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Exercise for a healthy mind

Three seniors are asked this question: What do a teddy bear, a Christmas stocking and a turkey have in common? "You hug them!" said a former librarian. But do you hug a turkey? prompted their questioner behind the table. She pauses. "They all gobble?" said a 67-year-old man, grinning. Welcome to The Brain Fitness Club. It's a window into a growing population in America: adults… 0

October 3, 2010

Hooray for 'Holywood'

The movies already have a Hollywood and a Bollywood, but some filmmakers see Central Florida staking its claim as "Holywood." A single faith-based movie filmed around Orlando last year has led to a handful of like-minded movies being shot in the central part of the state. The Whisper Home, based on the biblical parable of the prodigal son, was filmed in Ocoee last winter. It… 0

September 4, 2010

mex-ploitation

In Machete, blades flash and body parts are sliced. Heads roll. And hands, torsos, legs and other limbs. Robert De Niro drawls, wears a cowboy hat and guns down illegal immigrants with a hunting rifle. Steven Seagal is a Mexican drug lord with samurai sword skills. Jessica Alba showers, Lindsay Lohan skinny dips and Cheech Marin wears a clerical collar as a priest with an ear… 0

September 3, 2010

Take a retro ride to the '80s

Here they are, "the REAL A-Team," the pride and joy of big, bloody '80s action movies, back for a last roundup. The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone's all-star mercenary movie, is a deliriously retro ride into Reagan-era blockbusters. The brawn and testosterone (among other bulk-inducing substances) drip off the screen as Sly, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Terry Crews and… 0

August 13, 2010

Spacewalk fails to remove pump

Two American astronauts failed to remove a broken cooling pump from outside the International Space Station yesterday after a frustrating eight-hour spacewalk that set the record as the longest spacewalk ever at the floating observatory. The botched attempt left engineers scrambling to come up with a new repair plan, as the 780-pound cooling pump helps keep the station from overheating.… 0

August 8, 2010
Florida

Oiled birds find new home in refuge

About a dozen birds rescued from the oil spill washing ashore in Louisiana were released yesterday into the safety of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge east of Orlando. "It was a feel-good moment," said Dorn Whitmore, supervisory park ranger. "We've seen the images of these oil birds, and it does feel good to see them fly again and being released into the wild." The… 0

June 7, 2010

These boots were made for Banderas

Antonio Banderas gets it. He knows why people still laugh every time he opens his mouth, as the swashbuckling Puss in Boots in a Shrek movie. "It must be the contrast," he purrs in that rioja and romance accent we all know and love. "I am providing a voice that doesn't match that body. People laugh at seeing that little pussy cat with my arrogant, suave Spanish voice." He chuckles.… 0

May 21, 2010

All work and no play

Here, at last, is Ridley Scott's "Russell Hood: Prince of Prequels," a dark and brawny version of the Robin Hood legend that anchors itself in English history and loses some of the merriment in the process. Scott, his screenwriter (Brian Helgeland of Green Zone) and Russell Crowe take us back before men in tights to the leather, blood, bows and arrows of Crusader's England for… 0

May 14, 2010
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