Bits & pieces Feb 2, 2008
NPS ranger Chris Brown will present the 45-minute slide-illustrated program "What Lies Beneath?" on the geography of Yellowstone National Park, 7 p.m. Saturday night at the Chamber building on Yellowstone Ave.. The Rotary Clubs of Montana want every third grader in the state to have a dictionary of their own. (W. Yellowstone News, MT)
Dating: Like father, like son? Jan 29, 2008
Not saying this is an example of a successful relationship to emulate, but it just goes to show that you never really know what lies beneath the surface in other folks households. By melo. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
What lies beneath Dec 30, 2007
Also in this section. Her layered portrayals have won Laura Linney two Oscar nominations and a well-deserved reputation as an 'acting machine. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sights and Sounds of Titan Dec 21, 2007
The European Space Agency's (ESA's) Huygens probe, carried to Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft, parachuted to the surface of Saturn's giant moon Titan on Friday, Jan. 14th 2005, revealing finally what lies beneath Titan's thick orange clouds. First images released by the ESA depict sinuous drainage channels leading to an apparent shoreline. (FirstScience.com)
"The Homecoming": You can go home again, but you'll pay the consequences Dec 18, 2007
Pinter's particular brilliance is in sliding imperceptibly from the ordinary surface to the primal darkness of what lies beneath. The nigh-perfect form of "The Homecoming," as the critic Penelope Gilliatt wrote when it opened in London in 1965, is in "the swaying of violent people as they gain minute advantages." That dynamic, which propels most of Pinter's plays, is seldom successfully realized in American productions. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Exclusive: a 'Chuck Norris disapproval' for agnostic, atheistic, secular movie Dec 3, 2007
On the surface, "The Golden Compass" comes across as another fantasy-filled movie like "Harry Potter" or "Chronicles of Narnia." What lies beneath, however, is a tale spun with intention of promoting antagonism against the church and Christian belief. The surface story is fairly simple: "In a parallel universe, young [12-year old] Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization [which just happens... (WorldNetDaily)
'Beowulf' slays competition Nov 19, 2007
"What Lies Beneath" opened at $29. 7 million, while "Cast Away" debuted at $28. (Variety)
Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience opens November 16, 2007 Nov 14, 2007
Pictures today announced that Beowulf, the latest film from Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, the filmmaker behind such box office successes as Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, the Back To The Future series and What Lies Beneath, will open in 124 IMAX theatres worldwide, beginning with advance shows in select IMAX theatres on the evening of November 15th. The film has also been re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience through IMAX DMR... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Got the fright stuff? Oct 26, 2007
What Lies Beneath 179 million; 10. The Omen. (Montana Standard, MT)
Screams on Screen: Give yourself a scare with these classic Halloween movies Oct 26, 2007
Also check out: "28 Days Later," (2003); "What Lies Beneath," (2000); "The Sixth Sense," (1999). Supernatural. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
How do you like your apple pie? Sep 27, 2007
Words lose their meaning, become twisted and warped; all in an effort to confuse the listener, to hide what lies beneath. No better example can be found than with Bush supporters who latch onto the "conservative" epithet as proof of their loyalty and love for America. (East Tennessean, TN)
The weekend's TV Sep 18, 2007
To unearth it all will require digging across 60 sq kilometres of land and, if historian Sima Qian's account of what lies beneath is to be believed, removing and preserving 2,000-year-old replicas of palaces, a map of the heavens with pearls for stars, mercury rivers and archer figures rigged to fire crossbows at intruders. Now that, my friends, is what you may truly term a logistical nightmare. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes Aug 8, 2007
What Lies Beneath May Be the End. A review of the 1970 sequel to the Sci-Fi Classic film Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. (Suite101.com)
On The 'Choke' Set With Chuck Palahniuk, Sam Rockwell — And Dave Matthews?! Aug 7, 2007
It's a last-minute decision for the first-time feature director (best known for his acting in "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and writing of "What Lies Beneath") to get the mastermind of the story in for a cameo. "I always wanted to get him in there and all of a sudden I had this empty airplane," he explains. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Vermont Wants to Hear More "Lights, Camera, Action!" Jul 24, 2007
In 1999, we saw lights, camera, action as the Green Mountain State played home to major movie shoots including What Lies Beneath and Me, Myself, and Irene. Since then though, there have been no huge productions here, mostly just commercials and a handful of TV shows. (WCAX.com, VT)
Exec trio called to Endgame Jul 22, 2007
Birch has worked on production and financial management on "Mission Impossible III," "The Italian Job," "Constantine," "Transformers," "What Lies Beneath," "Vanilla Sky" and "Along Came a Spider.". Endgame is in post-production on "The Brothers Bloom" and recently produced Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There.". (Variety)
Remember her? Jul 17, 2007
But now she's back, and at 49 doing some things in Hairspray that we never saw in Scarface, The Witches of Eastwick, Dangerous Liaisons, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Batman Returns, Love Field, The Age of Innocence, Dangerous Minds, What Lies Beneath or her many other films. "I sang in movies before, but I never danced and sang at the same time," says Pfeiffer, who indeed warbled for her first major movie role in Grease 2 and somewhat more memorably in Baker Boys and on The Prince of Egypt... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
IMAX(R) 3D version of Beowulf to be released November 16, 2007 Jun 30, 2007
Pictures today announced that Beowulf, the latest film from Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, the filmmaker behind such box office successes as Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, the Back To The Future series and What Lies Beneath, will be released domestically in IMAX 3D simultaneously with the motion picture's premiere in conventional theatres on November 16, 2007. The film will be released internationally within three weeks of the domestic launch. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Which group to trust to improve health care? Jun 25, 2007
Think as a philosopher for a bit, and you can become sensitised to the waves of different points of view, and what lies beneath superficially plausible positions. The health system is an acute example of this. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Anatomy of a trend Jun 21, 2007
For his fall collection, McQueen pondered what lies beneath human skin and even used X-ray imagery as a jumping-off point for his designs. There are details that look like stylized tendons and veins on the shoes; there are even toe prints in the soles. (Boston Globe)
'Mr. Brooks' **** Jun 1, 2007
As with Harrison Ford in What Lies Beneath, it's fun to watch Costner play the villain. He's letting the audience in on a winking, inside joke: "Didn't know I had it in me, did you?". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
To Have and to Hold: How Stars Stay Happily Hitched May 31, 2007
Date nights are "what lies beneath" the flourishing 14-year matrimony of and her TV producer husband. My husband and I still have date nights, and I look forward to them all week," Pfeiffer told Hello! magazine. You have to spend time away from the kids and stay up late and talk, go to the movies or do the crossword puzzle together. So what is it about continuing to play the dating game that keeps couples happy? Dates allow the couple to spend quality time together on the relationship and their... (Fox News -- Views)
TV in the Toilet, Literally Apr 29, 2007
The premise of the April 18 episode, titled "What Lies Beneath," is that Jim lost his wedding ring, and unbeknownst to him, it was found in the front yard (with a metal detector) and brought to his wife, Cheryl. He's been wearing a counterfeit ring to cover up his mistake. (Human Events Online)
Smart and silly 'Hot Fuzz' nabs good characters, laughs Apr 20, 2007
Danny wants to believe in Nicholas, and the two slowly bond as friends and colleagues as they try to sort out what lies beneath Sandford's sleepy exterior. The action in the big shoot-'em-up finale is not terribly well done; it's even a bit amateurish by big-studio standards. (Pensacola News Journal)
Kelly Clarkson On Her Revealing New LP: 'I'm Not Even This Open With Boyfriends!' Apr 19, 2007
"It's kind of like 'What Lies Beneath,' " she said, referencing the Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer thriller. "You don't know if he killed me or if he's just being haunted by his conscience. Not to get all artsy-fartsy, but I'm all in white, everything is in white, because it's been ripped of innocence. Anyone who's ever been in love, when it goes bad and sadly, everyone can relate in some manner it just gets cold and it's hard to get past that.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Amber Valletta & Brody Jenner Sign Leases at New, Luxury, For-Lease Enclave in Malibu Mar 3, 2007
Continuing her successful transition from supermodel to actress, her films include "Hitch," "The Transporter 2," "Duplex" and "What Lies Beneath.". Jenner is the son of Olympic Gold Medalist Bruce Jenner and the stepson of Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter David Foster. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Walt Disney Studios and Academy Award(R)-Winner Director Robert Zemeckis and Producing Partners Form New Company That Will Produce 3D Performance Capture Films Feb 6, 2007
Among some of their other credits are: "Castaway" -- Zemeckis director and producer and Rapke and Starkey producers; "What Lies Beneath" -- Zemeckis director and producer and Rapke and Starkey producers; "Contact" -- Zemeckis director and producer and Starkey producer; "Forrest Gump" -- Zemeckis received an Academy Award for Best Director and Starkey was awarded the Best Picture Oscar for his role as producer; "Back to the Future" trilogy -- Zemeckis directed and Starkey served as associate... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Live! Rude! Girl! Jan 28, 2007
When a mainstream actor-director like Mel Gibson goes off on a tirade about Jewish conspiracies, it does make one wonder what lies beneath Middle America's avowed distaste for the "liberal Hollywood elite," particularly since this same demographic made Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" -- decried by some for its alleged anti-Semitic subtext -- a box-office smash. Sadly, these avenues were left unexplored, undone by Gibson's gruff rendition of "Pshaw, didn't mean it" and a rush of executives... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Tests showed nothing, but some still suspect Cheadle Lake pollution Jan 19, 2007
LEBANON What lies beneath. The title of a Hollywood movie is also a question people in Lebanon are asking about Cheadle Lake. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Antique chests Jan 6, 2007
When "What Lies Beneath" came out in 2000, Joe Queenan wrote in the Guardian of London that "many of the people in the theatre where I saw ' What Lies Beneath ' aughed hysterically at the sight of a bare-chested Harrison Ford sitting up with his laptop in bed trying to solve one of the great mysteries of science. It should be noted that Ford has opted for the bare-chested look in his last three movies (he also doffs his T-shirt in ' Six Days Seven Nights ' and ' Random Hearts ' ), and I for one... (Boston Globe)
Subhash K Jha on the upsides and flipsides of Baabul Dec 9, 2006
Salman and John as the two men in the leading lady's apparently-tumultuous life (apparently, because what lies beneath the shallow-rumbustiousness of the film's ritzy exterior, is anyone's guess) are cocky and self-conscious, respectively. The clothes they wear, the songs that they sing and the words that they mouth could've something to do with their fugitive charisma. (IndiaFM)
Talking to David Lynch Dec 8, 2006
Both in movies and life, he concerns himself with what lies beneath, not what glitters on top. Sun-Sentinel Co. & South Florida Interactive, Inc.. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
CAN MODELING PAY THE BILLS? It can be a short-lived career so the best ones learn to leverage their fame Dec 7, 2006
But most end up with thankless non-speaking roles such as those of Amber Valletta in What Lies Beneath and Esther Canadas in The Thomas Crowne Affair. Maybe that's for the best. (USA Today -- Money)
Jacobson returns to DreamWorks Dec 6, 2006
While at DreamWorks, Jacobson was a senior film exec, overseeing the development of "What Lies Beneath" and coming up with the idea for toon "Antz.". Date in print: Wed. (Variety)
DreamWorks Studios Signs Nina Jacobson to Overall Producing Deal Dec 6, 2006
Prior to Disney, Jacobson was a senior film executive at DreamWorks, where her responsibilities ranged from the development of "What Lies Beneath" to originating the idea of the animated "Antz." Before DreamWorks, Jacobson worked at Universal as a Senior Vice President where she oversaw "Twelve Monkeys," "Dazed and Confused," and "Dragon -- The Bruce Lee Story.". Jacobson is active with Teen Line, Feminist Majority Foundation, and Inner City Film-makers. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'The Return' frighteningly slow moving Nov 11, 2006
On the other hand, if you're in the mood for an old-fashioned ghost story, in which a murder is solved so the dead can rest (think What Lies Beneath), The Return is a passable time-waster with fewer ridiculous moments than you'd expect from a movie where Sarah Michelle Gellar (all five-foot-zero of her in heels), is a travelling saleswoman selling industrial truck-transport contracts to beefy Texans. The movie opens with a child at a carnival having a vision of being stalked while her dad (Sam... (Jam! Showbiz)
South Korea sets its sights on Hollywood Nov 5, 2006
Gaining exclusive South Korean distribution rights to such DreamWorks titles as "The Peacemaker" and "What Lies Beneath," Lee built the foundation of a movie powerhouse. In 1998, Lee's CJ Entertainment, a division of CJ Group, opened the country's first state-of-the-art multiplex. (Los Angeles Times)
Movie Parties Makfe for Ghoulish Good Times Oct 28, 2006
Asking guests to wear a touch of red and turning down the apartment's heat add a creepy atmosphere for "The Sixth Sense," while "What Lies Beneath," will keep party guests in a gripping All Hallows Eve mood. Glasses of water placed on all flat surfaces and aluminum foil hats for party visitors set the mood for a "Signs" party. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Mars rover sends images from 'tremendously important' crater Oct 9, 2006
"We have been driving along the top of that stack, effectively seeing more or less the same rocks over and over and over again. But now, with this enormous hole in the ground in front of us, we have the capability to see what lies beneath to see down into the surface of Mars.". He added that his team is looking for a safe place to enter the crater so that Opportunity can capture close-up images and use some of the sensors mounted on its robot arm to analyze the layers of exposed rock. (CBC News)
Mars orbiter looks down on rover Oct 8, 2006
"With this enormous hole in the ground, we have the capability to see what lies beneath - to see down into the sub-surface of Mars, to look at a thicker stack of rocks than we are ever going to see anywhere else; and from that see a bigger slice of Martian geologic time.". And he added: "We have a suite of instruments on the end of the rover's arm and I hope to take that arm and put it right up to some of those layered rocks.". (BBC News)
Jakarta's 'underground' a tangled network Sep 18, 2006
If you ever wonder what lies beneath Jakarta's streets, spare yourself the energy of digging up the ground -- leave that to the public utility companies ... Even so, what's on paper sometimes does not match what lies beneath. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Polluted green waters become developers' green dollars Sep 18, 2006
But developers and their eager customers apparently no longer care what lies beneath the water's surface as long as the views are grand. "These people coming in and building multimillion-dollar homes on Lake Apopka amuse me. In my opinion, they have more money than brains," said Richard Moore of Montverde, who is selling his doublewide mobile home on the lakefront after 25 years there. (Orlando Sentinel)
New 'Superlens' Reveals Hidden Nanostructures Sep 16, 2006
A microscope used to scan nanostructures can be dramatically enhanced by using a 'superlens,' reports an international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biochemistry and The University of Texas at Austin in this week's issue of Science. This is the first time a superlens, a lens capable of creating images of objects smaller than the wavelength of light, has been integrated into a microscope and used to visualize two-dimensional objects. (Science Daily)
Secrets reveal a dark, evil side Aug 27, 2006
What lies beneath the polished exterior of Trent's by-the-book methodology. Does Angie's foul temperament conceal passion for Trent. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Being Michael Ignatieff Aug 26, 2006
This iceberg wants to be our next prime minister, so what lies beneath the surface why, for example, he says he doesn't want to hurt other people and yet so often in the past has done exactly that becomes important to know. 1: THE PREPPIE. (Globe and Mail)
• Letter to the Editor - Losing the creation around us Aug 19, 2006
Right now, our rape of the land and air and what lies beneath says we do not know how to live in harmony with the whole of creation. The earth is coughing and belching in apoplexy because it cannot breathe (Romans 8:22). (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Michelle Pfeiffer In Talks to Join Hairspray Jul 18, 2006
Since 2000's mega-hit What Lies Beneath, Michelle Pfeiffer has only starred in three movies - I Am Sam, White Oleander, and Sinbad - and nothing since 2003. Hairspray could be part of a Michelle Pfeiffer comeback though, as she's in some stage of production on three major films - Amy Heckerling's I Could Never Be Your Woman, Matthew Vaughn's Stardust, and David E. Kelley's Chasing Montana. (Deadbolt)
Students say farewell to university in style Jul 15, 2006
Despite the debate over the new graduation ceremony and what lies beneath it, it seems the festival is here to stay as students seek a more participatory campus life. Certainly the commencement can be the climax. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rap Icon Stakes New Territory in the Wild West on BET's New Reality Series, DMX: SOUL OF A MAN Jul 7, 2006
But in DMX: SOUL OF A MAN, BET unleashes to the world what lies beneath the rough exterior of the respected, yet controversial rapper and actor. This is the authentic DMX, and viewers discover the harsh realities of his past, the conflicting dualities of his present and his aspirations for the future as he struggles with the notion of leaving his rap persona behind, and whether Carefree is a place where he can actually lead a normal life free from rap battles or legal troubles. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Wonders of wood Jul 1, 2006
What lies beneath: Curt martin works with centuries-old wood. . (The Morning Star)
Community Calendar June 2006 Jun 15, 2006
Hike to the center's Wind Dance Pond and discover what lies beneath the surface of the water as you spend the morning relaxing at the water's edge. Refreshments provided. (Wayne Suburban Newspapers, PA)
One tasty burqa Jun 5, 2006
Being a model may turn heads but it does not leave educated people blinded to what lies beneath. You have constantly changed your story even when it did not benefit you or your case. (Sydney Morning Herald)
What lies beneath May 27, 2006
However you look at Anna Wintour, she is more than just the editor of American Vogue. In a rare interview, the empress of fashion talks to Emma Brockes. (Guardian Unlimited)
TODAY’S TOP TV CHOICES May 24, 2006
Using computer graphics and real-life footage we discover what lies beneath the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and it is spectacular. Search for. (The Sun Newspaper Online, UK -- Bizarre)
Controlled chaos May 5, 2006
In ''Phyto-nondactylo tendrilopathy" (the titles play on scientific jargon and tease hypochondriacs with potential new diseases), an infant, twined with cords, sprouts from a bud; the cords plug in at the baby's hip and sprout from his back.Matthew Swarts cadges diagrammatical patterns he finds on the Internet to lay over his own photographs. They fall like technological lace over vaguely suggestive images -- a hand, a nude. Seeing life through a screen is familiar to those who sit in front of a... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Sensor nets the next wave in ocean exploration May 3, 2006
At the end of this month, anyone with Internet access will be able to experience what lies beneath the ocean near Victoria, B.C., in previously impossible fashion. Viewers will see what is happening second by second 100 metres deep in the waters of Saanich Inlet on the website of a project called VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea, ). (Globe and Mail)
MARTINEZPolk trial's novel turn as defense case opens Apr 26, 2006
" Through the morning, Polk mentioned the works of Galileo, Patrick Henry, Henry David Thoreau, Charles Dickens and Ingrid Bergman in arguing that things are not always as they appear, and good people sometimes find themselves unjustly accused. Pursuing that argument, she cited Peter Pan and the films "Ghostbusters," "What Lies Beneath" -- in which Harrison Ford turns out to be the killer -- and "The Fugitive," in which Ford portrays a doctor falsely accused of killing his wife. "Truth is often... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Polk: Keep An Open Mind Apr 25, 2006
Pursuing that argument, she cited Peter Pan and the films "Ghostbusters," "What Lies Beneath" -- in which Harrison Ford turns out to be the killer -- and "The Fugitive," in which Ford portrays a doctor falsely accused of killing his wife. "Truth is often stranger than fiction," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
The Science Of Lost Sleep In Teens Mar 30, 2006
What lies beneath the waves. Do myths describe interstellar impact. (Science Daily)
Grumpy Old Movie Star Mar 7, 2006
His career stalled with a string of flops, as he tried his hand at comedy in Six Days Seven Nights and Hollywood Homicide and played a villain in What Lies Beneath and K19: The Widowmaker. In Firewall, his first film in three years, Ford is back doing what he does best. (The Age)
Harrison Ford, hovering hero Feb 26, 2006
Sunday February 26, 2006. 06 By Russell Baillie Harrison Ford is gazing out the window, having a moment. (New Zealand Herald)
British optimism goes west Feb 23, 2006
Hoffman's performance is technically splendid and very watchable, but I'm not sure he offers much insight into what lies beneath the mannerisms. Ralph Fiennes's contribution to The Constant Gardener was less showy, but more interesting. (Guardian Unlimited)
Feast Of Kid Films Feb 20, 2006
Atlantis - Luc Besson, like James Cameron, is best known for his thrillers, but also has a lingering love for what lies beneath the ocean. Besson directed this film, which has no narration or dialogue, to show the creatures of the undersea realm. (CTNow.com)
Harrison Ford: Still the hero, still hot Feb 13, 2006
That said, he's endured a rough patch of late: Ford's last hit film was the 2000 thriller, What Lies Beneath. His most recent feature, the critically panned 2003 buddy cop thriller Hollywood Homicide, made a meager $30. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
'Firewall' isn't built Ford tough Feb 11, 2006
From "Air Force One" to "What Lies Beneath," he's become a haggard exemplar of aging-man heroics. In "Firewall," he is once again called upon to go mano a mano with the bad guys, although, truth be told, he's getting a bit long in the tooth for such sport. (Christian Science Monitor)
