Straight from the Press By Danny Scott Sports Editor The vicious on-field attack perpetrated by Tennessee defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth on Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode has been the topic of much discussion this week.
Be it comedy, drama, horror or documentary, the lineup of movies in this year's Chicago International Film Festival attempts to convey real-life issues, emotions and situations.
Everyone kept asking me if I was hurting yet. My first appointment after checking in for a two-night stay at The Villa Inn, Restaurant and Spa was a private Pilates session with a personal trainer, and everyone from the desk clerks to the room-service attendant was sure I'd be too sore to move the remainder of my visit.
Stranger Than Fiction (U.S.) **1/2 In this bit of Charlie Kaufman lite, IRS agent Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) hears his life narrated, and the voice tells him he's going to die soon. He's actually a character in a novelist's (Emma Thompson) book.
Jervis B. Webb Co., based in Farmington Hills, announced a $2.6 million contract with St. Louis-based K & S Associates Inc., to install an in-line Explosive Detection System (EDS) and baggage screening system, in addition to upgrading the baggage handling conveyor system for the East Terminal at Lambert--St. Louis International Airport in Missouri. Project completion is scheduled for early 2007.
WAUKEGAN -- The owner of two pit bulls that mauled an 8-year-old girl in Roosevelt Park on Sunday afternoon will face a criminal charge of reckless conduct on top of the citations issued following the attack.
DALLAS----Beginning Saturday, December 9, the Museum of Nature & Science, Dallas, will host the North Texas debut of Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies.
The unprecedented NFL suspension Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth received for deliberately injuring Cowboys center Andre Gurode is adequate, Coach Jeff Fisher said Monday.