November 3rd, 2011 issue #1044
November 3rd, 2011
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'Natural Selection': Meanie 'Hangover' actress plays nice
Rachael Harris can play mean, and in the 2009 smash hit Hangover, she plays really mean as Melissa, the girlfriend of Ed Helms' character, Stu. "My agent was getting calls for me to play the shrew," says Harris. "You can get pigeon-holed." She's already been a bit pigeon-holed into comedy ever since joining the Groundlings, the legendary Los Angeles improv troupe, and over the past decade she's appeared in sitcoms such as Reno 911, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Desperate Housewives. -
Best o' the fest: What real filmmakers want to see
Salivation. That's what happens when you're a cinephile and you pick up the program for the 24th annual Virginia Film Festival and see all those unreleased new movies, and all those classics you've wanted to revisit, and all those films you really won't get to see anywhere else, and the filmmakers and actors who will be in town, and then– Head explosion. How in the world are you going to sift through the more 100 screenings and cram in as many as possible during the few short festival days of November 3-6? -
Festival faces: Spacek, Stone, Sabato, and Wasikowska
Just in case the movies aren't enough, the Virginia Film Festival sprinkles in a few stars. -
Grindin’ it out: Kevin Everson keeps on filming
It’s hard to tell whether Charlottesville’s resident experimental filmmaker Kevin Everson spends more time behind the viewfinder of his 16mm camera or at airports. -
Hazardous act: UVA grad had 'JFK' moment
Sarah Lyman Kravits, UVA class of 1988, was in grad school in Washington when she was picked for a few moments of screen time in Oliver Stone's 1991 film, JFK. "Oliver Stone wanted everyone smoking," remembers Kravits, a nonsmoker. "I was trying to concentrate on not looking like an idiot smoking." The nonsmokers were given clove cigarettes. "They were making me feel ill," says Kravits in a phone call from New Jersey, where she now lives. "I didn't want to put it out because I wasn't very good at lighting cigarettes." -
Production values: Jack Fisk finds days of heaven
Cismont resident Jack Fisk has a charmed career. Few movie production designers have worked on so many critically acclaimed films or as consistently with extraordinary directors, such as Terrence Malick and David Lynch. Like them, Fisk favors art over commerce.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Most secret negotiations: Albemarle officials are meeting behind closed doors to push for a 42-foot Ragged Mountain dam rather than the city-approved 30-foot earthen dam, a...
The Dish
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The Farm comes to Belmont
Belmont foodies are in heaven now that The Farm Cville has opened across from Spudnuts. The little hole in wall on the corner is bringing all the bounty of our local food s... -
Truffle dislikers: Bourdain, Ripert blow through town
Last Sunday, October 30, touring celebrity chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert made a stop at the Paramount Theater and then headed over to an after party/book signing a... -
Win tickets to Starr Hill Brewery's 11.11.11 Anniversary Party!
Are you on the list for Starr Hill Brewery's 11-11-11 Anniversary Party? If not, the Dish is here to say we can get some of you into the party of fall parties at the Jeffer...
Essays
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Happy endings: Throwing off the bad boy-- Kindle
I’m a little embarrassed. Not so long ago (Has it been two years? Seriously?) I spouted off in this public forum about my love– well, let’s call it infatuation...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Cornering the market on Ridge Street
9/9/11 Daniel Debroeck to Federal National Mortgage Association, 7710 Secretarys Sand Road, $314,934, Albemarle, (foreclosure) NVR Inc. to Taygen Inc., 144 Pioneer Lane, $1...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Making sense: Market reports all over the place
There’s been a fair amount of coverage lately about market reports and how their findings stack up against projections. Nationally, most of the attention has focused on ...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
November 3 at 11:30am at the Albemarle CourthouseProperty: 2402 Craigs Store Road, AftonDebtor: James R. and Teresa O. ThompsonOriginal amount owing: $100,000Bidder brings:...
Art Features
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History in the making: Perseverance, preservation, and preserves
Before the 99 percent, there was the 50 percent. Protesters chanted and blew whistles outside the Whitney Museum, and painted “50% “on raw eggs surreptitiously left ins...
DR. HooK
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SIDS: Back sleeping, breast feeding save lives
Babies are popping out of my friends like popcorn! Even my friends who swore they would never have children now own minivans filled with car seats complete with puke, toys,...
Movie Reviews
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High stakes: 'In Time' an intriguing premise
We are all of us engaged in the trade of buying and selling time. When we stop smoking, we hope we are buying years. When we drink and drive, we are willing to sell a few y...
Music Features
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Interview: Shelby Lynne speaks her f-ing mind
"I'm a strong f*cking b*tch," says Shelby Lynne. And that's not all she wants to clarify. Although raised in Alabama and possessing an admitted southern accent, she says sh...
News
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'110 percent sure': Jurors say no doubt in Abshire's guilt
"There's a verdict!" The cry at the Orange County Circuit Court at around 4:20pm on Tuesday, October 25 brought family and friends of the late Justine Swartz Abshire racing... -
Barn storm: Farm manager not guilty in Bronfman case
It was the case of a billionaire versus a farm manager, what a friend of the accused describes as a steamroller attempting to crush a gnat. But when the jury rendered its v... -
Love's medical records: Should hearing be closed?
In a rare agreement with the defense, Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Chapman said he'd like a November 7 hearing on motions concerning the medical records of slain UVA studen... -
Sperry Marine prepares to cut local jobs, again
It appears that employees at Charlottesville-based Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine will be facing another round of layoffs. According to company officials, employees were no...
On Architecture
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Travel plans: Will Bypass bypass peds, bikes, and transit?
The proposed Western Bypass, the resurrected $235 million road project that will cut a 6.2-mile swath from Forest Lakes South to the North Grounds of the University of Virg...
The Brazen Careerist
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Internships: Start your summer search now
Students who want a job or internship in June need to start looking in the winter. Those who wait until spring to search set themselves up to be bottom feeders in the job m...
Sports Doctor
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Stats master: Test your World Series smarts
Last weekend, after a very strong start (I thought they would win in six games), the Texas Rangers suffered an epic collapse and lost the World Series for the second year i...
Strange But True
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Koochie-koo: Cute babies get all the attention
Q. Not to sound too hyperpragmatic, but does a baby's cuteness serve any "purpose"? –J. FarielloA. Cuteness is a type of attractiveness associated with youth, whether a p...
Online only
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Fired up: Snow falls on Wintergreen, sticks at Snowshoe
It may be hard to see in this photograph shot from downtown Charlottesville on Halloween afternoon; but even two days after a rare October snowfall, the slopes of Wintergre... -
Snap: Goat Busters and their defenders
A bunch of goats employed by Goat Busters (for meal tickets and not paychecks) practice their eco-friendly land-clearing craft in a Western Albemarle neighborhood on a rece... -
Table of Contents
COVERFilm fest!Oliver Stone and Larry Flynt headline this year's event, but if you didn't get tickets to their sold-out events, don't fret– there's plenty to watch, a...
Black and White
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Encampment
Occupy Charlottesville folk at the feet of old trooper, R.E. Lee, in late October. This not a bivouac; rather, a convenient place to camp.