A slip of the tongue cost a contestant on Wheel of Fortune a small fortune.
On Thursday night’s show, contestant Kristen Shaw solved a crossword puzzle challenge. But because she inserted the word “and” in her answer, she violated the rules of the game. Her answer was “Right, football, left and Sally.”
The use of the “and” proved fatal.
The New York Post reported host Pat Sajak’s explanation. “Most times I caution people not to add anything, and you maybe didn’t even hear yourself say it but you threw an ‘and’ in there with the last thing and we have to go by the rules,” host Pat Sajak explained.
Because of her error, Shaw didn’t get the $1,950 in winning and an $8,000 trip to Nashville. Instead, the night’s winner was contestant Bryan Idler.
A spokesperson for the show told Fox News that rules are rules.
“Our...
On Thursday night’s show, contestant Kristen Shaw solved a crossword puzzle challenge. But because she inserted the word “and” in her answer, she violated the rules of the game. Her answer was “Right, football, left and Sally.”
The use of the “and” proved fatal.
The New York Post reported host Pat Sajak’s explanation. “Most times I caution people not to add anything, and you maybe didn’t even hear yourself say it but you threw an ‘and’ in there with the last thing and we have to go by the rules,” host Pat Sajak explained.
Because of her error, Shaw didn’t get the $1,950 in winning and an $8,000 trip to Nashville. Instead, the night’s winner was contestant Bryan Idler.
A spokesperson for the show told Fox News that rules are rules.
“Our...
- 11/23/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
'The Contender' movie hero: Joan Allen as the virtuous Sen. Laine Hanson. 'The Contender' movie: Exceptional Joan Allen in intriguing but ultimately wimpy political drama "Principles only mean anything when we stick by them when they're inconvenient," says Senator Laine Hanson, played by Joan Allen in Rod Lurie's The Contender. Senator Hanson should know. In Lurie's political drama, the poor Democratic senator is grilled by a Republican inquisitor with a bad hairdo (Gary Oldman) who wants to prevent at all costs her being confirmed as the next Vice President of the United States. Even if that means destroying Hanson's political career by making public the senator's alleged participation in an orgy during her college days.* Now, why such hatred? Well, the Republican watchdog is certain that the U.S. president (Jeff Bridges) has chosen Sen. Hanson because of her gender instead of her qualifications for the job. Adding insult to injury,...
- 5/27/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Although it lacks the grit of Sam Peckinpah.s 1971 original and has several problems that hurt the overall story, Straw Dogs is a tense thriller that uses a slow-burn pace to examine how far a good man can be pushed before he pushes back. Based on Gordon Williams' novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm and on the screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Peckinpah, the remake was directed by Rod Lurie (who also penned the updated screenplay) and stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Anson Mount, Drew Powell, Kristen Shaw, and Megan Adelle. Trading rural England for Blackwater, Mississippi, the film follows married...
- 12/19/2011
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
In the first story, people with plastic bags over their heads beg for their lives, before being shot. One survives. The police arrive to find two DBs in the basement. Terrel (Greg Davis Jnr) is found upstairs. There's another Db behind the counter. Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) asks Flack (Eddie Cahill) to get the paramedics to preserve the duct tape, used to tie them. To bag their hands and to use gloves. Flack relays what happened as the uniforms had to break in, the door was locked. There were two DBs on the floor next to the counter. The back door to the alley was open. The alarms weren't on and the place closed at 11pm. Danny: "sounds like an inside job." Mac (Gary Sinise) "then that's where we'll start...you're in charge. Your three years in promotion to Second Grade doesn't come easy." There's a dumpster upstairs and down. Danny:...
- 10/3/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Chicago – In our latest thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “Straw Dogs” starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård and James Woods!
“Straw Dogs” also features Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Anson Mount, Drew Powell, Kristen Shaw, Megan Adelle and Jessica Cook from writer and director Rod Lurie based on an earlier screenplay by David Zelag Goodman.
The film opens on Sept. 16, 2011. To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Straw Dogs” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Straw Dogs” with James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgård.
“Straw Dogs” also features Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Anson Mount, Drew Powell, Kristen Shaw, Megan Adelle and Jessica Cook from writer and director Rod Lurie based on an earlier screenplay by David Zelag Goodman.
The film opens on Sept. 16, 2011. To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Straw Dogs” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Straw Dogs” with James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgård.
- 9/9/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Straw Dogs Movie Trailer has premiered. Rod Lurie‘s Straw Dogs (2011) stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, Dominic Purcell, and Las Alonso. Straw Dogs (2011)’s plot synopsis: based on the novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm by Gordon Williams, ”David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation”.
Two things: 1.) this movie trailer gives away far too much, and 2.) I am going to have to see the Sam Peckinpah 1971 original film now. The Straw Dogs (1971) Movie Poster can be found on our Flickr Page. Straw Dogs also stars Willa Holland, James Woods, Walton Goggins,...
Two things: 1.) this movie trailer gives away far too much, and 2.) I am going to have to see the Sam Peckinpah 1971 original film now. The Straw Dogs (1971) Movie Poster can be found on our Flickr Page. Straw Dogs also stars Willa Holland, James Woods, Walton Goggins,...
- 5/14/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The chilling first official movie trailer for Sony Screen Gem's upcoming thriller "Straw Dogs" can now be watched online. The film is a remake of the original Sam Peckinpah directed 1971 movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George.The new version swaps rural England for the American deep south and stars James Marsden and Kate Bosworth in the Hoffman/George roles."Straw Dogs" also stars Alexander Skarsgård, Dominic Purcell, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, James Woods, Walton Goggins, Anson Mount, Billy Lush, Rhys Coiro, Kristen Shaw and Drew Powell.Watch the new trailer in various resolutions below;"Straw Dogs" is released across the Us from September 16th and the UK from October 28th.Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner (James Marden) relocates with his wife (Kate Bosworth) to...
- 5/13/2011
- by Anthony Pearson
- Monsters and Critics
The Contender (2000) Direction and screenplay: Rod Lurie Cast: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William L. Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Robin Thomas, Mike Binder, Mariel Hemingway, Kathryn Morris, Kristen Shaw Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Saul Rubinek, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, The Contender "Principles only mean anything when we stick by them when they're inconvenient," says Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) in Rod Lurie's political thriller The Contender. She should know. In Lurie's film, the poor Democratic senator is grilled by a Republican inquisitor with a bad hairdo (a venom-spitting Gary Oldman) who wants to prevent at all costs her being confirmed as the next Vice President of the United States. Even if that means destroying Hanson's political career by making public the senator's alleged participation in an orgy during her college days. (Shades of Otto Preminger's Advise and Consent and Franklin J. Schaffner...
- 2/6/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Right away I knew this episode was going to be good because in the first few seconds, Bravo gave us a shot of a squirrel eating a cookie and added sound effects! Don't think the little things go unnoticed, Bravo sound editors! Then, right after the squirrel eating, we meet Sweetie, Kim's new assistant, who is taking Kim for a run because she is a big pop star now. Or rather, she's "the 'Tardy for the Party' girl." The run ends as Sweetie and Kim finagle free beer from a Coors delivery guy.
Celebrating another successful workout.
Kandi is actually back in the recording studio, not jogging in a silver tank top. Speaking of Kim, Kandi talks to Ne-Yo about how "anybody can 'sing.'" Kim needs the auto-tune and Kandi deserves some money!
Lawrence, the new Stunt Queen in town, is visiting Sheree to do her hair for a blind date.
Celebrating another successful workout.
Kandi is actually back in the recording studio, not jogging in a silver tank top. Speaking of Kim, Kandi talks to Ne-Yo about how "anybody can 'sing.'" Kim needs the auto-tune and Kandi deserves some money!
Lawrence, the new Stunt Queen in town, is visiting Sheree to do her hair for a blind date.
- 10/11/2010
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Hungry Hearts
Hollywood Film Festival
Hungry Productions Inc.
In this turgid tease of a comedy, three jaded showbiz femmes and a heavily medicated ingenue turn a Beverly Hills party into the gig from hell for a gourmet cook/former male hooker. With good looks and presence, S. Greg Gardner as the lone male in a house of horny but suicidal women goes begging for decent dialogue, while the film unwisely tries to microwave cultural leftovers and scraps of humor into a black farce.
Directed by Rolf Schrader and written by Glenn Benest and Timothy Wurtz, the mercifully short 83-minute movie is a clunky showcase for the quartet of actresses led by Susan Blakely as a company-town widow throwing what appears to be the last party for herself and three friends.
If only the movie didn't hit all the low notes it does and indulged in more sex given its constant attention to the subject, the project might have had a chance. As it is, there's lots of raw female banter and lecherous attitude to spare, but Gardner's gullible lug beds only one (Kristen Shaw) of the gals. Pauley Perrette and Marjory Graue play the other tragic divas. When the filmmakers resort to a predictable trick ending, one lets out the big yawn that has been building up the entire movie.
Hungry Productions Inc.
In this turgid tease of a comedy, three jaded showbiz femmes and a heavily medicated ingenue turn a Beverly Hills party into the gig from hell for a gourmet cook/former male hooker. With good looks and presence, S. Greg Gardner as the lone male in a house of horny but suicidal women goes begging for decent dialogue, while the film unwisely tries to microwave cultural leftovers and scraps of humor into a black farce.
Directed by Rolf Schrader and written by Glenn Benest and Timothy Wurtz, the mercifully short 83-minute movie is a clunky showcase for the quartet of actresses led by Susan Blakely as a company-town widow throwing what appears to be the last party for herself and three friends.
If only the movie didn't hit all the low notes it does and indulged in more sex given its constant attention to the subject, the project might have had a chance. As it is, there's lots of raw female banter and lecherous attitude to spare, but Gardner's gullible lug beds only one (Kristen Shaw) of the gals. Pauley Perrette and Marjory Graue play the other tragic divas. When the filmmakers resort to a predictable trick ending, one lets out the big yawn that has been building up the entire movie.
- 10/8/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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