Awash with swash Aug 3, 2008
August 2, 2008 Think movie swordfights and Errol Flynn, the famous swashbuckler, comes up. Edwin Buzz Hurst, founder of Cabrillo Academy of the Sword in Normal Heights, explained the term and offered his Top 10 list of swashbuckler films. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Niagara wineries seek the celebrity spotlight Jun 19, 2008
In his winery's first year of operation, it finished runner-up to British Columbia's long-established Mission Hill as "winery of the year" at the Canadian Wine Awards, managing also to sell out most of his first wines to knowing beverage managers at such Toronto establishments as Globe Bistro and Scaramouche restaurant. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail)
Mel Ferrer, director and reluctant actor; Paul Sills, Second City creator Jun 5, 2008
In "Scaramouche" (1952), a swashbuckler set in 18th-century France, he fought a climactic duel with Stewart Granger. And then there was "Lili" (1953), in which he gave what many considered his best performance, as a lame carnival puppeteer who befriends an orphan girl played by Leslie Caron. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Sun Also Rises star Mel Ferrer dies at 90 Jun 4, 2008
His films included Rancho Notorious, Scaramouche, Knights of the Round Table (as King Arthur), Born to Be Bad, The Longest Day, The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Sun Also Rises, and El Greco, which was made in Spain with Ferrer as co-producer and actor in the title role. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- News)
In search of Maria Feb 6, 2008
It was Gorin who had cast her as Scaramouche. That part, of course, requires a powerful rock voice. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Cooking up controversy Jan 28, 2008
It has alumni working everywhere from Sooke Harbour House on Vancouver Island to Scaramouche and Jamie Kennedy Kitchens in Toronto. With its graduates also opening a range of local eateries including the York Street Kitchen and Bijou, the school has helped solidify Stratford's reputation as a culinary destination as much as it is a theatre town. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 2 Sep 2, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 2-8. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
There aren't plenty of fish in the sea May 23, 2007
This year, the aquarium picked Douglass to be a "celebrity chef ambassador" along with six others, including Keith Froggett of Scaramouche Restaurant in Toronto and Elena Hernandez of Panama's Academia de Artes Culinarias. Douglass, who has studied the sustainability of fish, knows that the bluefin tuna he's looking at are threatened by overfishing. (Boston Globe)
Appetite for excess May 10, 2007
For her recent 30th birthday, Amber Gertzbein enjoyed high tea at the Windsor Arms before moving on to dinner at the upscale haunt of Toronto's moneyed classes, Scaramouche. But Ms. Gertzbein is no trust-fund baby. (Globe and Mail)
Queen Musical 'We Will Rock You' Opens Apr 23, 2007
That includes have an outcast as its young hero, called Galileo, just like in "Bohemian Rhapsody," who hooks up with a feisty young woman named Scaramouche ... Pedneault is a veteran of the French-Canadian production of "Rent," while his co-star, 20-year-old Erica Peck, was in her second year of theater school when she auditioned for the role of Scaramouche. (Newsmax)
It will rock you Apr 12, 2007
Into their midst come two misfits, Galileo (Yvan Pedneault) and Scaramouche (Erica Peck), dissidents in Globalsoft's homogeneous culture. Galileo, who hears snippets of ancient rock lyrics in his head, is quickly recognized as their messiah, destined to lead them to the Holy Grail, a sacred electric guitar buried in the archeological ruins of Wembley Stadium, the former rock-concert mecca. (Globe and Mail)
24 hours after Christmas - it's Easter Mar 27, 2007
" 'Old-fashioned' favourite across the world WATCHING footage of a service at a chapel in Wales in 1961, Tonight producer Donald Baverstock had the idea of a weekly broadcast from a church. Even then many thought it was an old-fashioned concept, Songs of Praise was to become the most popular and the longest-running religious programme in the world. At its peak it attracted 12 million viewers, and presenters included Sir Harry Secombe, Dame Thora Hird and Aled Jones. With royalty and popes among... (Scotsman)
Is it the beginning of the end for Mugabe? Feb 24, 2007
Scaramouche / 7:42am 24 Feb 2007. Die Mugabe. (Scotsman)
Meacher to make Brown fight for top job Feb 23, 2007
Scaramouche / 2:29am 23 Feb 2007 ... Comment@2 Scaramouche. (Scotsman)
It may hit Earth ... but don't worry, we've got a plan Feb 19, 2007
"#10 Ditto Paul. Scaramouche / 7:50am 19 Feb 2007 Apophis, eh? Wasn't that the System Lord, Stargate SG1 stopped (several times) from destroying Earth??There's the plan then .... go to Egypt, find the Stargate, get it deciphered and up and running and send Jack O'Neil, Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson and Teal'c t deflect Apophis' asteroid. They've already done it in the series! Good plan. And we've got over 20 years to deal with it! Cool .... so why worry?Check out *a wee note ... Apophis was not... (Scotsman)
QCs warn Scots justice in crisis Feb 19, 2007
"NO - MSPs pay is set by an external body.NO - MSPs are lucky to get 2 weeks holiday as recess is when mosy work hardest at catching up with constituents whom they ain't been able to see during the (much longer than Westminster) Parliamentary session. Herb Aishus, Border / 8:58am 18 Feb 2007 #12 "why blame the poor, probably underfunded and resource poverished, forensic services" - thought it was quite obvious - someone in that service messed up but had neither the courage nor decency to admit... (Scotsman)
Next stop Iran? Feb 19, 2007
Scaramouche / 9:32am 18 Feb 2007. I think I have a very warped imagination, because I imagine that in his very private office, Dubya has a wall-map of the world. (Scotsman)
Implant to 'cure' blindness within 2 years Feb 17, 2007
Scaramouche / 8:18am 17 Feb 2007. Saw this on TV News last night. (Scotsman)
London Fashion Week has zero to say on skinny models Feb 14, 2007
Scaramouche / 7:58am 13 Feb 2007. Sugar, ah honey honeyPlease come and eat candy girlCos you've got that wasting you. (Scotsman)
Five remanded on kidnap plot charges Feb 11, 2007
Scaramouche / 9:42am 10 Feb 2007. If Enid Blyton was the journo covering this case, she'd have some with a snappy headline, something like "FIVE GO TO JAIL". (Scotsman)
Consumers wait for price war as Scottish Gas slashes prices Feb 10, 2007
Scaramouche / 1:25am 9 Feb 2007. Illuminati. (Scotsman)
Barred: Mars adverts for under-12s Feb 6, 2007
Scaramouche / 12:21am 6 Feb 2007. Good to see changes being implemented, but these companies with huge shares of the market could do more. (Scotsman)
Chavez given absolute power Feb 1, 2007
Scaramouche / 7:55am 1 Feb 2007. Strange. (Scotsman)
Internal memos expose drug firm's fears on antidepressant Jan 31, 2007
Scaramouche / 9:25am 29 Jan 2007. Seroxat should be banned PERIOD. (Scotsman)
A little bit of computing history flops into the past Jan 30, 2007
Please note: Your browser has been unable to load the stylesheet that accompanies this page. The page is still readable. (Scotsman)
School throws the book at sugary snacks for pupils Jan 30, 2007
" Related topic http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=677 This article: http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=145512007 Last updated: 28-Jan-07 01:20 GMT Comments Paul Voltaire, www.paulvoltaire.spaces.live.com / 2:36am 28 Jan 2007 The Nanny State coming to the fore again.Schools should concentrate on traditional education and the learning of respect for others.That would be far more worthwhile than this gimmick. S'me / 5:41am 28 Jan 2007 "Nanny state"... what a redundant overused phrase on... (Scotsman)
Britt Lomond, villain in 1950s TV Zorro, dies Mar 29, 2006
Moving to Southern California to work as an illustrator, Lomonds skill at fencing led him to work in films, including doubling for Mel Ferrer in the swordfighting scenes in 1952s Scaramouche. . (MSNBC -- Television)
