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Page THE HERALD Wednesday January 1989 LEAF road show highlights cont of women Entertainment Bob Spence Thornton Newt Service that sponsors test case litigation citing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or other human rights legislation to advance quality for women LEAF is taking to the road LEAF Women s Legal Educa and Action Fund has put together a road show to raise funds for the organization and to remind Canadians of the historical con tributions women have made to Canada show will visit Toronto Feb 2 Halifax Feb 3 Calgary Feb 7 and Vancouver Feb 8 and will feature keynote speakers and musical stars Among the performers will be and Connie Kaldor Speakers include Maureen McTeer in Halifax Margaret At wood Toronto and Gloria SteLnem Vancouver LEAF is a national organization Lang is hard to ignore The country singer from Consort Alta has a style of her own when it comes to hairstyle clothes western of course and music She has garnered three Grammy Award nominations all in country music categories an achievement for any Nashville star let alone a young lady from Alberta The Grammys awards are presented in each of the major music categories from rock to country music are North America s most prestigious music awards As well as being nominated for best country female vocalist Lang was nominated twice in the category of best country vocal col laboration with the late Roy Or bison for Crying and with Brenda Lee Loretta Lynn and Kitty Wells for The Honky Tonk Angels Medley Six other Canadians received Grammy nominations including Mitchell for pop female vocalist Also nominated were Robbie Robertson male rock vocalist Jeff Healey rock instrumental Neil Young and David Foster videos and Walter Ostanek polka The Slst annual Grammy Awards will be televised live by CBSonFeb 22 Robert Duvall who won an Oscar for his performance in Tender Mercies makes a rare TV appearance in Lonesome Dove an eight hour saga of the Old West The four part mini series is bas ed on Larry McMurtry s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel Set In the late 19th century Lonesome Dove is the story of an epic cattle drive from Texas to Montana the last remaining wilderness Tommy Lee Jones Anjelica Huston Danny Glover and Robert Urich are among the other stars of this mini series to be telecast Feb 8byCTV Hall who made thousands of deals as host of the long running game show Lets Make A Deal has a special offer Tune in to Global TV on Jan and 29 and you can watch some of Canada top entertainers as well as learn what the Variety Club of Ontano is doing to help handicap ped and disadvantaged children Hall returns as host of the Varie ty Club s annual telethon This years telethon the ninth features such stars as Burton Cum mings Michael Dawn Aitken the Brothers AndrePhilippe Gagnon and Dan Hill Monty Hall has a deal for you a classy scoundrel By DIAHANN NADEAU Herald Special Dirty Rotten Scoundrels must be Michael film amazed I still like him after all the shabby movies hes been in In be steals the movie from Steve Martin who had all the physical gags Caine is perfect as a very classy con man who passes himself off as royalty Martin is funny as a hayseed con artist look for smaller prey in Caine s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is not a terrific movie but it does of some good laughs Laurence Caine takes amateur Fred Benson Mar tin reluctantly under his wing to teach him the fine art of extracting money from foolish and wealthy women Not surprisingly these women are always American AT THE MOVIES Fred soon becomes part of the act playing the Prince Jamieson half wit brother Ruprecht offers Martin the chance to do some very funny gags is retired before we get bored with him perhaps even a little too soon and Benson soon strike a bet on who can divest the young American Soap Queen Janet Col gate of first This is the core of the movie as the two men try to outwit each other in ever fun nier twists I don t want to say too much here I don want to spoil the little surprises The plot twists to the very end and finishes on a funny note For all the laughs though Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a flawed movie It lags a little at times loses cohesion frequently and casionally bores GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 CINEMA 2nd HILARIOUS WEEK if riaotitlfy 009 15pm Sun at2pm CINEMA 2 NOW PLAYING Dirty Rotten Scoundrels SAT MATINEE Evenings At 009 15pm PARENTAL CINEMA 3 LAST2DAYSI DEEP STAR SIX Evenings at 7 00 p m only J Ma GIBSON MICHELLE KUKT RUSSELL I Tequila Sunri s Evenings at 9 15pm only STAB Sat Sun Matinee at 2 00 PASSWORD This Weeks Password Is THURSDAYS BEACHES 12PIECE LUGGAGE SALE If you re constantly on the move you should have your own luggage That why our 12piece luggage the Econobox is now only 99 with 12 pieces of delicious Kentucky Chicken Just take a down to see us soon and you find your luggage packed and ready for take out from January until February The Econobox 14 MAIN STREET ACTON or 116A STREET GEORGETOWN