Word: screens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Loker Commons Advisory Committee met Thursday in Memorial Hall to discuss concerns about the new student center, including the scrolling message board, the LED screen at the back of the Commons and the possibility of lengthening Loker's hours...
There is no Ginger Rogers linked immortally to Kelly's name, and that's no accident. For he was a solipsist who did not share the screen easily with anyone. Suspiciously good at playing hammy, self-serving show folks--see his hoofing heel in For Me and My Gal, his grandiloquent strolling player in The Pirate, and remember that the guy with the umbrella was a movie star not entirely displeased with the figure he was cutting--he occasionally made you wonder: Is he exercising egocentricity or satirizing...
Iowa voters have seen plenty of Forbes on the small screen; now they're keen to eyeball him in the flesh. He's attracting good crowds--150 to 250 people--who mainly want to make sure that he's not as kooky as that other multimillionaire who once ran for President. His seriousness and earnestness tell them that, while his occasional sheepish grins reveal that he's not an automaton either. He has the courage of his awkwardness. In Council Bluffs, Chris Bridgeford, who owns his own construction business, listened to Forbes and said, "I was hoping to hear something...
...lines. The boys are good actors, especially Getty as the angry rough-and-tumble greaser. Scott Wolf does an excellent Tom Cruise imitation. And Jeff Bridges is a perfect father figure. Too perfect. The script sinks any hopes the characters had of being deep or moving. Todd Robinson, the screen writer, is living proof anyone can get a job in Hollywood. The script is trite ("Oh, the power of the wind!") and too ambitious ("Today I finally understand Homer: the journey's the thing...
...electroplating industry. For viewers who think the Oscars are too elitist, there's the People's Choice Awards, chosen by a Gallup poll of moviegoers. For those who find the Oscars too mainstream, there's the Independent Spirit Awards, recognizing films made outside the studio system. The Screen Actors Guild has its own televised awards show, and so does the Blockbuster video/music chain. There are awards for sports stars (the ESPYS), for outstanding African Americans (the Essence Awards) and for well-dressed rock musicians (VH1's Fashion & Music Awards). There are even awards for giving awards: Ellen DeGeneres was named...