| Jack Brod, Early Tenant of Skyscraper, Dies at 98
The Empire State Building location and the Empire name proved useful in radio advertisements. "I don't have to tell people where I am," Mr. Brod said in an interview with CNN in 1996. He witnessed history, drama and comedy at his lofty address. He spoke of bizarre attempts to moor airships to the building's 1,250-foot mast, and of the day in 1945 when a B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor. He liked to say he was on King Kong's greeting committee, and each year he watched the 1933 movie at least twice. He saw his rent increase 30-fold (after adjustment for greater space), the elevators become automated, and the replacement of all 6,379 windows. On at least one Valentine's Day, he gave wedding bands to couples married atop the building. For years, Mr.
Filmmakers Face Book-To-Screen Challenge
Sure, every year there are several book-club favorites that turn up at the multiplex. Perusing the list of Academy Award best-picture winners can feel like a trip to Barnes & Noble, from "Gone With the Wind" and "The Godfather" to "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The English Patient." But during this tumultuous, strike-hobbled awards season, at least a dozen movies with literary roots have real shots at winning the biggest prizes. Some of those novels, like Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner," are beloved and readers feel proprietary about them. Others, like Ian McEwan's "Atonement" and Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," seemed impossible to adapt because they were too complicated, too internal. The adaptations themselves range from the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men," which maintained much of Cormac McCarthy's rich Texas vernacular, to Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," in which the writer-director merely used Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" as a leaping-off point.
Rumor found untrue at JCHS
Officials at Jefferson City School District are trying to quell another rumor of possible violence at a school.
According to School District Spokesman David Luther, around noon Thursday, one student at the high school spoke to another student and word eventually came to principals that there might be a weapon in the building."Our principals got enough information to do a search and went through several book bags and eventually the principals were satisfied that the rumor was false," he said. "Classes were never disrupted and students went about their normal activities."Acting principal Delinda Fitch also noted that students were very cooperative and understanding of the situation.Earlier this week the district put out a release to quell rumors about a threat written on a bathroom wall at Thomas Jefferson Middle School last week.
KC & The Sunshine Band bound for Chumash concert
Get ready to "Shake Your Booty" and sing "That's the Way I Like It" when KC & The Sunshine Band perform in the Samala Showroom of the Chumash Casino Resort at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24. Tickets are on sale now and range in price from $35 to $75.KC & The Sunshine Band front man Harry Wayne Casey (KC for short) developed a unique fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of a Latin percussion grove. The band's hits include "Get Down Tonight" and all-time party favorites "Shake Your Booty" and "That's the Way I Like It."With sales of more than 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations and three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, according to a Dec. 17 press release from the Chumash Casino Resort, KC & The Sunshine Band was considered one of the most progressive bands when it first hit the music scene in the 1970s.The group has played more than 100 live shows a year.Casey broke into the music business while working as a young man in an entry level position at a record studio in his hometown of Miami.The Sunshine Band originated when he started writing songs with bassist Richard French.Over the years, their music went on to be featured in many motion pictures, including "Saturday Night Fever" and even "Forrest Gump," and TV series such as "Ally McBeal" and "Desperate Housewives."The Chumash Casino Resort, on Highway 246 in Santa Ynez, is an age-18-and-older venue.
England a fleeting memory for Gavin McCann
There is a Premiership footballer, demonstrating his robust skills before the lenses of the world, who would prefer a profile so low you almost need to lift up the carpet to find him. In pics: Premier League actionPremier League Transfer TalkBolton Wanderers homepage | Fans' forumGavin McCann was plucked from Sunderland's midfield in Sven-Goran Eriksson's first England squad, played, but was never seen again. He has moved through Everton, Sunderland and Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers with aggregate transfer fees approaching £4 million but concedes that even if Fabio Capello springs a similar surprise, it is unlikely to be to this most modest of footballers that he turns. .
Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure
Top: Young MikeK playing with Evel Knievel action figure; bottom: MikeK receives inspiration from his childhood friends before leaving for a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting. I had a classic Evel Knievel motorcycle riding action figure when I was a kid. The stunts my brothers and I would stage for that motorcycle toy were legendary (riding out a second story window, chasing the dog around the house without getting chewed to ribbons, you name it). RIP Evel. I wonder what happened to Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man who played the role of Evel's arch-nemesis in the boyhood action figure wars?/Councilman MikeK. Question: What was your favorite action figure/doll when you were little? .
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