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LeAnna Simmons -- a senior at Dover Area Senior High School -- is one of 30 International Finalists in the Third Annual Voice of McDonald's Competition -- an "American Idol"-style challenge.
Simmons and hundreds of other McDonald's employees submitted video online of themselves singing. McDonald's corporate officials surprised her at work Oct. 12 at the McDonald's on Carlisle Road in Dover to tell her that she's one of the few finalists from the U.S.
Her video will be posted on the Voice of McDonald's Web site through Dec. 4. People can vote for 12 finalists. The winner gets $25,000. (Photo: AP)
Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.
Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.
Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.
Hugh Jackman isn't hosting the Oscars. (Will they hire Neil Patrick Harris?)
Find out what local woman think about "Good Hair." (The cost of beauty.)
Time for malls to deck the halls. (What happened to Thanksgiving?)
George Lopez and Wanda Sykes join the late night circus. (Jay Leno isn't laughing.)
Elton John's been hospitalized with the flu. (Hope it isn't the swine variety.)
Finally. A decent sports movie with a political/historical twist. Being a lover of all things film, I was surprised and delighted when I saw this "Invictus" promo air during game one of the World Series. I hadn't heard anything about this movie, but I already see some gold, shiny statues in it's future.
(It hits theaters Dec. 11.)
Clint Eastwood directs the underdog story (score!) about Nelson Mandela's attempt to unite South Africa behind the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. Morgan Freeman plays Mandela and Matt Damon stars as Springboks captain Francois Pienaar. The film is based on John Carlin's book "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation." The title is from a William Ernest Henley poem. ("Invictus" = "Unconquered" in Latin.)
Emmy-winning makeup effects artist Chris Burgoyne will demonstrate and discuss his work at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Room 218 of the Humanities Center at York College, 441 Country Club Road in Spring Garden Township. The free presentation is part of the Humanities Film Series at York College.
Burgoyne uses prosthetic sculpting, molding and casting techniques to bring characters to life in movies and TV shows including "The Omen," "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," Love in the Time of Cholera," "Last Holiday," "CSI" and "ER." He won the 2008 Emmy for his work on "John Adams." (Photo: YDR File)
Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.
Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.
This season brings a box-office battle of the George Clooney flicks. Let's compare:
Title: "The Men Who Stare at Goats"
Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
Opens: Nov. 6
Plot: This dark comedy, set in Iraq is about a reporter who meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it.
Oscar odds: Fair. Director Grant Heslov (co-wrote "Good Night, and Good Luck") brings Jon Ronson's book about George W. Bush's War on Terror to life. The Academy usually leans to the left, but doesn't always go for lighter films.
Title: "Up in the Air"
Opens: Nov. 13
Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Melanie Lynskey
Plot: Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened as he meets the woman of his dreams and is just about to reach10 million frequent flyer miles.
Ocsar odds: Good. Oscar-nominee ("Juno") Jason Reitman directs, and it was well-received at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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