NEWS LITE : SUITED TO BE BATMAN?Word is, the set of the new Batman flick is positively aglow with good vibes. New Bat George Clooney is being given credit. Working with Val Kilmer, Batman in the last installment of the hit film, was a nightmare, director Joel Schumacher tells Entertainment Weekly. But ``Clooney has a sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour . With some people, what you see is what you get (jargon) What You See Is What You Get - (WYSIWYG) /wiz'ee-wig/ Describes a user interface for a document preparation system under which changes are represented by displaying a more-or-less accurate image of the way the document will finally appear, e.g. when printed. .'' And since he's dissing Kilmer, what about Kilmer's co-stars Tommy Lee Jones For the musician, see . Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. Biography Early life Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Jim Carrey? ``Jim Carrey was a gentleman, and Tommy Lee was threatened by him. I'm tired of defending overpaid, overprivileged o·ver·priv·i·leged adj. Having an excess of opportunities or advantages. o  ver·priv actors. I pray I don't work with them again.'' Not to say that Clooney is an angel. ``George wanted a new Bat suit,'' Schumacher admitted. ``He did fit into Val's, but he likes to say that the codpiece cod·piece n. A pouch at the crotch of the tight-fitting breeches worn by men in the 15th and 16th centuries. [Middle English codpece : cod, bag, scrotum (from Old English had to be made bigger.'' No release for Prince In a most uncommon appearance, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince belted out a tune from his new CD, ``Chaos and Disorder,'' outside the studio of NBC's ``Today'' show on New York's Rockefeller Plaza Tuesday morn. It's no coincidence that the CD hits music stores today. TAFKAP TAFKAP The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was still wearing graffiti, ``Slave,'' on his cheek because of his war with Warner Bros. He wants to be free, see, of his contract. But he has to deliver a certain amount of records to get out. The last song on this CD is the one-minute, 26-second, dismissive and minimalist ``Had U,'' that says in part: ``Missed you/called you/found you/begged you/convinced you/saw you/held you/kissed you . . . '' You can guess where the song's leading. It's chilly at the top Say you are Sandy Hill Pittman, socialite and mountain climber, and you're halfway up Mount Everest when a blizzard strikes, but your pricey hide gets saved when two guides half-drag, half-carry you back to camp. Say you're all thawed out and being interviewed for Vanity Fair when the reporter asks you about the two fellows who saved your life. Your response? ``Which two gentlemen is that?'' Cold Taking life one step at a time Remember Michael Hebranko, the New York man who was so big that rescue workers had to knock out to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains s>. See also: Knock a wall of his house to take him to the hospital? Well, after two months in St. Luke's Hospital, Hebranko's dropped 250 pounds (that's the equivalent of two supermodels and a bunch of Quarter Pounders), and is ready to go home. The one-time spokesman for Richard Simmons' Deal-A-Meal, before he ballooned to somewhere between 800 and 1,000 pounds, says that he's walking again, for the first time in a year. Hebranko's first challenge, says Simmons, is to walk through his house's front door. ``He has to climb three steps to get there. For us, that's nothing, but that's all he's thinking about right now.'' Her faux pas was ooh la la New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has been called the Big Apple. The City that Never Sleeps. Gotham. The Naked City. But the ``Microcosmic Orgasm?'' So declared New York Councilwoman Mary Pinkett, who inadvertently coined the lascivious label at a City Hall ceremony. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was signing several bills when he asked her to say a few words about one she sponsored that consolidates two agencies. ``I think so often people refer to New York City as if it were some - microcosmic orgasm,'' Pinkett began. She corrected herself quickly: ``Or organism, rather.'' The audience broke up in laughter, and the mayor grinned. ``It's life,'' the embarrassed councilwoman said later. ``It's funny. Everybody in the room knew what I was talking about.'' Waterston to Cambodia Sam Waterston is heading to Cambodia to urge a solution to a dangerous souvenir of the Khmer Rouge: unremoved land mines. Waterston, who starred in the 1984 film ``The Killing Fields,'' will join a delegation from the private organization Refugees International from Thursday to July 16. He'll help press for accelerated mine removal in Cambodia. There are said to be as many as 9 million land mines in Cambodia Cambodia has one of the worst land mine problems in the world. Cambodia has experienced close to three decades of perpetual war and violence which has led to a large proliferation of land mines and UXO (unexploded ordnance) throughout the countryside. , one for every man, woman and child in the country. An estimated one in 236 Cambodians is a victim of a mine explosion, according to demining Demining is the process of removing landmines or naval mines from an area. There are two distinct types of mine detection and removal: military and humanitarian. Mine clearance In the combat zone, the process is referred to as mine clearance. groups here. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Prince: Enslaved? (2) George Clooney: Better B atman atman (Sanskrit: “breath” or “self”) Basic concept in Hindu philosophy, describing that eternal core of the personality that survives death and transmigrates to a new life or is released from the bonds of existence. |
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