Liar Liar boosts Carrey toward blockbuster status
Jim Carrey’s legal comedy Liar Liar powers his career rebound with fast pace and slapstick, aided by Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, and Jennifer Tilly. The film blends truth and fantasy as the father’s child forces honesty for 24 hours, offering familiar ideas with renewed energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Carrey
Carrey
Truth
Tom Hanks
Hanks
Maura Tierney
Justin Cooper
Jennifer Tilly
Oscar predictions from a wary critic on 1997 nominees
The piece weighs likely winners across best actor and actress categories, favoring Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand while predicting Billy Bob Thornton and Cuba Gooding Jr. to upset. It notes Fargo and The English Patient as strong contenders and cites breakout praise for Sling Blade and Secrets & Lies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cruise
Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes
Woody Harrelson
the People
Larry Flynt
Geoffrey Rush
Shine
Billy Bob Thornton
Harrelson
Fiennes
Academy
Billy Bob Thorton
Sling Blade
Brenda Blethyn
Diane Keaton
Marvin
Frances McDormand
Kristin Scott Thomas
Emily Watson
McDormand
Fargo
Thomas
Cuba Gooding Jr
William H. Macy
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Edward Norton
James Woods
Macy
Gooding
Norton
Larry Flont
Woody Allen
Joan Allen
Lauren Bacall
Juliette Binoche
Barbara Hershey
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Will Bacall
Local Arts and Nature Events in Central New York
The listings cover jazz concerts by Chuck and Gap Mangione at Landmark Theatre in Syracuse with $14.50 seats and box office 475-7980, a stage piece The Choice at Believers' Chapel with a children’s program, and multiple free or low cost kids activities. Also noted are a Cornell Ithaca 20th century music concert at Barnes Hall, a Monday Night Acoustic Cafe for the Rescue Mission in Fayetteville, country dance lessons in North Syracuse, and nature-center offerings at Baltimore Woods Beaver Lake Mature Center Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and other sites with free or low-cost access and contact numbers.
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Jazz Brothers
Chuck
Gap Mangione
Landmark
Salina St
Syracuse
Too Much Light at Kitchen Theatre and Local Music Dates
Tuesday through Saturday 8 pm performances of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind at Kitchen Theatre and Cin ton House in Ithaca with added 11 pm shows Friday and Saturday. Tickets five dollars Friday and Saturday. four dollars Tuesday through Thursday. Also events: The Choice at 7 pm in Syracuse with school program My Neighbor by Nicholas Ascioti at 9:30 am Durston Ave and 7 pm at Herdricks Chapel Syracuse University. free. Tor Stahl performs 7:30 pm at Borders Books & Music Cafe in Carousel Center Syracuse.
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Believers
Thompson Road
Cicero
Free
Backbeat Theatre Company
Kitchen Theatre
Cinton House
Seneca and
Cayuga Streets
Ithaca
Society For New Music
Salem Hyde
Nicholas Ascioti
Durston Ava
Syracuse
Herdricks Chapel
Syracuse University
Tor Stahl
Borders Books & Music Cafe
Carousel Center
Frea
Brooks Witarna Green Linnet Records in Acoustic Guitar
Brooks Witarna plays blues with guitar and vocal showcase. He headlines Saturday at Happy Endings Coffeehouse in Syracuse at 9 30 p.m. Tickets five dollars. NewsLine offers a cut via phone with Tune keypad input. Rotterdam is the tune.
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Brooks Witarna
Green Linnet Records
Diac 'Knifa
Acoustic Guitar
Wiliams
Happy Endings Cake and Coffeehouse
S. Cinton St
Syracuse
Rotterdam
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Gant
David Cronenberg
Cronenberg
James Spader
Deborah Kara Unger
Holly Hunter
Elias Koteas
James Dean
Jayne Mansfield
Rosanna Arquette
Spader
Hunter
Arquette
Koteas
Unger
Auan Vadehaneesar
Courtesy of
Universe Pictures
Fletcher Reede
Oscar Field
Ebert
Minnesota
Ynomely
Miram
the Associaton Prats
Chidren
Borders Books and Music Cafe
Kak Bjerken
Violst
Michael Zaretsky
Bames Hall
Cornell University
Rooster
N. Burdick St
Fayettavile
Jerry Cali
St. Rose of Linta School
S. Main St
North
Country Connection
Jim and
Dawn Arkerson
Baltimore Woods
Bishop Hill Road
Marcellus
Beaver Lake
Mud Lake Road
Bakdwinsville
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Auburn
Seneca Falls
CUSE
Brooks Willams
Owey of
Gre
Brooks Wiliams
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