SECRET SCULPTURETuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:02PMThe city’s newest and most revealing piece of public art is, for the most part, a mystery on the Magnificent Mile.The lower half of a planned 26-foot-tall sculpture, installed late Monday night, was a pair of high-heeled legs — and white panties — beneath a billowing white dress — reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe ’s iconic scene in the film “The Seven Year Itch.”The upper half — to be revealed ...
Craig's Take: Salmon staging comeback in MiramichiTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:24AMYou can get a fierce argument about politics almost any time down here on the Miramichi. But these days all the talk isn't about the return of Stephen Harper's Conservatives with a majority, it's about the comeback of the salmon, CTV's Craig Oliver reports.
Tomic clock displays perfect timingFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:04AMTHANK you, thank you all. For TFF has done it again! Only days after lamenting that with the exit of Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis is exposed as being in dire shape, Bernard Tomic, the 18-year-old from the Gold Coast, made it to the Wimbledon quarter-finals, with the only younger men to match that being Boris Becker, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. Though he did not go on to beat Djokovic, just ...
CulinAriane review: 'Top' contender raises gameFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 7:12AMAndrew Mills/The Star-LedgerAriane Duarte, who received national attention as a contestant on the television show "Top Chef," is responsible for the innovative, sophisticated food at CulinAriane in Montclair. What happens to a “Top Chef” contender once the season’s so old...
Tom Ramsey 1936 - 2011Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 7:09AMTHE greatest story Tom Ramsey never wrote is the one about his own life. Golf writer, entrepreneur, wine connoisseur, pilot and medical marvel - Ramsey's life was every bit as remarkable as the many famous names with whom he crossed paths while travelling the globe.
Wilmington on DVD: The Adjustment Bureau, The Eagle, Zazie dans le Metro, Pale Flower, InsignificanceWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:32AMIn The Adjustment Bureau , a rising young liberal congressman named David Norris (Matt Damon), running for the U.S. Senate and on a fast track to the White House, blows his chances when The New York Post publishes photos of his butt-bearing college high jinks days.
A Second Look: 'Insignificance'Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 9:39PMIn Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film, four figures converge in a New York hotel room. Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film "Insignificance," newly issued in standard and Blu-ray DVD editions by the Criterion Collection, has an irresistible premise that suggests a blind item from a parallel universe. Four characters identified only as the Actress, the Professor, the Ballplayer and the Senator — but instantly ...
Marilyn's windy night on LexSaturday, June 25, 2011 @ 7:07PMMention Marilyn Monroe and the first thing that comes to mind is her skirt billow ing over her head as she stands over a subway grating in Billy Wilder's "The Seven Year Itch" (1955). If you have an itch to see that delightful comedy, it will screen Saturday at...
Moose Skowron a Baseball LegendThursday, June 23, 2011 @ 9:29AMA Chicago baseball icon, Moose Skowron grew up on the Northwest Side and starred at Weber High School. The former Yankee and white Sox Star enjoyed one of baseball's most memorable careers.