In their hearts, they know they're Idols
By Jenna Youngs jyoungs@herald-leader.com
It was about 6:30 a.m. and the Monday morning sun was just starting to rise over the horizon. American Idol hopeful Craig Allen Carter, 28, had been in line for hours, but he showed no sign of exhaustion.
A new 'Hair' style
Mike Thomas was at the performance of SummerFest's Antony and Cleopatra last weekend when festival chairman Joe Artz hopped onstage to give the director of Hair some love.
» Slide show: Mike Thomas talks about 'Hair'
Film drills Big Oil lifeblood of car culture
What are two nice Republicans doing making a movie about the sordid state of the oil industry? Actor Scott D. Roberts and his filmmaking partner, Jeremy Wagener are the unlikely men behind the new documentary GasHole. Narrated by The O.C. and American Beauty actor Peter Gallagher, the film chronicles the history of oil prices and alternative fuels. It will screen for one night only at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Village 8 Theater in Louisville. This is its second stop in Louisville; a screening on July 14 sold out.
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Clamato's: Seafood makes a standout
A few years is a respectable, if tragically short, lifespan for any restaurant these days. Clamato's, near the corner of Versailles Road and Alexandria Drive, has already made it to five years. The Mexican eatery's specialty remains mariscos, or seafood, and Clamato's longevity is probably best explained by this niche focus, and attention to detail, rather than simply delivering the city's three most familiar dimensions in mainstream ”Tex-Mex“: sugar, salt and fat.
Album review: Miley Cyrus
Disney sensation and budding amateur photographer Miley Cyrus ”breaks out“ on her own on her new album, which is to say that the restrictive blond wig she dons as Hannah Montana has been shoved in the back of the closet, underneath a pile of discarded Vanity Fair magazines.
Classic cars compete at Keeneland show
It's shaping up to be a high-gear weekend for car fanciers with the fifth annual Keeneland Concours d'Elegance scheduled for Saturday at Lexington's Keeneland Race Course.Send Us Feedback
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