It’s been a long road in search of success for San Diego Statemen’s basketball. Four straight losing seasons. No NCAA Tournament appearances sincethe 1984-85 campaign. A record of 95 wins and 184 losses since thebeginning of the 1990-91 season, and just one winning year in thelast 15. The list goes on and on. Just thinking [...]

The’Blair Witch’ is revisited, with surprising results 10:30 on a weeknight. Good. Hopefully nobody I know will be at themovies right now. I laid down my $7, keeping my head down to avoid eye contact withthe girl behind the window. This must be how Paul Reubens felt whenhe bought a ticket for “Nancy Nurse” in [...]

Sylvester Stallone has made some notoriously awful movies. This isone of them. 1987′s “Over the Top” is so remarkably bad andunintentionally funny that it’s a great movie to roast in “MysteryScience Theater 3000″ fashion with a group of friends. Stallone plays Lincoln Hawk, a truck driver and arm wrestler withtwo last names. In fact, it [...]

Russell Simins wears many hats. He’s worked for a number of artists and bands as a songwriter,lyricist, guitarist and producer, though fans know him best asdrummer and co-founder of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Public Places, an album released last month, finds Simins wearinga new hat — solo artist. “It never was this conscious decision [...]

It’s obvious Miramax Pictures will always have its ups and downs,what with a 20-year existence of both hits (“The English Patient,””Pulp Fiction”) and misses (“Down To You,” “The Very Thought ofYou”). And granted, not every movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow isexpected to be a box-office hit (see “Duets”). But with “Bounce,”which boasts of a dynamic cast [...]

By Hubert VigillaStaff Writer In recent years he’s been a long-distance runner, a sleazycorporate executive with an attractive business card and anangel-faced anarchist. For actor Jared Leto, the transition from character to characterand film to film has been seamless. In the three aforementioned films(“Prefontaine,” “American Psycho,” and “Fight Club,” respectively)Leto has been able to showcase [...]

This week in entertainment history… On Nov. 17, 1981, 14 million viewers tuned in to ABC for what was later dubbed the “wedding of the year” when Luke Spencer married Laura Baldwin on “General Hospital.” On Nov. 19, 1990, it was discovered that Milli Vanilli was a fraud — that they had not sung the [...]

San Diego State head coach Barb Smith likens her basketball teamto a construction project. Three and a half years ago, Smith explains, she broke ground on avacant lot. Since then, she and her players have laid the groundwork.They’ve fitted the piping, they’ve poured the concrete. So what’s the next step? “This is the year our [...]

Those still hurling after seeing “Beauty and the Beast” know weshouldn’t judge movie characters by their covers. As it usuallyhappens in Disney movies, the scary monster in the beginningturns into a kind, lovable guy faster than we can shout “I want arefund!” The lesson we learn is not that Disney movies belong inhell, but that [...]

Elizabeth Valente, City Staff Writer Air Force is still on a Rocky Mountain high after last week’s victory over Colorado State. And with a win Saturday, the Falcons will go to the Liberty Bowl. They will take control early — scoring within the first 10 minutes — and dominate the Aztecs throughout. Air Force 24, [...]

Utah, Wyoming favored because of frontcourtstuds ByDan HayesAssistant Sports Editor Utah Last season: 23-9 (10-4 MWC) Results vs. SDSU: Win, 70-55 at SDSU; win, 83-65 at Utah Key players: Britton Johnsen, F; Chris Burgess, F; Nate Althoff,F; Phil Cullen, F Key losses: Hanno Mottola, Alex Jensen, Jeremy Killion Strengths: Very strong and athletic frontcourt with [...]

ByJared QuientSenior Staff Writer Utah Last season: 23-8 overall (11-3 Mountain West Conference) Result vs. SDSU: Win, 63-38 at Utah; win, 53-44 at SDSU Key returners: Lauren Beckman, Forward; Kristina Anderson, F Key losses: No significant losses Strengths: Utah returns 11 letterwinners from a team that won boththe MWC regular season and tournament championships. Look [...]