BEST OF THE WEEKEND.TELEVISION DR. CRANE, I PRESUME?: Matt Frewer, best-known as ``Max Headroom Max Headroom may refer to:
adj. droll·er, droll·est Amusingly odd or whimsically comical. n. Archaic A buffoon. [French drôle, buffoon, droll, from Old French drolle take on Sherlock Holmes in tonight's Odyssey Network's production of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ``The Sign of Four.'' Frewer imagines Holmes as something of a cross between David Hyde Pierce's Niles on ``Frasier'' and Kevin Kline's wicked parody of Brits in ``A Fish Called Wanda,'' an interpretation that purists will no doubt find borderline blasphemous blas·phe·mous adj. Impiously irreverent. [Middle English blasfemous, from Late Latin blasph , but one that keeps this mystery lively. Holmes is approached by a young governess (played by Sophie Lorain Sophie Lorain (born 20 November 1957) is an actress and producer. She is known for having played "Anne Fortier" in the highly-rated television series Fortier that first aired in Quebec, Canada. , whose name makes her sound like an inexpensive Third World imitation of a more acclaimed Italian bombshell) whose father has disappeared and who has since received some curious mailings. Eccentric squabbling brothers, a limping fearsome villain, poison darts, a diminutive bloodhound bloodhound, breed of large hound whose ancestors were known in the Mediterranean region before the Christian era. It stands about 25 in. (63.5 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 80 and 110 lb (36.3–49.9 kg). and the Baker Street Irregulars The Baker Street Irregulars are several different groups, all named after the original, from various Sherlock Holmes stories. The original The original irregulars were a group of fictional characters featured in the Sherlock Holmes stories. all figure in this yarn, which airs at 9 tonight and noon, 8 p.m. and midnight Saturday on Odyssey. Tonight at 9 also sees the return of the cable channel Oxygen's animated series ``X-Chromosome.'' Highlights of tonight's episode include ``Avenue Amy,'' a rotoscoped sitcom about New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of singles that manages to explore that well-traveled territory in a slightly fresh fashion - tonight's installment concerns getting squeezed out of friendships after hooking disparate pals up - as well as a clay-animation parody of ``Pretty Woman'' in which a Play-Doh Richard Gere discovers that Julia Roberts continues to be putty in every wealthy john's hands. ``Hey Monie'' offers an urban female take on the ``Dr. Katz'' school of making it up as you go along on the script, then adding minimal animation. In tonight's episode, Simone and Yvette audition for one of Oxygen's investors, Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. . ``X-Chromosome'' airs an hourlong episode at 9 tonight and is seen every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 p.m. - David Kronke FESTIVALS BE CRAFTY: It's not too early to be thinking of Mother's Day, graduation, weddings and Father's Day. The perfect gift may be found at the second annual ``Old Town Calabasas Fine Art Festival'' held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Artists will offer collectible works in acrylics, oils, watercolors, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, handmade paper  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , photography, glass and woodcrafts. Admission and parking are free. The event, sponsored by West Coast Artists, will be held at 23532 Calabasas Road, Calabasas. (818) 709-2907. Or www.westcoastartists.com on the Web. - Daily News STAGE CARRY THAT WEIGHT: Taper, Too kicks off its 2001 season of new plays by emerging American playwrights with a weighty evening - in more ways than one. ``Weights,'' Lynn Manning's one-man odyssey following the artist's journey from childhood to adulthood in South Central Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , opens tonight at the Actors' Gang in Hollywood. A return engagement from Taper, Too's last season, Manning's play uses music and poetry. Manning is a former painter and world champion of blind judo judo (j  `dō), sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense. . He lost his sight at the age of 23 when he was shot by an unknown assailant. Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 6209 Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Blvd. in Hollywood. Tickets are $20. Call (213) 628-2772. - Evan Henerson DANCE MODERN DANCE: ``Generation Next,'' featuring new and restaged works by contemporary choreographers, is the program performed by the American Repertory Dance Company tonight and Saturday at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall. Each performances will also include a CenterStage discussion with KCRW-FM (89.9) theater and dance critic Sasha Anawalt one hour prior to the 8 p.m. performance. Led by artistic director Oda Homsey - who will also perform in ``Generation Next'' - ARDC's mission is the performance and preservation of works reflecting the creative arc of 20th- and 21st-century modern dance. ``Generation Next'' features Lar Lubovitch's ``Pardon My Affection''; Mark Dendy's ``The Visit''; Colin Connor's ``No, Resistance Is but Vain''; Jeff Slayton's ``Trio Sweep''; ``Remembering Viola,'' a video/dance tribute to Viola Farber; Susan Marshall's ``Entr'Acte II''; and Christopher Pilafian's ``Memento.'' Performances are at 8 p.m. Tickets are $9 to $30. Call (310) 825-2101. - Evan Henerson MUSIC PRAISE ROCK: Blending positive messages with a musical menu of contemporary pop, rock, r&b and alternative sounds, the two-day ``Rock the Universe'' festival spotlights some of Christian rock's biggest names. Headliners for tonight's show at Universal Studios Hollywood include veteran recording act the Newsboys Newsboys is a Christian pop band. The band was formed in Australia in 1985 and has been one of the most popular and best selling Christian music artists of the past two decades. , Grammy Award-winner Rebecca St. James, Latin hitmaker Jaci Velasquez Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez (born October 15 1979) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-nominated, Dove Award-winning American Contemporary Christian Latin Pop singer in both English and in Spanish. , Orange County-based alt-rockers Pax 217 and others. Saturday's event features modern-rock band Audio Adrenaline Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the early 1990s at Kentucky Christian College in Grayson, Kentucky, U.S.. Along with dc Talk, Newsboys and Jars of Clay, they quickly became one of the most successful Christian pop-rock bands of the 90s. , Dove Award-winner Jennifer Knapp, Grammy nominee 4HIM, boy band Jake, singer-songwriter Bebo Norman, folk-pop artist Justin McRoberts and others. Universal Studios Hollywood is at 100 Universal City Plaza City Plaza is a shopping mall in historic downtown St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. This shopping plaza features heritage architecture and a European small shop ambience. It is home to BITNETS, the award winning technology business, other upscale offices and boutique-style shops. , Universal City. Show time both days is 4 p.m. and advance tickets are $31 for each show or $57 for both. Day of show, tickets are $36. Information: (818) 622-3801 or on the Web at www.rocktheuniverse.com. - Fred Shuster TRADITIONAL, BUT DIFFERENT: Multi-instrumentalist and singer Laurie Lewis has quietly established herself as one of the leaders in new folk and bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. . While steeped in traditional styles, the Grammy Award-nominated Lewis and singing partner Tom Rozum - appearing tonight at the Encino Community Center - bring new life to Everly and Louvin brothers standards along with their own carefully crafted originals. The Encino Community Center is at 4935 Balboa Blvd., Encino. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $17 in advance and $19 at the door. Information: (626) 791-0411. - F.S. FILM MIND GAMES: ``Memento'' is a mind-bender of marvelous proportions. A murder mystery in reverse, it starts with a killing, then works its way backward in time to show us what led up to the incident. But that's just the beginning - or end, or whatever it is. ``Memento'' tells the story of a former insurance investigator (``L.A. Confidential's'' Guy Pearce) who's trying to track down the men who murdered his wife. When he remembers to, that is; his own injuries from that violent confrontation have left him incapable of making new memories, and he must repeatedly check notes, Polaroids and the important reminders he's tattooed on his body to recall what he knows and what he's after. Scripted and directed by Christopher Nolan, the film is not only an ingeniously constructed suspense puzzle. Like the best existential films noir, it calls into question our most fundamental notions of trust, identity and reality itself. And it's endlessly fun, as well as being one of the year's great movies. - Bob Strauss CAPTION(S): 8 photos Photo: (1) no caption (LYNN MANNING) (2) no caption (MATT FREWER) (3) no caption (Dancer from American Repertory Dance Comany) (4) no caption (GUY PEARCE) (5) REBECCA ST. JAMES (6) NEWSBOYS (7) JACI VELASQUEZ (8) no caption (LAURIE LEWIS) |
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