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Preparing for Halloween means the perfect outfit BY PEKKY MARQUEZ THE GAMECOCK The weekend before Halloween, many students were shopping in Five Points stores to find the per fect costume for fast-approaching parties. Hip-Wa-Zee has been doing a lot of business in the past few weeks, according to Leslie Minerd, one of the store’s clerks. Hip-Wa-Zee offers a wide vari ety of costumes, including classics such as witches, Frankensteins and princesses. They also sell gothic wear and looks from popular decades such as the 60s and 70s. The price of costumes ranges from $9 to $20. Accessories and masks can also be found between $2 and $20. Hip Wa-Zee even has pet costumes for about $8. Customers of Hip-Wa-Zee seemed to be very satisfied with their purchases. One girl going to a party Friday planned to dress like the Phantom from Phantom of the Opera. Meredith Weathers, another client, went to look for a costume for her husband, which they found after browsing awhile. They both left very satisfied. A third group of girls went to Hip-Wa-Zee because one knew was familiar with the store. Their eclectic choice reflects the variety of the store; one of the girls in tended to wear 80s clothes; the sec ond wanted to go as a jailbird and the third like Macy Gray. Cosmic Outfitters, on the cor ner of Blossom and Saluda streets, has also been popular place to find costumes. "Probably Tuesday and Wednesday will be crazy days [to sell and rent costumes]," said Laura Paxton, a store clerk. "Friday and Saturday were pretty busy too, but we love it," she said. As in Hip-Wa-Zee, costumes can be either sold or rented. When renting, customers must pay a de posit fee to ensure the costume will be returned. Cosmic Outfitters has a wide variety of costumes. Not only can scary outfits be found, but also generic bunny and nurse cos tumes, as well as fictional charac ters like Peter Pan. They also have accessories like eyeglasses as well as both witch and groovy wigs in all lengths and styles, ranging in price from $5 to $55. sasuaass Organizers say there will be no rescheduling if not held this time BY ANTHONY BREZNICAN AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER LOS ANGELES - The third time will be the charm for this year’s Emmy Awards ceremony, or the twice rescheduled show won’t happen at all, producers said Tuesday. The ceremony honoring tele vision accomplishments was post poned from its Sept. 16 date be cause of last month’s terrorist at tacks. Organizers scuttled it again Oct. 7 when the United States be gan retaliatory strikes in Afghanistan. “There will be no more mov big of the dates,” said Bryce Zabel, chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “If there is (world) news to be heard, we will deal with it by simply go ing forward.” He said the event has changed dramatically each time it has been rescheduled. Workers have hurried to re build sets to fit the Shubert Theatre, which seats only 1,800 people — compared to the 6,000 plus available at the original Shrine Auditorium venue. Gary Smith, was brought in as executive producer to replace Don Mischer, who left to begin work on the opening and closing cere monies at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The dress code has shifted from black-tie to business attire, host Ellen Degeneres has rewrit ten or dropped countless jokes, and moments planned to honor victims, heroes and survivors of the attacks have been restruc tured as news develops. A segment featuring “NYPD Blue” star Dennis Franz intro ducing clips of firefighters and po lice officers rescuing people on Sept. 11 has been replaced. “It has nothing to do with any one’s feeling that it’s not without merit,” Smith said. “When some thing becomes overexposed it has less impact.” He said the show will still hon or emergency workers but de clined to discuss details, saying he wanted to keep it a surprise. A new piece of the show will document Hollywood’s involve ment in times of war, with CNN talk-show host Larry King intro ducing clips of celebrities enter taining troops form World War II through the Persian Gulf conflict and today, Smith said. Rocky Fling will dress part at show CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 the night off with a trip to The Elbow Room to see Fling perform its abridged version of Rocky Horror, including all your fa vorite tunes from the movie. Fling has gained a reputation for putting an amazing amount of effort and production into its shows, and this one promises to be its biggest and best yet. The band is donning full Rocky Horror attire as they take on the roles of the cast. Which, of course, means boys in drag and/or lingerie. The idea for this massive un dertaking came from Fling’s guitarist, Justus Jagger, who has been a fan of the movie since his mother practically forced him to watch it to make him more open-minded, and bassist James Touzel, who is always ready to tackle “big, ambitious productions.” Touzel also never misses a chance to involve fel low musicians from the area. For Rocky Horror, Fling has temporarily adopted Jay Garrigan, lead vocalist for North Carolina band Poprocket; Carrie Phillips, who will play Janet Weiss; and Kevin Langston, a Free Times writer. The show promises to have everything — singing, men in lingerie, dancing, acting, men in lingerie and out-and-out rocking. Fling lead vocalist Kenley^ Young Said of the show, “This is it. This is the Fling showtiot to be missed — a spectacle with no equal, a spectacle for the fans.” The show is also helping to kick off WUSC-FM Columbia’s “80s Weekend.” WUSC will be at the show giving away prizes for the best costumes. First place walks away with $100. Doors open at 8 p.m.; admis sion is $5. Opening are local acts Suck, Skillit and My Blind Luck. So, Columbia, “Come up to the lab, and see what’s on the slab.” Tim Curry, top, and Richard O’Brien star as Frank and Riff Raff in Rocky Horror. PHOTOS SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Comments on this story?E-mail gameeockmixeditor@hotmaU.com. THINK YOUR PHOTOS SHOULD BE HERE? 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