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TINA TYRELL (WAINWRIGHT)
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Two very unlikely
movie adaptations hit
the big screen May 18
BATTLESHIP
INSPIRATION:
45-year-old
board game
PLOT:
International naval fleet at
Pearl Harbor attempts to repel an
armada of alien invaders
STARS:
Taylor Kitsch (fresh off
John Carter
, in which he played a
Civil War veteran fighting aliens
onMars), LiamNeeson,
Brooklyn Decker
PREDECESSORS:
Clue
,
Jumanji
TWIST:
Both sides of the story
are shown, so we knowwhere
all the ships are
NEXT UP:
Adaptations of
Monopoly, Ouija, Risk and
Candy Land
WHAT TO EXPECTWHEN
YOU’RE EXPECTING
INSPIRATION:
Pregnancy guide
first published in 1984
PLOT:
Five couples of varying
temperaments prepare to deliver
or adopt babies
STARS:
Jennifer Lopez, Cameron
Diaz, MatthewMorrison (“Glee”),
Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Quaid,
Chris Rock, Brooklyn Decker
PREDECESSORS:
He’s Just Not
That Into You
,
Think Like aMan
TWIST:
Chris Rock and
Mr. Schuester appear in the
same movie
NEXT UP:
Nothing yet—but we
suggest an adaptation of
Basic
AbWorkout for Dummies
, starring
Gerard Butler and, of course,
Brooklyn Decker
“You might not eat
until lunch. Breakfast
in bed is going to have
lots of weird bits,
including eggshells,
and if the kids don’t
burn the bacon they’ll
take that themselves.
So what? If you have
perfectly cooked eggs
Benedict, you’re prob-
ably in a hotel room.”
“If you have more
than one child and
someone forgets
Mother’s Day, do
nothing. Siblings
handle this, as in:
‘Dude, you forgot
it was Mother’s
Day?
Dude
. Wow.’
You can just smile
beatifically.”
“Grown children
are not quite as
reverential about
Mother’s Day as small
ones, but supermarket
flowers are still flowers,
and a phone call is
always welcome—
even if the background
noise suggests it’s
coming fromWings-
and-Beer Night.”
“Also, it is not cool
to tell grown children
what you would like
for Mother’s Day:
grandchildren. They’re
smart enough to know
this. After all, you
raised them.”
Maternal
Wisdom
WithMother’s
Day coming
up onMay
13, we asked
AnnaQuindlen
,
Pulitzer-winning sage
ofmidlife andmotherhood
and author of the brand-new
memoir
Lots of Candles,
Plenty of Cake
, for a few tips
for moms on their big day:
Wild Pitches
Pop Science
RufusWainwright brings his rarefied pipes
tomusic’s most accessible genre
“I just wanted it to be something you could put on at a party that
wouldn’t clear the room,” Rufus Wainwright says of the lush, hook-laden
Out of the Game
, his seventh studio album. “I’ve made a few of those. Not
that they’re
bad
records, but they kind of required your undivided a en-
tion. This one I wanted to be more inviting.” To that end, the troubadour
paired up with producer Mark Ronson, the pop wunderkind behind
albums by Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Adele, and led an ensemble
including soul outfit The Dap-Kings, Sean Lennon and Wilco’s Nels Cline,
whomWainwright describes as “a real maestro—he was the big surprise
for me.”
Out of the Game
has hints of doo-wop, R&B and even classical,
but Wainwright credits the music of the ’70s as the record’s key influ-
ence. So which artist from that era would he most like to work with? “If
Stevie Wonder had continued doing what he was doing then for the rest
of his career, he would be the one,” he says. “But I’d probably have more
luck hanging out with Stevie Nicks. She’s more up my alley.”
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