Fill out this form to email this article to a friend
Forward thinking
An entirely subjective look at the week ahead
By COLETTE BANCROFT
Published January 30, 2006
ADIOS TO THE METROPLEX
The fourth annual Tampa International Film Festival launches nine days of movies from around the globe at 7 p.m. Friday at Sunrise Cinemas in Tampa. The 18 featured films range from The Beauty Academy of Kabul, about a team of American women starting a school of cosmetology in the Afghan capital after the fall of the Taliban, to Bombon el Perro, an Argentine comedy about a mechanic whose life is transformed by an aristocratic dog. For the festival schedule, go to www.tampafilmfest.com
SCHADENFREUDE SPECIAL
And speaking of movies, the Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday. Expect plenty of carefully rehearsed expressions of humble surprise. But the really fun nominations come out today, when contenders for the Golden Raspberries are named. It's a bountiful year for bad movies The Dukes of Hazzard! Aeon Flux! Eeek! and worse performances (Tara Reid as a brilliant archaeologist in Alone in the Dark! Snort!). To revel in the list of not-so-proud nominees, go to www.razzies.com
POLITICAL THEATER
And speaking of performances, President Bush makes his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night at 9. Topics he may discuss: new Supreme Court justices, tax-free health savings accounts, immigration reform, Iraqi elections. Topic he is sure to discuss: terrorism. Topics he is highly unlikely to breathe a word about: Medicare Part D, Scooter Libby, Jack Abramoff, Michael Brown, and the White House's urgent request to Congress to raise the $8.2-trillion debt limit before federal spending smacks into it in February.
MAJOR LEAGUE BIRTHDAYS
Sports fans may be focused on football, but it's a big birthday week for Baseball Hall of Fame members. On Tuesday, Ernie Banks turns 75, and Nolan Ryan is 59. Hank Aaron will be 72 on Sunday.
- COLETTE BANCROFT, Times staff writer, 727 893-8435 or bancroft@sptimes.com
[Last modified January 27, 2006, 10:48:05]
Share your thoughts on this story
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
|
News
Fifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. Read the story and see a video and portrait gallery.
Print
Email story
Comment
Email editor