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Girlfight Women fight on amateur night CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 some punches land and then some don’t. A flurry of jabs, hooks and over-hand punches is all you can see. The crowd roars with every punch. “Beat the bitch’s ass!” one spectator screams. Minutes later, Precious calls for a timeout. One of the rules is the women can call a timeout when needed, so they won’t get too badly hurt. Precious recovers and finishes the three two-minute rounds. However, the judges, the entire crowd of young men, decide who wins, and to them, Precious’ timeout wasn’t called for. Thus the first match of the night ends with Nickki $500 rich er and once again victorious. Bringing the concept to Columbia and actually finding women willing to take part in the fights is the job of LaQuasha Starks. Starks, the club’s man ager, said at first she was going to host mud wrestling but thought too many people had seen that before. “It’s unique, it’s something people in Columbia haven’t seen before,” Starks said. For now, the club is only holding a few fights every Monday because of the lack of women willing to get in the ring, according to Starks. “Hopefully we are going to start a real tournament that goes from week to week and ends at the end of the month with a championship fight,A Starks said. She even has plans for a tournament between women from USC and Benedict College. TODAY’S MOVIE LISTINGS Regal Cinema 7 Columbia Richland Mall, 748-9044 AMERICAN OUTLAWS (PG-13) 4:00,9:55 PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 1:30,4:20,7:00, 9:50 AMERICAN PIE 2 (R) 1:50,4:30,7:20,10:00 AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (PG-13) 1:35,7:05 THE PRINCESS DIARIES (G) 1:45,4:25,7:10,9:40 THE OTHERS (PG-13) 1:40,4:10,7:25,10:05 JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS (R) 1:55,4115,7:15,10:10 BUBBLE BOY (PG-13) 2:00,4:40, 7:30,9:45 Carmike Wynnsong 10 5320 Forest Drive, 782 8100 RUSH HOUR 2 (PG-13) 1:30,2:15,3:45,4:30,7:15,7:45, 9:30,10:00 CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN (R) i:4t>, 4:zu, v:iu, 9:ou BABY BOY (R) 1:30,4:10,7:10,9:50 LEGALLY BLONDE (PG-13) 1:30, 4:20,7:20,9:40 JURASSIC PARK III (PG-13) 1:30,4:30,7:00,9:15 RAT RACE (PG-13) 1:45,4:20,7:15,9:45 OSMOSIS JONES (PG) 1:45,4:30, 7:15,9:15 JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (R) 1:40,4:15,7:00,9:45 Dutch Square Cinema 14 800 Bush River Road, 750-3576 AMERICAN OUTLAWS (PG-13) 4:30,10:10 RUSH HOUR 2 (PG-13) 1:00,3:00,5:00,7:40,9:50 CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN (R) 1:20,4:10,7:00,9:40 SUMMER CATCH (PG-13) 12:30,2:50,5:10,7:30,9:50 PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 1:40,4:20,7:00,9:50 JURASSIC PARK III (PG-13) 12:50,3:10,5:20,7:25,9:30 “0” Othello remake opens Friday CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 Shakespeare managed to make the audience sympathize with Othello even after he strangled his wife; O leaves you either un decided or uncaring. Julia Stiles is a plague among actresses. By her third Shakespeare remake, you’d think either she’d have learned how to do it right. The dialogue might be bad, but a good actor AMERICAN PIE 2 (R) 1:30,4:10,7:10,9:30 AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (PG-13) 1:20,7:50 THE PRINCESS DIARIES (G) 12:30,2:50,5:15,7:40,10:00 RAT RACE (PG-13) 1:10,4:00,7:20,10:00 THE CURSE OFTHE JADE SCORPION (PG-13) 1:30,4:00,7:00,9:20 THE OTHERS (PG-13) 1:10,4:00,7:20,9:40 JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS (R) 12:40,3:00,5:10,7:30,9:40 JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (R) 12:30,2:40,4:50,7:10,9:30 BUBBLE BOY (PG-13) 12:50,2:45,4:50,7:10,9:10 St. Andrews Road Stadium Cinemas 527 Saint Andrews Road, 772-7469 MOULIN ROUGE (PG-13) 3:00,7:15 THE MUMMY RETURNS (PG 13) 1:45,4:15, 7:00, 9:25 RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT (G) 1:00 LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (PG-13) 1:30,3:20,5:10,7:25,9:15 WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? (PG-13) 1:20,3:40,5:50,7:40,9:30 THE ANIMAL (PG-13) 2:45,4:30,6:10,7:50,9:50 SWORDFISH (R) 1:10,5:20,9:40 Carmike Cinemas Cinemas 14 100 Columbiana Circle, 781-3067 ORIGINAL SIN (R) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (PG-13) 2:10,4:40,7:10,9:40 SPY KIDS (PG) 2:30,4:30,7:15,9:30 AMERICAN OUTLAWS (PG-13) 2:15,4:15,7:30,9:45 CATS & DOGS (PG) 2:00,4:00,7:00,9:15 can make even the worst dia logue work. Enter Josh Hartnett. As Iago’s counterpart Hugo, Hartnett carries the weight of the film. He delivers his lines like a veteran actor, and his demeanor makes his character come alive. Iago is one of Shakespeare’s greatest characters and probably one of the greatest villains of all time; O gets the story right when it recognizes the story is really about Iago. Tim Blake Nelson’s directing is remarkably fresh and vivid. Unlike most directors today, Nelson uses a simple style that RUSH HOUR 2 (PG-13) 1:30,2:00,3:30,4:30,7:15,8:00, 9:30,10:00 PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 1:45,4:30,7:15,9:45, AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (PG-13) 1:30,4:00,7:00,9:30 THE PRINCESS DIARIES (G) 1:45,4:15,7:00,9:30 THE OTHERS (PG-13) 1:30,4:30,7:15,9:30 JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS (R) 1:45,4:00, 7:00,9:45 Movies at Polo Road 9700 Two Notch Rd, 788 7818 AMERICAN OUTLAWS (PG-13) 3:10,5:15,7:20,9:25 RUSH HOUR 2 (PG-13) 3:10,5:10,7:10,9:10 PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 3:30,7:15,9:35 AMERICAN PIE 2 (R) 3:20,5:25,7:30,9:35 THE PRINCESS DIARIES (G) 3:05,5:20,7:35,9:45 RAT RACE (PG-13) 3:10,5:30,7:40,9:50 JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS (R) 3:00,5:00,7:00,9:00 JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (R) 3:15,5:15,7:15,9:15 Pastime Pavilion Cinema 8 929 N. Lake Drive, Lexington, 951-3603 AMERICAN OUTLAWS (PG-13) 2:30,5:00,7:20,9:30 RUSH HOUR 2 (PG-13) 3:00,5:20,8:00,10:20 SUMMER CATCH (PG-13) 2:10,4:40,7:10,9:40 AMERICAN PIE 2 (R) 2:50,5:30,7:50,10:00 THE PRINCESS DIARIES (G) 1:50,4:20,6:50,9:10 RAT RACE (PG-13) 2:00,4:50,7:30,10:10 JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS (R) 2:40,5:10,7:40,9:50 JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (R) 2:20,4:30,7:00,9:20 frames the story nicely. One par ticular scene, a conversation be tween Hugo and his father (Martin Sheen), draws deep meaning out of straightforward camera work. O was shot at the College of Charleston and was originally scheduled for release in 1998, but the shootings at Columbine prompted the studio to hold its release. While there are certainly en joyable elements of this movie, terrible dialogue and even worse acting (except in Hartnett’s case) make O just another attempt to cash in on Shakespeare’s style. BRIEFS Oldest WWI vet dies PARIS (AP) - Raymond Abescat, believed to be the world’s oldest World War I veteran, died Saturday. He was 109. Abescat joined the military in October 1912 and spent seven years with an infantry regiment. In 1916, he was seriously wounded near Verdun, where fighting cost the lives of250,000 French and German soldiers. After the war, Abescat joined a financing agency where he worked until his retirement in 1957. Fattier of Prince dies CHANHASSEN, MINN. (AP) - Jazz musician John Nelson, the father of pop star Prince, died Saturday. Nelson was 85. Nelson was the model for a character in the 1984 Prince movie "Purple Rain." He also co wrote songs on several of his son’s hit albums. In the 1950s, Nelson was a pianist in the jazz group Prince Rogers Trio featuring singer Mattie Shaw. Shaw and Nelson married, and they named then son Prince Roger Nelson. Nelson left the household when Prince was about 10 and his sister Tyka was 8. 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