Ares 410 Entertainment ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • q/afzn.tinzs .ci..y ortyt econtEst i Celebrity Review • • • • The MSU-Billings Retort is sponsoring a poetry contest in celebra- •• Travolta's Comeback • tion of love and all other things involved with Valentines Day. Bring •• • By Grace Eide did not die. your original poem to The Retort office by Saturday, February third (slip •• A&E Editor Immediately before I • it under the door if door is locked). • You can tell by the way he changed my last name legally to The ten best poems will be printed in the February ninth issue of : uses his walk he's a woman's Travolta and got the tattoo, he • man he has no time to talk. made Urban Cowboy Ickeypoo. The Retort, and the winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from Maybe it is my fascination with I cried at night for years only to Walker's Grill. Faculty and staff are welcome to enter. Please attatch Italians, but lately I can't seem see him resurface in a series of to stop myself from making ex- "Look who's Talking" movies. : entry form to your poem. The copy of your poem used to enter this : cessive commentary about John No redemption there. Travolta : contest will not be returned, so please make a copy for yourself. Think : Travolta . We met through our was now dead in my world. I : love and romance!! Show your Valentine how much you love them with : mutual friend.... cable television. had a couple of short celebrity • in flings with Eric Stoltz, Christian • • His name was Vinnie Babarino a poem. Welcome Back Kottter Slater, and David Letterman, but • • the sitcom • I thought Travolta was funny was never fully satisfied. These • • • • in the program, but suffering men all lacked a potent • Name: Phone: • soundtrack. I was sitting in the • • from bad hair syndrome. • • After my initial meeting theater and wallowing in bliss • while the delicacy of film called Adress: • with Travolta, and while I was • • at a highly influential stage in my Pulp Fiction played when I was • • • • life, my parents did an amazing reunited with my long lost Ital- • • thing for me: they took me to see ian love. Travolta was beautiful • • • • the musical Grease . I couldn't with rich character, morbid but • • believe that silly "Sandy" lady poetic lines, and stunning gang- • • Title of the poem: • would strand Vinnie Babarino at ster clothes and hair. Not only • • the drive in after all those nights had he been reborn, but he once • • • • of summer lovin'. I was hooked again offered a killer soundtrack. • Special Message to your sweetheart: • on Travolta. My sister bought me I couldn't believe I let myself be • • • the soundtrack a few months af- so fickle. • • ter I first saw that movie, so I I was unaware at this point • • • spent the next several years of that the climax of our relation- • • my life in a basement in rural ship had not yet occurred. Over • • • • Montana singing "grease is the Christmas break I went with my • • word...is the word....is the Tuesday night movie critic group • • • • word....have you heard...it's got to see Get Shorty . • • groove...it's got feeling," and pre- Whoa...Travolta takes his role • • • tending that I was the pink lady and uses it to redefine "cool". • • that would redeem Travolta from This movie must be seen! The • • • • his Olivia Newton John induced plot isn't as elegant as Pulp Fic- • • broken heart. After the fire de- tion, but Travolta's character is • • • partment got me out of the base- so smooth it makes yogurt look • • • • ment, my true love became a like packaged turbulence. Unfor- • Non-official entry form. Hey, make your own if you don't like ours. • tunately, it has left the Billings • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • disco king. I wasn't quite sure • • what to think about all the poly- theaters, but the video release Showgirls Comes To Billings...Finally! ester and his strange collection should happen soon!! My new of leading women, but my love tattoo looks pretty nifty. by KeithUp Roberts until this weekend, than stimulating after about half an hour. I think I counted all of Don't most of the people in Billings about five minutes that breasts probably hadn't seen Showgirls, weren't being jiggled across the s5N7 forget the striptease movie starring screen. It actually surprised me former Saved by the Bell star to find this movie to not be X- VAS PRESENTS Elizabeth Berkley. The reason is rated, but I guess Hollywood to vote that Billings theaters won't show needs to do its experiments. An Evening of... NC-17 rated films. However, we Remember that it cost $40 million dollars to make this 5 for the movieall got this our weekend chance at to the see MSU- the movie, and last I heard it had only made about $20 million of S KET LL UnionB showing Activities sponsored Board. by the that back. Also, it seems to have King Starring Was it worth the wait? That wrecked Elizabeth Berkley's pro- depends on what kind of mov- fessional acting career (not that ies you like. If you're the kind sheof that had it one wrecked to begin director with), Paul and 5 The Harlem Wizards and Homecoming Week person that likes topless women Verhoeven's marriage because of Wednesday, January 31, 1996 runninglicking polesaround on and the dancing strip, this like Miss rumors Berkley. that he had an affair with Queen. 7:30 PM movie is definitely for you. MSU - Billings Alterowitz Gym However, if you are into some- So to sum up I would say this: Women: I would be sur- thing with a plot, some kind of prised if you find this movie even She's Here! Also Featuring... acting,story line, I am or afraid even somethat you good are remotely like to see interesting, women exploited unless you in Rene MSU - Billings Ahirrini out of luck. the most obvious of fashions. and 259-0149 Students The plot is basically this: Guys: this is a great movie if you Dream Team Fac wty goesour leading to Las lady,Vegas Nomi because Malone, she aredumped home byalone your at mate,night, arerecently eas- has delusions that she can dance. ily excitable, and/or have noth- w Need Answers? MSU - Billings Students $4.00 always wondered... You've General Public $5.00 Eventually, she dethrones the ing else to do. However, guys, Discover for yourself... reigningand then queenquits becauseof the strip she clubs, finds thisto take isn't your a movie "special you reallysomeone" want Children under 5 -- FREE she doesn't like it after all. Are Psychics for Real? to because, even though you For more info. 657-2257 The movie is filled with fl► Special MSU Rates Sponsored by UAB of ASMSU - Billings "dirty talk," though the dialogue probablymight be isn't.getting turned on, she If I don't help you, you don't pay! becomes actually more amusing January 2 , Il 9 9 6 Page 8