NEWS LITE : ARCHER DAVIS NO NO MERE ACTRESS.Geena Davis Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21 1956) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress and former fashion model. Biography Early life is one of the nation's best with a bow and arrow bow and arrow, weapon consisting of two parts; the bow is made of a strip of flexible material, such as wood, with a cord linking the two ends of the strip to form a tension from which is propelled the arrow; the arrow is a straight shaft with a sharp point on one , but she doesn't like to talk about it much. The actress is a finalist to make the U.S. Olympic archery team after competing in the semifinals against 299 women last month in Ohio. ``Yes, Geena Davis is one of the top 32,'' National Archery Association spokeswoman Kathleen Frazier said Thursday. ``She just wants to keep a low profile.'' The Aug. 22-24 finals in Bloomfield, N.J., will determine three slots, plus an alternate. Paul Bloch, Miss Davis' publicist, wouldn't comment on her archery skills. Jurassic classic set for sequel No. 2 Are you ready for more dino-mania? Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg has hatched a storyline and Joe Johnston was picked to direct ``Jurassic Park 3.'' Universal and Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment are shooting for an early 2000 production start. The script is being written by Craig Rosenberg in close collaboration with Johnston, who directed ``Jumanji'' and ``October Sky.'' Last year, Spielberg said he planned to direct the third installment, but he will be busy directing Tom Cruise in ``Minority Report.'' The ``Jurassic Park'' dinosaur franchise has earned more than $1.5 billion in box office revenue. The original grossed $913 million and the ``Lost World'' sequel earned more than $600 million. `PJ's,' `Epics' land animation Emmys The Fox Television series ``The PJ's,'' created by Eddie Murphy Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. , and HBO's ``Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales'' won animation Emmys. Ashley Potter and Les Mills Leslie ("Les") Roy Mills CNZM, MBE, (born November 1, 1934 in Auckland) is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in Shot Put, Discus and Weightlifting events. won individual achievement awards as animators for the Animated Epics segment ``Leaving London.'' Joanna Quinn Joanna Quinn is an English animator. She was born in Birmingham. She received an Academy Award nomination for Famous Fred, nominated in 1998. She attended Middlesex Polytechnic. won for outstanding animator and production for the same series. Ja'Net DuBois was honored in the voice-over performance category for her role as Mrs. Avery on ``The PJ's.'' The awards were announced Wednesday. Magic finds magic in Tae-Bo, joins tour How does Magic Johnson “Earvin Johnson” redirects here. For the Milwaukee Bucks center, see Ervin Johnson. Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), nicknamed Magic stay fit? He's been training with Tae-Bo creator Billy Blanks Billy Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is an American fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Tae Bo. Biography Career Blanks began his study of the martial arts at the age of fourteen. and was so impressed they've teamed up for a three-month fitness tour. ``Billy's been my personal trainer personal trainer person n → (persönlicher) Fitnesstrainer m, (persönliche) Fitnesstrainerin f for a while now, and his fantastic Tae-Bo workout has done great things for me,'' the former basketball legend said Wednesday. ``It helps keep me fit, energized, focused and positive.'' Tae-Bo's combination of karate and boxing moves has become an American craze. England welcomes pets with passports Fifteen-year-old William Dowell is back in England after a kidney transplant kidney transplant or renal transplant Replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with one from a living relative or a legally dead donor. The former's tissue type is more likely to match, reducing the chance of rejection; but removal puts the donor at risk, and cancer treatments in France. And his dog Cassis is home, too. Cassis traveled across the English Channel on the first of Britain's new pet passports, rabies-free certificates that mark the abolition of a law requiring all arriving dogs and cats to spend six months in quarantine. Diplomats and celebrities in this nation of animal-lovers have long campaigned against the 100-year-old law, aimed at keeping Britain free of rabies rabies (rā`bēz, ră`–) or hydrophobia (hī'drəfō`bēə), acute viral infection of the central nervous system in dogs, foxes, raccoons, skunks, bats, and other animals, and in . But it was William's letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair that finally got things moving. ``I asked him could he please change the law and please speed up the change,'' William said. ``I told him I was worried I may never see Cassis again - which could go two ways because dogs die in quarantine, so it wasn't just me.'' Under new regulations detailed this week, owners will be able to bring pets into Britain from 22 West European countries. The program will likely be extended to the United States, Canada and the Caribbean in 2001. Each passport certifies the pet has a tiny microchip implant to verify its identity, has been vaccinated against rabies and has been treated for ticks and tapeworm tapeworm, name for the parasitic flatworms forming the class Cestoda. All tapeworms spend the adult phase of their lives as parasites in the gut of a vertebrate animal (called the primary host). 24 to 48 hours before arrival. Cassis, a 21-month-old Pyrenean mountain dog, traveled with William, his mother and brother to their home in Coniston, a village in the Lake District in north England, 10 days ago. The family had moved to France a year ago because William, whose father is French, needed a kidney transplant and could get one more quickly there. He was diagnosed with cancer in the spring, shortly before the family was due to come home. When it has to be there in a half-century or so Talk about snail mail: A postcard Edna Harley sent to Sloma Bolton finally arrived this week in De Ridder, La. - 57 years after she sent it. ``I guess the mail goes slow, but it gets through,'' said Buddy Bolton, son of Sloma Bolton, who died in 1975. ``It may get delayed a little bit, but it's here.'' Edna Harley, then a 22-year-old in Norristown, Pa., mailed the postcard May 27, 1942 to Sloma Bolton, in De Ridder. Bolton and Harley had become friends while Harley was visiting her husband, who was an Army officer training at Fort Polk. The faded and crimped crimped said of grain that has been passed through corrugated rollers after previous exposure to moist heat so that the grain is fractured but there is a minimum of dust. postcard that arrived Tuesday has two postmarks - The original: ``11 a.m. May 27, 1942, Norristown, Pa.,'' and the other: ``Beaumont, Tx., PM, 27 July 1999.'' News Lite is compiled by Tim Epperson from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Exercise? Phooey phoo·ey interj. Used to express disgust, disbelief, or contempt. phooey interj Informal an exclamation of scorn or contempt [probably variant of phew] Yawning widely, Velvet is ready for a nap after a workout carrying 4-H Club member Melissa Meeuwenberg in Freemont, Mich., where the fair will open Sunday. Kendra Stanley/The Muskegon Chronicle (2) DAVIS (3) JOHNSON |
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