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...Gripping—or at the very least, attempting to grip—all the other characters in an iron fist is the larger-than-life figure of Madame Rosepettle. Resembling a fashion-forward Wicked Witch of the West in a series of all-black mourning outfits (designed by Heidi Hermiller) in honor of the dead husband whose coffin sits by her bed, she manages to combine the regal and the psychotic eerily well. Palma lends an appropriate volume and edge to her character, often seeming to be on the verge of physically attacking someone, but lacks some...
...other fictional characters that are still hiding out. Perhaps they will soon follow his lead, and stand proud. 1. Iago from Disney’s “Aladdin” 2. Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad 3. Edmund from “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” 4. Old Yeller 5. Willy Wonka 6. Bert and Ernie 7. Sherlock Holmes 8. The Cowardly Lion 9. Timon and Pumbaa 10. Peter Pan 11. Buzz Lightyear 12. Captain Jack Sparrow 13. Bastian from “The Neverending Story” 14. Troy Bolton...
...forest, the witch Madge (Melanie Atkins)—who had taken offense when James had ousted her from the wedding festivities earlier—gives James a magical scarf that will help him capture the sylph. Unfortunately, the scarf is poisoned, causing the sylph to lose her wings, go blind, and slowly die. At the end of the show Effie and James’ friend Gurn (John Lam) are married. “La Sylphide,” with its heart-wrenching ending, showed not only the beauty of chasing after an ideal, but also the losses of such...
...south, just north of the Mexican town of Tecate, the fire by Tuesday night had charred 70,000 acres, destroyed 200 homes, killed one man and injured 25, including five firefighters. To the north, the Witch Creek Fire burned 164,000 acres in the towns and communities of Poway, Ramona, Lakeside, San Marcos, Valley Center, Rincon, Wildcat Canyon and Rancho Santa Fe. By Tuesday, it had destroyed 500 homes and injured seven firefighters and two civilians. Other fires - in Rice Canyon, Poomacha, McCoy and Coronado Hills - destroyed homes and burned thousands of acres throughout the county, keeping firefighters scrambling...
...started out as an OK weekend, except the San Diego Chargers weren't playing and the weather had been in the bone chilling 60s. Then came the first flames, in one area appropriately named the Witch near Ramona. All of a sudden places we long-timers never knew even had a name became labeled. The new monikers still don't help any of us know exactly where the neighborhoods are. But we can smell them now. They are choking us. Within 24 hours, nine fires were ravaging the San Diego area. Paradise was Apocalypse...