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= September 28 =

Classic Horror /Thriller apartment film
I'm looking for the name of a classic apartment horror/thriller film I once saw on television. The plot involves a woman who is trapped in an apartment in a building, unable to get out. Strange and chilling events start to happen inside the apartment, including the appearance of a man who looks like he is dining on a bird (someone may have been trying to send her mad). In one scene she desperately writes help on the window with her lipstick but only an old man with poor eyesight notices. Eventually in the end someone comes to save her, and to my memory it ends with another person becoming trapped inside there. Does anyone know this film!?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.50.94.228 (talk) 06:31, 28 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Repulsion has some or most of those elements, but she's not physically trapped. &mdash;Tamfang 19:31, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like "Scissors" from 1991 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102860/

terminate with extreme prejudice
Was Apocalypse Now (1979) the first movie to use the above line? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MKnight9989 (talk • contribs) 13:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * We have a page on terminate with extreme prejudice and it looks quite possible you are right, it is certainly one of the more famous examples of the use of this line. Lanfear&#39;s Bane 15:49, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Stars who become impoverished
What people were very successful and then became poor? Marianne Faithful is an example - she was Mick Jaggers boyfriend and in laters years spent some time homeless apparantly. 80.2.193.30 21:14, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Gary Coleman and MC Hammer come to mind. Mike Tyson, OJ Simpson... hmm, that's a weird pattern. Beekone 21:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

John Drew Barrymore, of the famous acting family, father of Drew, lived on the streets and in shelters. Before his second career as a radio show host, Danny Bonaduce lived in his car. I seem to recall hearing of one of the Cowsills living on the streets of New Orleans and someone finding his body, post-Katrina. Another is Dick York who ended up impoverished after a bad real estate deal.--Sethacus 21:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I seem to recall Peter Shilton of Leicester/Notts Forest fame lost a huge amount of his money because of gambling/business problems. I also think it was Nigel Mansell who got himself into huge debt trying to break into professional racing...Not quite the same as famous then poor, but obviously a very risky manouvere. Here (http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/celebrity/becksmith.jsp?p=bsf_broke) is an article about 'riches to rags' people (i.e. wealthy to poor) ny156uk 00:37, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Toni Braxton became rich, then poor, then rich again. --Anonymous, 20:58 UTC, September 29, 2007.


 * Didn't Willie Nelson go broke due to the IRS or something?--SeizureDog 21:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Janis Ian told Howard Stern, if memory serves, that she was ripped off for big bucks by her – agent? accountant? – and as a result had to sell all her songs for tax. &mdash;Tamfang 01:37, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Where's Keri Houlihan
It's been almost twenty years since Keri Houlihan did an acting project. She used to play Molly Witherspoon on Our House (1986 TV series). What is she up to nowadays?72.229.130.76 21:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Update close to home
K-Ville star Tawny Cypress said she reunited with her once-estranged father, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. What's the story behind this? Anyone know?72.229.130.76 22:05, 28 September 2007 (UTC)