Profile of Poitier graces October O
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.
Year: 2000
We customers get no respect
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
Each generation of college students has its own variation on back-to-school necessities.
`Urbania’ walks a fine line between reality and dreams
“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
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
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
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
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.
Much-improved Dogstar rocks at free concert
A couple of words about Dogstar. No, Keanu Reeves doesn’t sing. And yes, the band can play. At a free, 45-minute concert at the House of Blues Monday night, the three-man group rocked hard onstage, lending a punky edge to the material. Much of Dogstar’s set list was culled from “Happy Ending,” its newly released U.S. debut album.
Keanu Reeves: Not your everyday pop band
“The Watcher,” America’s No. 1 film, isn’t the the only project where Keanu Reeves shuns top billing.
He’s been doing it for years in the rock band Dogstar. The star of “The Matrix” is very aware that his status as an actor will overpower anything that his formidable band Dogstar accomplishes.