`Disney on Ice Presents Toy Story’ at the Allstate Arena

September 29, 2000July 30, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

“Toy Story” begins in a young boy’s bedroom. When the household isn’t looking, the toys come to life. Their feelings mirror that of human beings. They get jealous, flirt and long for home. All the favorites from the movie version are here, though Woody the cowboy is more loose limbed and fey than his big-screen counterpart. His rival, Buzz Lightyear, doesn’t realize that he’s a toy and believes that he actually is a space ranger. Had he looked in the mirror, the big-chinned toy would’ve realized that he really was Jay Leno’s doppelganger.

Hooray for Hollywood

September 29, 2000August 20, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

A youngster, a stripper and gangsters galore mix things up in the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s latest production, “Jazz Triple,” the uniquely inventive ballet program that will be presented Tuesday through Oct. 7 at the Auditorium Theatre.

Profile of Poitier graces October O

September 27, 2000September 2, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

The October issue of O, the Oprah Magazine, features an interview with Sidney Poitier, which the magazine’s namesake describes as “the most extraordinary conversation” of her life.

We customers get no respect

September 26, 2000October 24, 2010 Jae-Ha Kim

Just when did the shift take place from the customer always being right to just being a plain pain in the butt? In recent months, I have been cut by a manicurist, pierced by a tack while trying on clothes at a department store, handed mixed-up food orders and messed-up film negatives and subjected to cab trips in which the drivers’ seats were so far back that I had to kiss my knees. Fact is, I can deal with inconveniences. But they’d be a lot easier to stomach if people would just show some common courtesy.

Trendy seek college chic

September 24, 2000September 2, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

Each generation of college students has its own variation on back-to-school necessities.

`Urbania’ walks a fine line between reality and dreams

September 22, 2000July 28, 2023 Jae-Ha Kim

“Heard any good stories lately? I’ve got a good one. And this one really happened.” And so begins “Urbania,” a superbly crafted film that will leave moviegoers both unsettled and captivated by the time the closing credits roll.

The new men of food: Tyler Florence, Bob Blumer

September 19, 2000August 18, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

Back in the day, celebrity chefs started and ended with Julia Child and her messy but amusing style. But thanks to the advent of cable television in general and the Food Network in particular, the faces of a new breed of hot-shot chefs are becoming familiar. Joining the ranks of Emeril Lagasse, Ming Tsai and those poker-faced Iron Chefs are a couple of young guns–Tyler Florence and Bob Blumer.

What the Net surfers are saying

September 19, 2000August 29, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

Here’s what the Internet buzz was Monday about Madonna’s “Music.” All spelling and grammar are as the fans intended:

IMAX’s “Solarmax” reveals sun’s relentless inferno

September 15, 2000October 14, 2021 Jae-Ha Kim

As Galileo Galilei once described it, the sun is as spotty as a teenager. And the general audience gets a chance to see the sun in all its magnificence and fury in “Solarmax”–the latest giant-screen IMAX film to screen at the Museum of Science and Industry’s Omnimax Theater.

In modest gown, Jennifer Lopez still stands out

September 14, 2000September 3, 2022 Jae-Ha Kim

There were no gasps of shock when Jennifer Lopez walked on stage during the Latin Grammy Awards on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. She didn’t wear anything remotely resembling that dress that generated more talk than many of the winners at February’s Grammy Awards.