| Playhouse drafts comeback plan
Twenty months after South Florida's oldest regional theater abruptly shut down during its 50th anniversary season, the company's board has crafted a vision for a reborn Coconut Grove Playhouse. Working with Miami-Dade County's Department of Cultural Affairs and consultants at Connecticut-based AMS Planning and Research, board leaders have a draft plan that they will take to theater ''stakeholders'' -- former subscribers and patrons, business and government leaders, members of the theater community, Coconut Grove activists, historic preservationists and the public -- in a series of meetings aimed at getting reaction and sharpening the proposal. The rebuilding plan would bring together three partners: the playhouse, a local college or university and a commercial developer.
No rest for road sweepers in Nanjing
The heavy snow that has blanketed much of the country in the past three days has become a real headache for sanitation workers in this southern city.
You can see them, clad in orange outfits, with brooms and spades in hand, on every main street, sweeping the snow even as it continues to fall.
"We're working much longer hours these days because of the nonstop snow," 50-year-old Xu Chunzhen, a sanitation worker in Xuanwu district, said.
The snow started early on Saturday morning and has not let up.
Xu and her team of four workers start their day at 4 am and do not finish until 6 pm. It is their duty to keep a 1-km-long street that runs from Xinjiekou to Daxinggong, the city's downtown, free of snow.
"We can't really stop sweeping or the snow will pile up, and it is very dangerous for people to walk and ride bicycles on the snow," Xu said.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Illseed Fired From AllHipHop.com! And some rumors!
In a few years, he and the kid and do the Crank Dat dance together in the club. I guess its safe to say, ol' girl is gonna "Lois Lane that n-word."
KATT WILLIAMS EXPLAINS CHICAGO
Now, Katt Williams pissed the good people of Chicago off on that fateful New Year's Eve show 2008, where they said he was high as an eagle, over an hour late and unfunny. Nobody quite knows what happened but my girl Kendra G got to the bottom of it. For the record, Katt charges he gave the audience back their money, but some are saying they never received any such kick back.
Kendra G: Your first show in Chicago, you gave the whole audience their money back.
Restoring public trust may be behind rush for a new oil tax
It's about the Legislature regaining the public's eroding trust, and it comes at a time when Alaska's political climate faces national scrutiny, if not ridicule. The current oil tax law comes strongly tied to federal corruption probes that have already produced two bribery convictions of former state lawmakers. The federal investigation started in Juneau with state lawmakers, but it's reached Capitol Hill, where Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, both Alaska Republicans, are under scrutiny. Rebuilding public approval starts in Juneau. "It goes beyond the state's borders," Palin said. "There needs to be some healing in this state in the political arena, and establishing a trust begins that healing." Carrying the work into another special session or delaying to Jan.
January 2006
At least a half hour too long. Only one scene in which the audience sucked in its collective breath, according to the Berry Picker -- when Heath Ledger unbuckles his belt in the process of, ah, consummating his love for bent-over fellow sheepherder Jake Gyllenhaal. (But no one walked out.) Other than that, the BP said, it was decent acting and pretty scenery. And wouldn't have been a big deal at all if a man and a woman had been involved. DFO: Sorry, Hoss, I'm not going to see it. Besides, I'd never hear the end of it from my brother-in-law, who is a bonafide bronco-busting cowboy from eastern Montana, not a celluloid wannabe hired hand like Ledger and Gyllenhaal. I'd rather remember Ledger in "A Knight's Tale" or portraying Mel Gibson's son in "The Patriot." Chick flicks are bad enough.
Ulanoff: Facebook's Death Spiral Has Begun
In other instances, Facebook will create an infinite loop of friendliness where there really isn't any. I've had a couple of "pokes" on my page for ages. Someone poked me, I poked them back, and that should be the end of it. But the initial poke remains on my page, so I'm never sure if this is a new poke or a remnant. It's also hard to delete things like mail, so old messages stick around as if they're fresh. Everything seems more active than it really is. If all of this doesn't concern Facebook fans, it should. Any site that needs to resort to creating the illusion of life is clearly heading to a place where this is none. Copyright © 2008 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff Davis Media Inc.
The Last Word: Amy Winehouse Isn't Sexy, Kelis Is Jive Walking, and ...
What's happening everyone? Here we are as we welcome the end of another five days. From the beach house fire that killed seven college students in North Carolina to Dog the Bounty Hunter's use of the N-word in reference to his son's girlfriend during a heated argument to rumored talks of bringing Kobe Bryant to the Chicago Bulls, it was a week of highs and lows.
Congratulations go out to Mekhi Phifer and his fiancée Oni Souratha, who welcomed their first child on Tuesday (Oct. 30), and Jennifer Lopez, who is expecting her own bundle of joy, as confirmed by clothing designer Roberto Cavalli. And let's not forget the sounding boards for making sure I do what I do best.
Next up...The Last Word for the week ending Nov. 2, 2007.
1. Amy Winehouse Makes Maxim's Unsexiest Stars List
Despite her reported battles with drugs, Amy Winehouse has had a good 2007 thanks to her critically acclaimed album Back to Black.
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