Curtain gets taste of Derby venue
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on May 30, 2008
Curtain Call came through a racecourse spin at Epsom ahead of his participation in the Vodafone Derby on Saturday week.
With Casual Conquest set to be added to the field for the blue riband, Curtain Call is likely to be sent off second favourite and he was the centre of attraction at the course’s Breakfast With [...]
Juve’s curtain call the show stopper
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 30, 2008
Victory was reduced to chasing shadows after falling behind to an early goal from Nicola Legrottaglie, but came back with an excellent equaliser from Carlos Hernandez early in the second half.
Juve regained the lead from a penalty by Raffaele Palladino and then rounded off a class display with late goals from Marco Marchionni and a [...]
Call breezes on Epsom downs
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on May 30, 2008
Curtain Call, bidding to give trainer Luca Cumani a third Vodafone Derby victory, had a first look at Epsom with a spin as the feature of the track’s Breakfast With The Stars morning.
Ruled out of the Lingfield Derby Trial three weeks ago when the ground was too quick, the ex-Irish-trained colt was slightly delayed in [...]
Spencer taking aim the Derby with Curtain Call
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on May 30, 2008
Normally on these occasions ‘gallop’ is a misnomer for something more sedate. Though he may have negotiated Epsom’s camber at a pace that wouldn’t have thrown a three-legged giraffe off balance, Curtain Call and his lead horse did a serious enough bit of work over the last three furlongs for pulling up before they ran [...]
Curtain Falls on Toni Braxton’s Vegas Run
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on May 30, 2008
Recovery is going to be the only thing on Toni Braxton’s to-do list for a while.
The Flamingo Las Vegas announced Thursday that the remainder of the R&B diva’s shows at the hotel have been canceled so that she can focus on her health.
The “Breathe Again” songstress hasn’t performed since early last month after being hospitalized [...]
Memories sure to last beyond the final curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on May 30, 2008
There can’t be many who don’t wish to be remembered fondly after they’ve gone. It’s confirmation that our time on this earth mattered, that we didn’t simply float along on a cloud of self-obsession and trivial pursuits.
Those who are rich enough can ensure their name lives on through the donation of large amounts of dough [...]
Stratford raises another curtain
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on May 25, 2008
Right Here’s parents were first thrilled by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival at its birth when the Bard and all the world and the players and the amazed audience were under a tent.
That amazing tent vanished in the 1950s, but tradition of Shakespeare at Stratford continues this week when the festival’s 2008 season opens tomorrow with [...]
Curtain draws on Globacom League
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 25, 2008
Mathematically, any of the top five teams, Bayelsa United, Kano Pillars, Heartland, Sunshine Stars and Niger Tornadoes can still emerge winners depending on their margin of victory and the results of the contending forces.
It is a photo finish scenario where the clubs must wait for full time to know their fate.
In reality however, the battle [...]
Laursen wins AMSOIL series curtain raiser
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on May 25, 2008
Three time AMSOIL Late Model Series champion Steve Laursen dominated the action at the Superior Speedway Friday night. The Cumberland driver served notice on the competition that he will be force to reckon with in a run for his fourth AMSOIL Late Model Series championship. The crafty veteran easily won his ten-lap heat race and [...]
Actress pursues parallel career as singer-songwriter
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 25, 2008
Rebecca Pidgeon, who is married to writer David Mamet, has long nurtured two parallel careers: one as an actress, the other as a singer-songwriter. Her seventh album, “Beneath the Velvet Curtain,” is her best work yet; several of the songs appear on the soundtrack of her husband’s new film, “Redbelt,” in which she also acts.
Pidgeon [...]