Going from bad to single is a good move
Is no relationship better than a bad one? Yup. The problem is, most of us don’t know we’re in a bad one until we’ve managed to break free.
Year: 2003
Pussycat Dolls and star Carmen Electra bare their feline charms
What’s new, Pussycat? The Dolls, baby–as in the Pussycat Dolls. The eight-year-old revolving troupe of sexy dancers and singers is the brainchild of Robin Antin, but it’s famous for Carmen Electra, who has become the troupe’s marquee star.
Speaking with Geoff Binns-Galvey
There doesn’t seem to be an obvious connection between Vikings and shrimp cocktail sauce until you factor in Geoff Binns-Calvey. The actor, who stars in the Noble Fool Theater Company’s production of “Vikings! A Musical in Two Axe,” is active in the special-effects industry and has worked on everything from jumping jumbo shrimp to Slim Jim campaigns. “I’ve made shrimp do exactly 1-1/2 jumps in the air and land perfectly in cocktail sauce,” says the 44-year-old actor, who resides in Forest Park. “I’ve got quite a resume.”
Rule No. 1: E-mail soothes rejection phobia
Don’t call the man. Don’t accept a weekend date after Wednesday. Don’t ask him out on a date. We all know about those tired old Rules spelled out in that book a few years ago. But it’s 2003 and we’re wondering what today’s singles consider to be the rules for dating in the 21st century. The participants in our non-scientific survey have a few things in common. They’re all single, active daters who aren’t afraid to speak their minds. Most are afraid to have their real names printed in a newspaper though, so we compiled their collective Top 5 rules for dating and asked a handful of brave and savvy singles to share their thoughts.
“Some Like It Hot”
Long before “La Cage Aux Folles,” “Tootsie” and the much-maligned “Bosom Buddies,” Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon were making like women in “Some Like It Hot.” Curtis returns to the gender-bending format in the musical version of “Some Like It Hot,” which opened Tuesday night at the Rosemont Theatre. This time around, instead of playing one of the randy young men posing as a woman, he portrays a randy old man who falls in love with one of the women who really is a man.
Speaking with … Todd Mohr
For Big Head Todd & the Monsters, 2002 was quite a year. Their indie release “Riviera” won favorable reviews, their tour sold out, and their frontman–Todd Park Mohr–found himself in a sex scandal, thanks to Cara from the Chicago cast of MTV’s “The Real World.”
The thing’s the play
Two men are on a small platform wearing nothing but flashy capes, sensible sneakers and big smiles. That they’re happy to see us has yet to be determined. But yes, they are nekkid and about as full frontal as you can get.
Suburban sound masters help boost satisfaction
If you’re lucky enough to have tickets for the Rolling Stones concerts Tuesday and Wednesday at the United Center, chances are you’re going to be too busy gawking at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to notice the fella walking around the arena with his handheld computer.
“National Security” no buddy pic threat
If you want to get philosophical about “National Security,” you could ask yourself this: Would you be able to forgive and perhaps even befriend the man who wrongly accused you of a crime that got you sent to prison? No? How about if that man was Martin Lawrence? ‘Cause that’s what this action-comedy buddy pic is asking of the viewer.
Not much of anything to ‘Guy Thing’
There are a few stereotypes which neither sex seems to mind perpetuating. Men are deathly afraid of marriage. A bachelor party isn’t complete without strippers. It’s better to take chances than settle for a middle-class life. Each of these elements plays a component in the plot developments (such as they are) of the comedy “A Guy Thing,” but none of them are fleshed out in a manner that’s even vaguely interesting, much less plausible.