WITH only one game remaining, Abbey Road Cons B have been crowned John Smith's Extra Smooth Friday League billiards champions yet again. So far this season, they have only dropped two points in a series of dominant displays.
Short reviews of this week's movies OPENING THIS WEEK 10,000 B.C. (PG-13) 10,000 B.C. is the latest movie from Roland Emmerich, the man responsible for bombast-fests such as Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow, which should give you a fairly good idea of what to expect. Steven Strait and Camilla Belle play early humans running around in animal furs chasing and being chased
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27 Dresses (PG-13) - Katherine Heigl stars as Jane, a woman who re-evaluates her perennial bridesmaid status when her little sister wins the heart of the man Jane has had a secret crush on in this romantic comedy. With James Marsden, Edward Burns and Malin Akerman. Directed by Anne Fletcher. (PG-13 for language, some innuendo and sexuality.
THE Jonas Brothers are about to get bigger - if that's even possible. Teen boy-band brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas will star as secret agents in an upcoming Disney Channel series called "J.O.N.A.S" (Junior Operatives Networking As Spies)
THE "Big Brother" contestant who stirred up a controversy when he called autistic children "retards," has been fired from his job. But Adam Jasinski, who worked for the United Autism Foundation, doesn't know he's been canned. He is sequestered in
Bonneville , Semi-Pro and other films opening this week OPENING THIS WEEK BONNEVILLE (PG-13) A chick flick for the over-50 set, this warm, fuzzy and thoroughly formulaic outing focuses on three women-of-a-certain-age transporting a loved one's ashes cross-country. Jessica Lange is the sensitive, grieving widow, Joan Allen is the prim and proper companion, Kathy Bates is the good-natured
Not many surprises in the major categories, friendo. "No Country for Old Men" gets Best Pic. Danny D-L for Best Actor. Marion "Je ne regrette rien" Cotillard for Best Actress. Etcetera. (See box for full list.)
Watching the Academy Awards on television Sunday night called to mind a line that everyone who reaches the age of 80 has used at some point: You can't remember what you had for breakfast, but you remember every detail of something you did in 1952.