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Yada Yada Yada / Sunset Boulevard / OSCAR NOMINATED MOVIES
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on: February 26, 2009, 09:38:23 AM
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Started by Deb R. | Last post by Deb R.
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Most of the big movies never made it to my Burg this year. Local cinema owners say that either (A) we are too small for the national distributors to send them here (our city + suburbs is over 100,000  ) - or - (B) they prefer to schedule movies that will make them the most money, namely family-oriented films that will attract kids + at least one parent AND generate lots of concession sales.
Result is that Slumdog Millionaire arrived only 2 weeks ago (I saw it, loved it). Doubt and The Wrestler were here for only 1 week (I missed them). That's about it for the top films. No The Reader, no Benjamin Button, no Milk, no Frost/Nixon. GRRRRRRRRRRRR. I will now have to turn to Netflix and wait until they all come out on DVD.
So tell me, Cyber Friends, what did I miss? Which ones should I definitely put on my reserve list?
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Yada Yada Yada / Sunset Boulevard / Lost in Austen alert
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on: January 07, 2009, 07:59:07 PM
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Started by keeba | Last post by keeba
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Hi folks! Gosh, I haven't been here in ages. Totally failed to follow up on the comic-con post. Sorry about that.
I just wanted to make sure you were all aware that LOST IN AUSTEN is on US tv this weekend, on a channel that may fly under your radar -- Ovation. I guess since A&E is now the True Crime & Reality channel, it was either Ovation or BBC-America and Ovation won the coin toss [though BBC-A is almost as much of a reality tv wasteland as A&E these days].
The series, if you are unaware, is about a modern woman [Jemima Rooper] who somehow swaps places with Elizabeth Bennet [Gemma Arterton, currently playing Tess in TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES on Masterpiece Theatre]. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are played by Hugh Bonneville and Alex Kingston, respectively. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is played by Lindsay Duncan. But I know the question you all want answered is, who is Mr. Darcy? It is Elliot Cowan, an actor I'm not familiar with, though I saw THE GOLDEN COMPASS. He is also in HAPPY GO LUCKY and RUBY IN THE SMOKE [I don't remember him from that either].
Anyway. If you don't get Ovation [it's on the digital tier on my cable package], it's sure to be out on DVD soon. It's in four 1-hour episodes on Ovation Saturday and Sunday at 5pm, 8pm & 11pm PT [episodes 1&2 Saturday, episodes 3&4 Sunday].
MTA: I got the dates wrong. It's on Sunday and Monday, not Saturday and Sunday. Same bat time.
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Yada Yada Yada / The Drawing Room / Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
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on: January 05, 2009, 11:10:20 AM
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Started by John | Last post by Deb R.
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Ramen noodles are a staple of the college student's diet. Small packages of dried noodles with a little broth powder. You pour them in a bowl, add boiling water and have instant "food" -- though they have NO nutritional value at all. They are popular because they are so cheap. I often see them in local grocery store for about 10 cents per package.
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Yada Yada Yada / The Drawing Room / Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
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on: December 12, 2008, 12:05:29 PM
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Started by John | Last post by Deb R.
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I agree with Julie, though I suspect that since these were American students preparing the feast that they made do with whatever they had to remind them of home. I'm surprised there wasn't a big bowl of Ramen noodles on that table! John, be reassured that THAT menu does not represent the classic T'giving dinner.
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Yada Yada Yada / The Drawing Room / Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
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on: December 11, 2008, 07:27:11 AM
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Started by John | Last post by Cyberlibrarian
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Thanksgiving is big because it's a holiday that everyone, regardless of religion, can celebrate. That's really what makes it beautiful.
Second, macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving? Wow. Along with stuffing and various forms of potatoes and other tubers, that's a whole lot of starch!
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Yada Yada Yada / The Drawing Room / Happy Thanksgiving!
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on: November 28, 2008, 03:00:39 PM
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Started by John | Last post by John
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Hello all!
I am not certain whether anyone is still around here (Hello? Talk about bare ruined quires and echo chambers), but I thought I'd tell you about my first, bona fide American Thanksgiving dinner.
We don't have any holidays between Guy Fawkes Night (November 5) and Christmas, except for Armistice Day (Nov 11) which is a bit of a downer, so it was a great experience to attend a Thanksgiving dinner cooked by some American friends this week. It is, I'm sure, familiar to you, but all new to me.
We had turkey with heavenly stuffing, macaroni and cheese (this was beautiful, but eating it with turkey is a little weird), mashed potato with sour cream, cream cheese and crackers (huh?), salad, green beans, the most gorgeous bread rolls I've ever had, and finished with pumpkin pie and cream. I am not sure about the latter--eating pumpkin in a pie seems like some kind of un-natural mutation, but this is because a pie here is meat, mostly mince or steak, and fruit pies are usually apple--we don't have pumpkin pie at all.
So, without exception a gorgeous and beautifully cooked meal (thank you, Miss Missouri!), with some exotic strangeness, which was highly satisfying. Allegedly (I find this difficult to believe) Thanksgiving is bigger than Christmas?!
Really?
I hope you are all well. What's everyone up to?
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Yada Yada Yada / Announcements / Sorry about the nasty spam
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on: October 05, 2008, 09:01:52 PM
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Started by Mags | Last post by Mags
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Of course this happens when I'm away and don't have time and resources to tend to it...
I've disabled registration for the time being. If a real person wants to register, e-mail me directly.
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