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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 23

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The Miami Heraldi
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Miami, Florida
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23
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She Herald SECTION MONDAY OCTOBER 20 1997 0 PB BRO HEALTH BRIEFS A new study warns that taking too much acetaminophen can cause serious liver damage especially for alcoholics 2C QUICK READ So how about Florida Marlins wine? The new wine a cabernet sauviqnon is licensed by Major League Baseball and comes from Maddalena Vineyards in California's Napa Valley Price: $50 They also offer a magnum of champagne with a World Series logo for $19995 To order call 1 (800) 64-WINES Florida law bans wine orders by mail but the company is working through a Florida distributor and retailer so this is legal We are fishing for ideas for The List Have one? Send it to: The List Features Department The Herald 1 Herald Plaza Miami Fla 33132 What should grace the flip side of quarter? A hurricane? Jimmy Buffett? Since World Series in full swing our favorite: Billy the Marlin Need a quick fix? 'Check out classic baseball flicks Herald File CHANGE: Cinnamon Stouffer is now Linda Stouffer on CNN a little too spicy for CNN Headline News By RENE RODRIGUEZ Herald Movie Critic got the recliner primed the TV set wanned up the beer and pretzels ready Only one catch: no World Series home tonight Hey relax and rent a baseball movie You strike out with these choices: I Most relevant baseball flick: Major League (1989) Talk about timely the heroes are the Cleveland Indians (boo hiss) whose new owner schemes to make sure the team has a losing season so she can relocate it to Miami (sacrilege!) Charlie Sheen Wesley Snipes and Tom Berenger are all part of the roster and the movie asks that you root for them You have to though I Most mythical: The Natural 1 984) A gorgeously Filmed adaptation of Bernard novel about an aging rookie (Robert Red-ford) who leads his team to the World Series i Most historically accurate: Eight Men Out (1988) Chances are never seen this retelling of the 1919 scandal in which members of the Chicago White Sox were bribed to throw the World Series But see it you should: It ranks among the best baseball movies Most heroic: Pride of the Yankees (1942) Gary Cooper gave one of his most memorable performances in this biopic of baseball great Lou Gehrig which follows the New York Yankees legend from childhood until the illness that ended his career Saddest: Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) Robert De Niro stars as a catcher who wants to finish one last season before succumbing to cancer Guaranteed to make you teary Most family-friendly: The Bad News Bears (1976) Girls can play baseball too This hilarious comedy about a losing Little League team and their cranky beer-swigging coach (Walter Matthau) who breaks tradition by recruiting a female pitcher (Tatum aged Sexiest: Bull Durham (1988) Who says baseball sexy? This one takes place in the world of the minor leagues but writer-director Ron Shelton (White Men Can't Jump Tin Cup) understands the game better than most filmmakers both on and off the field Scariest: The Fan (1996) For those who take the game too seriously a thriller about the perils of obsession Robert De Niro is the baseball fanatic who resorts to murder when his favorite player (Wesley Snipes) goes into a slump Best Line: no crying in A League of Their Own 1 992) Jim favorite baseball movie: Field of Dreams 1 989) Costner again this time playing an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield guided by mysterious voices only he can hear in a name? A stumbling block to getting a job at CNN Headline News apparently what former WSVN-Channel 7 reporter Cinnamon Stouffer found when she moved to Atlanta and was in line to become a weekend anchor on the 24-hour news network which offers a complete newscast every 30 minutes think that my real name Cinnamon but it is on my she says I came here I had every intention of continuing as Cinnamon Stouffer the people at CNN thought it was too distracting and made it clear have to change it if I wanted the job So my middle name is Linda and I thought that would work That hurdle cleared Stouffer is now a regular weekend anchor on the cable channel working from 7 to 1 1 pm On Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays she does anchor duty for airport news division a modified version of Headline News where there is never a whisper of a plane crash Stouffer says that what she learned during her three years at Channel 7 the mantra of breaking news breaking news breaking news prepared her well for becoming a Headline News anchor the emphasis on going live I always had to be ready to do a story on a But the 27-year-old Stouffer says there are big differences too really tough to be on the air for four she says Ion- gest I was sitting on the set at WSVN was an hour some of the segments are taped like entertainment and I can take a bathroom break Stouffer is a Texas native who worked first at the NBC affiliate in PLEASE SEE TELEVISION 2C I hate And Marco Tiapago designer of the official Marlins National League Championship T-shirt turns tail as well when it comes to making Billy the Marlin a figurehead of US currency like the dolphin Tiapago says The US House has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow Florida and the 49 other states to each devise a unique state symbol for the side of the quarter opposite pigtailed George Washington Starting in 1 999 five new coins would be minted each year for nationwide use honoring states in the order they were admitted to the union PLEASE SEE QUARTERS 2C By JOHN BARRY Herald Staff Writer Florida may soon have its own two bits Congress is finalizing a plan to let each state put its own stamp on the back of most-used coin So given recent events how about putting Billy the Marlin on the flip side of a 25-cent piece? Marlins fans might go for that especially if the team wins the World Series But some folks so sure Even Miami publicist Woody Graber who has been trying all week to wangle tickets to the series says Billy should grace the back of a quarter if upside down on a love the he says GIVE YOUR 2 CENTS What would you like to see on the back of quarter? Tell us and we'll pass along your ideas to the people making the recommendation: Write to Quarters Features Department The Herald 1 Herald Plaza Miami Fla 33132 Send faxes to (305) 376-2202 in Dade or (954) 764-7026 extension 2202 in Broward Call TeleHerald at (305) 373-4636 in Dade or (954) 527-4636 in Broward and punch 7650 Go online on HeraldLink at wwwheraldcom report back on the best suggestions GO Tom Berenger stars as a Cleveland player in Major League (1989) SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT THEY DID Festival Miami unites Davis Haendel for first time I MORE ROUNDUP 3C it was a reminder that these piano parts are larger-than-life and richer in detail than we usually hear Third Sonata for one is a virtual concerto for violin and piano And Davis was the turbulent Haendel fought back with playing that was deeply thoughtful and in the last movement full of incisive fire The Beethoven Sonata No 10 in major was a lyrical wonderwork in their widely-spaced phrasing the slow movement melting yet chaste the finale boldly outlined rarely-done Sonata No 2 in minor honored his conception of the violin and piano as a single artistic unit The interplay between Davis and Haendel despite rough edges in both playing and some sketchiness in the piano part formed a true partnership of bravura sonata playing in the grand manner not certain either artist fully realizes this because they have somewhat different temperaments and this was a with choppy seas But tremendous potential if work together real in this By JAMES ROOS Herald Music Critic Two decades ago when Ivan Davis was more active as a pianist in London and Dame Ida Haendel was a fixture of the British concert scene they might have met and collaborated in sonatas at Wigmore Hall But life plays tricks so instead they wound up playing their first violin-piano recital for Festival Miami at University of Gusman Hall Friday night Davis occasionally swamped Haendel by playing and Haendel to dovetail their ensemble stood stage center instead of sideways and was at a tonal disadvantage Only in the zesty encored Brahms Hungarian Dance No 1 7 where her holes were angled toward the audience did you suddenly hear her big dark rich tone But their recital was still among the most musically provocative violin-piano collaborations heard in years undeferential approach might have seemed discourteous but ARTS ROUNDUP Weekend performances in review 'Maiden voyage shows potential in pairing of pe formers PANIC ATTACK: Friends from left Freddie Prinze Jr Jennifer Love Hewitt Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe try to hide something in Know What You Did Last Summer Review 2C 3 MAi.

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