Curtain Up On A New Era
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on October 31, 2008
DESPITE one or two teething problems staff and pupils at a Burnham acting school have enjoyed a successful start to life in their new home.
Curtain Call School of Performing Arts was left homeless at the end of last term due to structural issues at the Community Centre in Berrow Road.
The budding actors were forced to [...]
The Curtain Rises On Opera At Port Huron Movie Theater
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on October 31, 2008
That’s exactly what Krafft 8 is offering through its live satellite broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera. “A lot of theaters are branching out,” theater manager Matt Bieth said. “We started doing alternative content about six months ago with political analysts Glenn Beck.”
He expects attendance to increase further. The opera performances offer moviegoers something different.
“This is [...]
On The Stump For Barack Obama Until The Final Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on October 31, 2008
In Democratic Hollywood these days it’s not enough to be the hardest-working act in show business, you’ve also got to be engaged 24/7 in political fundraising, personal campaigning, robocalling, image advising, party planning and surrogate appearances in towns without even a single screen, let alone a multiplex.
Whatever the industry’s travails, Hollywood has stepped up big [...]
AMC Draws Curtain On Plan To Go Public
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on October 31, 2008
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. won’t proceed with plans for a public stock offering.
The parent of Kansas City-based movie theater company AMC Entertainment Inc. said in a Friday letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it is immediately withdrawing its registration to sell its stock publicly.
“The company has decided not to proceed with the [...]
Antigua ready for Stanford curtain-raiser
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on October 28, 2008
Trinidad are familiar with Stanford’s riches, having made away with a million of his dollars for winning last season’s Stanford 2020. They were narrowly beaten by Guyana in the first edition in 2006, and so have a pedigree in this format that few teams can match. They have, however, been deprived of valuable match practice [...]
Cole Will Get Chance For Curtain Call
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on October 28, 2008
Erik Cole’s impending return to the RBC Center with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday should mark one of the few times Carolina Hurricanes fans have had a real chance to salute one of their departed favorites.
Ron Francis, Arturs Irbe and Glen Wesley, just to name a few, were traded elsewhere but never played against the [...]
Curtain closes at Theatre Works
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on October 28, 2008
Stamford Theatre Works, a 20-year-old production company of contemporary plays that called a barn home, is shutting down, according to the president of its board of directors.
“We don’t have enough money to go forward,” Vignola said. Four shows that were to be part of the subscription season will be canceled, he said.
Much of the debt [...]
Tributes pour in for Rangers’ McColl
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on October 28, 2008
RANGERS’ chief executive Martin Bain has led the tributes to former Rangers player and captain Ian McColl, who died on Friday, in his 82nd year, after a lengthy illness.
“He was a magnificent Rangers player, a key member of the famous ‘Iron Curtain‘ defence and the club sends its condolences to Ian’s family,” he said.
Sensationally sacked [...]
Curtain comes down on Croft season
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on October 28, 2008
THE final circuit racing action of the 2008 season takes place at Croft Circuit, near Darlington this weekend with a compact six-race programme from the BARC Winter Series.
Three classes are represented with two races each including the Sports and Saloons Winter Races, the Renault Clio Winter Series and the headlining Formula Renault Winter Series.
Tags: darlington, [...]
Iron Curtain Falls On Google’s Russian Ad Deal
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on October 25, 2008
Russia’s Federal Anti-monopoly Service, FAS, has blocked a move by Google to purchase Begun, an advertising agency. The watch dog group claims they blocked the deal because Google did not provide them with enough information to allow FAS to access whether or not the deal would help or hurt competition.
FAS, the Russian anti-monopoly watch dog, [...]