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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2002
Page
1
Mike Myers says he borrows from 1970s blaxploitation for Austin Powers in Goldmember. Beyoncé Knowles co stars as Foxxy Cleopatra. the film opens July 26. A spoof of the genre, Undercover Brother, also opens Friday while classics like Shaft and Foxy Brown are cited.
Former President Bill Clinton spent Sunday in Brunei playing golf at Empire Hotel and Country Club, then attended a dinner hosted by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah before heading to New Zealand. He had arrived from Thailand after meeting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and had warned on global poverty and trade. He was paid 250000 dollars for a one hour speech.
This brief history notes the Golden Gate Bridge opening in 1937 linking San Francisco and Marin County. It recalls 1647 Massachusetts witch execution, 1896 deadly St. Louis tornado, 1941 Roosevelt unlimited national emergency, and 1941 British Navy sinking of the Bismarck with about 2300 lives lost.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger turns 79, novelist Herman Wouk 87, actor Christopher Lee 80, actress Lee Meriwether 67, actor Louis Gossett Jr. 66, actor Richard Schiff 47, actress Peri Gilpin 41, and actor Todd Bridges 37 in celebrations observed this week. Henry Kissinger
Saturday Powerball numbers 9 29 30 33 42 with Powerball 27. Sunday Kansas Pick 3 4 41. Saturday Super Kansas Cash numbers 8 12 17 25 31 with 24 as the Powerball.
Polanski's The Pianist wins the Palme d Or at Cannes with Adrien Brody starring as a Polish pianist who survives the Warsaw ghetto. Aki Kaurismaki's The Man Without a Past takes second. other prizes go to Paul Thomas Anderson and Im Kwon taek for different films.
A $6.2 million Seuss sculpture garden opens in Springfield linking the library and four museums. It features Horton the Elephant, Thing One and Thing Two, Yertle, the Lorax, Grinch, and a bronze Oh the Places You’ll Go. Sculptor Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, Geisel’s stepdaughter, led the project honoring Theodor Geisel.
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