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It goes without saying that the NFL is not a fair enterprise. Nobody cares that, agains the Broncos, it was the Saints’ turnovers and inability to advance the ball on 3rd-and-1 that contributed to the loss. The same deal seemingly goes for the Saints loss against the Vikings. Read the rest of this entry »

The ever-inventive New Orleans theater troupe Running With Scissors has a hilarious new wrinkle in self-promotion — a trailer for its latest production, the camp melodrama Die! Mommy! Die!. That’s right: a trailer, just like all those pro-fessional TV commercials for the big touring musicals that used to come to the Saenger. Enjoy:

DIE! MOMMY! DIE! tells the story of Angela Arden (Brian Peterson), a fading songbird and eternal glamourpuss married to has-been movie producer Sol Sussman (Bob Edes, Jr.). Between her loveless relationship, her spiteful daughter, Edith (Dorian Rush), her precocious, addled son, Lance (Dwayne Sepcich), and her bitter, bible-quoting housekeeper, Bootsie (Jack Long), Angela is at her wit’s end. But just in the nick of time, Angela finds love—or lust!—in the arms of hunky tennis pro Tony Parker (Leon Contavesprie). Will they achieve their dream of starting new lives together? Or will Edith and Lance send Angela on a different kind of trip? And is no one immune to the seductive effects of Tony and his “big rumor”? Join us at Le Chat Noir to find out!

The show runs through Oct. 19 at Le Chat Noir; tickets are $21-26.

Peter Nygård

 The Dillard’s store at Lakeside Mall (3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 833-1075) is celebrating its newly completed renovation and grand re-opening this week with a variety of events and special guests. Peter Nygård, fashion designer and founder of women’s apparel company NYGÅRD International will make a personal appearance at the Lakeside store at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11. He will also visit other local Dillard’s stores on Friday, Oct. 10, stopping at the Esplanade Mall (1401 Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 468-6050) at noon, and at the Oakwood Mall (197 West Bank Expwy., Gretna, 362-4800) at 3 p.m.

Also on Friday, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., Shalini Vadhera — celebrity makeup artist and author of Passport To Beauty — will be sharing makeup tips and insider tricks at the Lakeside store to celebrate the Dillard’s debut of her cosmetics line, Global Goddess Beauty. For every Global Goddess purchase of $75 or more, customers will receive a signed copy of Shalini Vadhera’s Passport To Beauty book.

The Saints have just placed Gramatica on injured reserve and re-signed kicker Taylor Mehlhaff, a sixth round draft choice from Wisconsin who has yet to kick in a regular NFL season game.  What are we doing? Mickey Loomis needs to get on the horn and call in Tom Dempsey, still the NFL record holder for the longest field goal. Sure, Dempsey might miss a 29-yard chip shot, but a 46-yard kick is something he could have made with his left foot.

All Photos by Jonathan Bachman

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Of course this will be little consolation to Saints fans, but Monday night’s game was hands down one of the top-five most entertaining sporting events I’ve ever been to. Not  just because that game was straight bananas (and when’s the last time you saw a straight banana?) but because my photographer and I spent our pre-game time hanging out with Saints fans that were tailgating on the top of the Superdome parking lot.

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