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D6 LIFESTYLE Friday, August 1 6, 1996 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The StarPhoenlx A fa Beach Boys go country NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Beach Boys show their country roots next week, when the first album of a two-volume set hits the stores. Stars and Stripes features 12 tracks of the Beach Boys. Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and Brian Wilson perform arrangements of their songs with country artists. Stars and Stripes will be In stores next Tuesday.

Marquis Downs Tha Evolution of Entertainment Friday August 16, Post Time 6:30 p.m. Saturday August 17 Post Time 4:30 p.m. FREE HOTDOG TO FIRST 500 ADMISSIONS. red Mendel Memorial Handicap AQHA Juvenile Challenge Trials -350 yards of pure power Sunday August 18 Post Time 1:00 p.m. FREE ADMISSION In Celebration of Heritage Day 1996 The single riches day of racing at Marquis Downs, Chris Cooper in scene from Lone Star Remember the Alamo, forget Lone Star AFSINTERCULTURE CANADA Have an intercultural experience! 4 Mature Venezuelan students require home placements, while studying English and Journalism Sept.

28th -Jan. 2nd '97 For further info: Ann Stewart 653-3437, or leave message. rrV julll1 ujuw JluJTOg' ya im hllnrf Call U4 Jilt I I I I I I I Mill 1111111 LONE STAR STARRING: Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson DIRECTOR: John Sayles THEATRE: Broadway SHI You might remember the Alamo, but the movie Lone Star will leave you dazed. The focus is split among 10 main characters. You spend the first hour just trying to remember who's who and wondering why each person's story is being told in such detail.

As a result, the decent mystery at the core is cluttered with endless character sketches. Written and directed by John Sayles (The Secret of Roan Inish), Lone Star starts with the discovery of an old skeleton buried in a shallow grave on an abandoned rifle range in Texas. There's a chance it's the body of Charley Wade (Kris Kristofierson), the meanest, most corrupt sheriff in the history of Rio County, who disappeared in the '50s. One of Wade's last official duties was to threaten the life of his deputy Buddy Deeds (Matthew McConaughey). Fast forward to today and lo and behold, Deeds's son Sam (Chris Cooper) is Rio's new sheriff.

Sam is forced to investigate the skeleton, and it looks like it might as well be in his own closet Lone Star is a story about the past affecting the present. Subplots involve a rekindled romance between Sam and Pilar (Elizabeth Pena), who were kept apart as children because of racial differences, bar owner Otis's failed relationship with his son Delmore (Joe Morton) who's a colonel at the nearby army base, Sam's strange ex-wife Bunny (Frances McDormand), a football fanatic and, in case you're not confused yet, Pilar's Spanish mother Mercedes Cruz (Miriam Colon), who hates Mexicans. The best bits concern Charley Wade, and Kristofierson is frighteningly good in the part. Wade keeps one hand on his six shooter and the other held out, palm up, to accept bribe money. His favorite trick is to find an excuse to murder Mexicans trying to cross the border.

Cooper is another highlight, if only for his incredibly low-key performance. An intriguingly funny-looking actor, Cooper keeps his thin lips pursed and his eyes squinty. You could slap him with a fish and he wouldn't flinch. The sun-baked locations and sets are also wonderful, especially a desiccated drive-in that was built from scratch to look decrepit. Sayle's direction is both inspired and amateurish.

Cheap hand-held shots are used occasionally for no apparent purpose. However, there's a very neat trick used repeatedly in which a scene starts out in the present and ends up in the Look inside today's classified for your chance to win a Free Circus Gatti Family Pass ($54 value). If your name is listed, you are a winner. See classified pages for details. past without any apparent editing.

Lone Star is a movie about people rather than events, but sometimes events are a little more interesting. Timmins out in force to greet Shania's return The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Saskatoon Chapter present A TRIBUTE TO The Right Honourable Ramon Hnatyshyn through the long list of country music awards Twain has won but noted her lat est accomplishment, an invitation to perform for U.S. president Bill Clinton for his 50th birthday bash. To honor her as an ambassador for Timmins, Twain was presented with the first key to the city ever awarded. "I'm not sure what I'll do with this but fM'.

Sis ln TIMMINS, Ont. (CP) They packed the streets, fought to jostle their way to the front and waited. And while they waited they sang and clapped along to tunes of their favorite country music crooner. When a police cruiser and long, silver limousine arrived Thursday in front of Timmins City Hall, the applause was deafening. The scene was fit for a star.

And indeed Shania Twain, the beauty with the big voice who exited the -vehicle, is nothing less. Twain has sold more than seven million copies of her 1995 CD The Woman in Me, 1.3 million in Canada alone. But Twain, who turns 31 in two weeks, said she feels like the same old homegrown Timmins girl. Stardom hasn't changed a thing, she said. "I left Timmins in pursuit of a worldwide career," Twain said, addressing the crowd of several thousand.

"I feel like the same person as when I left town but now I'm treated like a queen This is overwhelming." Twain was greeted by Mayor Vic Power and several city councillors from this Northern Ontario city, more than 600 kilometres northwest of Toronto. Congratulations also came from Ontario Premier Mike Harris who wrote that Twain may soon be "outta here," a pun on her hit single I'm Outta Here, but Twain said she hasn't forgotten her hometown. Power said there's no use going it could be dangerous," joked Twain, who grew up singing in local clubs and restaurants. She thanked council and all the fans for the strong show of support despite heavy rain showers, stressing she'd expect nothing less from people living in the North. "We're tough, we're not made of sugar we're Northerners!" Fans later stood in a downpour outside a radio station listening to Twain on loud speakers.

"I wouldn't have missed this for the world," said Glenda Jolly, holding a large patio umbrella. "I'm disappointed about the rain and the sound system, but we're here because we're big fans," said James Imhoff. Twain, who now lives in Lake Placid, N.Y., with husband-producer Mutt Lange, said "acceptance from your own" probably means more to her than anything else in her career. Twain said she'd be sure to get soaked along with everybody else during a jam-packed day of activities. Stones film to get screening Recipient of the Mount Scopus Award To Establish a Scholarship Endowment for University of Saskatchewan Students Monday, August 26, 1996 Centennial Auditorium Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Keynote Speaker Premier Roy Romanow Reception: 6:00 p.m.

Dinner: 6:45 p.m. Black Tie or Business Suit Tickets: $125 (portion tax deductible) Please call 1-800-265-2764 Visa or Mastercard accepted. The project was filmed over two days in December 1968, just after the Stones had released perhaps their finest album to date, Beggars Banquet. It was visualized as a television spectacular, with musicians sharing the stage with acrobats, wild animals, clowns and dwarfs. But the Stones balked at releasing what they perceived as an inferior performance when the Stones' set the last act performed in the early morning hours of the second day, followed The Who's inspired version of A Quick One, a show-stopper the Stones couldn't hope to match.

LOS ANGELES (Reuter) One of the most bizarre rock 'n' roll movies is about to get its first public screening, more than 27 years after it was filmed and then mothballed. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, a concert film featuring the Stones and such guests as John Lennon and The Who will screen at the New York Film Festival Oct 12-13, organizers said. The project was only completed after the Stones and former manager Allen Klein, who owns the rights to the band's early material, reached an agreement about its release. MlllldlilllUKII.