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aruba
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response 125 of 292:
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May 2 18:49 UTC 1999 |
They're all blond(e)s?
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scg
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response 126 of 292:
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May 2 19:04 UTC 1999 |
There all actresses (or actors? I don't know who Freddie Prince is).
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drewmike
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response 127 of 292:
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May 2 19:22 UTC 1999 |
Emma Bunton: Baby Spice. Broke her ankle when she fell off her platform shoes.
Freddie Prinze Jr.: Officially has the World's Weakest Detectable Connection
to Tony Orlando. (Replaces Telma Hopkins.)
Reese Witherspoon: Given name Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon. One of the pivotal
plot points in "Cruel Intentions" was whether the character played by Ryan
Phillipe would be able to bed her; she eliminated much of this drama by
revealing that she is engaged to him. And expecting.
Keri Russell: "Felicity". Cover of "Yahoo", May 1999, wearing a toe ring.
Melissa Joan Hart: "Sabrina the Putatively Still Teenage Witch". Admitted to
"Details" that while playing "Clarissa", she was so afraid of losing her
virginity that she wore leotards rather than traditional undergarments, to
serve as a form of chastity belt.
Carrie Henn: Played "Newt" in "Aliens". Likely received much name-based
taunting as a child.
Soleil Moon Frye: "Punky Brewster". Sister of another child actor with an even
goofier name, Meeno Peluce. Became the poster child for breast reduction.
Recently appeared on "Friends" as Joey's too-physical girlfriend.
Alicia Silverstone: Nickname "Leesy". Poster child for "Toxic Boyfriend
Syndrome": By having dated Adam Sandler, many guys who might want to go out
with her would reconsider. (See also: Carmen Electra.)
Commonality: All born in 1976.
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md
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response 128 of 292:
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May 2 22:09 UTC 1999 |
Wow. We're not worthy, Muhammad.
The odd man out, is Carrie Henn, who seems to
have vanished. Aliens was her one and only
movie. We know what all the others look like
as 22- or 23-year-olds, but not her.
I bow to your superior starlet erudition,
Muhammad.
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drewmike
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response 129 of 292:
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May 2 22:54 UTC 1999 |
Among many others born in 1976...
Joey Lawrence: Nothin' his love can't fix for you, baby... with the possible
exception of his career.
Giovanni Ribisi: Under the name "Vonni" Ribisi, played one of the neighborhood
kids on "My Two Dads". Now Giovanni is to film and television what lecithin
is to packaged food... he just keeps showing up everywhere.
Danny Pintauro: Played Judith Light's son on "Who's the Boss". Later came out
of the closet, neglecting that his left his career in there.
Brice Beckham: Played Wesley on "Mr. Belvedere". Assumed to be heterosexual,
though he's had even fewer acting jobs than his former ABC neighbor, Mr.
Pintauro.
Candace Bure (nee Cameron): Starred on Full House with the Olsen Twins. When
they got too old to be cute, another pair of twin infants was added to the
show. Shortly after its cancellation, she had a daughter of her own.
Allegations of a talcum powder addiction remain just that: allegations.
Liberty Butterfly Phoenix: Because every acting family dynasty needs its own
Stephen Baldwin.
Fred Savage: On "The Wonder Years", aged only slightly more gracefully than
Jerry Mathers as the Beaver. Currently in hiatus from "Working"--the show
hasn't aired since January, and with four episodes still unaired, NBC appears
not to want to risk losing even more money beyond their 16-episode commitment.
Will Friedle: On "Boy Meets World", with Fred's younger brother Ben. Thanks
to the advent of HBO 2 and HBO 3 he now has even more opportunities to regret
having made "Trojan War".
Jeremy Miller: Appeared with Mrs. Bure's brother Kirk on "Growing Pains".
Clearly casting directors remember the calibre of Mr. Miller's craft: He's
worked twice in the '90s.
Chris Demetral: Born in Royal Oak, Chris played Jeremy Tupper on "Dream On".
Now shooting "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne", in the title role. No
word whether his father in this show will also date a long series of women
who doff their tops.
Jaleel White: No comment.
David Arquette's quieter, less spastic friend.
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drewmike
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response 130 of 292:
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May 2 22:57 UTC 1999 |
Last line should have been in reference to Lukas Haas.
Got munged somehow.
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omni
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response 131 of 292:
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May 3 07:17 UTC 1999 |
How does one get addicted to talcum powder?
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drewmike
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response 132 of 292:
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May 3 07:45 UTC 1999 |
From ALWAYS being around babies, as the former Ms. Cameron has been.
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mooncat
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response 133 of 292:
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May 3 13:22 UTC 1999 |
Erik's my hero. <grins>
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krj
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response 134 of 292:
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May 3 16:05 UTC 1999 |
resp:128 on Carrie Henn, who as a child appeared as "Newt" in ALIENS:
Not too long ago ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY did a feature on youngsters who
had appeared in science fiction films & where are they now.
I don't remember all the details, but Carrie Henn had left the movie
business and has gone on to have a normal life somewhere.
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drewmike
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response 135 of 292:
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May 3 17:31 UTC 1999 |
I'm slipping: Out of all of them, I was kindest to Baby Spice. But only
because she was first, and I hadn't gotten bitchy yet. I request a do-over...
Emma Bunton: Baby Spice. On a British music show, fell off a platform shoe
and broke her ankle. The culprit clearly had one more moving part than Ms.
Bunton could handle.
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mcnally
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response 136 of 292:
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May 7 06:00 UTC 1999 |
Telling myself that if I didn't get out to see it tonight I was going
to miss seeing it in a theater, I spent the evening watching "A Simple
Plan" at Ann Arbor's 2nd-run theater..
[semi-spoilers follow..]
I'm not sure quite what to make of it.. On the one hand, it had several
things going for it:
+ it was very well made -- almost certainly the best that director
Sam Raimi has ever done.
+ the plot was nowhere near as predictable as an average suspense movie
and I hadn't had it spoiled before seeing the movie.
+ it featured better-than-average acting from principle leads
However, more than offsetting these things, as far as I was concerned,
was the cringe factor. Call me shallow if you must, but when I go to
a movie for entertainment I like ones where I can identify with one or more
of the characters. It's particularly distressing for me, then, when the
character (or characters) I've connected with starts doing painfully stupid,
even horrible things. Maybe it's great filmmaking to be able to twist the
viewer's empathy around and turn it against him, but it doesn't really make
for a fun evening..
I know plenty of folks who've liked the film, and I can see why they might
have done so, but I found it difficult and unpleasant. For me it was like
watching a car wreck in slow motion -- I wanted to reach out and stop it,
to change what was going to happen..
Lastly, it may be one of the strengths of the film that it doesn't
resort to a pat, "Hollywood" ending, but at least when you're privy to
a main character's similar descent in, say, a Russian novel, you know
that in the end there's going to be some sort of transcendant redemptive
moment where the "hero" will be healed by his suffering. Unfortunately
viewers can't expect that sort of consolation here -- there's no magic
ending to lighten the gloom from the rest of the film. I admire the
fact that the writers didn't choose to cop out with a happy ending,
but I left the theater a little too depressed for my money...
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mary
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response 137 of 292:
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May 7 10:55 UTC 1999 |
I'm still thinking about this movie. I wasn't looking to be
entertained, which makes a big difference. This was the best
film I've seen in a very long time.
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md
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response 138 of 292:
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May 7 11:03 UTC 1999 |
I thought it was terrific, too. I also had some
vague reservations about it. It did seem lacking
something to me, although I don't know if it was
anything as simple as an epiphany or a happy ending.
I have to watch it again. Is it out on tape yet?
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mooncat
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response 139 of 292:
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May 7 12:38 UTC 1999 |
Saw "Matrix" for the third time last night... It still drew me in, and
I still think it's a great movie... I'd even go again to see it...
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jiffer
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response 140 of 292:
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May 7 13:37 UTC 1999 |
Saw Matrix for the second time. Due to the drooling during this movie,
I have decided to not make my opera cape, and I will instead, make the
full length jacket. (Not vinyl or leather, but wool) There are approx.
three versions of that jacket. Morpheaus, Neo, and Trinity wear them,
one inleather, one in vinyl, and one of wool.
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mooncat
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response 141 of 292:
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May 7 15:07 UTC 1999 |
<nods> And I want the Morpheus version.... but I'll never get it. <le sigh>
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jiffer
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response 142 of 292:
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May 7 16:56 UTC 1999 |
I would have to get a new sewing machine, and learn how to work with leather.
Please I can handle though.
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richard
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response 143 of 292:
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May 7 21:50 UTC 1999 |
if you liked "a simple plan", you'd love the "treasure of the sierra
madre" with Humphrey Bogart. this is basically a modern era-set remake
of that movie.
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happyboy
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response 144 of 292:
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May 7 22:03 UTC 1999 |
we don kneed no steenkeen badges
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richard
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response 145 of 292:
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May 7 22:12 UTC 1999 |
video recommendation. I rented the DVD version of "The Apostle".
Wonderful movie with Robert DuVall as a charismatic southern minister
whose deep faith conflicts sharply with his inner demons. Duvall has an
amazing screen presence and is totally possessed by the character he is
playing. He also wrote, directed and produced this film, and paid for it
out of his own pocket when no studio would pick it up.
The movie is about a minister who goes over the edge and assaults a man he
believes to be having an affair with his wife. He hits the road, shedding
his old identity and re-baptizing himself the Apostle E.F. and eventually
tries for redemption by reviving a small church in the Lousiana
backwaters.
On the DVD version, you can watch the movie with an alternate soundtrack
of DuVall doing commentary, talking about the actors, characters, and
various scenes and what they meant to him; and talking about why he shot
certain scenes in certain ways. There's also a "making of the Apostle"
documentary, and the DVD doubles as an audio cd of the soundtrack so you
can turn the tv off and just listen to the music from the film.
I give "The Apostle" four stars. great film!
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jiffer
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response 146 of 292:
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May 7 23:32 UTC 1999 |
Editor's note: please = pleather.... tired and need sleep... (help me)
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ivynymph
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response 147 of 292:
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May 8 04:40 UTC 1999 |
<ivynymph laughs out loud>
It's interesting to read a recommendation of "The Apostle", which I would be
almost willing to bill as the worst thing I've ever watched.
I did, however, view "What Dreams May Come" this evening. It's a new release,
according to my video store shelves, but I don't recall ever having heard of
it. It's a shame I never did though, for it contains the artistic, visual
brilliance I adore with touches of comedy, fantasy, and romance... I'd
particularly recommend it for fans of that older film with superman and Jane
Seymour. I can't recall the name right now, but it's something to do w/
time... Places in Time? <shrug> gems...
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remmers
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response 148 of 292:
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May 8 11:55 UTC 1999 |
"Somewhere in Time" was the Christopher Reeve/Jane Seymour movie.
Photographed on Mackinac Island.
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md
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response 149 of 292:
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May 8 13:45 UTC 1999 |
Swoony music by Sergei Rachmaninov: the 18th variation
from his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, the 1934
composition date of which becomes a plot element.
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