Napoleon Dynamite News

Bruce Jenkins from Wimbledon (San Francisco Chronicle)

Each morning, Bruce Jenkins offers new observations and thoughts from Wimbledon for SFGate readers. They were flexing all over the United Kingdom this week. They were all Andy Murray, king of Scots, revealing a wiry bicep in the wake of his dramatic, five-set...
updated Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:41:53 GMT

Liliana Greenberg (The Oregonian)

Magnets: "I'll watch anything starring Paul Newman, Mark Ruffalo, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Gosling, Cate Blanchett, Jena Malone, Amy Adams, Anjelica Huston or Meryl Streep.
updated Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:21:25 GMT

Touring Chiemsee (OnMilwaukee.com)

PRIEN, Germany -- Returned to visit Prien and then Munich during my final week's tour. Christiane, who I met on my second day in Germany, has welcomed me for the weekend.
updated Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:47:03 GMT

Project SAM gives kids unique opportunity (SouthtownStar)

It's the season of fun in the sun and staying up late because homework is no more. For many young people, summer also is about learning to keep focus and the difference between down stage right and up stage left. The Illinois Theatre Center in Park Forest is in its 31st year of Project SAM, the Summer Arts Marathon.
updated Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:07:43 GMT

Put in good word: Mad Libs turns 50 (Erie Times-News)

Mad Libs, the quirky word game, is turning 50.
updated Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:15:59 GMT

Mr. Smithee is not chopped liver (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Dear Mr. Smithee: I work with disabled adults, and one of them is a fantastic statistic keeper. We are trying to figure out at which theater in New York "Schindler's List" opened. He knows the exact month, date and year, but is bent on finding out which theater.
updated Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:26:02 GMT

Local Movie Hits The Rex (KIFI Idaho Falls)

Rexburg's very own movie opened Thursday night, and the best part is its all local. All the filming was done throughout the city, and the movie features only local actors and musicians.
updated Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:45:39 GMT

Gates close on Windows era (The Courier Mail)

WITH a bespectacled, nerdy appearance and socially awkward demeanour, he is the geek with a killer business instinct who transformed our lives.
updated Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT

(Adjective) Mad Libs (Verb) 50 Years (The Lakeland Ledger)

The madness began in 1953, with a slight case of writer's block. At that time, Leonard Stern was a writer for "The Honeymooners." One day, he was puzzling over a script, stymied by a description of Ralph Kramden's new boss's nose.
updated Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:14:22 GMT

Ask Alan Smithee: FYI: Mister Smithee is not chopped liver (The Palm Beach Post)

Dear Mr. Smithee: I work with disabled adults and one of them is a fantastic statistic keeper. We are trying to figure out which theater in New York Schindler's List opened in. He knows the exact month, date and year (which I cannot recall right now), but is bent on finding out which theater. We here at work have exhausted all efforts on finding out. - Marilyn D. Hansen
updated Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:10:02 GMT