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Sandra Olmsted’s Cinematic Skinny: Electrifying America

‘The Current War: The Director's Cut’ Re-Imagines American Business by Sandra Olmsted Writer/director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's bio-pic, 'The Current War: The Director's Cut,' illuminates George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), Thomas Edison (Benedict…

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Jim Wieners’ Sports Roundup: Hazelwood West Rocks!

Hazelwood West Having Historic Football Season With 7-1 Record By Jim Wieners After years of winning conference and state Football titles at Hazelwood Central and Hazelwood East High Schools, it…

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Jim Wieners’ Sports Roundup: Volleyball and Soccer

IWA Hosts District Girls Volleyball, Lutheran North Hosts Boys Soccer By Jim Wieners Incarnate Word Academy, winners of 11 State Girls Volleyball Championships will hosts not only Class Three, District…

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Sandra Olmsted’s Cinematic Skinny: Yes, Awards Already!

Awards Season Begins in Earnest by Sandra Olmsted Familiar favorites Morticia, Grandma, Gomez, Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Pugsley and Lurch are voiced, respectively, Charlize Theron, Bette Midler, Oscar Isaac, Chloë Grace…

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Jim Wieners’ Sports Roundup: Football Heats Up

Jim Wieners’ Sports Roundup: Football Heats Up Trinity 5-Peats AAA D-2 Football, Lutheran North Seeks Metro 3-Peat By Jim Wieners There are three weekends of High School Football left but Trinity Catholic completes a four-game sweep of Archdiocesan Athletic Association Division II opponents, to win their fifth straight conference championship. Trinity is on a 21-game winning streak of AAA rivals in all divisions.

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SANDRA OLMSTED’S CINEMATIC SKINNY: ‘JUDY’:

Judy: Zellweger

Channels Garland

by Sandra Olmsted

[caption id="attachment_20581" align="alignleft" width="300"]Zellweger-in-Judy.jpg Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland belts out a song.[/caption] Largely driven by Renée Zellweger's compelling and loving performance, director Rupert Goold's heartfelt biopic Judy chronicles only the last month's of Judy Garland's life. Financially ruined by film producer and third-husband Sid Luft's (Rufus Sewell) gambling addiction, Judy Garland (Zellweger) finds herself penniless, homeless, and mostly unemployable by 1968. Read more on Sandra Olmsted’s Cinematic Skinny: ‘Judy’

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