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...Anna Faris takes the lead: Known by younger audiences for her performances as ditzy Cindy Campbell from the Scary Movie franchise, and by attentive grownup filmgoers for her small roles in Brokeback Mountain and Lost in Translation, funny Anna Faris finally gets the screen time she deserves in the stoner comedy Smiley Face. Faris stars as a pothead actress sent on a series of misadventures after she devours some weed-laced cupcakes. OK, so director Greg Araki's picture is not a huge departure from Faris' spacey blonde cinema roots, but it is that rare physical comedy that stars...
...Clinic--baited with multiday family ski packages for as little as $1,300--while Breckenridge's Park & Pipe Camps are expected to draw large crowds to the Colorado town in February and March. Virginia's Wintergreen Resort puts together wine tours in the nearby Charlottesville area. Vermont's Stowe Mountain Resort holds Wednesday ski clinics as part of its For Women, By Women series. And at Keystone, Betty Fest has become the industry's best-known program for women. "We're trying to appeal to a broad audience and be cognizant of today's skier vs. the woman who skied...
...drive to draw more women hasn't generated a blizzard of downhillers, resort executives admit. Rather, as marketing director Myra Foster at Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont points out, "it's more of an incremental push" complemented by initiatives like investing in bigger, faster chairlifts; refurbishing lodges and condos; and adding more luxurious amenities...
...name) has won all three of the National Skateboard Association titles previously awarded and is expected to roll past the competition for a fourth this weekend at the N.S.A. championships in Anaheim, Calif. Hawk turned pro three years ago, and since then his aerobatic antics have appeared in a Mountain Dew commercial, Italian and Japanese TV shows about him, and the films Thrashin and Police Academy IV. His income is soaring toward six figures, and a skateboard and a line of sports clothing bear his name. What does he like to do with his downtime? Well, a little surfing...
...armor, and communications gear that would give them the capacity to operate independently against Taliban guerrillas in harsh terrain. But that won't happen in time to face the Taliban's anticipated spring offensive. So, the Pentagon also announced Wednesday that 3,200 soldiers from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division will have their tour of duty in Afghanistan extended by four months. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he is likely to ask President Bush for several thousand more American troops augment the 24,000 already there, and Washington is pressing NATO allies to provide more troops of their...