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...Tommy (Christian Hoff) sets the stage by proclaiming, "Let's face it, we put Jersey on the map"-thereby ignoring, to name a few, Thomas Edison (Menlo Park), RCA Victor (Camden), the Miss America Pageant (Atlantic City) and Bruno Hauptman (Hopewell), not to mention the kid from Hoboken, Mr. Frank Sinatra, and a Newark boy whose piercing tenor preceded Valli's in the national consciousness by more than a decade, Jerry Lewis...
...There is need for improvement, but I think that there’s a good amount of stuff going on right now.”According to Pollinger, the FYSC has been tossing around several ideas for possible upcoming events, including a Spring Carnival, a male beauty pageant, and theme parties in the Strauss Hall common room. The committee is considering themes like a luau in the middle of the winter and an ABC—Anything But Clothing—party, in which people can attend wrapped in duct tape or newspaper. The FYSC plans to host its first...
...regime likes to show off the Arirang festival to foreign visitors (Kim took then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to a similar event during her 2000 visit). Staged at night in the giant May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, the pageant features tens of thousands of costumed dancers, gymnasts and singers performing an elaborate tribute to Kim and his father - North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung. Thousands of children seated on the bleachers opposite the spectators flip colored flash cards to create an ever-changing backdrop of slogans and uplifting images. ?They are fighting for the happiness of our people...
...redeemed by the outstanding performances of J.P. Dougherty (Tracy’s mom Edna Turnblad—basically, a large man is made to look like “Mother Ginger”), and Susan Henley (Amber’s mom, Edna Von Tussle, a self obsessed former beauty pageant contestant). The best acting performance is delivered by Tracy’s best friend Penny Pingleton, played by Caissie Levy. Levy’s pinpoint accurate comedic timing and unfailing charisma exponentially heighten the show’s appeal. While many of the actors’ mediocre singing voices...
...looked like it was all over for the King of Bollywood. After ruling Indian cinema as its undisputed superstar for a quarter century, Amitabh Bachchan began to bomb. A succession of films bled money. Endorsements dried up. Even his company's 1996 production of the Miss World beauty pageant was plagued by protests from both Indian conservatives and feminists. By the turn of the millennium, Bachchan found himself $20 million in debt and staring obscurity in the face. "The industry thought he was finished," says Ram Gopal Varma, director of Bachchan's latest hit, Sarkar. So did Bachchan. "Every actor...