Arlington Seniors Association from the Nov. 20, 2008 edition Nov 20, 2008
Shakespeare/Drama Class: Reading Hamlet. Starts today, Nov. 13, 1:30 to 3 p.m. $40/six weeks. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights Nov 18, 2008
Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC. Dear Editor/TV Writer. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Many people are struggling Nov 17, 2008
WWOD wrote on Nov 16, 2008 3:51 PM:" What would others do? Move somewhere else. Local government sucks, we're no better off now than 20 years ago, but of course the local politicians want to blame others for their lack of wisdom. Look at how much money is being spent at a court house, a new city hall, a stupid hamlet museum, and the cole center. And for what? We still have some of the highest unemployment in the state. ". Dana Sauls wrote on Nov 16, 2008 4:35 PM:" I just can't see how anyone can... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Region Roundup Nov 17, 2008
The Hazen One-act Play team will perform "The Fifteen Minute Hamlet," at 7 tonight in the Hazen High School Theater. - Beulah Beacon. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
How's that for a classic catch? The dad who cried poor Nov 17, 2008
The home, in a leafy cul-de-sac in the hamlet of Pambula, south-east of Bega, is for sale. The Sydney-born Mr Sywak - who told a British court he was so poor he was forced to live with his mother-in-law - is suing Westpac for a $1. (The Age, Australia)
The thinking man's action hero Nov 16, 2008
Shakespeare tried to break away from all that when he made Hamlet think things through instead of just going mad with the muscle, but sure enough, Act Five was ruined with poison, sword fights, poisoned sword fights, and all the standard high concept mayhem, the early 16th Century equivalent of Go ... Hamlet and Claudius, after taking counselling together, would sign a peace treaty drafted by Polonius ... Parties of foreign tourists being conducted around Elsinore, instead of stepping over... (BBC News -- UK)
Wildfire rages in California celebrity enclave Nov 15, 2008
The fire erupted on Thursday evening and scorched about 1,500 acres by Friday morning, devouring mansions and luxury estates tucked into the canyons and foothills of the hamlet 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Large swaths of the picturesque community, one of the nation's priciest, were transformed into charred, gray landscapes where gates and walls surrounded piles of rubble -- all that remained of fire-ravaged multimillion-dollar houses. (Reuters)
Bare-naked souls take on all taboos Nov 14, 2008
Alexis Lefebvre (there are two other Lefebvres in the show) has just read a powerful passage from the notebook of Norbert Doux, a Paris actor who, apparently, while playing Hamlet, actually drank cyanide and committed suicide onstage. In Aphorisms (Section Z), Doux rails against the vampire audience whose very applause is punishment. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A month in the merde Nov 14, 2008
So less dead, in other words, than a Karoo hamlet. And less dead, because today nobody forced me to wear white bobby socks and tight black shoes and sit in church with nothing to do but memorise the exact shades of turquoise and cream in the majestic stained-glass windows. (iAfrica.com)
'Stealth Boat' Depicts Cold War Life Nov 14, 2008
Once upon a time, I played Horatio to his Hamlet on stage ... Decades after holding McHales dying Hamlet in my arms on stage, he called to tell me about his book, I was anxious to read it. (Newsmax)
Jerry Garcia Biopic In The Works Nov 13, 2008
Berger and Yerxa have collaborated on some of the biggest indie hits of the past decade, including "Election" and "Little Miss Sunshine," while Eisner produced the Sundance hit "Hamlet 2" with Berger and Yerxa and is attached to produce "Bait," a remake of Betrand Tavenier's mid-'90s French thriller. The Dead has been the subject of number of documentaries -- including 1977's "The Grateful Dead Movie," a concert film Garcia directed -- but the story of Garcia's life has never been told on the... (Billboard.com)
Tilda Swinton, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley Nov 13, 2008
The producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa ("Election," "Little Miss Sunshine") and Eric Eisner ("Hamlet 2") have acquired the movie rights to "Dark Star," an oral history of Garcia's life by Robert Greenfield. Also, Variety reported that HBO would be developing a show based on the rock 'n' roll childhood of Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'The Oil Thief' uncovers layers of truth Nov 12, 2008
In that brief span, Van Dyke creates three unforgettable characters, depicts the complex and shifting relationships among them, mixes in a striking but never jarring series of allusions to "Hamlet," explores the geology of both the Niger Delta and the Shenandoah Valley, and does it all against the backdrop of the global energy crisis ... She's in a longtime relationship with Rex, a New York actor who's currently playing Claudius, the murderous uncle and usurper in "Hamlet." She has also fallen... (Boston Globe)
Advocates say rhetoric fuels anti-Hispanic crime Nov 12, 2008
Things got so bad in the summer of 2005 that the head of the Mexican Consulate in New York City said the hamlet of Farmingville -- about 10 miles from where Lucero was killed -- was "clearly a red zone after the Arizona border" in the abuse of immigrants. The discourse surrounding immigration has to change, advocates say. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Danny Boyle's Mumbai thrill ride Nov 12, 2008
" "Slumdog Millionaire" is now playing in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington. It opens Nov. 21 in Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle and Vancouver; Dec. 5 in Atlanta, Detroit and Indianapolis; and Dec. 12 in Ann Arbor, Mich., Austin, Texas, Hartford, Conn., Madison, Wis., Milwaukee, Sacramento, Calif., and St. Louis, with wider release to follow. Andrew O'Hehir Posted in: Currently in Beyond the Multiplex... (Salon)
Commentary: Obama put on an extra effort (7) Nov 11, 2008
One morning he addressed about 10 people in the coffee club at Birmingham s Drug Store in Hamlet. That s not how you run for Congress, but it seemed to work. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
All at sea on a foreign shore Nov 11, 2008
Director Jennifer Tarver worked with Tony winner Brian Dennehy on his intense Krapp's Last Tape this summer at Stratford, while actor Raoul Bhaneja has toured extensively with his one-man Hamlet. With his dated suit, slicked-back hair and unfashionable mustache, Bhaneja's jittery Lazhar sticks out in his new environs. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
There's rant but where's the reason? Nov 9, 2008
Jul 31 2008: See exclusive pictures from the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of Hamlet, starring David Tennant. . (guardian.co.uk)
Bikers Are Back Nov 9, 2008
The themes and characters in the series seem to be inspired by "Hamlet.". One fun aspect of watching the newer shows is getting to see some of the old legends worked in. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Van Damme as postmodern Hamlet Nov 8, 2008
" Is the hero of Bruce LaBruce's really a rotting zombie who has crawled out of the grave to feast on the flesh of the living? Or just a sweet, misunderstood gay boy rebelling against corrupt, hetero-fascist late capitalism? Well, it'd be cheating to tell you. And it would also presume that I knew the answer. For Canadian queercore pioneer whose movies ("No Skin Off My Ass," "The Raspberry Reich") exist in that nebulous zone between underground film, gay porn and John Waters-esque self-mocking... (Salon)
Critics' Picks Nov 8, 2008
Van Damme goes pomo Hamlet in the odd, ingratiating "JCVD." Plus: A wrenching divorce flick, Truffaut's great "Wild Child" and a gay zombie, lost in Berlin. Andrew O'Hehir. (Salon)
Jargon hunter Nov 7, 2008
As in: "As Hamlet, Alphonse Werter's obsidian-black wig reminds one of the famous hairpiece worn by Quisling at the Old Vic in 1962, though it lacks the latter's insidious yet bouncy effrontery.". Anthony Warlow IS the Phantom A term prone to misuse and one that can be applied to just about anyone, such as: Eddie Maguire IS Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert; Rodney Rude IS Hamlet: "To be or not to be . . . or to get a big dog up ya, eh eh eh!". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Working hard to heal a deep wound Nov 7, 2008
Beer, wine and whisky are readily available at the back of the pharmacy in the hamlet of Rose Valley, just a 15-minute drive down the highway. Related Articles. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Fright night Nov 5, 2008
The language of Lincoln, Jefferson and, of course, that unpolitical man who, despite the lack of a college education, somehow turned out "Hamlet" and "Henry V". (The latter known to Shakespeare actors as "Hank Cinq."). (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Branagh mentors rising film-maker Nov 4, 2008
His other films include Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Hamlet, and on TV lead roles in Shackleton, about the Polar explorer, and a forthcoming BBC One series about the Swedish detective Kurt Wallander. Everyone knows who he is, and his ability and success, so being with him is huge. (BBC News -- UK)
'Trade will fail like the bus' Nov 3, 2008
On October 21, Salamabad, a tiny hamlet near the LoC, came alive as villagers gathered to celebrate the opening of trade links with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) for the first time in six decades. In the midst of singing, dancing and clapping on both sides of the border, as a truck began to roll towards the LoC, a few people recalled the euphoria when the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service was launched in 2005. (India Times, India)
Film on Lucknow girl in Oscar race Nov 2, 2008
LUCKNOW: Smile Pinky - a documentary short-listed by the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences - may or may not prove lucky at the 81st Oscar award ceremony, but the nomination has already turned Pinky Sonkar, its protagonist, a celebrity in the small hamlet of Rampur Dahaba in Mirzapur interiors. The shy little waif, whose cleft lip correction surgery could well make cinematic history on February 22, may never get to watch the 39-minute touching saga spanning her six-year long... (India Times, India)
I Like to Watch Nov 2, 2008
Imagine a British guy attending a production of "Hamlet" put on by a bunch of 8th graders in Texas, and you get the idea. Tara (Rutina Wesley) is particularly awful at the Southern drawl, and seriously needs to tone it down. (Salon)
X-Men pair reunite for Godot play Nov 1, 2008
Stewart is currently playing Claudius and the Ghost in the RSC's Stratford-upon-Avon production of Hamlet, which transfers to the West End later this year. McKellen - also known for his role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films - made his last stage appearance in the RSC's acclaimed staging of King Lear. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Former owners say they won't reopen Skateland Oct 31, 2008
Jim wrote on Oct 30, 2008 1:19 PM:" Just what is needed, more police presence to arrest kids with nothing to do. I'm so glad I got out of that little hamlet of a police state when I did. Remeber, this is your elected officials mentality... spare the child, spoil the rod. ". I grew up here too wrote on Oct 30, 2008 11:10 AM:" My family has been in the area since the early 50's. As I was growing up here there was never much in the way of entertainment". (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Pray for our next president Oct 31, 2008
bonnie wrote on Oct 27, 2008 11:29 AM:" was waiting and welcoming the attacks...couldn't wait to get out of bed and get to the computer this morning to see the responses. "He does not even know the correct way to hold the flag" [Bush]That is ridiculous...That is the first thing one learns in the NG....And they learn how to salute....did you ever watch Clinton and Bush salute. It's hilarious to see the difference in the two. And to the 'Thou shalt nots - never once did I say let the hungry... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
David Tennant announces 'Doctor Who' departure Oct 31, 2008
Classically trained Tennant, 37, is currently starring in Shakespeare's Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. (USA Today -- Life)
Scare tactics: Horror stories are everywhere Oct 31, 2008
Remember the urban legend about the aging Super Bowl hero who played in the small Wisconsin hamlet, then retired before coming back to haunt the NFL in a Jets uniform. Yeah, that one scared me, too. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Introduce Shakespeare with Film Oct 30, 2008
"The Renaissance Man" Explains "Hamlet" so Students Understand. Using "The Renaissance Man" as a prologue to reading "Hamlet" enables high school students to understand the entire plot and familiarizes them with the language ... The plot of this movie revolves around Hamlet. (Suite101.com)
Tony Hillerman knew New Mexico Oct 29, 2008
Hillerman's writing was all the more powerful because he, like me, had been born elsewhere -- he was an Okie from a hamlet called Sacred Heart. Those were accidents of birth, however. (Los Angeles Times)
Kenya rivals agree to share power Oct 27, 2008
He urged all Kenyans to support the agreement, saying: "The job of national reconciliation and national reconstruction is not for the leaders alone. It must be carried out in every neighbourhood, village, hamlet of the nation.". New chapter. (Yahoo News -- Kenya)
Mark Jackson Oct 26, 2008
Though he's known for radical reinterpretations of classics - his only previous Shakespeare productions have been a one-man take on "Hamlet" and a one-hour "Romeo and Juliet" ("Juliet at the moment of her death with her life flashing before her eyes") - the "Macbeth" Jackson is staging for Shotgun Players is in some respects the most traditional of the current crop. He has the largest cast - 13 actors - which means he's had to cut and combine fewer roles as part of streamlining the action. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Still stompin' after all these years Oct 25, 2008
But there was one important consolation: the traditional rural culture that flourished in that isolated hamlet. In fact, he was a confirmed nostalgist before he reached his teens. (Globe and Mail)
'Friday' creeps at Comic-Con Oct 24, 2008
"We tried to keep it rooted in reality, said Form. We tried to go totally away from the supernatural. Form and Fuller said they took some inspiration from parts 2-4 of the original series, although it goes back to basics by exploring Jason's past and revealing how he got the mask. They made Jason smart, said Derek Mears, who plays the iconic Voorhees. You feel sympathy for him." Leave it to other actors to dream of assaying Hamlet, or at least Superman; Mears said that as a... (Variety)
Everyone is Hamlet Oct 24, 2008
Director Lin Zhaohua's new-versioned stage drama "Hamlet," with Gao Yuanyuan playing Ophelia and actor Pu Cunxin playing Hamlet, went on stage in Beijing Tuesday evening ... BEIJING, Oct. 24 -- Chinese Director Lin Zhaohua's new-versioned stage drama -- "Hamlet", with actress Gao Yuanyuan playing Ophelia and actor Pu Cunxin playing Hamlet, went on stage in Beijing Tuesday evening, the Star Daily reports ... Lin Zhaohua first put "Hamlet" on Beijing's stage in 1990, drawing long queues in front... (Xinhuanet, China)
Hotels have gone to the dogs and cats, and ... Oct 23, 2008
The cat was named Hamlet by actor and regular guest John Barrymore, and may very well have been the worlds first unofficial hotel mascot. These days, dogs, cats and birds are being signed on by hotels and resorts around the country. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Holy Dollar Signs Oct 22, 2008
She s in three current films Synecdoche, What Just Happened, and Hamlet 2 ... Focus is still eating Hamlet 2 losses, and the Coens Burn After Reading with Clooney and Pitt could have done a lot better had the company debuted the film not in Venice with bad subtitles but on home turf, at the New York Film Festival, instead. (Fox News)
Why show full of foul-mouthed rink talk works Oct 20, 2008
Sons is said to be based on Hamlet, with Katey Sagal in the role of the gang's matriarch Gemma, and Charlie Hunnam playing her suffering son Jax, pulled in different directions by his life with the gang, the memory of his late father and his responsibilities to his newborn son. There are some notable performances here, especially from Sagal and Ron Perlman as the gang leader, but the action is too contrived and too violent to support the notion that anyone's humanity is at stake. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Chinese version of "Hamlet" to be on stage again Oct 19, 2008
Chinese avant-garde version of "Hamlet" to be on stage again_English_Xinhua. Chinese avant-garde version of "Hamlet" to be on stage again ... BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A popular avant-garde version of Shakespeare's classic "Hamlet" will be on stage again next week after its premiere 18 years ago. (Xinhuanet, China)
Is Macao the next Las Vegas? Oct 18, 2008
On our final day we set off for Coloane Village, a hamlet of several thousand people on Macao s outermost island. Only a 20-minute taxi ride from the Venetian, Coloane is a throwback to a more peaceful era: Incense burns in front of tiny Buddhist shrines, villagers stop for long chats and the government has preserved dozens of historic buildings. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Katie Holmes' one-note debut in 'All My Sons' is a little off-key Oct 17, 2008
The plot, as the title suggests, involves Hamlet, but only marginally. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, a Warsaw-based acting troupe decides to stage Shakespeare's tragedy after local officials put the kibosh on a play sending up their German neighbors. (USA Today -- Life)
Cinema Mariposa Oct 17, 2008
MARIPOSA -- Two young Germans passing through this mountain hamlet on their honeymoon entered "cinema" into their global positioning system. "We expected it to say 50 miles or 100 miles, but it said six meters," says Darius Heydarian, 23. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Thor Beats the Bard Oct 16, 2008
Branagh ditches Hamlet for Marvel ... According to both and , Branagh has pulled out of directing Hamlet at Wyndham's Theatre next year in order to film Thor ... Branagh's Sleuth star Jude Law will play Hamlet on stage. (IGN FilmForce)
Branagh out of Law's Hamlet Oct 16, 2008
Branagh bows out of Law's Hamlet ... Kenneth Branagh will no longer direct Jude Law in his West End production of Hamlet next year, the Donmar Warehouse has announced ... Hamlet will open as scheduled in June 2009. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'Iron Man 2': Terrence Howard's out, Don Cheadle's in Oct 15, 2008
Look at how many different actors have played Hamlet. IMHO, of course. (Entertainment Weekly)
Greasepaint Can Be Mightier Than Pen or Sword Oct 15, 2008
(That s when a German commandant says of Josef Tura s portrayal of Hamlet, What he did to we are now doing to Poland. . (New York Times)
What to say about ... Love's Labour's Lost Oct 11, 2008
The truth is, though, that after you discovered tickets for Tennant's Hamlet were going on eBay for 500 quid, you didn't even bother to try to get one for this Stratford show, deciding instead to impress your cultured friends with "research" and passing it off as experience. Quickly dismiss the snobs, like Jonathan Miller, who judged that putting the "man from Doctor Who" in a play was cheap celebrity casting. (guardian.co.uk)
Theater hosts Halloween double bill of mysteries Oct 10, 2008
The stage manager and other actors mistake him for one of their own and George finds himself center stage, trying to hold his own in productions of Private Lives, Hamlet, Checkmate and A Man for All Seasons. George is totally confounded and does his best to hold on, trying desperately to remember any lines at all. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Act II: the difference a year can make Oct 10, 2008
Laura Brent spent her first year out of NIDA on the stage, performing with Barry Otto in Hamlet and Tartuffe. Along with the acting work, she compered functions for Chinese businessmen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Love's Labour's Lost Oct 10, 2008
Having enjoyed a deserved triumph with Hamlet, Gregory Doran and many of the same David Tennant-led RSC team turn their attention to this enchanting early comedy ... Its best feature is Tennant's sparky Berowne; he reminds us of the affinities between Hamlet and the king of Navarre's resident critic ... Just as Hamlet sees through the masked pretences of Elsinore, so Berowne spies the absurdity of the vow made by the youthful king and his companions to study for three years and forswear female... (guardian.co.uk)
Colm Feore: The How and Why of Haml... Oct 10, 2008
Colm Feore: The How and Why of Hamlet: What Was The Melancholy Dane Really Thinking ... Colm Feore: The How and Why of Hamlet ... Colm Feore: The How and Why of Hamlet. (Suite101.com)
Critics laud Tennant in Labour's Oct 10, 2008
The production continues in tandem with Tennant's sold-out staging of Hamlet ... Hamlet, in which Tennant plays the title role, will transfer in the following month to London's Novello Theatre ... The production, directed by Gregory Doran, shares a number of actors with Hamlet, among them Oliver Ford-Davies and Mariah Gale. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Where are they now? Oct 10, 2008
The flagship station is WYSP."It beats working,'' quipped 49-year-old Quick, a Hamlet native and top receiver at N.C. State from 1979 to 1981.Quick, who lives in New Jersey, also owns a fitness company that trains young athletes. But he says his "No. 1 job" is raising his two teenage sons as a single parent.Son Ronson is being recruited as a basketball player, and Stephen is an actor who plans to attend a performing arts college.Quick also stays in touch with several former N.C. State alums,... (News & Observer -- Sports)
Hollywood's undead: They're just like us Oct 8, 2008
Science has answered many of our questions, he says, but "Hamlet's `undiscovered country' is just as undiscovered as it was when Hamlet first made that soliloquy.". Death as a gated suburbSo we're turning that scary place into a nice, gated suburb we can recognize. (MSNBC -- News)
* Swiss opera company stages show at station hWtq@ukv Oct 7, 2008
Kevin: Im going to be in the university theater groups production of Hamlet ... Kevin: Im going to be Hamlet. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ga. town hosts Laurel & Hardy fest, museum Oct 7, 2008
But anyone driving along Interstate 20 near the South Carolina state line can t miss the big brown sign pointing to the museum in Harlem, a sleepy hamlet of 1,800 founded 140 years ago along the now-defunct Georgia Railroad line. CHRIS THELEN/STR. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
An escape artist in Hong Kong Oct 7, 2008
For a taste of Hong Kong on the wild side, in 30 minutes, you can take the ferry out to Lamma Island's Yung Shue Wan harbor and spend the morning as I did, on a one-way walk, first through an artsy little hamlet, populated mostly by expatriates who like the beach life, and then into hills with dramatic views of the sea. After an hour and half, when you're good and hungry, you'll be ready for one of Sok Kwu Wan's restaurants, possibly not at the oddly named Barbecue Butterfly Garden (that just... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
3 classics revamped with modernity and verve Oct 7, 2008
The play asks the big questions - "Who are you? What are you? What is truth?" demands the father, tossing out three such queries at once - and has devilish fun along the way, with references to "Being John Malkovich," the current Royal Shakespeare Company "Hamlet," and British television executives thickening a modernist, mixed-media stew that at one point finds the increasingly agitated producer scurrying backstage to "Les Mis?rables" next door. Those who found Goold's "Macbeth" an exercise in... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Acorn represents a bad seed Oct 6, 2008
Ron Murray Sr wrote on Oct 1, 2008 4:46 PM:" One last point on this worthless letter. Illegal Aliens don't vote!To even try to vote would expose them to the fact that they are illegal. They do not take that chance. The few that would are insignificant to the outcome of any election. Just like the so-called Ear Marks which McCain wails against are a drop in the bucket to the National Budget cost. And when you speak of Ear Marks you have to include a certain VA Clinic that was recently opened in... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
A move to secede on California-Oregon border Oct 6, 2008
"We have nothing in common with you people down south. Nothing," said Randy Bashaw, manager of the Jefferson State Forest Products lumber mill in the Trinity County hamlet of Hayfork ... For years, he said, locals have proudly claimed Jefferson is a "state of mind" born of living in an expanse of forestlands and hamlets that is roughly the size of Wales and has about the same population as San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle)
