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WHO IS ELAINE PAIGE?

First, on the entertainment front, the favorites did well at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night.   You did not miss it, for to watch, you had to stream Netflix.   Here, view the results .  Yes, the whole thing, beginning with that Red Carpet walk.  Meaning, 8 hours and 21 minutes.   Not being on network television, a lot of F words, and some winners came up drunk. The favorites all won, especially  Oppenheimer . Barbra Streisand won the Life Achievement award.   Just this , less than 10 minutes. As I don't feel particularly spiritual today, will skip on to something I recently saw on Music Choice, Elaine Paige.  Was the original Grizabella who sang  Memories  from  Cats .  It was 1981 in the West End.  In 1998 she played that role in the movie.  Mind you,  Rotten Tomatoes  reviewers gave it an embarrassing 20% rating.  On the other hand, the audience bestowed 80%, and I follow them more than reviewers.   There was a second  Cats,  in 2019.  Again,  Rotten Tomatoes  reviewers

SEPTEMBER 3 IS NATIONAL CINEMA DAY

Sometimes a national day can provide free goodies.  Well, today is National Cinema Day, and perhaps 30,000 theater screens across the nation are only charging $3 for a seat.  Here is the   National Cinema Day websight   to find your cheap ticket.  Read this article indicating that AMC and Regal Cinemas are most likely to participate.  AMC and Cinemark also offer food deals, as for example, AMC has a $5 food/popcorn combo. Unfortunately, Hawaii has no AMCs.   We do have Regal, Cinemark and Marcus.  Also our Consolidated theaters are participating, all day on this Saturday .   Plus, they will sell you popcorn and soda of any size for $3 . Otherwise, for those who like to stay home, here are 28 films you can watch on your  Amazon Prime Channel  and 44 from  Netflix . I just saw  The Lost City  and  Licorice Pizza , free on Prime.  Want a show with stars?   TLC  has Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum as criss-crossing partners, escaping from Daniel Radcliffe's billionaire villain, with

MY VALENTINE DAY

First, Happy Presidents Day.  It's a national holiday.  Good time to feature former PUS Donald Trump on my subject today: For me, any excuse for a good time.  I spent Valentine's Day alone.  Also Valentine's Night.  Like my extended Super Bowl series of meals, my Valentine's cuisine began earlier with a luau.  Here is what I provided to make ahi poke: 15 Craigside delivered the laulau, lomilomi salmon, chicken longrice, rice, poi and haupia: My Valentine's luau, hot sake, hot green tea and cold beer: Then my Valentine's lunch featured a low-calorie combination of a huge artichoke and sushi without rice: Then for Valentine's dinner, 15 Craigside supplied the prime rib dinner: I seared the rare meat in Miyazaki wagyu beef fat, and had the meal with a salad, beer and the remaining Cabernet Sauvignon from Super Bowl: Then, after a satisfying supper, I noticed that The Way We Were from 1973 was just starting on TCM.  I quickly checked, and Rotten Tomatoes revie