Heralded for her keen depictions of young women in The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation, [Sofia Coppola] seemed naturally suited to tell the story of one of history's most notorious ladies. Shipped from Austria to France at 15 and, at 19, crowned queen of one of the most famously decadent regimes in history, [Marie Antoinette]'s story could not be more intriguing. Coppola prefers a simmered-down version of Marie Antoinette's life, insisting on imposing the ennui of a modern teenager on her historical figure. Aside from sex, parties and shopping, little else is explored. Coppola's hands-over-the-ears insistence that Marie Antoinette was an unpretentious foreigner on a youth's quest for fun and beauty reveals the director's own bourgeois preoccupation with the good life. In a tellt...
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Break out the Hula Hoop, unwrap a wad of pink bubblegum. Pretend its 1958 and participate in some hometown fun that is Kinder. Simpler. Funner. Whatever your pleasure, there is bound to be a contest for you at the 82nd anniversary of the L.A. County Fair. Contests are great opportunities for the public to have an active part in experiencing the Fair. Throughout the 17 days of the Fair, guests can join in for hours of fun as they cool off with a water balloon toss, try to blow the biggest bubble in the Bubble Gum Blowing contest, see how fast they can eat a "Texas-size" donut, test their limber limbs in a Limbo contest and lots more.
Celine Weisheit and Kelsey Williams might not be chewing much gum for a while. The Castle Junior High School seventh graders chewed six different kinds of gum for "Bubble Gum Blow Out," their science fair project.
When Susan Rowling was 12, she and her friends organized a fund- raiser for the yet-to-be-built Chesapeake General Hospital by performing a musical in her garage. Friends and family were charged admission and encouraged to buy concessions - lemonade and bubble gum. The money Rowling and her friends raised and donated to the hospital was the first amount Chesapeake General received for its fund. Rowling still has the receipt to prove it.
The Jazz are awash with injuries. But that's just one of their problems. Most nights they couldn't guard a statue. Some fans openly question whether coach Jerry Sloan has been at it too long. He has held that position longer (21 seasons) than any current coach in a major professional sport. So what does owner Larry H. Miller do?
Grass-fed Le Cheval cheese and supermarket cheddar. Victory Hop Wallop beer and Budweiser. Wasabi green peas and bubble gum. Side by side they sit, as different as summer and winter, at Pearls Seaside Market & Cafe.
January is over? Already?! Why is time going by so fast? Is it double-parked somewhere?
GARNER, Iowa - An Iowa teen is all bubbly over her one-of-a-kind high school prom dress she made out of gum wrappers. Elizabeth Rasmuson made her dress - and matching vest for her date - out of blue and white wrappers from Wrigley's "5 gum.
WASHINGTON, April 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for Thursday, April 27 from the U.S. Census Bureau: THURSDAY, APRIL 27: BUBBLE GUM
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