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Updated Feb. 25, 2001
June 4, 1998 issue
Talent graduates under beautiful
sky at academy
By Susan Nunn, Staff Reporter
One might have thought there were sprites
in the forest on the beautiful spring day
that presented itself for the graduates of
Idyllwild Arts Academy on Saturday.
........................
To be sure she wouldn't stumble, one
young lady was walked gingerly through
the graduation ceremony and luncheon
afterward leaning slightly on the arms of
her friends. Amanda Lee Aday had been
seriously injured Wednesday evening in a
fall caused by a dislodged boulder during a
hike with friends in woods on the campus
grounds.
The search and rescue team had difficulty
reaching her, and it was a challenge to
carry her out of the rugged grotto on a
backboard. Amanda was transported by
ambulance to Desert Regional Medical
Center in Palm Springs after the
several-hour ordeal. She has been released
with a good prognosis for full recovery,
but will need plastic surgery for severe soft
tissue damage. She arrived at the
graduation with bandages on her face and
shoulder, but was in great spirits.
Amanda's parents were grateful for local
efforts to help their daughter until they
could arrive. Her mother, Leslie Aday, was
at the family home in Los Angeles, while
her father, rock-and-roll singer and actor,
Meatloaf, was recording in London at the
time of the accident.
Amanda won't be licking her wounds for
long; she does not expect her injuries to
delay her entrance into the California
Institute of the Arts in the fall.
March 12 98
Persecution takes the stage at
Idyllwild Arts
By Jack Clark, Special Correspondent
If you have not yet experienced the
theatrical productions of Idyllwild Arts,
imagine no resemblance to your own high
school plays, for none there will be.
Once again, the Idyllwild Arts Academy
Department of Theatre Arts established that
its offerings are thoroughly professional.
The playbill listed the age of each
performer, but not so the packed audience
might show mercy. Rather, so it could
marvel.
Last Friday and Saturday nights, and again
Sunday aftertoon, director Matthew Zettell
wove a perfectly-casted company into a
seamless performance, producing a
well-paced, high-energy production that
electrified from beginning to end. The acting
was matched by an imposing set built on a
raked stage, by creative lighting, by
transparent sound, by impressively
choreographed stage management and by
superb costume design that secured the
actors' credibilities.
The play was Arthur Miller's 1953 drama
"The Crucible," set in late-17th century
Massachusetts where superstition overran
Christianity and separation of church and
state was not yet existent. In Miller's version
of the trial, the only law book was the Bible.
.....................
Riveting performances were advanced by
Crystal Robison as Betty Paris, Jackie
Schmillen as the gypsy Tituba, Lauren
Brenner as Mary Warren, Timothy Owen as
Giles Corey, Amanda Kemp as Rebecca
Nurse and Amanda Aday as Mrs. Ann
Putnam.
THE ALTERNATIVE MEAT LOAF
From: The London Evening Standard 2/12/99
by Tim Cooper
He was the larger-than-life rocker who
cultivated the image of the ultimate
hell-raiser, making it easy to believe
that Meat Loaf lives the sex-and-drugs
and rock-and-roll lifestyle for real.
However, Meat Loaf today is not the same
man whose legendary live shows made him
one of the wildest men in rock and - soon
after the monumental success of Bat out
of Hell - a gibbering wreck, prompting
stories of alcoholism, depression and
attempted suicide.
The man who presents himself at a Kensington
hotel, wrapped up sensibly against the cold
in a black woolly overcoat and matching scarf,
cuts an altogether different figure.
After eight years as a vegetarian,
he is more of a nut
loaf.
The first thing you notice is his size. But not
in the way you imagined. He is a tall man but,
like most celebrities, not as tall as you thought.
And he is a big man, but nowhere near as big
as you expected. Thanks to a stringent diet, an
abhorrence of eating in restaurants and a new
regime that appears to involve eating nothing at
all, he has slimmed down from a bloated 25 stone
to a
slim(mish)line 18 stone.
He neither drinks nor smokes, (we have to assume
that narcotics are off the menu too), consumes
about 20 cups of coffee a day, and has a wintry
pallor that is odd in a man who lives in sunny
California until you realize that he hardly ever
goes outdoors.
His mane of wild hair has been replaced by a neat
crop
with hints of grey at the temples.
He also has a pronounced limp, following surgery
on his
knee last month.
He is also surprisingly ill informed about today's
pop stars which may be due to his disdain for music,
radio and television, as well as his preference for
being regarded as an actor, rather than a musician.
He spends our day together under-going a bout of radio
interviews to promote his new single. It's called
"Is Nothing Sacred" and it sees him reunited with
his old
"Bat Out Of Hell" collaborator Jim Steinman.
It's a day full of surprises. On the way to his first
interview at BBC Television Centre, we learn that he
is that rarest of things: an American who likes cricket.
It turns out to be a legacy from the year he spent
living in St John's Wood, making occasional forays
to nearby Lord's.
As we are driving, England are once again plucking
defeat from the jaws of victory against Australia and
he takes a keen interest in the number of runs required,
the number of wickets in hand, the number of overs
remaining. It is only when he is on air with Nicky
Campbell at Radio 5 Live that he spoils it by trying
to work a few laborious puns involving bats out
of hell.
It seems that Meat (as he has been addressed since he
was a child) knows more about cricket than pop. He has
no idea who his fellow guest (and fellow singer) Tony
Christie is.
At Capital Radio, he turns out to be big chums with DJ
Neil Fox, who has interviewed him several times before,
but he does not seem to have heard of Puff Daddy and
wants to know why there is a gold disc on the wall
entitled
Tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.
Put him anywhere near a micro-phone, however, and he is
the consummate professional. At a sound studio to record
a Radio 2 interview about his time in "The Rocky Horror
Show", he grumbles, with justification, at being faced with
two flights of stairs: "What do you do if someone is in a
wheelchair? You'd never get away with this in America."
Once in the studio, however, he reels off anecdotes until
the tape runs out.
The interviewer never even gets to ask a question.
Later on, talking to Sir David Frost for a BA in-flight
radio
programme, he interjects swiftly when asked if he
was
very small when his mother died. "I was never
very small,"
he roars. Afterwards, they exchange so
many mutual
congratulations about each other's work
that we wonder if
they will ever be parted.
But parted they will be, for Meat has more interviews to
give, more pleasantries to exchange, more coffee ("black
... with milk") to drink. And, during a half-hour break
late
in the day when it is already dark,
two crackers to eat.
© Associated Newspapers Ltd., 12 February 1999
Here you will find newspaper articles,
press releases
and other such informative
and fun things to keep you
updated and current.
PLEASE BE PATIENT...
THIS WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOAD!!!
Updated Feb. 25, 2001
June 4, 1998 issue
Talent graduates under beautiful
sky at academy
By Susan Nunn, Staff Reporter
One might have thought there were sprites
in the forest on the beautiful spring day
that presented itself for the graduates of
Idyllwild Arts Academy on Saturday.
........................
To be sure she wouldn't stumble, one
young lady was walked gingerly through
the graduation ceremony and luncheon
afterward leaning slightly on the arms of
her friends. Amanda Lee Aday had been
seriously injured Wednesday evening in a
fall caused by a dislodged boulder during a
hike with friends in woods on the campus
grounds.
The search and rescue team had difficulty
reaching her, and it was a challenge to
carry her out of the rugged grotto on a
backboard. Amanda was transported by
ambulance to Desert Regional Medical
Center in Palm Springs after the
several-hour ordeal. She has been released
with a good prognosis for full recovery,
but will need plastic surgery for severe soft
tissue damage. She arrived at the
graduation with bandages on her face and
shoulder, but was in great spirits.
Amanda's parents were grateful for local
efforts to help their daughter until they
could arrive. Her mother, Leslie Aday, was
at the family home in Los Angeles, while
her father, rock-and-roll singer and actor,
Meatloaf, was recording in London at the
time of the accident.
Amanda won't be licking her wounds for
long; she does not expect her injuries to
delay her entrance into the California
Institute of the Arts in the fall.
March 12 98
Persecution takes the stage at
Idyllwild Arts
By Jack Clark, Special Correspondent
If you have not yet experienced the
theatrical productions of Idyllwild Arts,
imagine no resemblance to your own high
school plays, for none there will be.
Once again, the Idyllwild Arts Academy
Department of Theatre Arts established that
its offerings are thoroughly professional.
The playbill listed the age of each
performer, but not so the packed audience
might show mercy. Rather, so it could
marvel.
Last Friday and Saturday nights, and again
Sunday aftertoon, director Matthew Zettell
wove a perfectly-casted company into a
seamless performance, producing a
well-paced, high-energy production that
electrified from beginning to end. The acting
was matched by an imposing set built on a
raked stage, by creative lighting, by
transparent sound, by impressively
choreographed stage management and by
superb costume design that secured the
actors' credibilities.
The play was Arthur Miller's 1953 drama
"The Crucible," set in late-17th century
Massachusetts where superstition overran
Christianity and separation of church and
state was not yet existent. In Miller's version
of the trial, the only law book was the Bible.
.....................
Riveting performances were advanced by
Crystal Robison as Betty Paris, Jackie
Schmillen as the gypsy Tituba, Lauren
Brenner as Mary Warren, Timothy Owen as
Giles Corey, Amanda Kemp as Rebecca
Nurse and Amanda Aday as Mrs. Ann
Putnam.
THE ALTERNATIVE MEAT LOAF
From: The London Evening Standard 2/12/99
by Tim Cooper
He was the larger-than-life rocker who
cultivated the image of the ultimate
hell-raiser, making it easy to believe
that Meat Loaf lives the sex-and-drugs
and rock-and-roll lifestyle for real.
However, Meat Loaf today is not the same
man whose legendary live shows made him
one of the wildest men in rock and - soon
after the monumental success of Bat out
of Hell - a gibbering wreck, prompting
stories of alcoholism, depression and
attempted suicide.
The man who presents himself at a Kensington
hotel, wrapped up sensibly against the cold
in a black woolly overcoat and matching scarf,
cuts an altogether different figure.
After eight years as a vegetarian,
he is more of a nut
loaf.
The first thing you notice is his size. But not
in the way you imagined. He is a tall man but,
like most celebrities, not as tall as you thought.
And he is a big man, but nowhere near as big
as you expected. Thanks to a stringent diet, an
abhorrence of eating in restaurants and a new
regime that appears to involve eating nothing at
all, he has slimmed down from a bloated 25 stone
to a
slim(mish)line 18 stone.
He neither drinks nor smokes, (we have to assume
that narcotics are off the menu too), consumes
about 20 cups of coffee a day, and has a wintry
pallor that is odd in a man who lives in sunny
California until you realize that he hardly ever
goes outdoors.
His mane of wild hair has been replaced by a neat
crop
with hints of grey at the temples.
He also has a pronounced limp, following surgery
on his
knee last month.
He is also surprisingly ill informed about today's
pop stars which may be due to his disdain for music,
radio and television, as well as his preference for
being regarded as an actor, rather than a musician.
He spends our day together under-going a bout of radio
interviews to promote his new single. It's called
"Is Nothing Sacred" and it sees him reunited with
his old
"Bat Out Of Hell" collaborator Jim Steinman.
It's a day full of surprises. On the way to his first
interview at BBC Television Centre, we learn that he
is that rarest of things: an American who likes cricket.
It turns out to be a legacy from the year he spent
living in St John's Wood, making occasional forays
to nearby Lord's.
As we are driving, England are once again plucking
defeat from the jaws of victory against Australia and
he takes a keen interest in the number of runs required,
the number of wickets in hand, the number of overs
remaining. It is only when he is on air with Nicky
Campbell at Radio 5 Live that he spoils it by trying
to work a few laborious puns involving bats out
of hell.
It seems that Meat (as he has been addressed since he
was a child) knows more about cricket than pop. He has
no idea who his fellow guest (and fellow singer) Tony
Christie is.
At Capital Radio, he turns out to be big chums with DJ
Neil Fox, who has interviewed him several times before,
but he does not seem to have heard of Puff Daddy and
wants to know why there is a gold disc on the wall
entitled
Tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.
Put him anywhere near a micro-phone, however, and he is
the consummate professional. At a sound studio to record
a Radio 2 interview about his time in "The Rocky Horror
Show", he grumbles, with justification, at being faced with
two flights of stairs: "What do you do if someone is in a
wheelchair? You'd never get away with this in America."
Once in the studio, however, he reels off anecdotes until
the tape runs out.
The interviewer never even gets to ask a question.
Later on, talking to Sir David Frost for a BA in-flight
radio
programme, he interjects swiftly when asked if he
was
very small when his mother died. "I was never
very small,"
he roars. Afterwards, they exchange so
many mutual
congratulations about each other's work
that we wonder if
they will ever be parted.
But parted they will be, for Meat has more interviews to
give, more pleasantries to exchange, more coffee ("black
... with milk") to drink. And, during a half-hour break
late
in the day when it is already dark,
two crackers to eat.
© Associated Newspapers Ltd., 12 February 1999
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Talent graduates under beautiful sky at academy By Susan Nunn, Staff Reporter One might have thought there were sprites in the forest on the beautiful spring day that presented itself for the graduates of Idyllwild Arts Academy on Saturday. ........................ To be sure she wouldn't stumble, one young lady was walked gingerly through the graduation ceremony and luncheon afterward leaning slightly on the arms of her friends. Amanda Lee Aday had been seriously injured Wednesday evening in a fall caused by a dislodged boulder during a hike with friends in woods on the campus grounds. The search and rescue team had difficulty reaching her, and it was a challenge to carry her out of the rugged grotto on a backboard. Amanda was transported by ambulance to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs after the several-hour ordeal. She has been released with a good prognosis for full recovery, but will need plastic surgery for severe soft tissue damage. She arrived at the graduation with bandages on her face and shoulder, but was in great spirits. Amanda's parents were grateful for local efforts to help their daughter until they could arrive. Her mother, Leslie Aday, was at the family home in Los Angeles, while her father, rock-and-roll singer and actor, Meatloaf, was recording in London at the time of the accident. Amanda won't be licking her wounds for long; she does not expect her injuries to delay her entrance into the California Institute of the Arts in the fall. |
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March 12 98 Persecution takes the stage at Idyllwild Arts By Jack Clark, Special Correspondent If you have not yet experienced the theatrical productions of Idyllwild Arts, imagine no resemblance to your own high school plays, for none there will be. Once again, the Idyllwild Arts Academy Department of Theatre Arts established that its offerings are thoroughly professional. The playbill listed the age of each performer, but not so the packed audience might show mercy. Rather, so it could marvel. Last Friday and Saturday nights, and again Sunday aftertoon, director Matthew Zettell wove a perfectly-casted company into a seamless performance, producing a well-paced, high-energy production that electrified from beginning to end. The acting was matched by an imposing set built on a raked stage, by creative lighting, by transparent sound, by impressively choreographed stage management and by superb costume design that secured the actors' credibilities. The play was Arthur Miller's 1953 drama "The Crucible," set in late-17th century Massachusetts where superstition overran Christianity and separation of church and state was not yet existent. In Miller's version of the trial, the only law book was the Bible. ..................... Riveting performances were advanced by Crystal Robison as Betty Paris, Jackie Schmillen as the gypsy Tituba, Lauren Brenner as Mary Warren, Timothy Owen as Giles Corey, Amanda Kemp as Rebecca Nurse and Amanda Aday as Mrs. Ann Putnam. |
From: The London Evening Standard 2/12/99 by Tim Cooper He was the larger-than-life rocker who cultivated the image of the ultimate hell-raiser, making it easy to believe that Meat Loaf lives the sex-and-drugs and rock-and-roll lifestyle for real. However, Meat Loaf today is not the same man whose legendary live shows made him one of the wildest men in rock and - soon after the monumental success of Bat out of Hell - a gibbering wreck, prompting stories of alcoholism, depression and attempted suicide. The man who presents himself at a Kensington hotel, wrapped up sensibly against the cold in a black woolly overcoat and matching scarf, cuts an altogether different figure. After eight years as a vegetarian, he is more of a nut loaf. The first thing you notice is his size. But not in the way you imagined. He is a tall man but, like most celebrities, not as tall as you thought. And he is a big man, but nowhere near as big as you expected. Thanks to a stringent diet, an abhorrence of eating in restaurants and a new regime that appears to involve eating nothing at all, he has slimmed down from a bloated 25 stone to a slim(mish)line 18 stone. He neither drinks nor smokes, (we have to assume that narcotics are off the menu too), consumes about 20 cups of coffee a day, and has a wintry pallor that is odd in a man who lives in sunny California until you realize that he hardly ever goes outdoors. His mane of wild hair has been replaced by a neat crop with hints of grey at the temples. He also has a pronounced limp, following surgery on his knee last month. He is also surprisingly ill informed about today's pop stars which may be due to his disdain for music, radio and television, as well as his preference for being regarded as an actor, rather than a musician. He spends our day together under-going a bout of radio interviews to promote his new single. It's called "Is Nothing Sacred" and it sees him reunited with his old "Bat Out Of Hell" collaborator Jim Steinman. It's a day full of surprises. On the way to his first interview at BBC Television Centre, we learn that he is that rarest of things: an American who likes cricket. It turns out to be a legacy from the year he spent living in St John's Wood, making occasional forays to nearby Lord's. As we are driving, England are once again plucking defeat from the jaws of victory against Australia and he takes a keen interest in the number of runs required, the number of wickets in hand, the number of overs remaining. It is only when he is on air with Nicky Campbell at Radio 5 Live that he spoils it by trying to work a few laborious puns involving bats out of hell. It seems that Meat (as he has been addressed since he was a child) knows more about cricket than pop. He has no idea who his fellow guest (and fellow singer) Tony Christie is. At Capital Radio, he turns out to be big chums with DJ Neil Fox, who has interviewed him several times before, but he does not seem to have heard of Puff Daddy and wants to know why there is a gold disc on the wall entitled Tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. Put him anywhere near a micro-phone, however, and he is the consummate professional. At a sound studio to record a Radio 2 interview about his time in "The Rocky Horror Show", he grumbles, with justification, at being faced with two flights of stairs: "What do you do if someone is in a wheelchair? You'd never get away with this in America." Once in the studio, however, he reels off anecdotes until the tape runs out. The interviewer never even gets to ask a question. Later on, talking to Sir David Frost for a BA in-flight radio programme, he interjects swiftly when asked if he was very small when his mother died. "I was never very small," he roars. Afterwards, they exchange so many mutual congratulations about each other's work that we wonder if they will ever be parted. But parted they will be, for Meat has more interviews to give, more pleasantries to exchange, more coffee ("black ... with milk") to drink. And, during a half-hour break late in the day when it is already dark, two crackers to eat. © Associated Newspapers Ltd., 12 February 1999 |