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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 2001
Page
25
Brainerd artist A J Lutter carves a Payne Stewart likeness from an oak log in Ellis Park parking lot. The project aims to complete today and place the sculpture on a concrete base near the clubhouse after a hollow lightning struck tree proved unsuitable.
In Delafield Wisconsin a 25 year old smiley face on a bright yellow barn along Interstate 94 will be moved after Patti Leavitt agreed to relocate the symbol. About 600 residents signed a petition to keep it. The design will transfer to the Elegant Farmer with owner Dan Scheel trading an apple pie for the swap.
Production starts in Vancouver for the four hour TV adaptation of Madeleine L Engle s classic novel A Wrinkle in Time. Cast includes Alfre Woodard Kate Nelligan Alison Elliott Kyle Secor Chris Potter Sarah Jane Redmond David Dorfman Katie Stuart and Gregory Smith with Sus an Shilliday adapting and John Kent Harrison directing. The two part movie will air on consecutive Sundays in the 2001 02 season as part of ABC s Wonderful World of Disney.
Mandy Patinkin will appear in the Fox drama as the father of a home schooled student seeking his son’s graduation at Winslow High. The same night Ally McBeal features Jill Clayburgh and James Naughton returning as Ally’s parents, joining Sting and Paul Reubens in recent star-heavy setups.
Knight Ridder reports Jay Leno plans light backstage drinking for visiting celebs before taping. The Tonight Show previously allowed alcohol in Carson era, with late hosts noted for cigarette haze and casual drinks. This could alter the show's reality TV image.
Actress Uma Thurman says acting is tough and cruel at times and will not let her 3-year-old daughter Maya pursue acting until she is 21. Thurman, 31, began acting at 15 and cites love and devotion as reasons her career now feels like a choice. Her filmography includes Dangerous Liaisons Pulp Fiction The Truth About Cats & Dogs Batman & Robin and Water.
Former astronaut and Ohio senator John Glenn told an audience at the University of Maine that space tourism should be reserved for researchers. He recalled Dennis Tito's 2001 trip to the ISS for about 20 million and noted he was glad he did not have to pay. Glenn orbited Earth in 1962 and flew again in 1998 aboard Discovery at age 77.
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