Acrobatics

CNE cleared for takeoff (Toronto Star)

30 Aug 2008

A World War II Spitfire flying in tight formation with a modern CF-18 jet fighter highlights the CNE air show this weekend. "This is a first," Spitfire pilot Rick Volker said at Toronto Island airport yesterday in front of his vintage plane, of the mix of old and new.

Diesel gets lost in 'Babylon' (Boston Globe)

30 Aug 2008

French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz might be familiar from his gritty, career-making Parisian ghetto drama "La Haine," or from acting gigs in "Amelie" and "Munich." It's the sort of artily populist resume that would reasonably give you hope for his new sci-fi foray, "Babylon A.D." - not as 2008's answer to "Alphaville," maybe, but at least as an action import on ...

Coach ends run of 50-plus years (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)

30 Aug 2008

It won't surprise anyone who knows her that Joan Boyer of Concord watched the Summer Olympics with great interest, one sport in particular -- gymnastics.