Poetry, but no motion
Movie: Possession
Poetry, but no motion
Movie: Possession
Ladies, gentlemen, childr…
Ladies, gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up. See the circus that is downtown Orlando. The place has undeniably taken on a carnival-like dementia in recent months, turning up financially viable spectacles of absurdity where once music stood tall. Blame the voyeurism proffered by Anna Nicole Smith and America’s favorite dysfunctional family, the Osbournes.…
Around the world in 800 recipes
It’s somehow fitting that possibly the best book on centuries-old cooking styles isn’t a new one, but an updated reprint of a classic. “The Complete Asian Cookbook” by Charmaine Solomon (Tuttle Publishing; $39.95) first came out in Australia in 1976, and it has been a staple in our kitchen for ages. The new edition –…
Cattle call
“We’ve had two guys show up,” squints a WB public relations conduit. “So one of them will have to play a girl.” Well, apparently I’m in the right place. Here in the noontime heat of Downtown Disney, the local WB affiliate, Channel 18, is attempting to make girlie dreams come true. Sort of. More likely,…
Drawing on the past
There are some events that language fails to explain. Historians may try to make sense of past realities but perhaps in the end it is only the artist who can come close to communicating the intrinsic pain and suffering. The Holocaust is such an event. Artists are still bearing witness to its horrors, responding with…
Nip and tuck
Plastic surgeons told The Wall Street Journal in August that requests for designer navel and nipple surgery are increasing (probably brought on by the skin-revealing tops women wear), with slim, horizontal-oval navels preferred (a preference also found by panelists in a 2000 surgical journal article), and firm, prominent nipples seen almost as an “accessory” for…
Send in the clowns
It was the golden era of Orlando nightlife — circa 1975 to 1990 — when a nickel bought a mug of beer, waitresses did the cancan on the bar at Rosie O’Grady’s, and tourists hit Church Street by the busloads. The host of the party was Bob Snow, a Navy pilot turned developer who revamped…
It’s time to go, Homer
Four years ago, Mable Butler threw her considerable clout behind Homer Hartage and got him elected to the Orange County Commission. Today she regrets the achievement. “I’m sorry, please forgive me,” says Butler. “He has disappointed me.” That’s no small endorsement to lose this close to the Sept. 10 election. Though she retired from public…
