Teens' abuse of cough medications soaring Jun 17, 2008
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Davis calls energy crisis over Jun 17, 2008
State of emergency, in effect since '01, revoked. Friday, November 14, 2003. (Yahoo News -- Utility Industry Deregulation)
New Mexico gets the 'Buzz' Jun 9, 2008
Southern New Mexico also will be featured, including the former courthouse where Billy the Kid was sentenced to death. Eeds said Billy the Kid and Roswell are the most popular New Mexico attractions, particularly for foreign travelers. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Managing Your Dog's July 4th Fears Jun 2, 2008
To complement the holiday s American theme, how about Aaron Copeland's Appalachian Spring or Billy the Kid. Although the percussion in Fanfare for the Common Man can be as jarring as a firecracker, turning down the volume might work just fine. (Suite101.com)
Des McAnuff's long journey to Stratford May 25, 2008
Shortly after all this, McAnuff moved to America, although he claims "there was never a master plan." The music he had written for Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid took him to Washington, D.C., before esteemed Canadian director John Hirsch recommended him to the Chelsea Theater Center in New York, where he directed The Crazy Locomotive and formed a partnership with Michael David (head of The Dodgers), which exists to this day. Within a year, Joe Papp's Public Theatre was... (Toronto Star)
Big Rig Involved In Collision With Train May 16, 2008
According to El Paso police, a train traveling in one direction cleared Zaragosa Road at Billy The Kid, and the railroad crossing gates began to lift. Moments later, a train traveling in the opposite direction approached the same intersection, so the gates started to close. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
As usual, Quantum Theatre season is unusual May 14, 2008
As collaborators, Jemmett is reuniting "404 Strand," the same cast of five, including Rick Kemp, with whom Jemmett worked on his previous "Billy the Kid" for Quantum. Quantum describes Lorca's "Yerma" (Jan. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New on DVD: It's 'Howdy Doody' time, and more May 9, 2008
Peaking fairly early around the time its presumed folkie protagonist goes electric to now-folkloric brickbats, this 21/4-hour conceit then toboggans south more rapidly than any major release from last year, culminating in a grueling homage to Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. The result split my own Dylan-junkie friends down the middle, though Blanchett (Oscar-nominated and winner of several other awards here) probably makes it mandatory to take the plunge. (USA Today -- Life)
On DVD: Welcome to Planet Bob – 'I'm Not There' May 8, 2008
Weinstein / Genius Productions Cate Blanchett (above) as Jude in Todd Haynes' surreal biopic about the many many Bob Dylans we have known, in "I'm Not There." Images below are Richard Gere as Billy the Kid; Christian Bale as folkie Jack; Marcus Carl Franklin as wandering kid-minstrel Woody; and the late Heath Ledger as movie-star Robbie ... There is the reclusive, aging Dylan in the guise of Billy the Kid (Richard Gere). (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mr. Tambourine Man May 4, 2008
To capture the various phases of Dylan's career, Haynes brought on, as producers, singer-songwriter Joe Henry for Dylan's early folk period; Joey Burns from the band Calexico for the more Western "Billy the Kid" material; and for the controversial, newly electric Dylan, Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth. While the soundtrack features original Dylan recordings, many of his songs are also covered by artists such as Pavement's Stephen Malkmus - on "Maggie's Farm" and "Ballad of a Thin Man" - and... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Drives go beyond speed and curves Apr 17, 2008
The Billy the Kid Trail, also known as New Mexico Highway 70, is another great drive among the ten we highlight in the accompanying ... Theres a healthy dose of tourist kitsch on the way, perfect for families, not to mention genuine historic sites, such as the jail from which Billy the Kid escaped. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Starting with a clean Slate Apr 11, 2008
In name - and occasionally temperament and permanently looks - he has long been Billy the Kid. Baby-faced and possessing a voice that tells even those who don't know Billy Slater's story that he rode trackwork in a former life, now Billy the Kid is Billy the most sound football brain in the Melbourne side. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The Worst Places To Get Sued In America Apr 8, 2008
Horse thieves never fared well in frontier courts, but outlaws like Billy the Kid did. Even now, the worst place for an oil company to get sued is not necessarily the worst place for an investment bank. (Forbes -- Business)
How come only women and gay men get nicknames at the BBC? Apr 7, 2008
Vlad the Impaler, Bloody Mary, Jocky Wilson; the Bard of Avon, Billy the Kid and David "the Hoff" Hasselhoff. Truly, history is strewn with evocative nicknames enshrining the qualities, talents and deeds, noble and ignoble, performed by their bearers. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
Mileur to Hail Southworth at Cooperstown Apr 4, 2008
Billy the Kid had been a member of the 1926 World Champion Cards and placed in the top 20 of the National League Most Valuable Player Award voting that season. Southworth first received the call at the age of 36 to become a major league skipper as a player-manager for the Cardinals of 1929. (St. Louis, TheInsiders.com)
Jewels of Highlands Home Tour Boasts Elegance, Intrigue, History and 'Green' Construction Mar 29, 2008
Each of these unique residences has a compelling story to share: a legend about Billy the Kid, a mural painted in lieu of rent, a sprawling French Chateau, an original farmhouse kitchen, unconventional construction techniques. even the Innkeepers' Quarters in the Basement of the Lumber Baron Inn are unveiled in this year's compelling tour. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dylan-inspired `I'm Not There' an offbeat faux-biography Mar 28, 2008
Stranger still is a ``Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'' fantasy, in which Richard Gere offers his interpretation of Dylan as a weary outlaw in a town where people wear Halloween masks and giraffes stroll through the streets. No one can say Haynes doesn't take chances, but this mystical mini-Western is a washout. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Living History Mar 21, 2008
Students dressed as famous New Mexicans, such as William Hanna, Conrad Hilton, Jim White, Billy the Kid and Pete Domenici, and gave short presentations to the rest of the school. Save & Share. (Cedar Crest East Mountain Telegraph, NM)
TV Series: The Time Tunnel Mar 18, 2008
Joining Duvall in the list of notable guest stars during the show's run were Michael Rennie, Tom Skerritt, Mako, Jan Merlin, Robert Walker Jr. (as Billy the Kid) and John Saxon. All 30 episodes of The Time Tunnel, which won an Emmy for its Bill Abbott-supervised special effects, are available on DVD.. (Suite101.com)
2-year fugitive is 'pretty cocky', taunts police Mar 8, 2008
It's brazen behavior like the episode at Red Lobster that helped him attain "almost 'Billy the Kid' cult-like status in and around Jacksonville while avoiding his arrest," according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement case summary. "Apparently he's still out there, so he's pretty cocky," said Special Agent in Charge Cary Rosoff of the U.S. Secret Service office in Jacksonville. (Florida Times-Union)
An impressionistic take on a legendary musician Feb 22, 2008
And Richard Gere is the "Billy the Kid" Dylan once played on the screen, a recluse hiding in plain sight, leaving behind a world that changed around him. Haynes and co-writer Oren Moverman build the script around Dylan's own words, from testy, challenging interviews and the too-revealing documentary "Don't Look Back" (a confrontational British concert tour, filmed and re-created with Blanchett in black-and-white). (Juneau Empire)
Duo plays tribute to Davy Crockett Feb 17, 2008
One such number told a story about the death of Billy the Kid back when sheriffs battled outlaws and disputes were settled by men with six shooters and quick reflexes ... Billy the Kid was "gunned down" by his former friend Garrett in the song. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Cowboy strikes a historical note Feb 10, 2008
For instance, the foremost scholars on Billy the Kid and Wild Bill Hickok both live in England. Mining Arizona history. (AZCentral -- News)
Tyson Beckford: No blacks on the cats Feb 9, 2008
And Venditti, also director of "Billy The Kid," says there are so few ethnic girls at the casting calls that there are not many to choose from. Some of the models of color are eliminated because of fit or walk. (MSNBC -- News)
Plenty of options for Super Sunday Feb 1, 2008
The latter stars Paul Newman as Billy the Kid in a very different sort of Western - look for Penn's brief use of slow motion, a foreshadowing of its role at the end of "Bonnie and Clyde." Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, 7 p.m.. Austen vs. Austen. (Boston Globe)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE LIFESTYLE BUDGET Jan 24, 2008
BILLYKID-FILM (Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star) -- The 15-year-old boy at the center of the funny, entrancing documentary "Billy the Kid" is the real-life Napoleon Dynamite. 500. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
A bridge too frail Jan 22, 2008
Now Geddes, himself an award-winning poet, brings us Falsework, his latest attempt at exploring the long poem tradition that has given us great works such as Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, bp Nichol's The Martyrology and George Elliott Clarke's Execution Poems. Mixing verse and prose, Falsework presents a patchwork of character voices and narrative exposition that revisits the mid-construction collapse of Vancouver's Second Narrows Bridge in 1958, a disaster that killed... (Globe and Mail)
WEEKEND > Jan 19, 2008
Entertainment news, movie reviews, awards, festivals, celebrity photos, industry events - Variety. Sundance Film Festival. (Variety)
Baichwal in the running for new awards Jan 15, 2008
The other 14 nominees are: Billy the Kid (Jennifer Venditti, director), Deep Water (Louise Osmond/Jerry Rothwell, co-directors), The Devil Came on Horseback (Annie Sunderg/Ricki Stern), Ghosts of Cit. Soleil (Asger Leth), In the Shadow of the Moon (David Sington), Into Great Silence (Philip Groning), Lake of Fire (Tony Kaye), Mandal Bala (Jason Kohn), The Monastery (Pernille Rose), No End in Sight (Charles Ferguson), Sicko (Michael Moore), Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney), The Unforeseen... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Film society salutes a legend Jan 10, 2008
The selections in the documentary cover a range of Copland works, from "Appalachian Spring" and "Billy the Kid" to lesser-known works in the composer's popular to classical musical scope. With a bachelor's degree in psychology from Cornell University and a master's degree in education from the University of Rochester, Saffa turned to filmmaking more than three decades ago, and since then has produced and directed award-winning television programs. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Spotlight on lensers Jan 4, 2008
"Visual aids: For "No Country": "Ballad of Cable Hogue," "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"; for "Jesse James": "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid," "Days of Heaven," "Heaven's Gate," period photos and paintings. Favorite tools: "I've been working on a small 14-foot sectional jig arm, an Aerocrane, that is very, very lightweight with a remote head that gives me a lot of flexibility to move the camera and I can change the shot quite quickly. " Links posted in this story: Advertisement Advertisement... (Variety)
David Whalen is PG's performer of the year Jan 1, 2008
" Director, Play: Close behind Harris comes Dan Jemmett, who devised as well as directed "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" (Quantum). He is followed by Robert Miller, "Ah, Wilderness ... Ensemble: The ensemble show of the year was "Billy the Kid", devised in large part by the acting ensemble of Rick Kemp, John Fitzgerald Jay, Andrew Hachey, Kristin Slaysman and Mikelle Johnson. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Michael Kidd, choreographer, is dead Dec 25, 2007
Soon he became a member of Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Caravan, touring the country and dancing many roles, including the lead in "Billy the Kid.". By 1941, he had become a soloist and assistant director for Eugene Loring's Dance Players, and from 1942 to 1947 he was a soloist with Ballet Theater, now called American Ballet Theater. (International Herald Tribune)
Tangled up in Bob Dec 22, 2007
The oldest of the incarnations is Billy (Richard Gere), sort of a Billy the Kid Sr who rides a horse through the cinematic west of McCabe iller and Pat Garrett the Kid (for which Dylan wrote the score and in which he acted). This is carnival-esque West of freaky costumes, dwarfs, and oddballs - artifice mutating into the surreal. (Guardian Unlimited)
Coens shoot for the stars again Dec 22, 2007
I could have done without Richard Gere's Billy, an uncertain segment set in the old west, which reminds us that Dylan once played a key role in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, but which otherwise adds nothing to the already rather indigestible mix. Hurray for Cate Blanchett. (The Australian)
Film review: I'm Not There Dec 21, 2007
Then there's Heath Ledger as "Robbie", an introverted actor playing a Dylan-like figure in a Hollywood film called "Grain of Sand" and who is attached to a French painter played by Charlotte Gainsbourg; Cate Blanchett as "Jude Quinn", the mumbling, mop-haired, rake-thin revolutionary dubbed "Judas" by an irate British folk fan for going electric; finally, there's also Richard Gere as bearded recluse "Billy", his name apparently an allusion to the music Dylan contributed to Sam Peckinpah's Pat... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Knockin' on Dylan's door Dec 20, 2007
" The youngest of the Dylans is played by 11-year-old African-American Marcus Carl Franklin, whose character is called Woody Guthrie. Then there's Arthur (Ben Whishaw), the young-adult poet and rebel who represents Dylan under the influence of French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Jack (Christian Bale) is based on Dylan's protest singer during the period when he achieved his initial success with songs such as The Times They Are A-Changin'. Jude (Cate Blanchett) is Dylan going electric, Robbie (Heath... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
State's scenic byways get federal financial boost Dec 13, 2007
The grants will go to 11 projects for which the Tourism Department submitted grant applications, including a gateway in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque for the Route 66 and El Camino Real National Scenic Byways, a bike/pedestrian trail in Gallup, a kiosk about the Santa Fe Trail in Raton, the Route 66 Neon Gateway in Grants, wayfinding signs in Santa Rosa and the Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway, and interpretive exhibits for the Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway. The application process for FY... (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
USC-UCLA highlights new hoops rivalries Dec 10, 2007
Kentucky ran off Tubby Smith and tried to hire Billy The Kid Donovan away from Florida. But he said no. So the Wildcats pursued Billy Clyde Gillispie instead and landed the Texas A&M coach. (MSNBC -- Sports)
BILLY THE KID Dec 7, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007 Last Update: 09:10 AM EST. December 7, 2007 -- NOBODY ever said growing up a small-town geek was easy. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
A noble failure in grasping Dylan Dec 4, 2007
Since then, whenever there have been artistic dead ends - and there've been quite a few - a new Dylan seems to rise out of the ashes of the old, sometimes even with a new name - Alias in the Sam Peckinpah film, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," Lucky Wilbury with the Traveling Wilburys. Sometimes he's even obliterated his identity, appearing in white face on the Rolling Thunder tour. (Boston Globe)
Movie Review Dec 4, 2007
Plus there's Richard Gere as Billy the Kid, lifted from Dylan's appearance in Sam Peckinpah's western "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.". The most talked-about performance in the film is sure to be Cate Blanchett as Jude Quinn, Dylan's post-folk personality. (University News, MO)
Pucko's Perspectives Dec 4, 2007
"Billy the Kid" was a player manager for the Wings in 1928 ... Promoted to the Cardinals again that season, "Billy the Kid" became the "Little General" and built a Hall of Fame managerial career. (R News)
Controversy dogged Martin's winning track Dec 1, 2007
"Billy the Kid," Martin was a manager with a track record of winning wherever he went, which included Minnesota, Detroit, Texas and his hometown, Oakland, as well as the five tours in the Bronx. In 16 seasons as a manager, Martin had a. (MLB.com -- Oakland Athletics)
I'm Not There an impressionistic portrait of Bob Dylan Dec 1, 2007
Richard Gere, the film's biggest mistake, plays Billy, who is Dylan as Billy the Kid, representing his country music phase and his appearance in the 1973 Sam Peckinpah movie about the famous outlaw. Cowboy Dylan, who lives in a town called Riddle, seems incidental to his career and Gere is too familiar a face for this project, bringing his own movie-star baggage to the role. (Canada.com)
Ondaatje nabs his 5th Governor General's Award Nov 29, 2007
Ondaatje praised the GGs for taking risks with edgy works, calling to mind that he was only 27 when he won his first GG for The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, "which led to the trauma of buying my first suit.". In addition to the usual thank-you list of friends and editors, Ondaatje expressed his gratitude towards the fictional characters in Divisadero "who kept me company on a daily basis for the last five years.". (Canada.com)
'I'm Not There' Nov 22, 2007
You got it: Richard Gere portrays Dylan as Billy the Kid, hiding out from ever-intrusive fans while living in a bucolic town threatened by progress. Then there's Robbie (Heath Ledger), an actor who portrays Bale's Jack in a film. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Six Bob Dylan characters in search of an author Nov 22, 2007
Richard Gere has the misfortune of appearing in the film's most deadly dull scenes, as the older Dylan, presented here as Billy the Kid, trapped inside some latter-day version of the 1973 movie "Pat Garrett the Kid." In keeping with the scrupulousness with which he approaches everything, Haynes makes sure these scenes have the look, the color saturation and cinematic style of a 1970s film. But noting that is not the same as enjoying it. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'I'm Not There:' The multiple faces of Bob Dylan, reinvented Nov 22, 2007
Not one is named Bob Dylan (or Robert Zimmerman), though all of them evoke actual and invented points in the Dylan cosmos: Billy the Kid, Woody Guthrie, the Mighty Quinn. They're not all musicians: One is a poet named Arthur Rimbaud; another is a movie star. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'I'm Not There': Too Much Of Nothing, By Kurt Loder Nov 22, 2007
Most dismal of all is the extended allusion at the end of the picture to Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid," the 1973 movie in which Dylan made his first appearance as an actor (and to the soundtrack of which he contributed the transcendent "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"). Here the Dylan role is taken on by Richard Gere, of all people, and the rambling storyline shuffles past the point of tedium into a complete shambles. (VHI.com -- Music News)
'I'm Not There' captures the elusive rock icon Bob Dylan Nov 21, 2007
Haynes shoots the Blanchett sequences in a gritty black and white (aping the look of D.A. Pennebaker's 1967 Dylan film "Don't Look Back," with a few nods to Fellini) and the Bale section as a sub-Scorsese rock doc, but the Billy scenes are done up as a 1970s revisionist western - Altman's "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" by way of "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," in which the singer appeared. Some commentators have found the Gere bits the weakest link in "I'm Not There," but if you know the films and you... (Boston Globe)
Give 'I'm Not There' a few points for style Nov 21, 2007
The least compelling vignette features Gere as Billy the Kid. The account is excessive and disconnected. (USA Today -- Life)
Seven new hoops feuds -- and what could make them even hotter this season. Nov 21, 2007
Ballad of the two Billys: Billy the Kid passed on the 'Cats. Can Billy Clyde restore order in the SEC. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Thanksgiving movie recommendations Nov 20, 2007
Richard Gere plays an Old West drifter, possibly Billy the Kid, who seems to be in a whole different movie. Best of all is Cate Blanchett as the 1960s Don't Look Back Dylan, doing a cunning, androgynous impersonation, even if realism is rarely the point in this movie. (The Palm Beach Post)
Many Faces Of Dylan Nov 18, 2007
Dylan's fractured psyche is fleshed out by Heath Ledger's turn as the harried musician with a crumbling marriage, Richard Gere's depiction of Dylan as Billy the Kid, Christian Bale showing Dylan's stint as a born-again Christian, Ben Whishaw as "Arthur" and Dylan as a young black kid played by Marcus Carl Franklin. In some ways, Dylan is a strange choice for a feature movie: His creative output has been far outpaced by the documentation of that output, and that's saying a lot for a man who, as... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A Feast Of Holiday Flicks Nov 18, 2007
" Other holiday films sound interesting even if they don't have Oscar potential. Here's the best of what you still have to look forward to this year, based in some cases on having seen early screenings and in others on hopefully reliable buzz. Release dates are subject to change. WEDNESDAY I'M NOT THERE You wouldn't expect a traditional biopic from the director of "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story," and the always intriguing Todd Haynes doesn't provide one in his fictionalized reimagining of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A fresh coat of gloss Nov 17, 2007
The recent rejigging of that movie, much like the (admittedly much improved) 1990s re-edit of his Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, cannot legitimately be called the "director's cut." They are someone else's best approximation, but they are at least honourable endeavours, while Blade Runner 3. 0 seems like a ruthless foray into the wallets of gullible sci-fi geeks. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
"Billy the Kid" Among New Hall Candidates Nov 15, 2007
William Harrison Southworth, a/k/a "Billy the Kid", began his managing career with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928, after a playing career of 13 years with a lifetime batting average of. 297 with Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Boston, New York and St. Louis. (St. Louis, TheInsiders.com)
Haunted ski resorts Nov 1, 2007
Further south in Ruidoso at , the spirits of the Mescalero Apaches mingle with the ghosts of Billy the Kid and some old buffalo soldiers who were once stationed at Fort Stanton. And don't forget Roswell only about an hour away it's the epicenter of American extraterrestrial stories. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Matrimonial macabre Oct 29, 2007
Lisa Gray with her work "The Queen Is Dead" and Stephen Gray with "Billy the Kid" in their West Anchorage home. Though soft-spoken, they say they can be competitive. (Anchorage Daily News)
Tracing the family tree Oct 25, 2007
I have many people who would rather be related to someone infamous than famous, Jesse James or Billy the Kid or a passenger on the Titanic. Nickerson concurs that her clients are as interested in finding black sheep as famous ancestors up to a point. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Spooky Cimarron hotel added to haunted list Oct 24, 2007
It has housed a "who's who" of the Wild West, including Jesse James, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid. Visitors might still see and hear spirits throughout the hotel, according to TripAdvisor. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
'The big guys keep being surprised by us' Oct 21, 2007
com: 'The big guys keep being surprised by us. The big guys keep being surprised by us. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
40 years of Anansi Press Oct 21, 2007
Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Michael Ondaatje, 1970. Civil Elegies, Dennis Lee, 1972. (Toronto Star)
Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance Oct 14, 2007
Oh, and the head vampire is Billy the Kid why not. A lot of action B-movies took their cues from Tarantino starting in the late 90s, since he came as close to legitimizing gore in non-slasher films as anyone ever has (see Tarantinos recent, brilliant satire on the B-movie, Grindhouse). (Yale Herald, CT)
