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2C Thursday, April 18, 1996 Montgomery Advertiser 't f' I ll'HTIII I III! II CLASSIFIED 264-FREE Witness A Crime? CALL. 262-4000 Secret Witness number for taped calls to Montgomery Police Department You do not nood to provide your name MA) ft Mains jwriir 1 msgmm Ifl fsiPl WALT DISNEY COMPANY Following a hectic day, a young boy named James is tucked into his web bed by Miss Spider, one of his new bug companions in 'James and the Giant Great XX oQ fleVftfeSfi Cl a IhsJTHJ WOOD OVEN PIZZA PASTA STEAKS BURGERS Montgomery's First Draft Beer Since 1919 pm Happy Hour $2.00 pints Live Music Who's Playing? See Entertainment Page (334) 834-BREW Fine Dining Begins 5 pm Mon Sat Nightly Specials featuring Cajun, Southwestern Mediterranean Cooking Gourmet Pizzas 12 West Jefferson Street ening, storm cloud. But for all but the very young, this "Peach" will prove to be a gi-gantic treat. It's rated PG. i "James and the Giant 8 showings 7 and 9 nightly and 1, 3 and 5 p.m.

Satur- day and Sunday matinees at the Movies 2 in Prattville showings 7:10 and 9 nightly with 1:10, 3:10 I and 5:15 p.m. Saturday and Sun- -day matinees. 'PEACH' from page 1C The major aspect of the story with which very young children may have problems are the, albeit fantastic and unbelievable, deaths of James' parents by the rampaging rhino, and the reappearance of the rhino later in the film as a dangerous, and somewhat fright Sunday Brunch 1 1 a 3p Dinner 6 Days 1061 Woodley Road in Old Cloverdale 834-2500 Montgomery's Most Unique Restaurant if SASSAFRAS TEA ROOM J.J;J A HANDLE 7 BUFFET WtNs. PARTIES IN THE jrfVvS. UPTO200 7tTmi w(J LUNCH 11 A.M.-2 P.M.

Southern Cooking and lou of other good things Make your reservations now for Secretaries' Week! OPEN EVENINGS WEEKENDS BY GROUP RESERVATIONS ONLY. Banquet facilities now available Come Enjoy Fine Seafood 5:00 9:00 pm 285-7255 Historic Surroundings Victorian Comfort 2060 DOWNING ST. MILLBROOK, AL 532 Clay Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 265-7277 WANT TOGO? The Bill McCorvey Band benefit for Barbara Duke's Biggest Rat campaign begins at 6 p.m. with the opening act Destiny. Tickets for the benefit, which will feature free food and drink, are $50 and available by calling 270-0902.

They also can be purchased at Panache at Rose Hill, The Sak at Eastdale, The Pin-ckard Agency on Bell Road, Sinclair's in Cloverdale or the Texas Steakhouse. i a its, rrx-wi DonlsPlace- doesn't reoJly serve chidten on the bone, but the little boy sure made you look at ouraiL. LUNCH DINNER SPECIALS DAILY 11-2 PM 5-10 PM FRIDAY 11-2 PM 5-11 PM SATURDAY PM SUNDAY Monday Nights Buy 1 Dinner. 2nd Dinner 12 Price Tuesday Nights Happy Hour 3-10pm Wednesday Nights Buy 1 Dinner. 2nd Dinner 12 Price Pl we serve Chester rhed Uhicken DAILY, along ') with our Home Cooked Daily Specials.

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Duke first approached her son about playing, Mr. McCorvey, who knew he would be spending months auditioning Nashville musicians to get what he considered the right lineup for the group, told her the group might not be ready in time to play a Montgomery benefit. But he called her back and said he'd do it even if he had to rush. Part of this was because the request was from his mother and because it was for the cancer society. Part was because Montgomery was where he wanted his new band to make its debut.

"Montgomery was where my career started the first time, and that's where I wanted my career to start this time," he says. That new career seems to be progressing quickly. Several major labels already have expressed interest in the band, and negotiations seem to be nearing completion with one of them, Mr. McCorvey says. "I have a good idea of who will produce it and who will release it, but I don't want to say anything before the deal is final and jinx it," he says.

Despite Nashville being ready to jump on the bandwagon, Mr. McCorvey, who is still signed as a songwriter by Polygram Music, says he can't help being both excited and nervous about the launching of his new group, which will play more country and less rock 'n' roll than his former group. "We are still going to play some Pirates' tunes, like 'Feed because we know that's one of the Regular Menu $3.25 up Parties Welcome by Reservation (Separate Rooms Available) 2385 East South Blvd. (In K-Mart Shopping Center) M-Th: 11am- 10pm F-Sat: 11am 12 midnight Starting March 17: Sun 12pm 6pm (334) 288-7789 FAX: (334) 288-7792 Dinner Specials Every Day Every Wednesday Kids Eat Half Price 10 off To Go Orders Military Civil Service when you mention this ad. 050 Atlanta Hwjr.

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"It will help having people being familiar with me," he says. "But what will help more is the materi- al. I don't know any better way to put this, but the songs we are doing won't be fluff. "So many times it seems you have some producer or company saying, 'This worked, so let's get someone who sounds like this to sing something like and what you wind up with is material that may be listenable, but that no one will remember a year from now." He hopes the American Cancer Society benefit Sunday will not 'u only give listeners songs they will remember for a lifetime, but perhaps even will provide a longer lifetime for some listeners to re- member them. Carriage House j- specializing in private parties, mjsgjBsgiB For our Daily Specials call conferences and seminars, wedding" receptions, rehearsal dinners and family and class reunions.

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A bald actor never gets to play the daredevil pilot, the glamorous sports hero or the heroic cop who saves the Free World from nuclear terrorists. When was the last time a bald actor, played a CEO or flamboyant criminal-defense attorney or a brilliant surgeon? No, bald actors are relegated to minor roles, usually the loud next-door neighbor or the lazy brother-in-law who sits around on the sofa all day while the hairy "good guy" goes to work. And those are the good roles. More likely, we see them playing kiddie-porn dealers or South American drug lords or the obnoxious, cigar-chomping wise guy in the boxing gym or the insensitive boss who wants to stop everyone from having fun. This constant barrage of negative images over the years has had a profound effect not only on society in general, by wreaking havoc on the bald man's self-image, but on bald men in the movie industry.

The next time you go to the movies, check the hair on the hero. Then make a mental note of what roles are reserved for bald actors. I think you'll agree that this is a national disgrace. Maybe the Rev. Jesse Jackson could lend his considerable weight to this battle.

Maybe he could lead a few marches for the cause. Maybe he could wear a ribbon, with its colors stripped clear, of course. And then again, maybe he's too busy at the barber shop. By Barry Koltnow KNIGHT-RIDDER TRIBUNE Hey, that's some head of hair on Mel Gibson. Nick Cage and Tom Hanks didn't look too shabby, either, recently at the 68th Academy Awards ceremony.

Steven Seagal even wore a po-nytail. Brad Pitt had a nice haircut, as did John Travolta, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Tom Cruise. Michael Douglas has so much hair, it's obscene. In fact, I do believe that there was not a single nominee or presenter that night without a nice thatch of hair on top of his head. Perhaps that is because there are no bald movie stars in Hollywood.

Yes, it is the HOLLYWOOD BALD-OUT. Of all the minority groups in society, the pompadour-impaired is the most discriminated against in Hollywood. And I didn't need Peo-ple magazine to tell me that. It is a travqsty of epic proportions. It is not something that bald people take lightly.

That people snicker at the mention of the problem only proves the enormity of the problem. Since the silent era, the movie industry has excluded and shunned the bald actor. And the repercussion of this exclusionary system is that bald people have suffered low self-esteem because they have no one to identify with on the big screen. When bald people go to the movies, they never see someone who looks like them riding off into the concession Victoryland Victuals a ft i -rf- Victoryland plays host to some of the South finest mutuel betting, but having dinner at the track is never a gamble. In fact, the popularity of the stands in the lower gallery which offer fast food items, soft drinks and a large selection of alcoholic beverages.

Upstairs in the clubhouse, patrons can be treated to either fast food or entire dinners by the wait staff, who wear white dress shirts and black ties. The dinner menu is also if good as any dinner at any fine Montgomery restaurant. That has always been Upshaw's mission as the coordinator of the race track's entire food service operations. "People come out here to have a good time, and a big part of that good time is eating," he says. Whether it's a quick hot dog and beer between post times, or a lavish three-course dinner for four, the food service at Victory-land is unsurpassed anywhere.

(.5 rood at Victoryland is rivaled only by the prospect of winning money, preferably big money. And though Victoryland FoodBe-vi verage Director Eric R. Upshaw won guarantee a "sure thing" with any of the greyhounds, he does make one promise: a meal at Victoryland will always be as FoodBeverage Director Eric Upshaw and his staff stand ready to serve Victoryland patrons..