ZABKA:We worked five days a week, four hours a day for the month before we shot. Then every day after that. They’d just roll out gymnastics mats on the set. THOMAS:He had to bypass a lot of stuff to get us film-ready within six or seven weeks. We were just hitting pads, doing...
Harsh as this world is, gymnastics offers many Chinese children a chance at a better life not only for themselves but also their families. This made me wonder if Meiying’s parents were poor — but no, it turns out that like Ali’s parents in the original, they’re affluent. Anyway, ...
4. “The Other Me”- It’s not me; it’s me. That seems to be the argument leveled here by the guilty suitor portrayed by McCartney in this nice, if relatively inconsequential, little midtempo number. And, hey, haven’t we all acted like a “dustbin lid” from time to time? 3. ...
I’m in the car on the way to gymnastics practice … with a book. I'm on a plane, on the porch, under the basement stairs … all with a book. Fast forward to adulthood, and you can imagine my distress when I have five kids, none of which have any plans in the near future to...
The title of that article is a bit much, I'm clearly not throwing anyone under a bus, but it's a good article and perfectly encapsulates the Olympic-level mental gymnastics many are going through to justify - to themselves more than anything - their purchase. There's just no e...