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UCF’s Flying Horse Editions launches annual fine arts print fair
“We’ll See” Upcoming Foreign Film Trailers, etc
So, last week we printed a list of some of the upcoming foreign films that we’re all looking forward to. In most cases DVD/Blu will probably be the first shot Orlando gets at seeing them, but in a few cases they could end up down here, or at least available on Video On Demand through…
Inception, Social Network Tops at WGA Awards
Somewhat shocking news out of the WGA Awards tonight. According to Deadline.com, the big feature winners were Chris Nolan’s Inception for Best Original Screenplay, while Aaron Sorkin took home the Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network. Sorkin’s win was an expected one, leading up to an expected Oscar win next month, but Inception comes…
Gov. Scott to the media – I’m the decider
Politico put out an interesting piece on Wednesday about Rick Scott’s stance towards the media, which, for the most part, resembles a giant middle finger. The story starts out on the fluffy side– discussing the Scott team’s efforts to “tame” the media into asking questions more calmly, wearing more business-like attire, and generally, not making…
A definite Maeby
And now, the half-news some of us have been waiting for: The Arrested Development movie is a go. Well, it’s being written, anyway, and creator Mitchell Hurwitz is even talking about a potential 2011 release. Just try not to do the slump-shouldered Charlie Brown walk when you hear his caveat: “ I don’t like to…
2011 Fringe Theatre Festival kicks into gear
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, and to kickoff the new season, festival organizers Beth Marshall and friends will hold a photo shoot on Monday, Feb. 7 at 4:30 p.m. at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. In honor of this year’s festival theme – “20 Year High School Reunion” –…
Which Super Bowl trailer are you anticipating the most?
Captain America. The answer is Captain America. Buuuuut…if you’re weird and don’t care about WWII-era patriot superheroes, or just can’t wait to feast your eyes on a few more seconds of Adam Sandler using poor spinster Jennifer Aniston to get to someone younger and hotter before learning, in the end, that the one he could…
Bruise Cruise sold out, 400 people’s fates sealed.
Doors are locked, cabins are open and the anchor’s coming up: That totally amazing-looking “Bruise Cruise” sailing from Miami to the Bahamas with destructive garage-rock forces on board like the Black Lips, Jacuzzi Boys, Miss Pussycat, Surfer Blood and more that we kept talking about is now SOLD-OUT. It sets sail in just a few…
One in a minion
Well, that’s interesting: Nikki Finke is claiming that Jackie Earle Haley may be playing Willie Loomis in Tim Burton’s finally underway Dark Shadows. Loomis, as fans know, is the tortured Renfield-type character who serves at the beck and call of sensitive vampire Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp). But what’s interesting is that the casting harkens back…
Amway Center delivers on one promise, at least. Kinda.
Remember back in October, when Mayor Buddy Dyer cut the blue ribbon to the Amway Center – taxpayer price tag: $480 billion – to the sounds of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing?” We were promised the Eagles to start, and “Bon Jovi will play two dates this spring!” Dyer shouted. The Eagles never landed for that…
Size matters
Big portions match big flavors at Matteo’s
Happytown
Playing Tea Party with the kids (and Dick Morris!), playing favorites with dog breeds and paying the Chinese for VA construction. God bless Orlando.
Savage Love
I read your column every week
This Little Underground
Bao Le-Huu takes on Yo La Tengo, Carnivores and Surfin Serf, and has local news on Firestone Live, new booking team Norse Korea Presents and the sad closing of DeLand venue DaVinci
We’ll see
This year promises to be a thrilling one in the world of foreign films, if only we could watch them
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Now and then, members of other astrological signs complain that I seem to favor Aries above them. If that’s true, I’m certainly not aware of it. As far as I know, I love all the signs equally. I will say this, however: Due to the idiosyncrasies of my own personal horoscope,…
Growing pains
The reptile industry finds that popularity is a double-edged sword
Give the drummer some
Orlando resident Tony Cook, an incidental pioneer
Live Active Cultures
Live Active Cultures chats with Orlando Shakes alum Christopher Patrick Mullen about his role in Broadway touring production of West Side Story
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
Love Hurts
Mad Cow production of classic Albee play brims with emotion
Comments
SALT IN THE WOMB The religious right is neither (“Planned personhood,” Jan. 27, 2011). These people are hate-filled and wouldn’t do anything to help the women in need. Reproductive rights are each woman’s own choice. Not anyone else. Look at your own life. Are you doing everything possible for your children? How many kids have…
Culture 2 Go
In just two weeks, the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is planning to unveil its new 12,000-square-foot wing devoted to displaying the art and architectural objects salvaged from Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s famed Long Island estate. “Tiffany meant for it to be his legacy,” says Catherine Hinman, director of public affairs for…
It was 30 years ago today… Duran Duran taught the world to play
You want to feel old? Well, here goes. On this date, 30 years ago, five lads with Birmingham dirt under their late-night fingernails embarked upon the journey of a lifetime with little more than a pill bottle full of ambition and an affinity for sci-fi Jane Fonda dysfunction. Yes, dears, this is the official 30th…
Parafora local-show announcements: Marnie Stern, Tera Melos, Brian Posehn
Couple of Back Booth shows just announced, both awesome! Marnie Stern with Tera Melos, Feb. 27, 8pm, $12! [youtube QKpJg7dV8NU] Comedian Brian Posehn, April 14, 8pm, $16 adv/$18 door! [youtube PWJ73PKzcFQ]
tony adams on the wheels of steel
Living up to the “wheel” part of his Big Wheel Provisions moniker, chef Tony Adams finally went public to confirm a rumor that’s made the rounds of Orlando foodies since last year: MOTHERFUCKING BIG WHEEL FOOD TRUCK, YO. Sorry to be crass, but this is very, VERY exciting. I mean, everybody loves local, delicious food…
Would you drive 8 hours for Paul Simon, Black Keys?
I kinda would. Yes, it’s in Alabama, but Gulf Shores is right on the tip of Florida’s dick and that’s where this year’s Hangout Music Festival is taking place. And according to Google Maps, it’s a hop, skip and a “You ash on my carseat again and I’m leaving you in Panama City” away! Tickets…
Trailer for Kristen Wiig’s Bridesmaids is up!
Here it is: the first look at producer Judd Apatow’s answer to critics who say he never shows women having as much fun as his men. (Check out our preview of it here.) The result? Between the airplane hijinks, thinly veiled insults and pratfalls, doesn’t look like these women are having much fun at all.…
REMINDER: TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar Starts Today!
Just a quick reminder that TCM begins its annual 31 Days of Oscar programming schedule today, hosted by the great Robert Osbourne. The highlights of the day are Charlie Chaplin’s brilliant but flawed The Great Dictator at 3pm, Laurence Olivier as the enigmatic Richard III at 5:15 and Paul Scofield as Thomas More and Robert…
Local Indie Calendar for February
Yikes — it looks like everyone blew their indie load last month, leaving us (until further notice) with a mere three (!) films to spotlight this month. As always, dates are subject to change. 2/4 – nothing 2/11 – the spirit of Tati lives on in The Illusionist (Winter Park) 2/18 – Paul Giamatti gives Barney’s Version (Winter…
Shin Yum
When the e-mail came with the subject heading “Korean BBQ Taco Truck Opening Tonight!” I couldn’t believe it. Could it be true? Could Orlando’s infamous food lag be catching up with the rest of the world? This town suffers from food-trend lethargy. All that’s “hot” in The Food World takes a few years at least…
Atlantic Center announces new Master Artists-in-Residence
If you haven’t peeped the decades-running Master Artists-in-Residence program at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach yet, now’s your time. The program invites Masters from all manner of the arts to provide instruction and guidance for three weeks, during which case their specifically selected students immerse themselves in fine-tuning their craft.…
WTF Theater February sked
Boy, do I love this series. The year’s most unexpected treat – cult classics screened at Historic Sanford’s strangest bar, Little Fish Huge Pond – continues this month with a slightly more whimsical slate than the last couple of month’s lineups. Only one – Peter Greenaway’s truly WTF (the “What the Fuck” kind, not the…
MTV’s Skins “controversy” much ado about nothing
Woody Allen (via Juliette Lewis, in Husbands and Wives) famously said, “Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad TV.” But that was 20 years ago. In the case of Skins US, it’s not life imitating the bad TV, it’s the bad TV imitating life. Tonight was episode three of the US remake of Skins, the…
