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:s Momh VR. DEL ^oO U)^T f\ Pf\J ME 0|? 5 AOGTKT.TFF. , April 3.2000 THE BATTALION Page 5 urviving Beatles pen book o ‘set the record straight’ LONDON (AP) — Thirty years after they split up, the ;e surviving Beatles have written a book setting the record straight about the “Fab Four,” a newspaper reported Sunday. The Sunday Telegraph T MOP£ RtUGON THS Tift. 'nonmidCulrM.homepage.tt* 1S sa. „ . ., _ K said Sir Paul McCartney, —^fSfnGtorge Harrison and Ringo p l£ ALWAYS ScEH TO Starr have spent six years king the 360-page “Beal- I Anthology,” to be pub- liaied in Britain and the Unit ed States in the fall. I The book will provide the Rankest account yet of the band's rise to the top of the pop world in the 1960s, The Sunday Telegraph said. ■ No one was immediately 'available for comment Sun- da} at the offices of McCart- ney, Harrison or Starr. "It will dispel some of the myths ... as every Tom, Dick and uncle of a friend has been writing books about the Beatles since 1963. 77 — Paul McCartney Former Beatles bassist The Sunday Telegraph said the book, which will sell for .afoul $80, will disclose new information about The Beatles’ drug taking, their sexual exploits, their rivalries and eventu al breakup in 1970. “It will dispel some of the myths ... as every Tom, Dick and uncle of a friend has been writing books on the Beatles since 1963,” the newspaper quoted McCartney as saying. The newspaper said Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon — the fourth Beatle who was shot to death in New York in 1980 — will receive a quarter of the profits. Among other things, the book will counter the widely held belief that McCartney pushed for the band to split up, the newspaper said, re vealing that Lennon was the first to walk away, leaving McCartney to make the official announcement months later. The newspaper says the book will also disclose that in 1996, the three Beatles turned down an offer of $ 175 million to perform 17 concerts in the United States, Germany and Japan. McCartney, 57, Harrison, 57, and Starr, 59, have collect ed 1,200 photographs, mostly unpublished, for the book, The Sunday Telegraph said. ^ 0 ipr , 0 --Jlj Award-winning documentary maker, journalist Shuker dies of liver cancer er NEW YORK (AP) — Gregory B. huker, a journalist and documentary C D A whose cinema verite-style N Ot DAIlKt work on news events and social is sues won prizes at Cannes and else where, died March 29 of liver cancer. He was 67. Shuker was a Life magazine re porter in 1959 when he discovered its then-experimental television unit, Drew Associates, and eventually' moved from print to documentary film-making, using the unobtrusive OnctW-VeiV hofc. tawdo'; ♦hiniiwcVt lit cinema-verite style. After leaving Time-Life, Shuker joined the Public Broadcast Laboratory, forerunner of PBS, and participated in two pioneer ing films — The Chair, about an at torney trying to save a condemned man. Another of his documentaries, Free At Last, a 90-minute documen tary about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that by chance was being made when King was murdered in 1968. The Chair won the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival; Free at Last won an Emmy and first prize in the Venice Film Festival. Shuker earlier won a grand prize at Venice for Faces in November, showing mourners at President Kennedy’s funeral. Other work in cluded Letters from Vietnam, a 1965 documentary, and a 1967 ABC-TV special, Twiggy: Why? in which he in terviewed media theorist Marshall McLuhan. Survivors include three children and five grandchildren. Roberts’ Erin Brockovich tops Box Office for third week Legal drama defeats newcomer, Road to El Dorado LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Roberts’ Erin Brock ovich remained the nation’s top movie for the third straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The legal drama took in $ 14.2 million to hold off the de but of the animated buddy flick The Road to El Dorado. The heavily hyped El Dorado grossed a soft $12.5 million to finish in second place. The Skulls, a campus thriller about a working-class stiff who joins an Ivy League secret society, overcame bad reviews to debut at No. 3 with $11.4 million. High Fidelity, a romantic comedy starring John Cusack as the owner of a vinyl record shop trying to sort out his love life, premiered in fifth place with $6.4 million. The weekend’s other new movie, Jimmy Smits’ boxing picture Price of dory, bombed with $1.5 million, finish ing well out of the top 10. Erin Brockovich, the story of a real-life single mother who led a court battle over polluted water, has grossed $76.2 million in 17 days. It is poised to become Roberts’ third straight $100 million movie. The Road to El Dorado, featuring the voices of Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh and Rosie Perez, was the latest car toon epic from DreamWorks, which has been trying to chal lenge Disney’s dominance in animation. £7 Dorado executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, who co-founded DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, was the driving force behind Dis ney’s animation resurgence with such movies as Beau ty and the Beast and The Lion King. DreamWorks has had modest success with two previous animated pictures, The Prince of Egypt and Ante. But its an imated movies have not posted numbers to rival Disney’s typical cartoon returns. The Road to El Dorado, about two 16th century fortune- hunters searching for a lost city of gold, failed to grab the audience DreamWorks had hoped for in opening the movie so widely and marketing it so heavily. “It was slightly below what we expected,” said Jim Tharp, DreamWorks’ head of distribution. “But on the positive side, we have about four weeks be fore any other family movies open.” The movie’s PG rating, earned partly for a scene sug gesting off-screen sex between two characters, may have been a turnoff for families with young children. And while it features sumptuous animation, the movie received so-so reviews describing it as formulaic and not clever enough to appeal to adults. “Maybe it fell in between,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc., which tracks the box office. “It’s not like Antz, where adults could go without the kids and still enjoy it,” he said. DreamWorks did have continued good news with Amer ican Beauty, last weekend’s big Oscar winner, including the best-picture honor. The studio expanded the film to 1,990 theaters, up 328, and took in $5.8 million for a sixth- place finish. American Beauty has grossed $ 117 million since open ing in September. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures are to be released Monday. 1. Erin Brockovich, $14.2 million 2. The Road to El Dorado, $ 12.5 million. 3. The Skulls, $11.4 million. 4. Romeo Must Die, $9.7 million. 5. Eligh Fidelity, $6.4 million. 6. American Beauty, $5.8 million. 7. Final Destination, $5.2 million. 8. Mission to Mars, $3.4 million. 9. (tie) Flere on Earth, $2.4 million. 9. (tie) Whatever It Takes, $2.4 million. 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Ave, behind KFC next to U 1 * 1 TOandGo.com Job Opportunities Graphic Layout Assistant— Assist the Graphic Designer with the creation and design of all print media distributed on and off campus for the Department of Recreational Sports. This will include the design and compilation of the Rec Sports Battalion ads, calendars, flyers and brochures. Applications available in Room 202. For more information call Angela Stanton-Anderson at 845-1001 or visit our homepage. Rec Sports Aerobic Instructors— Auditions will be held Sunday, April 30 from 1:00 p.m. until finished in room 304. To apply fill out the yellow Aerobics and Fitness Employment Application at the 2nd floor Rec Center Reception Desk. Last day to apply is April 27. Rec Fitness • Personal Fitness Profile—Fitness assessment and body compo sition. $10 if purchased with Personal Training Session or $20 if purchased separately. Register at the Member Services Desk in the lobby of the Rec Center. • Body Fat Assessment—$5, Tue. & Thurs. from 2:30-4:00 p.m. Contact DeAun Woosley at 862-3995 for more information. • Salsa—April 3-19, Mon. & Wed. from 7:30-8:30pm. Register from March 20-April 3 by 5:00 p.m. • Massage Therapy—$35 for Rec Members and $45 for non Rec Members. Appointments can be made at Member Services. For more information stop by the Member Service Desk in the Rec. Aquatics Event Date Registration GREEN CHARGES Student Green Charges Facu I ty/Staff/A I u m n i/Ret i ree Guests Weekdays $11 $14 $17 Weekends $14 $17 $20 ' • H jw For information call 845-7826 * jkfSST or visit our homepage recsports.tamu.edu ' ^Ui VkE%i Check out our flyers for more details on our pro- SPORTS grams. Adv. SCUBA Lifeguard Training Basic SCUBA Rescue SCUBA Diver Course Lifeguard Training April 12-13 & April 15-16 April 1 3-1 6 April 17-20 & 24-27 April 19-*20 & 22-23 April 27-30 Mar. 20- April 7 Mar. 20- April 7 April 3-13 April 3-14 April 3-21 TAMU Outdoors Kayak Open Practice Session Backpacking Lost Maples AGGIE PUMPFEST Kayak Roll Clinic Intro to Canoeing Horseback and Hiking Day Trip Rafting Day Trip Rock. Climbing Day Trip Kayak Open Practice Session Intro to Canoeing MAY BREAK TRIP Rocky Mountain Climbing Event Date Registration Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri Apri April 1 8 April 1 8 4 7-9 8 11 11 15 15 15 May 20-27 Intramurals Mar. 6-April 3 Mar. 6-April 4 Feb. 15-April 8 Mar. 27-April 10 Mar. 27-April 10 Mar. 27-April 11 Mar. 27-April 11 Mar. 27-April 11 April 3-17 April 3-1 7 NOW-April 25 Registration Golf Mar. 27-April 4 Baseball Hitting April 3-11 Disc Golf April 3-11 •Intramual sports registration closes at 6:00pm. on closing date. recsports.tamu.edu