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Writer's Block: Easy Like Sunday Morning

  • Dec. 28th, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Christmas in New York
Ah, Sunday, the day of rest. What's your favorite way to spend a Sunday morning?


I like to relax at home with my boys
Heath
HEATH LEDGER
April 4, 1979–Jan. 22, 2008
By Mel Gibson

When I first met Heath, he was 21 years old and I was 42, just at the end of my prime. And because I was the same age when my career really kicked off and we were both from Australia, I saw myself in him. When he came in to audition for The Patriot, he was very nervous and very humble. I had auditioned with quite a few guys and his audition was by no means the most polished. But he got the gig because of some kind of weird honest thing that was intrinsic to him. He was just authentic and sincere. He had this magnetism; this X-factor and we all just wanted to watch the guy. He was just so clearly meant to do this.

On set, I felt a real connection with this kid. He had all the raw stuff. There was always a little angst involved. I didn't think he knew the power he had yet, so he'd work himself up, trying to get at things that were already there. You almost wanted to say, 'Dude, just calm down and be yourself. It’s good.' But the beauty of what he did was that, on screen, you never saw any of the angst; you just saw a confident rendering.

Afterwards, I was always very interested in his choices and his work. He was a smart guy, following his gut-instinct and making unorthodox choices. He wasn't going for sensationalism. That stuff followed him. It's very difficult when, as a young man, fame is handed to you on a platter. I figured he was down to earth enough and intelligent enough to survive and eventually figure it out. And I think he was doing that. He was looking for a way to fulfill himself in his art and in who he was. And when he passed, he was just about to take the next step. What he did in The Dark Knight was just great. The terrible tragedy of his loss is all that potential. I think his next ten years would have been really interesting. And that's the shame of it: I wanted see what he was going to do next.

Ledger, 28, died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in New York City.

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Writer's Block: Physical Education

  • Dec. 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 AM
Christmas in New York
I didn't have any sport I hated. I really like basketball the most because I was a manger for the girls team in my high school.

Carrying the banner

  • Nov. 24th, 2008 at 8:04 PM
bruce sleeping
Racetrack:
That's my cigar

Snipeshooter:
You'll steal anudder

Kid Blink:
Hey, bummers, we got work to do

Specs:
Since when did you become me mudder?

Crutchy:
Ah, stop yer bawling!

Several Newsies:
Hey! Who ast you??

Mush:
Try Bottle Alley or the harbor

Racetrack:
Try Central Park, it's guaranteed

Jack:
Try any banker, bum, or barber ...

Skittery:
They almost all knows how to read!

Kid Blink:
I smell money

Crutchy:
You smell foul!

Mush:
Met this girl last night ...

Crutchy:
Move your elbow!

Racetrack:
Pass the towel!

Skittery:
For a buck, I might!

Newsies:
Ain't it a fine life
Carrying the banner through it all?
A mighty fine life
Carrying the banner tough and tall
Every morning
We goes where we wishes
We's as free as fishes
Sure beats washing dishes
What a fine life
Carrying the banner home-free all!

Jack:
It takes a smile as sweet as butter

Crutchy:
The kind that ladies can't resist

Racetrack:
It takes an orphan with a stutter

Jack:
Who ain't afraid ta use his

Kid Blink:
Fist!

Newsies:
Summer stinks and winter's waiting
Welcome to New Yawk!
Boy, ain't nature fascinating
When youse gotta walk?
Still, it's a fine life
Carrying the banner with me chums!
A mighty fine life
Blowing every nickel as it comes

Crutchy:
I'm no snoozer
Sitting makes me antsy
I likes living chancy

Newsies:
Harlem tah Delancey
What a fine life
Carrying the banner through the slums

Three Nuns:
Blessed children
Though you wander lost and depraved
Jesus loves you
You shall be saved!

SUNG IN COUNTERPOINT:

Mother:
Patrick, darling,
Since you left me I am undone
Mother loves you!
God, save my son!

Racetrack:
Just gimme half a cup

Kid Blink:
Something ta wake me up

Mush:
I gotta find an angle

Crutchy:
I gotta sell more papes

Various Newsies:
Papers is all I got
Wish I could catch a breeze
Sure hope the headline's hot
All I can catch is fleas
God, help me if it's not!
Somebody help me, please ...

Newsies:
If I hate the headlines
I'll make up the headline
And I'll say anything I hafta
'Cause at two for a penny
If I take too many
Weasel just makes me eat 'em afta

SUNG IN COUNTERPOINT:

Group one:
Look! They're puttin' up the headline
You call that a headline?
I get better stories
From the copper on the beat!
I was gonna start at twenty
Now a dozen'll be plenty
Tell me, how'm I gonna make ends meet?

Group two:
What's it say?
That won't pay!
So where's your spot?
God, it's hot!
Will ya tell me
How'm I gonna make ends meet?

Newsies:
We need a good assassination!
We need an earthquake or a war!

Snipeshooter:
How 'bout a crooked politician?

Newsies:
Hey, stupid, that ain't news no more!
Uptown to Grand Central Station
Down to City Hall
We improves our circulation
Walking till we fall

SUNG IN COUNTERPOINT:

Group one:
Still we'll be out there
Carrying the banner man to man!
We'll be out there
Soakin' every sucker that we can!
See the headline:
Newsies on a mission!

Group one:
Kill the competition
Sell the next edition
While we're out there
Carrying the banner is the –

Group two:
Look, they're puttin' up the headline
They call that a headline?
The idiot who wrote it
Must be workin' for the Sun!
Did ya hear about the fire?

Group three:
Heard it killed old man Maguire!

Group two:
Heard the toll was even higher

Group three:
Why do I miss all the fun?

Group two:
Hitched it on a trolley

Group three:
Meet 'cha Forty-fourth and Second

Group two:
Little Italy's a secret

Group three:
Bleecker's further than I reckoned

Group two:
By the courthouse

Group three:
Near the stables

Group two:
On the corner someone beckoned and I –

Group one:
It's a fine life
Carrying the banner through it all?
A mighty fine life
Carrying the banner tough and tall
See the headline
Newsies on a mission
Kill the competition
Sell the next edition
What a fine life,
Carrying the banner
It's a fine life
Carrying the banner
It's a fine life
Carrying the banner
It's a fine life
Carrying the banner
It's a fine life
Carrying the banner
It's a
Go!

Group two:
Would you look at that headline?
You call that a headline?
I get better stories
From the copper on the beat!
I was gonna start with twenty
Now a dozen'll be plenty
Would you tell me how'm I ever
Gonna make ends meet?
Hitched it on a trolley
Meetcha Forty-fourth and Second
Little Italy's a secret
Bleecker's further than I reckoned
By the courthouse
Near the stables
On the corner someone beckoned!
Go get 'em Cowboy
You got 'em now, boy!
Go get 'em, Cowboy!
You got 'em now, boy!
Go!

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Writer's Block: When the Boss is Away…

  • Nov. 12th, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Christmas in New York
I have a song in my head that keeps me awake.

Writer's Block: Fright Show

  • Oct. 23rd, 2008 at 7:21 AM
Christmas in New York

'Tis the season for scary movies. Some rank The Evil Dead as the best horror film of all time. What is your favorite scary movie?


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A Nightmare on Elm Streets series along with the Halloween series and Friday the 13th series.

Brokeback Mountain

  • Jun. 21st, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Christmas in New York


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