Word: heists
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...forwards—Jeff Miles and Brady Leisenring—skated in on a two-on-one charge into the Harvard defensive zone in the third period and as the lone defender between the Catamounts and the Harvard net, sophomore defenseman Peter Hafner managed to heist the puck and fed it forward to Maki on the break. Maki sped across the ice—pulling up on the right hand side in front of Catamounts goalie Travis Russell—and let loose a lightning shot that streaked past Russell’s left shoulder...
...None have the Edward Albee gut wallop of last season's climax, but they are more consistent and action heavy. A bunch of mobsters arrested in the '80s get paroled ("The Class of '04," the media dub them), including Tony Blundetto (Steve Buscemi), who went to jail for a heist Tony Soprano was supposed to be on. Determined to go straight, "Tony B." is driving a linen-delivery truck while working to become a licensed massage therapist. It sounds like comic relief, and in a way it is, but Tony B., clinging to his modest dream, is also a poignant...
...Asian Youth Games in 1970. That athleticism propelled him quickly up the show-biz ranks, winning him parts as an actor and, eventually, the chance to direct. He broke out as the director of 1982's Aces Go Places, a martial-arts spy spoof revolving around a diamond heist. Starring Karl Maka, Sam Hui and Sylvia Chang, the film was at the time the highest-grossing Hong Kong movie ever. (At today's ticket prices, Aces would have earned about $13 million, which is nearly double the take of Shaolin Soccer, the reigning Hong Kong box-office champ.) Still, that...
...just the ticket. If you're not traveling, you'll want novels that can transport you. Here are some recent paperback mysteries from far and near that are worth investigating THE TERRA-COTTA DOG Andrea Camilleri (Penguin) Sicilian inspector Salvo Montalbano follows the trail of a supermarket heist to a cave where two young bodies lay, dead since World...
...second installments on succeeding shows. The first will air this Thursday, the opening half in the season premiere of Will & Grace and the conclusion during the new sitcom Coupling. In the first mini-movie, The Pussycat Dolls, Carmen Elektra plays a dancer who gets involved in a jewel heist. Ten mini-movies are already completed, with stars like Michael Richards and Tom Arnold. The executive producers are Paris Barclay and John Wells, who usually lends his talent to more substantial fare (E.R., The West Wing). "John has thrown his full creative weight behind this," says Mitch Metcalf, NBC's senior...