expressing his emotions," said Sergei Raldugin, a cellist at St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, recalling Mr Putin's first serious relationship with a woman, which began during his student days.
"I suspect his job influenced the way he talked, his speech became a series of cliches."
Mr Raldugin added that he thought Mr Putin had now become a brilliant speaker - "emotional, deep, clear" - a judgement that the last few days call into question.
In the same collection of interviews, Mr Putin was asked if he was calm under stress. He replied that the KGB had told him he was much too calm.
"Apparently you are supposed to be wound up when you're under stress, in order to respond appropriately. It is considered important," he said.
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Mr Putin's wife, Lyudmila, also gave the authors of the book an insight into Mr Putin's analysis of his own character.
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Mr Putin does, however, have a naval connection. which may have made it easier for him to express sympathy with the bereaved relatives he met in Murmansk.
He was brought up in St Petersburg, a major Russian port.
His uncle was a naval officer, and his father served on a submarine in in the 1930s.
At an early age, before fixing his sights on a career as a KGB spy, it was his ambition to became a sailor.
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Jake Hamilton!!!
Jake Hamilton was one of the sick bastards behind the short film 'MEANS TO AN END' (the other being Paul Solet) - The hilarious black comedy/horror short which won Fangoria's Blood Drive Volume 2 contest. Now, with a 'MEANS TO AN END' full length in the works and a slew of composing gigs, including Paul Solet's upcoming 'GRACE', we caught up with Jake for the full scoop. Read on! - by Robg. 3/06
What are your earliest recollections of the horror genre? What were the first films you remember really having an impact on you?
At what point did you first start seriously considering becoming a filmmaker or involved in filmmaking?
When I was a kid still drawing notebook comics, my dad showed me his 8mm camera and some films he shot. I was making little stop-motion ditties that night, and taking an 8mm film class shortly thereafter.
Did you go to school or take classes in any areas of filmmaking? And if so, what did you take away from those experiences?
The budget was roughly $3500 from what I read in a previous interview. Can you break down for aspiring filmmakers how you guys spent your budget? Did you shoot on film or digital, etc?
There's a lot of kick ass posters & horror memorabilia all thru-out the Means To An End short, obviously belonging to you & Paul. What do you consider some of the prizes in your collection?
Actually the things I prize the most are currently things we found or created for MTAE. The bobble head Alien for one, the Fangoria cover prop, and I don't think I can ever use my cheese grater in good conscience again. Hidden in the opening montage are some of the first issues of Fango I ever bought, along with the first How-To film-book my family ever gave me. My personal love though is Savini's Grande Illusions special effects book, which is in there somewhere, though I'll be dammed if I can remember where it is.
From a musicians point of view, how pivotal is music when it comes to a horror feature? And what are some examples of your favorite score/horror flicks?
Once it has been edited, the score makes up the other half of what the experience of the film is. It can make or break movies for me. Perhaps because I am paying alot of attention to this element. Score often times tells the audience, more than anything else, what the story feels like. I observed total reverses of experience with scoring in MTAE. Scenes took on new meaning and purpose when the music was changed. We have all noticed when filmmakers have resorted to trying to fix a film by overusing or over stating score to imply or tell the audience stuff that just isn't there on the screen, with not so good results. Carpenters scoring is near and dear to my heart cause he did so much with so little. It really showed me what the possibilities were without needing alot of money. There are so many great examples of beautiful score out there, I don't know where to start.
MTAE has screened at numerous festivals, and played at a few conventions, always with a strong audience response. How does that feel from your perspective?
It's like sex... without the mess.
Music in general is a completely different element when it comes to filmmaking. How do you approach scoring a project. Do you have ideas in advance or score to the finished film?
Thus far, I like to get as much as I can from the film script, footage and speaking with the writer and/or director as I can. I like to kinda absorb as much feeling from everything involved and see where that brings me emotionally and idea-wise. Then I will discuss this with director and see how close we are to being on the same page. I also like to make experimental, unstructured test pieces that explore the basic terrain that I feel is appropriate and go over it with them as well. Looking for what strikes us and what falls short.
What can you tell us on the status of the full length Means To An End?
Currently I am writing a new version of the story that begins with the same characters and same basic premise, but goes into a much darker and even more horrific place than the previous version. Less comedy and more suspense. There's still plenty of humor, but the stakes are higher and the real vs. fake theme is explored in a more realistic and gritty way. I am loving it so far.
Besides Grace & the full length Means To An End, what else can we look forward to from your camp?
At the moment all sights are focused on the feature of MTAE. Once I have the first draft completed, more will be revealed.
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For a guy who built a career on fighting anybody, anywhere, anytime, Wanderlei Silva (33-10-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) is proving incredibly difficult to schedule.
UFC president Dana White said he's trying to book a rematch between Silva and Vitor Belfort (19-9 MMA, 8-5 UFC) – a fight "The Phenom" has verbally agreed to – but "The Axe Murderer" is holding out for a bout with Chris Leben (25-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC).
White admitted he's a little shocked by Silva's actions, especially considering he already turned down a UFC 130 fight with Brian Stann because he didn't want to face a U.S. military hero.
"We asked him to take [a fight with Stann], and he turned it down," White said. "He said, 'I don't like it because everybody likes this guy.' That's kind of a weird philosophy, but I'll accept that. Wanderlei's a warrior. He always goes out there. So we offered him the Vitor fight, and now he's on Twitter lobbying to fight Chris Leben."
This past week, Silva took to his official Twitter account and seemingly announced an official booking with "The Crippler."
"I fight with Chris Leben," Silva stated. "I think we're going to give a great show for the fans."
However, White said the UFC simply hasn't offered the contest to either fighter,
"I don't want him to fight Chris Leben," White said. "I want him to fight Vitor Belfort.
"Vitor Belfort has accepted the fight, wants the fight, and now we're fighting for Wanderlei to accept the fight."
White said the matchup would take place in Las Vegas, likely at July's as-yet-unofficial UFC 132 event, though it could happen as soon as May's "UFC 130: Edgar vs. Maynard III."
Belfort and Silva first tangled in October 1998. In one of the most famed highlights in UFC history, a then-21-year-old Belfort needed just 44 seconds to earn a TKO victory.
Silva has been inactive since a February 2010 victory over Michael Bisping. The Brazilian underwent knee surgery this past summer and has been recovering since.
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Don't Be Calm During Your Summer Holidays, Say Hello To Malaysia ,It's Time For Sun, Sand and Sea!!
Post by Priyanka Gupta | May 11, 2017
What are your plans for this summer vacations? Are you planning to travel with your friends or family? Do you want to spend some quality time with your family this summer? Are you searching for a place which removes all your stress? Do you want to experience everything at one place? Is Malaysia in your list? If not then it's time to add it and explore the place.
"MALAYSIA, the only place where you will experience both surprising and shocking moments at the same time"
Every time as soon as the vacations start we sit with our family and planned for the trip because summer vacations are the only time when we visit to our nani's, aunts and grandparents house to meet then and have some wonderful moments with our family which we miss during our daily routine.
Life in Malaysia is more than awesome, the place will fill your lives with many jaw dropping lifetime moments. So, it's time to make the most of your expat life. It's a place which offers something to everyone so you don't have to copy others, do what you like and from adventure to beaches to pubbing and explore each and every corner of Malaysia. So, it's time to get a life changing experience.
Malaysia has variety of thing to offers from its delicious culinary cuisines to enjoying at beach and other exotic places. To what are you waiting for book your tickets to Malaysia and let the amazing trip begin. Let's explore some of the things for which the place is popular around the globe:
Malaysia, a shopper paradise
I think the solo reason we visit different places is shopping. Every girl is a shopping lover and Malaysia avails you many amazing places to satisfy your shopping carvings.Pavilion on Bukit Bintang and Suria Shopping Center at KLCC are the most popular shopping street where you will find every small essentials for you. So, girls enjoy shopping and let your husband or boyfriend show how much they love you.
Plenty of good food
Well if you are not foodie then you will not be able to experience culinary dishes for which most people visit. Due to it's multi cultural diversity the place offers diverse variety of food from which you can choose the best for you. From Indian to Chinease to Thai it fulfill your every small wish in terms of food. In Malaysia everything else come after the food so first feed your stomach.
Go for Adventure
born for adventure? Are you a one wno want adventure in every day of your life so Malaysia is craving you. It's a place which offers many adventurous sports to it's visitors. Places like Borneo, deep in Sarawak's Gunung Mulu National Park gives you the most thrilling experience of your life with all its wild sports like river rafting, climbing and many more. So, are you exciting to experience the thrill?
Multicultural Malaysia
Malaysia is a place where people of different religion, culture and tradition lead a peaceful life. from muslims to Chinease the place is full of multi culture people who follow their own religion and there is nobody to ask you why you are doing so. it's a place where every festivals and events are celebrated by all and with jollity. So, if you want to see how differnt perspective people can be together then Malaysia is a must visit. The religion is a vital feature of life in Malaysia.
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Twenty-First Annual Philip D. Reed Memorial Issue
Peacekeepers: Will They Advance Any Prospective Arab-Israeli Peace Agreement?
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Criteria Developed by the European Court of Human Rights on the Dissolution of Political Parties
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On the topic of near death experiences, jumping parallel realities and weird shit going down these days… ;)
In case you've wondered why I've been so quiet in the last couple of weeks, it's because I've been sick and the last few days in too much pain to speak.
Quick backstory:
End of August I left my apartment in the Netherlands, sold pretty much everything I owned, gave all the donated money to two wonderful organizations:
Wadi (giving support to women in Syria who escaped ISIS) and Cureblindness.org (restoring eyesight for the needlessly blind: "25 dollars – 10 minutes – 1 life changed forever." Check 'em out).
A week ago I flew to Boulder for a David Deida event + to reunite with friends and creatives…
Times of transition and emotional detox…
I generally feel über healthy but for the last two weeks been sick with earaches and crazy swollen throat/tonsillitis.
I thought I could heal it with great vibes, water fasting and herbal supplements – and also trusting my body's capacity to heal and detox whatever it needs to – but a few days ago my throat got way worse, could barely sleep or speak because of pain and swelling…
Two days ago we went to the doctor here in Boulder and he said that it was the worst swollen tonsils he's seen in years, diagnosed it as "peritonsillar abscess", told me that it was so swollen it was pushing into the airways and if left untreated I might die in my sleep within a few days, or leave me with a messed up throat for the rest of my life.
So yeah…
As he was saying this I felt no fear of death, but waves of gratitude and a tremendous amount of tenderness for the gift of life in this body how how healthy it is in general.
The doctor didn't even charge me for the checkup, since I didn't have any health insurance, and it might cost a couple of thousand dollars to get treated. HIs words were "This one's on me – you'll spend enough money at the hospital. Good luck…" (This turned out quite differently – watch the video below for details.)
So we went straight to the emergency room where I was very well taken care of, they gave me painkillers that felt kinda like mild MDMA ;) then stuck some needles into the abscess and pulled out an impressively disgusting amount or nasty stuff that filled a whole syringe. Crazy painful but so good to have it out! Yikes!
My friend Kelly Love was with me the whole time and we both stayed super cheerful. Everyone – including the young hot male nurse and the very skilled Doctor Hunter – were mega friendly, happy and helpful.
On top of all of this Kelly and I made it juuuust on time for the event with David Deida, starting the same evening, which was the main reason for me flying over here from Amsterdam!
TLDR ;) Jump to…
◯ ► ▻ This whole story for me is a symbol of the simultaneous fragility and strength of the human body, and perhaps most importantly:
Our always present ability to shift into a parallel reality where things work out amazingly, when we stay in a vibe of gratitude and appreciation.
And I can speak again! Feeling immense gratitude for all the lovely people at the hospital, and most of all for the support this last week of Kelly and Ryan. You guys are the BEST!!!
I'm curious to hear who else has experienced something along the theme of something seemingly going "wrong"/weird – or perceived challenge turning into triumph or simple gratitude…
Leave a comment right here.
Peace out. And thanks for reading this novel of a post ;)
P.S. Here in Boulder I also met up with Toby for the first time since we got divorced almost a year ago. And: met his new love for the first time ever. Very deeply healing.
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Roy Romanow says federal leadership on health care has "evaporated" under Stephen Harper, arguing the Conservative government's policies have escalated the "decline of a modern, effective health care plan."
The former premier of Saskatchewan and head of the federal health care commission called the Conservative government "missing in action" in a blistering attack at the Broadbent Institute's Progress Summit 2015:
"Ottawa's involvement has evaporated. The Minister of Health is missing in action. And Medicare is threatened like it never has been before. It is as though the provinces and Ottawa live within two different universes."
Romanow said the federal government hasn't taken any leadership on "much-needed national reforms" and has treated the Canada Health Act -- which establishes health care conditions and criteria for the provinces -- like a "forgotten statute":
"The results have been disastrous: the CHA and Ottawa have changed from a strong sentinel of medicare's values to a rooted, nonreactive, stone statue. And, all of this in the face of an explosion of new technologies, procedures, and medications.
"We obviously have a Prime Minister that doesn't believe in cooperation."
Romanow also called out the government for the poor quality of indigenous health care:
"The glaring disparities in health between Indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians remain unconscionable. It is a black mark on our shared values. And it is the result of choices governments continue to make."
Fellow panelist Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union, said the Conservatives have been "starving" the public health care system. The panel outlined multiple ways the Conservative government has put medicare on life support, including cuts to health-care transfers and defunding the Health Council of Canada.
Romanow called for multiple policy actions, including creating a national pharmacare plan, an active and truly independent Health Council of Canada, comprehensive programs for health and wellness, and determined enforcement of the Canada Health Act.
He said a universal prescription drug plan would save Canadians $7.3 billion a year, according to a new study by the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Romanow railed against the "proliferation of voices" attacking medicare, and warned Canada is headed for an "apocalyptic battle" over the fate of universal health care: "Everyone is going to have to decide which side they're on."


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FLOWING and expansive rugby brought six first half tries from Rhyl which left their visitors totally demoralised in this pre-season friendly.
Although Nant scored first with a penalty the Dragons soon had the upper hand and some slick handling led to prop Gareth Jones bursting through for a try, converted by fly half Matt Anwyl.
The hosts soon increased their lead when tight head prop Richard Revell touched down and Rhyl's third try was one of the best seen at the Waen in some years.
Involving five players in a move which started inside Rhyl's 22, ex-league man Damien Jones was the try scorer, Anwyl adding another two points.
Centre John Davies ripped through Nant s defence to make it 24-3 and when Llion Edwards put in a huge 50-metre kick, winger Russ Jones pounced for Rhyl's fifth try.
Prop Revell claimed his second touchdown-before the break to take the interval score to 34-3, completing one of the best halves of rugby seen at the Waen for a number of seasons.
As Rhyl relaxed in the second half Nant grabbed two tries and a conversion, but the Dragons had the last word when full back Delfryn Davies waltzed through two tackles to score the final touchdown, Anwyl converting for the third time.
With all of last season's squad having resigned Rhyl coach Lee Blackmore is confident of challenging for the league title.
This Saturday Rhyl kick off their league programme with a home match against last season's champions-elect Dolgellau who were denied the title due to the foot and mouth restrictions.
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A definition essay is expository writing; it explains a word, idea or concept through personal commentary and reflection. Usually it will be an abstract idea. Everyone agrees what a tree or a car is, but you seldom see agreement on the definition of "love" or "success" -- these abstract words are topics that definition essays attempt to clarify, through a series of simple steps.
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A classic cheese or margherita pizza is always great, but for National Pizza Month, we're here to share some of Connecticut's more outrageous pies — the more over-the-top, the better.
Across the state, we found a pizza to pair perfectly with steins of German beer, an upscale seafood feast atop a dough canvas, creative weekly collaboration specials dreamed up by two high-end chefs and an offbeat "pie" that melds two favorite Italian-American comfort foods.
Pickle Pizza
At the 40-year mark, Willington Pizza, an eastern Connecticut favorite, is still innovating. In late September, the pizzeria introduced a new special: a pie with a garlic Parmesan sauce base, draped with thinly sliced pickles, mozzarella and a dusting of pickle spices ($12.50 for a small; $21 for a large.)
"People like it a lot," said executive chef Rich Rogers, who's been with the pizzeria for 29 years. He was there for the genesis of Willington's now-famous seafood casino pie, with a lemon white sauce base and fresh scallops, shrimp and snow crab, finished with sharp cheddar, bacon and lemon wedges.
In 1994, Willington took home national Pizza Today Magazine awards for both the seafood casino ($14.95 small; $24.95 large) and its signature red potato pie ($13.50 small; $23.95 large), made with sour cream, sliced red potatoes, sharp cheddar cheese, chives and choice of bacon, broccoli or both.
"We've tried just about everything: meatloaf, Sloppy Joes; we have a lot more specials than what's on the menu," Rogers says.
Willington Pizza House is at 25 River Road in Willington. 860-429-7433; willingtonpizza.com. (Seafood casino is not available at Willington's second location, Willington Pizza Too.)
Caputo Pie
Is it chicken Parmesan or is it pizza? At Foxwoods' Caputo Trattoria, you don't need to choose. The Caputo Pie ($49), a crisp-fried circle of breaded and seasoned ground chicken, is topped off with red sauce and a blend of cheeses, then drizzled with Calabrian chili-infused honey. The finished product is sliced into triangular pieces, like pizza slices.
Executive chef Gary LaMothe explained the process: Ground chicken is mixed into a mousse-type consistency, with fennel, Sicilian oregano, butter, egg white, parsley, salt, pepper, roasted garlic and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. The chicken is spread thinly in a pan, then frozen overnight. The disc is then breaded, frozen again, deep-fried and then spread with tomato sauce and a blend of cheeses: provolone, mozzarella, Parmigiano Reggiano and romano. The cheeses are melted under the broiler, and the "pizza" is finished off with fresh Parmigiano, herbs and the hot honey.
"It had become kind of an Internet sensation," LaMothe says. "We'd seen a few places that were attempting it; we wanted to certainly do it, and try and do it a little better."
The Caputo Pie serves two to eight guests, and LaMothe says it's a "great table share."
Caputo Trattoria is in Foxwoods' Grand Pequot Tower on the restaurant level. 860-312-2788, foxwoods.com/Caputo-Trattoria.
Oktoberfest Pie
Prost! At Giovanni's Brick Oven Pizza in Glastonbury, the Oktoberfest pie is its most popular seasonal special, says manager Brian Viccaro. The pizza starts with a sour cream sauce base, then it's loaded with roasted garlic potatoes, sliced kielbasa, cheddar, mozzarella and red onion and finished with peppercorns.
Giovanni's started making the fall favorite 10 years ago, and it appears annually from mid-September to the end of October. It's available as a whole pie (small, $15.95, large $22.50, extra large $23.95) and also by the slice ($4.65), with more than a dozen daily options like eggplant balsamic, Hawaiian and Asian-inspired sesame chicken and stuffed slices like BBQ pork mac and cheese.
Viccaro says Giovanni's enjoys experimenting with new pies, and has introduced other past seasonal offerings like pastrami Reuben and shrimp avocado.
"We keep coming with new stuff, and if people like it enough, we throw it on the regular menu," he says.
Giovanni's is at 113 Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury (860-633-0041) and at the Minnechaug Golf Course (860-791-2133.) giovannisbrickovenpizzeria.wordpress.com.
Seafood Ponsinella
The big-ticket Ponsinella pie at Derby's Roseland Apizza earns its $70 price tag from the sheer amount of seafood that sits atop its crust: a pound of lobster meat, another pound of large shrimp and six to eight sea scallops.
The pizza highlights the fresh seafood flavors with lemon, parsley and seasoned breadcrumbs made from its house bread, scattered atop the crust. Roseland modifies its traditional thin crust for this pie, engineering a thicker and sturdier base to support all the shellfish.
Roseland has been a multi-generational Derby fixture since the mid-1930s, but the decadent seafood pie is a newer addition, originating in about 1987, said John Lucarelli, whose parents Lina and Nazzareno co-founded the restaurant. His nephew, Eddy Larsen, describes it as a special occasion item that guests order for birthdays and anniversaries, but Roseland will still sell 15 to 30 on weekends.
Roseland Apizza is at 350 Hawthorne Ave. in Derby. 203-735-0494.
Bar Olmo Pizza
The Tuesday-night collaborations between New Haven culinary powerhouses BAR and Caseus have produced such wild pizzas as chicken and waffles, Roquefort with duck confit and Philly roast pork with spinach and sharp provolone.
Now, as Caseus prepares to become Olmo later this fall, the new restaurant's chef-owners Craig Hutchinson and Alex Lishchynsky have taken over the weekly joint venture, offering pies ($18 to $24) like Nashville hot chicken with pickle brine and marinated feta, an "avocado toast" creation with chevre and lemon, a "Boston Beef" pie with roast beef, barbecue sauce, mayo, cheddar cheese sauce and fried onions; and a recent carb-on-carb spaghetti and meatball special, which Bar described on Instagram as "one of the best BAR + @olmokitchen pizzas of all time."
Upcoming BAR/Olmo pizzas include "New England clam chowder" on Oct. 30, carnitas with chocolate mole, queso fresco and cilantro on Nov. 13; and "Vietnamese" with coconut braised oxtail, sticky rice, spicy beans and fried garlic on Nov. 20.
BAR is at 254 Crown St. in New Haven. 203-495-8924, barnightclub.com.


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Floyd "Money" Mayweather isn't one to shy away from attention, and he certainly embraced his moment in the spotlight during his walk to the ring to face Conor McGregor.
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Yup, he wore a ski mask. And the reactions were priceless.
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— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) August 27, 2017
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• Mayweather picks up big TKO win over McGregor
• McGregor unhappy with stoppage: 'Let the man put me down!'
• Sports world reacts to Mayweather's 50th career win


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Transfer Tavern: Italian side Atalanta seeking to sign Ghana striker Boakye-Yiadom on loan from Juventus
By Akyereko Frimpong Manson
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Italian Serie A side Atalanta will make a move to secure Ghana striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom on loan from Juventus, according to reports in the Italian press.
According to L'Eco di Bergamo Atalanta have been on the market for a new striker to bolster their striking department and they have identified Boakye who has returned from Elche where he spent last season on loan in the Spanish La Liga.
While Juventus manager Antonio Conte would like to take a look at the progress of the striker in pre-season training, Atalanta are keen to acquire him.
Boakye scored 6 times in 31 appearances for Elche in the Spanish top-flight last season.
The player is co-owned by Juventus and Genoa.


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Indonesia: Zero Rights campaign protests on May Day01-05-2019
FSBMM and FSPM joined the May Day rally in Lampung and Jakarta and organized a substantial show of solidarity with Coca-Cola workers in their ongoing fight for the right to form and join independent unions. Marchers also demanded that unfairly dismissed leaders at Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia be reinstated by the Company.
European Trade Unions take action to denounce Coca-Cola's attack on jobs and workplace rights01-05-2019
Led by the IUF's European organization EFFAT, unions representing Coca-Cola workers organized a demonstration on Monday 29 April at the Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) headquarters in Anderlecht.
Germany: NGG signs successful agreement with Coca-Cola following mass mobilization of warning strikes15-04-2019
The IUF-affiliated German food workers' union (NGG) has signed a collective bargaining agreement with Coca-Cola following successful warning strikes by 2,200 NGG members at all 35 Coca-Cola locations between April 8 and 10, 2019.
Indonesia: FSBMM protests call for the reinstatement of union leaders, collective bargaining rights and a living wage at Coca-Cola Amatil15-04-2019
FSBMM members have continued a series of protest actions in Indonesia in support of the independent Coca-Cola unions at Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA).
The Coca-Cola Workers International Alliance demands that Coca-Cola ends longstanding violations of rights in Haiti, Indonesia, Ireland, the Philippines and the USA11-04-2019
IUF affiliates representing Coca-Cola workers from 18 countries, including countries that represent some of Coca-Cola's major markets joined a meeting of the Alliance in Geneva on April 8 and 9. Amongst a number of issues raised at the two-day meeting were longstanding rights abuses in a number of countries.
IUF German affiliate tells Coca-Cola "We will not be blackmailed!"11-04-2019
In ongoing negotiations for a new collective agreement the company has offered minimal wage increases to the German food workers union (NGG) but only on condition that the union accepts a significant increase in "flexibility" with all the negative consequences for additional workloads and future employment that may lead to. The union position remains a straightforward demand for a 180.00 Euro a month increase.


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Taking care of your hair will involve both hygiene and application of cosmetics for a better look. Hair is very different in different people depending not only on race but even on the environment where we live. Actually, hair is used in the identification of persons in processes like DNA tests. Both men and women are known to be cautious on how their hair looks.
Here are some of the things that are necessary in hair care:
Cleaning of hair will have to include the cleaning of the scalp as well. This is because hair grows from within the scalp whereas the visible part of the hair does not undergo any growth. Dead cells and toxic elements may accumulate on the scalp leading to infections, formation of dandruffs and even creating a habitat for lice. The scalp produces a substance referred to as sebum, which hinders bacteria and other organisms in someone's hair and protects the hair as well. However, this substance may not be evenly distributed throughout the hair. Therefore, it is necessary to brush your hair regularly to enhance this. Moreover, when the scalp is brushed it is stimulated to produce more sebum. When brushing the hair you should start at the ends stroking downwards and then proceed towards the scalp.
It is also important to wash your hair with shampoo once in a while rather than using water all the time. Shampoo will be used together with water, and it helps in reducing the water's surface tension and hence it is able to soak the hair much better. This way, dirt and grease on the hair are emulsified and easily removed by water while rinsing.
Lifestyle is an important component of hair care. This will involve reducing the levels of stress, sleeping sufficiently, avoid tobacco smoking, eat a balanced diet with an emphasis on vitamins and proteins and take some exercises when you can. Another aspect of lifestyle involves your swimming time. This is a time that your hair will definitely get wet. Therefore, it is necessary to soak your hair in water that is not chlorinated before you can start swimming. In addition, you can either wear a protective cap on your head, or else you should make a point of shampooing and conditioning the hair after leaving the pool.
Whenever you want hair care through drying you should ensure that you use cool air from the dryer to avoid damage to the hair. Secondly, the dryer should be moved along the hair rather than placing it at one spot. Thirdly, you can use the towel to dry your hair more before leaving it to dry completely by itself.
Treating Dandruffs
Dandruffs can be caused by many factors in different individuals. These will include hormonal factors, poor hygiene or even weather conditions among other factors. Therefore, if you suffer from dandruffs, your hair care should involve a way of treating them. There is no specific way to treat this condition but there are products like oils and shampoos, which help in the reduction of dandruffs. You should get one of these products and use according to the given directions on the label.


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1916: Getting Started
Charles A. Bernick and wife, Elizabeth, bought a tiny soda pop bottling operation called Granite City Bottling Works at 814 2nd St. No., St. Cloud, Minnesota.
With 200 empty soda pop cases to start, each bottle was filled one by one on a one-person, "Crown Cork and Seal" filling machine.
The freshly made carbonated soda pop was first delivered to customers as far as 30 miles away with a horse and wagon or sleigh.


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A visit to the Dallas Arboretum can instill a deep and abiding appreciation for mother nature. It can also leave one feeling very full of good food and drink, and like one needs to have a lie-down. A selection of food, wine and spirits will be available for tasting as guests explore the Arboretum's Dallas Blooms gardens and mingle with chefs and winemakers as part of Savor the Arboretum. The cost is $70 for non-members. Proceeds benefit the educational department at the Arboretum.
What it be: Savor Dallas: Savor the Arboretum
When it do: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10
Where dat is: 8525 Garland Road
There's a time for playing it safe and a time for seafood and hard liquor. Enjoy all that and more at Whiskey Business. This event pairs a selection of hors d'oeuvres created by Richard Triptow, Dallas Fish Market's executive chef, with tastings of Old Forester and Woodford Reserve. The menu for the evening includes arctic char, hamachi, shrimp toast and anchovies. Ray-Bans are optional.
What it be: Whiskey Business
When it do: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17
Where dat is: 1501 Main St.
The Bluebonnet Brew-Off is an annual home-brewing competition put together each year by area home-brewing clubs, and is sanctioned by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA). Each year, the competition sees about 1,000 entries and several hundred attendees who help judge the brews. This two-day event kicks off on Friday with a talk from the keynote speaker and People's Choice competition, while Saturday's lineup includes a six-hour pub crawl. The cost ranges from $30 (tasting glass only) to $40 (tasting glass and hors d'oeuvres).
What it be: 30th Annual Bluebonnet Brew-off
When it do: 1 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday, March 11, and 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12
Where dat is: Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, 500 Las Colinas Blvd. W., Irving
Make sure your phone has a full battery and your emoji-selecting abilities are at their peak, because the Hello Kitty Cafe food truck makes its first stop in North Texas this Saturday. There will be Hello Kitty macarons, tiny Hello Kitty cakes, Hello Kitty cookies and even Hello Kitty water served in bow-shaped bottles. There will also be Hello Kitty lines stretching Hello Kitty only knows how long, for which you will need to be Hello Kitty prepared, because this is going to be a Hello Kitty storm.
What it be: Hello Kitty Cafe Truck
When it do: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 12
Where dat is: Outside the Crate and Barrel store in Plano's Shops at Willow Bend, 6121 West Park Blvd.
Ever wanted to learn how to make cheese? Well now's your chance. Break out the hairnets and the rennet tablets, because Mozzarella Co. is having a mozzarella and ricotta cheesemaking class. Start the afternoon with a tour of Mozzarella Co. before taking part in a hands-on cheesemaking tutorial. The day's activities conclude in real Little Miss Muffet style with a wine and cheese tasting. Tickets are $75 per person. Call 214-741-4072 for reservations.
What it be: Cheesemaking Class at Mozzarella Co.
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Among the 50 GPs feted by the prime minister in January at a champagne reception in Downing Street were the leading lights of the National Association of Primary Care, a group of family doctors who many see as the brains behind health secretary Andrew Lansley's plans.
The physicians sipping bubbly at No 10 were part of the first wave of GP shadow consortiums – doctors tasked with reshaping hospital services in the runup to finally being handed the NHS purse strings. Treading the corridors of power that chilly winter evening was Charles Alessi, an executive member of the NAPC, who two weeks earlier had penned a tabloid comment piece backing the radical pro-market plans of the government.
While the association is careful to say it is not aligned to any party, it did come up with the central plank of the health secretary's policy: dissolve England's primary care trusts, which currently commission hospital care on behalf of patients, and instead allow GP practices, essentially private businesses run by doctors, to form consortiums to buy treatments using £80bn of Treasury money. The loss of the primary care trusts will see 24,000 jobs go.
For the first time all England's 38,000 general practitioners will, under the government's plans, be directly responsible for access to expensive hospital treatments through referrals. Those family doctors who manage to stay within budget – and perhaps even save the taxpayer money – will get cash bonuses.
Alessi has already been accused by the trade unions of standing by while 500 jobs – one in five posts – are lost at his local hospital in Kingston, Surrey. Unlike most in his profession, the 56-year-old does not recoil from saying that GPs will have to take on a role where they may be perceived to be making cuts in services and take the lead in unpopular rationing or reconfiguration decisions.
He argues that NHS money has run out and to think hospitals cannot change is for "cloud cuckoo land". Alessi says the changes at Kingston are a forerunner of things to come – arguing that in the future, hospital doctors should be fined for prescribing treatments that are not required. As an example, he says the local hospital's orthopaedic department carries out 20% too many hip and knee replacements compared with neighbouring areas.
"If patients have three legs or the population was older then this would be legitimate, but are we any different from Merton or Sutton? No, we are not."
Alessi appears to be gearing up for a fight. He says hospital physicians are "overtreating" people. In Kingston, he says, too many patients are being given drugs that stop elderly people going blind, a condition known as macular degeneration. "If you are overtreating some patients you are undertreating others."
But won't patients revolt if they are not given the medicines they need? "Yes, it is pretty uncomfortable, but we probably perform too many operations on people who should not have them."
Under the coalition's plans the new family doctor will become part accountant, and the best GPs will be the ones who deliver care at an affordable price. Underlying such thinking is a policy equivalent of natural selection – where the fittest hospitals and GP consortiums survive at the expense of the weakest. Under Lansley's health proposals GP practices and hospitals would compete for patients and the best would expand at the expense of poor performers.
Without competition, says Alessi, the NHS has been left in a state of "equitable mediocrity and stagnation". Hospitals cannot all be the same. The result, he suggests, is that the local hospital may no longer be able to offer treatments to most of its surrounding population, and patients will end up moving home to get the care they need.
"In the future people may move for access to drugs. Patients already move to Scotland, which has free care for the elderly."
These are controversial views in healthcare. The former chancellor Nigel Lawson once joked that the English only had one national religion: the NHS. Alessi, and others, are seen by many as heretics.
The two main charges against Lansley's plans are that GPs are not up to the job of spending billions of pounds of taxpayers' cash, and that there is a barely concealed ideological agenda to break up and then privatise the NHS.
These two issues coalesce in the issue of family doctors' pay. GPs are private businesses receiving taxpayer cash per patient. Take away the running costs and the practice profit is in effect their income, which includes selling extra services such as simple diagnostic tests and NHS bonus payments. (The latter have been heavily criticised as about 95% of GPs routinely hit the less than onerous performance targets – and receive annual payments of roughly £25,000. Average GP income is estimated to be £105,000 a year.)
Lansley's bill will see more performance-related pay introduced into the system. Dr Brian Serumaga, at the University of Nottingham, looked at half a million patients with high blood pressure and, in a paper published earlier this year, found that "pay for performance had no discernible effects on processes of care".
"Hypertension is the most common reason for a visit to a doctor in the UK and the money made no difference. It is not a good policy to continue."
But the promise of more money is tempting big business into primary care, says William Laing, an expert on private health. Currently, less than 3% of England's 8,000 practices are owned by corporate companies.
"At the moment GPs cannot compete for patients as the primary care trusts maintain their patient lists. But that is being swept away," said Laing. "We will slowly see bigger companies taking hold."
Many of the health secretary's supporters are pro-private business. Johnny Marshall, the chair of the NAPC, has, along with United Health, a US firm bidding to win NHS contracts, produced a GPs' guide suggesting that private companies could be hired to help commission care. By coincidence, Marshall's GP consortium in Buckinghamshire, serving 200,000 patients, is also called United.
While Marshall did not receive money for the guide, United has paid to exhibit at conferences organised by the NAPC, which pays him. The chair also has a stake in a healthcare company that provides services to the NHS – but says he will "absent himself from decision making because I recognise this may undermine trust between doctor and patient if I were seen to be making money".
These alleged conflicts of interests have become a centre of furious debate. The British Medical Association's Laurence Buckman, who leads the GP council, says the government is "creating an environment where individual doctors could in theory profit from NHS activity. I am not sure this can be made ethically sound."
This view has been privately acknowledged even by Lansley's most ardent supporters. Former Tory health secretary Stephen Dorrell MP, the chairman of the Commons health select committee, met private health companies last June and discussed possible conflicts of interest in the new commercial relationships facing GPs.
The minutes were drafted by 2020health, a "grassroots" group, and sent to Lansley. The organisation is run by Julia Mannning, a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, and is chaired by Tory minister Tom Sackville, who is also a chief executive of a global network of health insurers.


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The character of Charlie Weaver was played by the actor Cliff Arquette, and first appeared on the radio show 'Dave and Charlie' which Arquette performed alongside Dave Willock in the early 1950s. Weaver was depicted as an old man from a small U.S town, wearing a squashed hat and old-fashioned rumples clothes along with a pair of small round glasses.
The character went on to appear regularly on the Tonight Show with Jack Paar, where he would read out letters from his 'Mamma' back home who would tell him about the goings on in the town. The letters were an excuse to feature a number of old jokes, but the character proved so popular that Arquette played him until the early 1970s, appearing on a number of shows including 'The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show', 'Hollywood Squares' and 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'.
Charlie Weaver Bartender dolls
The Charlie Dolls depicted Charlie as a bartender behind a small bar. The doll was battery operated, and would mix a drink before drinking it when it was switched on. Upon drinking the drink, a red light would light up inside the doll's head and smoke would come out of its ears.
The doll was first manufactured in 1962 by the Rosko company, and made in Japan.
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The Broadcast Film Critics Association has named "A Beautiful Mind" best picture of 2001 and honored its star, Russell Crowe, as best actor.
At ceremonies in Beverly Hills Friday night, the movie biography of troubled math genius John Forbes Nash Jr. walked off with four BFCA awards in all -- including best supporting actress for Jennifer Connelly and a share of the best director award for Ron Howard, in a tie with Baz Luhrmann, the director of "Moulin Rouge."
Crowe accepted the award with words of praise and gratitude for his director.
"Ron Howard, whose command of the medium is beyond question, whose attention to detail and willingness to collaborate and whose intellect are all pristine examples of a director in his prime," he said. "Suffice it to say, 'Opie done good!'"
The audience chuckled at Crowe's reference to Howard's well-known, long-running role as Opie Taylor on the TV comedy, "The Andy Griffith Show."
Sissy Spacek was named best actress for her portrayal of a mother coping with the tragic loss of a son in the family drama, "In the Bedroom." Ben Kingsley won best supporting actor honors for "Sexy Beast."
The BFCA honored "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" with two prizes -- both for music. Howard Shore won for best composer. Irish singer Enya, who wrote "May It Be" for "Lord of the Rings," shared the best song award with Paul McCartney, who wrote the title song for "Vanilla Sky."
The cast of Robert Altman's "Gosford Park" was named best ensemble, and Christopher Nolan won another award for his screenplay for "Memento."
"Shrek" was named best animated feature, and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was named best live action family film. Dakota Fanning -- Sean Penn's 7-year-old "I Am Sam" co-star -- was voted best young actress.
The BFCA also honored boxing legend Muhammad Ali with its Freedom Award.
The 28th Annual People's Choice Awards are in the books, leaving Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts with more trophies for the mantel -- Hanks with a pair of awards for favorite motion picture actor and favorite dramatic motion picture and Roberts with her eighth favorite motion picture actress award.
"Shrek" won for favorite motion picture, and Eddie Murphy won for favorite motion picture star in a comedy.
As determined by the Gallup polling organization, the people's choice for favorite TV drama series was "ER," and the choice for favorite TV comedy series was "Friends."
There was a tie between Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier" and Ray Romano of "Everybody Loves Raymond" for favorite male TV performer. Jennifer Aniston of "Friends" was named favorite female TV performer.
"My Wife and Kids" won for favorite new TV comedy series, and "Alias" won for favorite new TV drama series. Damon Wayans of "My Wife and Kids" and Reba McEntire of "Reba" won for favorite male and female performers in a new TV series.
"Survivor: The Australian Outback" won for favorite reality-based TV program, and "Days of Our Lives" won for favorite daytime drama series.
'N Sync was named favorite group or band, and Faith Hill and Garth Brooks were named favorite female and male musicians.
An autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause of death for Ted Demme, the film and TV director best known for last year's picture, "Blow," starring Johnny Depp. Demme -- the nephew of Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme -- was 38 when he died Sunday after taking part in a celebrity basketball game in Santa Monica, Calif.
A spokesman for Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center said Demme was in full cardiac arrest when paramedics rushed him to the hospital's emergency room. He was pronounced dead 20 minutes after he arrived at the emergency room.
Demme's resume also included the 1999 Eddie Murphy-Martin Lawrence prison comedy "Life," and the 1996 Matt Dillon-Uma Thurman comedy "Beautiful Girls." He also directed several episodes of the TV series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was No. 1 at the U.S. box office for a fourth consecutive weekend, grossing an estimated $16.2 million and running its cumulative gross to $228.3 million through 26 days.
"A Beautiful Mind", which has been adding screens gradually week by week, took in $15.8 million at 2,222 theaters, taking its U.S. gross to $59 million.
The new comedy, "Orange County," finished third with an estimated $15.1 million in its inaugural weekend.
"Monsters, Inc." finished out of the Top 10, but took in $2.2 million in its 11th weekend to become the biggest hit ever for Disney-Pixar. The Billy Crystal-John Goodman computer animated comedy has taken in $247.4 at the U.S. box-office, passing "Toy Story 2" on the all-time list.
"Ali" is beginning to look like a lost cause -- commercially speaking -- for star Will Smith and writer-director Michael Mann. In just its third week in release, the film version of Muhammad Ali's ups and downs in the world of heavyweight boxing fell out of the Top 10 at the U.S. box office, taking in just $3.2 million.
Benjamin Bratt -- the former "Law & Order" star who is getting some Oscar buzz for his performance in the new movie, "Piñero" -- will play a U.S. Army Ranger in "The Great Raid," an upcoming dramatic account of a true incident in the waning days of World War II.
Bratt will play Col. Henry Mucci, the man chose by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to lead a raid on a POW camp where 500 U.S. prisoners were being held.
David Lynch, the director best known for "Mulholland Drive," "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks" and other nearly incomprehensible movies and TV shows, has been named to head the jury at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival in May.
"David is in a magnificent period in his career," said festival president Gilles Jacob in an interview with Daily Variety, "and as one of the best two or three directors in the world, it was normal that he have his turn as jury president one day."
Lynch issued a statement saying he was "excited, nervous and fully conscious of the responsibility" of heading the jury at what he called "the greatest film festival in the world."
Lynch's "Wild at Heart" won the top prize at Cannes, the Palme d'Or, in 1990.
Previous jury presidents include Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese and Liv Ullmann.
An animal-rights group based in Miami is slamming the Walt Disney Co. over the new Cuba Gooding Jr. movie, "Snow Dogs," which opens this weekend.
The movie stars Gooding as a dentist who travels to Alaska to claim an inheritance, which includes a pack of sled dogs. He doesn't like animals, but learns to love the dogs -- as he faces the choice of learning to mush and winning a race with his team or losing them to another owner.
The Sled Dog Action Coalition contends that the movie glorifies a cruel sport.
"Contrary to Disney's portrayal, the Iditarod (dog sled race) does not celebrate the bond between man and dog," said the coalition in a prepared statement. "Documentation of the race's history clearly demonstrates a pattern of dog deaths, injuries and many repeated instances of mushers harming their dogs for the sake of profit."
A Disney spokeswoman told the Los Angeles Times the movie does not condone the harming of animals.
"The race is not called the Iditarod (in the film)," said Andrea Marozas. "It's a family comedy, not a documentary."