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Mayor Sue McCloud and Fire Chief Andrew Miller accepted a check from the dozen women on Tuesday at the Forest Theater during a screening of "Calendar Girls," a 2003 movie about a group of English women who pose nude to raise money for a hospital ... "The 'Calendar Girls' movie inspired us to do this, but the men and women of the fire department inspired us to take our clothes off," said Ms. November, also known as Patty Ross ... The Calendar Girls said they do not have plans to pose again. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Carmel 'Calendar Girl' Controversy Settled May 23, 2006
The "calendar girls" aren't saying exactly how much money they raised, but it is more than $30,000 ... The movie "Calendar Girls" will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Forest Theatre, but before it begins, the Carmel women who said they got their inspiration from the movie will present a check to the city from the sale of their calendar. (KSBW 8, CA)
'Kinky Boots' May 19, 2006
The story was turned into a screenplay by Tim Firth ("Calendar Girls") and Geoff Deane, with Julian Jarrold making his feature film directing debut. Ejiofor is terrific, whether in a man's sweater and jeans or Diana Ross hair, glam gowns, arched eyebrows, painted nails and ill-fitting heels that would make a grown woman weep. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Media Not all that 'Kinky' May 17, 2006
San Antonio Current - Media Not all that 'Kinky. These Boots were made for smilin , but you ve seen this style before. (San Antonio Current, TX)
On a platform May 13, 2006
Films like "Calendar Girls" and "The Full Monty" that offer the stiff-upper-lip lesson that "Sex Sells," but only when the naughty bits are hidden behind strategically placed accessories. "Kinky Boots" falls into this decidedly un-sin-ematic genre. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Feel-good footwear with a synthetic soul Apr 21, 2006
But despite her resemblance to Serena Williams and a pre-''Private Dancer" Tina Turner, she is not so tough. One night Lola is pummeled on a London street, where she's rescued by a polite preppy named Charlie (Joel Edgerton).Charlie's problems are actually what the movie is about. He's saddled with the task of making his late father's stagnant footwear company relevant once more. Saving the business will also save the little Midlands factory town that for four generations has been making basic... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Nothing deviant about Boots Apr 21, 2006
The British comedy, from the writer of Calendar Girls, bills itself as a moving tale about breaking stereotypes and finding your own niche in the world. The actual movie, however, seems only too happy to slip into the niche set by its predecessors, bowing to every clich and convention available. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Kinky Boots **½ Apr 21, 2006
Ever since the prototypical success of The Full Monty, those crafty Brits have been running their own mimeograph machine, cranking out near-copies that run the gamut from A to B, all bearing similarly snappy titles like Brassed Off and Greenfingers and Calendar Girls. Each is a social comedy bearing a blue-collar tint, where salt-of-the-earth folks with thick-as-mud accents battle the odds to prove that the working-class hero is hearty and well, his plucky spirit in fighting trim. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
These boots were made for Monty Apr 21, 2006
Before that was Calendar Girls, where ladies of a certain age dropped drawers with abandon ... Directed by Julian Jarrold with all the finesse he has doubtless shown in his innumerable TV productions, and penned by writers that include Calendar Girls scribe Tim Firth, the movie is a bit of all right, as they say down at the Nob er. (Toronto Star)
'Kinky Boots' laced with message: Heel thyself Apr 19, 2006
The movie, like The Full Monty or Calendar Girls, is far less provocative than its title suggests. First-time director Julian Jarrold keeps true to the script written by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls). (The Clarion-Ledger)
Kinky Boots lacks kick Apr 12, 2006
Film trods shallowly in the footsteps of The Full Monty and Calendar Girls ... Then we had Calendar Girls, about older women posing nude to heat up sales of their charity calendar (Kinky Boots co-writer Tim Firth and two of the movies producers also worked on Calendar Girls). (MSNBC -- Movies)
Calendar Girls reveal all again Apr 8, 2006
The women who inspired the hit movie Calendar Girls have bared all for charity for the third time. Angela Baker, 60, shot to fame six years ago when she posed naked for a calendar with friends from Rylstone Women's Institute in North Yorkshire. (BBC News -- UK)
Clear Dayfresh despite familiar plot Apr 7, 2006
One of the supreme sadsacks of contemporary film who oozes melancholy from his ageless eyes, Mullan brings real gravity to what has become a somewhat formulaic British sub-genre that includes such tales as Calendar Girls and the upcoming Kinky Boots. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
'Stewardesses' create 2nd calendar in pension fight Mar 29, 2006
They got the idea from the movie Calendar Girls. Last year, they debuted a 2006 calendar of older flight attendants that drew international attention after United announced it would default on its pensions. (AZCentral -- News)
Faces of the week Mar 25, 2006
She apparently became interested when she met some of the women who inspired the box office hit film, Calendar Girls, about the Yorkshire WI members who bared almost all to raise money for charity. The Duchess is not expected to emulate their action. (BBC News -- UK)
Me and my motor Feb 22, 2006
In 1998 he played the lovelorn Dobbin in the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair which led to him being cast as the factory boss in the Bafta award-winning series Clocking Off, followed by a role in Calendar Girls, the film starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. Life on Mars has sealed his success, with a second series set to begin filming in the spring. (TimesOnline)
February 22 Events and Birthdays Feb 22, 2006
Monica Quartemaine from "General Hospital") 1950 Julius Erving, basketball star 1950 Julie Walters, actress (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Calendar Girls) 1959 Kyle MacLachlan, actor ("Twin Peaks", "Sex and the City", "In Justice") 1962 Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter 1963 Vijay Singh, golfer 1966 Rachel Dratch, actress ("Saturday Night Live", 1968 Jeri Ryan, actress ("Star Trek Voyager", "Boston Public", "The O.C.") 1975 Drew Barrymore, actress (E.T., Ever After, 50 First Dates,... (Bella Online)
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