text:
What the Hell Happened to Michelle Pfeiffer?
Michelle Pfeiffer was one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood. She starred opposite Al Pacino, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and Jack Nicholson. The image of Pfeiffer cracking a whip as Catwoman is iconic. And then, she disappeared for seveal years. Recently, Pfeiffer has resurfaced. But her days on the A-list appear to be behind her.
So, what the hell happened?
Pfeiffer started out as a pageant girl before moving into TV and movies. Pfeiffer was Ms. Orange County in 1978 and competed in the Miss California Beauty Pageant where she placed sixth.
After her sixth-place finish, Pfeiffer hired an agent and got into acting.
One of Pfeiffer's earliest TV appearances was on the TV show, Fantasy Island. Guest star Robert Morse played a sailor who visits an island populated by beautiful women. Pfeiffer played one of the island's inhabitants.
Pfieffer would return to the show a few years later.
In 1979, Pfeiffer landed a recurring role on the short-lived Animal House TV show, Delta House. The show recast some roles while maintaining original cast members Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, James Widdoes and John Vernon. Pfeiffer's character was named "The Bombshell".
Pfeiffer wasn't impressed by the show's scripts, but she needed the work:
It was a no-brainer, and I detested it. But it was exposure so I did the best I could with terrible scripts. I told myself: "There are so many unemployed actors around, you should be glad you're working at all."
Delta House got good ratings initially. But after fights over content, the show was cancelled after only 13 episodes.
In 1980, Pfieffer landed a regular role on the car-themed cop show, B.A.D. Cats. Asher Brauner and Steve Hanks starred as a couple of former race-car drivers who join the Los Angeles Police Department.
B.A.D. Cats lasted 10 episodes on ABC.
Next: Hollywood Knights and Falling in Love Again
Posted on October 7, 2011, in Movies, What the Hell Happened?, WTHH Actress and tagged batman returns, Dangerous Liaisons, entertainment, grease, hairspray, michelle pfeiffer, movies, Scarface, the fabulous baker boys. Bookmark the permalink. 257 Comments.
i thought dark shaodws would be a hit it had her team up with burton but came up short. depp wasnt in the slump he was then dark shaodws was kind of the beginning of it. if keaton can make a comeback so can she
The difference between Michael Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer is the brutal reality that older men typically have more "good" roles at their disposal than older women. There's a reason why Kim Basinger's (Michael Keaton's other Batman leading lady) career has been in the sh**-hole for at least, the past ten years.
I re-watched Frankie and Johnny the other day. The 1991 movie holds up surprisingly well and is probably a good representative of Garry Marshall's better works. He does more with less here – however did this director let himself get lost in the NYE 40-star cast stuff? He does a really great job building the intensity at a nice slow pace, but of course he has Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer to help that along. For those who don't care for his later performances, I think you'll find Pacino is more understated as Johnny. There was critical drama at the time about how they were both too impossibly gorgeous to play the lead characters but I never thought this criticism made any sense. Some of the buzz came about because Kathy Bates wanted to reprise her Broadway role on film, and it's understandable she was disappointed. But the movie works. Of course, I love Pacino and Pfeiffer anyway, so for me this is an easy sell.
Katie Couric pitching a morning news show comedy starring Michelle Pfeiffer:
Couric is teaming with Murphy Brown creator Diane English on a comedy going behind-the-scenes comedy of a morning news show, with Pfeiffer playing the lead anchor. Couric is expected to serve as executive producer.
I initially was going to hold off reading this again, but you had me at "her time in a cult." I had never heard of that group before. You learn something new every day!
Hey Lebeau, when's the Fisher Stevens WTHH article coming? I'm sure lots of folks are waiting in anticipation of that one.
Well you have been busy with this update Lebeau 🙂 It really makes me appreciate once again, how much work you put into the WTHH series. I bet Pfeiffer hersel would approve!
Why isn't Michelle more popular?
Tue Aug 5 2014 11:07:01
It's a good question, I think. She doesn't have nearly the amount of fans that Bullock or Kidman or others have, yet her talent is above her peers mostly. Even during her career best years, she didn't seem to get the same amount of respect as others. Is it her own fault? As in, she didn't like the spotlight, and can come off as aloof and cold in interviews(she has gotten MUCH better at this over the years though). I've always just been dumbfounded at the lack of following and respect Michelle gets compared to other actresses.
Of course, it would help if she worked more. Bullock is still the highest paid actress in Hollywood, at the age of 50. If Michelle had made different career choices, such as doing Silence of The Lambs or Thelma and Louise, would it really be that much different for her today?
Tue Aug 5 2014 14:04:27
These days I think it is a mixture of Michelle's film choices which have been pretty poor lately. I don't think it helps when Michelle does take so long between projects either. Apart from attending a premiere we never really see Michelle attend any other events. In the last 20 years she has been at the Oscars once and always likes to sneak in the back door at these events.
Michelle has not been the main star of a box office hit since What Lies Beneath 14 years ago. Sandra has had big hits with The Proposal, The Blind Side, Gravity, The Heat. Meryl has had plenty. I find it annoying though that she shares the same agent with Bullock, Streep, Kidman, Aniston but seems to be left with the scraps.
Wed Aug 6 2014 06:09:05
It's hard to say. Some of it has to do with her admitted ambivalence about self-promotion and pubic appearances. It often appeared that she was under duress anytime she showed up on a talk show to promote a new film. Only in recent years has she seemed relaxed and confident enough to be herself in televised interviews, whereas more extroverted actresses like Bullock or Aniston can't wait to get out there and trade quips with Jimmy Fallon or David Letterman. This is partly how they have gathered huge fan followings. People relate to them more readily than someone like Michelle who comes off as out of her element and stiff when she isn't playing a character. However, when comes down to acting talent, I think she is light years above Bullock and Aniston (among others) and it baffles why she doesn't get better film offers. I don't know whether her recent string of bad films reflects poor judgement on her part or if these were the best or only jobs she was offered. Either way, there is a huge disconnect between her capabilities and what she is achieving in films. Sad to see her film career reduced to crap like NYE and The Family while the clock keeps ticking.
Adding this comment to what I said above: fair or unfair, Bullock and Aniston, for example, get more attention because of their personal foibles: Bullock's disastrous marriage to Jesse whats his name and the Aniston/ Pitt/ Jolie trifecta. In this celebrity crazed age, people eat that stuff up and it raises their personal profiles. Michelle, on the other hand, has been quietly married to the same man for 20 plus years with nary a trace of scandal or impropriety. This may make her a a more admirable human being, but it also contributes to the perception that she basically disappeared from public life. So in terms of popularity, her decision to live in relative obscurity in No Ca and put family first could have hurt her in the popularity sweepstakes. Personally, I respect her for making that decision and would hope it did not affect her film opportunities.
Mon Feb 23 2015 13:57:38
Perhaps Michelle doesn't want to be known as a 'high-profile' actress. Some prefer to be 'character' actresses, not 'always-in-the-limelight' ones. I think that deserves a lot of respect because the ones who stay out of the limelight don't seem to be stripped of their dignity.
Now that I think about it a little Michelle seems to be in a similar predicament as her "Batman leading lady" predecessor, Kim Basinger.
*Both Kim and Michelle never really headlined a major blockbuster. The closest Michelle ever got (where she headlined a successful movie based on her name alone) was "Dangerous Minds".
*Both Kim and Michelle in recent years has seemed to be relegated to supporting roles/ensemble pieces (more than often w/ people whom they've worked before). Or if they do appear in movies in which they're the main attraction, they're not widely distributed.
*Both Kim and Michelle arguably made poor choices (e.g. Kim's post-"Batman" pre-"LA Confidential" choices/post-"LA Confidential" choices and Michelle's "Oprah's Book Club" period post-"What Lies Beneath") that didn't capitalize off of their greatest successes.
*Both Kim and Michelle seem to take long periods in-between projects. More to the point, both of them (as highlighted in the comments above regarding Michelle at least) often come across as aloof, cold and stand-offish in regards to having to promote their stuff. .
Re: Why aren't Kim Basigner and Michelle Pfeffier more popular these days?
I don't see Kim Basinger and Michelle Pfeiffer having that similar a career arc. I see Pfeiffer as more consistent. Sure there are misses but that's normal for any actor. But she still stars in big budget movies with big directors, even if they don't always hit the mark- "Dark Shadows" with Tim Burton and "The Family" with Luc Besson. But, throughout her career, not all of her "big" movies have been hits either, at any stage. And even before 'What Lies Beneath'- she'd make what you call her "Oprah Book Club" choices like "The Deep End of the Ocean", "To Gillian…" or "Love Field" -these smaller, quirkier movie choices. But you see that with actresses like Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman as well. And aging certainly changes the types of roles they're offered. Though after a long break Michelle did come back with "Stardust" and "Hairspray".
Michelle did say in an interview (during promotion for "Cheri") that these days there are just fewer movies being made in general (the kind that she makes) and that it's hard for all actors, including for older actresses. Because of the prevalence of tentpoles, franchises and superhero movies etc.
Pfeiffer returns to the big screen, learns she is funny
Michelle Pfeiffer has been described in many ways — sultry, sexy, serious, cool, aloof. But seldom has the word "funny" been associated with the actress, either on the screen or off. Her portrayal of the evil Velma von Tussle in the big-screen remake of "Hairspray," however, is changing that.
"I'm surprised that I'm funny," Pfeiffer told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira with a laugh during an interview Tuesday. "I don't consider myself funny."
She's always been something of a mystery woman among Hollywood's elite, reluctant to open up when she was starring in film after film and racking up Oscar nominations. Lately, she's just been somewhat of entertainment recluse, choosing to limit her work while raising her two children, adopted daughter Claudia Rose, 14, and son John Henry, 13.
I hope that this comes out in a way that makes some sense but it seems like Michelle "rests on her laurels" too much. Her "Oprah's Book Club" period seemed to be (in hindsight), Michelle's "dork age". But she seemed to ride that train way too long. In a weird, round about way, Michelle seemed to be afraid to mix things up. As a result, she more or less, became somewhat of a niche actress.
Part of Michelle's problem as of late, is that I get the impression that her movie choices are usually based on stuff that she personally wants to make (and therefore, is a tad bit too picky during a period in which one would suggest that she really can't be such a thing). It's like Michelle only makes movies if it gives her a good excuse to reunite w/ old friends. I'm not necessarily trying to imply that Michelle acts lazy but it's quite obvious that many of her movies in recent times haven't connected w/ the general public.
I don't think that Michelle really knows or wants to adapt or change w/ the times in regards to how to do business so to speak. She's to the best of my knowledge, not on social media and seems to have an ambivalence to more tent-pole, blockbuster, mainstream friendly stuff.
Pfeiffer makes the list of WatchMojo's Top 10 Hottest Blondes: Iconic.
Why Michelle Pfeiffer Deserves a Career Comeback:
Nearly every year brings news of a comeback or return-to-form for a major film actor. Last year's Birdman brought renewed appreciation and a long-overdue Oscar nomination to Michael Keaton. Bruce Dern got a late-career highlight the year before with Nebraska. The past decade has seen career revivals for Mickey Rourke, Alec Baldwin, Robert Downey, Jr., and Matthew McConaughey. Each of these performers is more than deserving of their comebacks, but one can't help but gripe that few actresses are joining them.
Sure, Jennifer Jason Leigh will co-star with Dern in the new Tarantino film The Hateful Eight, and Patricia Arquette just won an Oscar and the lead on a new TV procedural, but their cases are far and few between. Actresses are rarely afforded the same opportunities for longevity as men, unless their last names are "Streep," or, on television, "Lange." Amy Schumer even parodied the media's institutional ageism and sexism on the most recent episode of "Inside Amy Schumer," pointing out the all-too-clear reality that top female stars of decades past are left sexless, negligible roles after a certain age. Never mind how joyous it would be to see resurgences for Geena Davis or Holly Hunter. The performer most deserving of a comeback, though? Michelle Pfeiffer.
No actress can stay as emotionally open on screen while closing themselves off from other characters the way Pfeiffer can. No actress is as vulnerable when guarded. And few actresses can compare to Pfeiffer's long and storied career of fervently feminist material, lack of vanity, and continuous ability to steal scenes or whole films from the charismatic likes of Kurt Russell, Al Pacino, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Keaton, and Daniel Day-Lewis without seeming like she's just showing off.
Pfeiffer burst onto the scene after a few false starts and TV movies with two films in 1983: Grease 2 and Scarface. The former tries to counteract the original Grease's sexism while failing miserably to match its songs, dance numbers, ensemble, or technical facility. The latter is a delightfully gaudy epic remake headlined by one of Pacino's most enjoyably ludicrous performances. Both demonstrated not only Pfeiffer's star power, but her ability to take underwritten roles and make them sing. Grease 2 is all clumsy noble intentions and lousy songs when Pfeiffer's off screen, but it feels infinitely more watchable whenever she's the center of attention. In Scarface, meanwhile, she plays Robert Loggia's and, later, Pacino's trophy wife with an I-don't-give-a-f*** demeanor that makes even the eternally cocksure Tony Montana seem small.
Since then, Pfeiffer has made a career of playing women whose situations or past lives have forced them to be cagey, lest they be hurt again. In the otherwise lighthearted The Witches of Eastwick (1987), she's abandoned by her husband because of her advanced fertility, and her good-humored nature can't quite hide her dissatisfaction. In Robert Towne's underrated Tequila Sunrise (1988), she's torn between a cop with ulterior motives (Russell) and an honest ex-drug dealer (Gibson), and smart enough to know that she could be easily hurt by either or both of them. In her sublimely campy performance in Batman Returns (1992), the mousy secretary becomes femininity's avenging angel against misogynists, all while falling for (and fighting) Keaton's own haunted hero.
Pfeiffer earned a trio of Oscar nominations in her golden age, starting with the 1988 adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons, where her reasonable suspicions of John Malkovich's wolfish count fall by the wayside. She's heartbreaking there, but a year later brought a more assured, "cool" damaged character with her work as singer Susie Diamond in The Fabulous Baker Boys. Her glamorous, sexy renditions of "Makin' Whoopee" and "More Than You Know" give way to world-weariness offstage as she talks candidly about her past as an escort, knowing that Jeff Bridges' self-destructive drunk is no good for her even as she falls in love with him (all without losing her frankness: "You look good." "You look like shit. "I mean it, you look good." "I mean it, too. You look like s***."). Even the mediocre Love Field (1992), for which she earned her third nomination, is elevated by her mixture of flamboyance and hidden grace.
Pfeiffer's finest films from this period make her past, her relationship, and her need to reconcile the two the whole of the film. Jonathan Demme's delightful Married to the Mob (1988) sees her ex-mob wife Angela reinventing herself as an independent working-class woman and shaking off the macho creeps that have plagued her (Baldwin, Dean Stockwell) for a warmer, kinder man (Matthew Modine, not quite up to task as an eccentric FBI agent). The film's true climax is not the violent shootout but rather Modine apologizing for deceiving her, with her remarking that "everybody deserves a second chance…even you." Married to the Mob works because neither Demme nor Pfeiffer condescend to Angela, making her a smart, good-natured woman who has every reason to be reserved with her emotions. It makes the film's happy ending all the more hard-won.
The hidden treasure of Pfeiffer's golden age is 1991's Frankie and Johnny, an uncharacteristically mature film from Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall, based on the play "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune" by Terrence Rafferty. Pfeiffer's casting was criticized at the time for putting a beautiful movie star in a role originated by Kathy Bates, but Frankie is defined more by her emotional baggage than her looks. It's one of Pfeiffer's most charming yet reticent performances, her chilliness towards Pacino's sweet and playful ex-con becoming clearer and more painful as she slowly warms to him and discloses her past. The film's final scene, a quiet coming-to-terms moment set to Debussy's "Claire de Lune," is among the most elegant in a modern romantic comedy, a sequence of tiny gestures and grasps for shared moments that demonstrates how expressive both stars can be with just the slightest shifts. Again, it's a hard-won romantic ending, a love borne from understanding and healing.
That emphasis on kindred spirits finding each other is present in her best film, Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993), but to a far more devastating effect. Like in Married to the Mob, Pfeiffer plays a woman trying to break free of a constrictive society and an unhappy marriage, but things are complicated when Day-Lewis first advises her not to go through with her divorce and then falls in love with her (complicated further by his engagement to her cousin, played by Winona Ryder). The Age of Innocence is a master class of actors revealing their emotions to the audience while believably masking them from others. Scorsese's glorious form complements all three leads, especially Pfeiffer, whose introduction is marked by a subtle shift from heavy shadows to light when Day-Lewis first sees her.
It's with reason: Pfeiffer is at her warmest and most radiant here, an unfettered soul who's nevertheless bound to the society she rebels against. It's easy to see how private rebel Day-Lewis falls for her, and difficult to watch as they're both forced to endure an unhappy life, rarely given the chance to even express their love for each other, hiding their gazes and seeming like they're about to implode in banked frustration. If it has competition as Pfeiffer's best performance, it may be the canniest use of her screen persona, a role that pushes her to simultaneously be the most free-spirited person in the room and the one who's the most successful at hiding what she wants when she needs to, to tear-jerking effect.
The Age of Innocence comes at the end of Pfeiffer's most fruitful period, but even with her misfires, she continued on the path of making movies about women, for women and giving better performances than many of the films she starred in deserved. Dangerous Minds is a deeply patronizing white savior movie, but Pfeiffer escapes with her dignity intact, never displaying the self-congratulatory qualities that won Sandra Bullock a pat-me-on-the-back Oscar for The Blind Side. Up Close & Personal neutered the story of troubled news anchor Jessica Savitch, but Pfeiffer gives a performance worthy of a smarter movie. A Thousand Acres turns the acclaimed "'King Lear' on an Iowa farm" novel into a sudsy, simplistic version of the kinds of women's pictures Pfeiffer made in her prime, but she and Jessica Lange both navigate their characters' emotional trauma deftly. Even the rare stumbles for Pfeiffer as a performer (I Am Sam, The Story of Us) ultimately lie at the feet of the emotionally fraudulent material she can't redeem.
There are gems from this middle period, too, especially those that see the middle-age-entering Pfeiffer dealing with motherhood and lifetimes of disappointments. The underrated romantic-comedy One Fine Day is a lighter flipside to Frankie and Johnny, with romance borne out of mutual understanding among divorced single parents Pfeiffer and George Clooney. Robert Zemeckis' Hitchcockian thriller What Lies Beneath shows Pfeiffer exploring the emotional minefield that is life after kids go to college, with Zemeckis emphasizing her isolation and volatility even before she begins to suspect the neighbor has murdered his wife and has to deal with her own dismissive husband (Harrison Ford, whose natural crotchetiness hasn't been used half as well since).
Pfeiffer earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her work in White Oleander, an uneven but powerful adaptation that sees her damaging her teenage daughter (Alison Lohman) by trying to "set her free" (read; keep her bound to her and no one else). The explanation for her own lack of emotional attachment might seem too pat if not for the conviction Pfeiffer brings to her monologue and the way the role twists her caginess and vulnerability into something that could potentially harm others.
Given the lack of bombs attributable to Pfeiffer, what's with her relatively dimming star? The answer is a mixture of absence and age: she took a four-year break between 2003 and 2007 to spend time with her husband ("Ally McBeal" creator David E. Kelley) and children. It wasn't that long of a hiatus, but it made a difference. While she gave a pair of enjoyably hammy performances in 2007's Stardust and Hairspray, her two star vehicles, I Could Never Be Your Woman and Cheri, flopped, with the former going direct-to-DVD and the latter making back less than half of its $23 million budget. She's since been underutilized or misused in films by collaborators both old (Marshall with New Year's Eve, Tim Burton with Dark Shadows) and new (Transformers screenwriter Alex Kurtzman with People Like Us, Luc Besson with The Family).
And yet, one could watch any of those films and see that Pfeiffer has still got it. Robert De Niro sleepwalks through The Family, but Pfeiffer does not. People Like Us is a noxious, falsely uplifting dramedy, but a scene between a pot-smoking Pfeiffer and son Chris Pine has an emotional truthfulness and frankness that the rest of the film sorely lacks. And while neither I Could Never Be Your Woman nor Cheri are perfect, both show her willing to explore the concept of being an aging woman, of being paired with younger men, and the difficulties that both circumstances bring that can only be described as brave (Pfeiffer's phenomenal in both, to boot).
With all of these, there's no indication of a star who's slowed down, fallen off, or become complacent. Pfeiffer herself commented in 2012 that she feels "my best performance is still in me" and that "I don't ever want to lose that fire I have for it." She may even have a chance for a revival with the morning news-set comedy series that Katie Couric is shopping to a number of networks with her attached to star. Whether it comes with that or something else, there's only a need for smart producers and directors to realize that Michelle Pfeiffer never stopped being big, it's just the pictures that got small.
What was said in this article about "Tequila Sunrise" is one of the reason I like it: Mel Gibson's Mac character is such a genuine character immersed in a shady business, while the majority of those on his tail are disloyal, corrupt, or glory greedy.
Future of Movie Stars: Who Will Shine? Who Will Fade Away?
I really hope to see Michelle Pfeiffer make a similar comeback to Jennifer Jason Leigh. I think she's certainly a bigger name than JJL but I still don't think she gets talked about enough. She's fantastic in everything I've seen her in and although I just saw it for the first time this past year, I think she should have won the Oscar for Fabulous Baker Boys.
Flashback Friday: Michelle Pfeiffer is the best Catwoman and the best in general:
Nowadays you're likely to find more people praising the virtues of Anne Hathaway's take on the much beloved Catwoman character. Anne did a fine job, but for my money, no one captured the character better than Michelle Pfeiffer. Totally crazy, totally hot, violent, playful and twisted, her patent leather pussycat is where my mind goes when I think of Batman's on again, off again nemesis.
image: http://i.imgur.com/vQlMLbj.gif
image: http://i.imgur.com/mnCI6Dq.gif
That's a great Michelle Pfeiffer performance, one of two that stand as my personal favorites. She's had a number of memorable roles over the years, working alongside some of the great leading men of the last 40 years. Most people probably saw her first in SCARFACE way back in '83. Her role as Elvira, the titular character's squeeze, was her big break, yet stands as my least favorite of the more well known Michelle roles. Sure, Tony Montana was a thoroughly despicable person, but at least he had personality. All Michelle's character had were several addictions and an ever-present moodiness in almost every scene. She did look pretty hot in that early 80s Debbie Harry style, but man was she walking a fine line. I'm really surprised she didn't get typecast as the bitch from that role.
I'm sure Michelle's looks were her saving grace there. An angel face like that makes her sympathetic. People want to root for her, idolize her, pine for her. I know I used to crush pretty bad on Michelle, thanks to that other favorite role I mentioned earlier. My fellow children of the 80s will join with me in hailing her role as Isabeau in LADYHAWKE as perhaps just as memorable as her time spent in patent leather.
Such a precious slice of 80s nostalgia right there. You're just not human if your heart doesn't ache for Michelle and Rutger in that scene and then later in the happy ending. That's one of those "remote droppin'" movies. If I see it's coming on, I gotta watch it. It's like a duty. Michelle is a big reason for that. Even with the 80s short hair, she's still a vision of beauty unparalleled
All these years later, Michelle's looks are still there, even as she approaches 60. She's still a beautiful woman. Unfortunately she doesn't show up in things as much as she used to (her last role was in 2013's THE FAMILY). Some of that Hollywood ageism, perhaps? Or maybe just Michelle feeling like she's done what she came here to do. Whatever her absence is about, Michelle's place as one of the great beauties of my day, or anyone's day, is fully secure.
10 Unmade Tim Burton Films That Would Have Been Awesome:
Now this is one film that definitely would have been better under Tim Burton's direction. Originally intended as a sequel to Batman Returns, a Catwoman solo film languished in development hell for years until Halle Berry starred in the unanimously derided movie in 2004. At first, though, the film had a lot promise.
As directed by Burton and scripted by Batman Returns writer Daniel Waters, Catwoman (still played by Michelle Pfeiffer) would have left Gotham for the Las Vegas-like Oasisburg. According to Waters, the movie would have had "great fun at making fun of the whole male superhero mythos."
Of course, this version could have turned out just as bad as the eventual film – it certainly doesn't sound any more faithful to the comics – but it would at least have brought together the team that created Michelle Pfeiffer's superior sultry-yet-mad-as-a-bag-of-cats version of the character.
Whatever happened to Tim Burton's Catwoman movie?
After Batman Returns, Tim Burton and Michelle Pfeiffer were set to make a standalone Catwoman film. So why didn't they?
We've a lot of time for Tim Burton's Batman Returns around these parts, a dark and bold blockbuster movie that in many ways – not least because of the number of villains in it – was ahead of its time. The film, though, didn't do the business that Warner Bros was hoping for, and thus the studio opted to go down a lighter path for the next film, that would become Batman Forever.
Batman Forever has a nominal producer's credit on it for Burton, but it only takes minutes (if that) to spy that he had very little to do with the film.
Over the last few weeks, the fascinating documentary The Death Of Superman Lives: What Happened? has successfully told the story of Tim Burton's never-made Superman film. But what went wrong with Catwoman?
Well, the project certainly got going and the ingredients were in place. Michelle Pfeiffer was left out of Batman Forever (as this 1993 Variety article confirms), with the idea being that her take on Catwoman would instead move into her own movie. Daniel Waters, screenwriter on Batman Returns, was hired to write the screenplay, and Tim Burton was seemingly attached to direct the film.
He signed a development deal with Warner Bros, and in 1994, he was weighing up whether to direct Catwoman or an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story, The Fall Of The House Of Usher. He would, of course, go on to make neither.
But Tim Burton's Catwoman did stay active for a while. In fact, Daniel Waters would turn in his draft of the screenplay in 1995.
Speaking to Film Review magazine in the summer of that year, he described the plot as "after the traumas of the Batman Returns she has amnesia, and she doesn't really remember why she has all these bullet holes in her body, so she goes to relax in Oasisburg. What Gotham City is to New York, Oasisburg is to Las Vegas-Los Angeles-Palm Springs. [It's a] resort area in the middle of the desert. It's run by superheroes, and the movie has great fun at making fun at the whole male superhero mythos. Then they end up being not very good at all deep down, and she's got to go back to that whole Catwoman thing".
Waters delivered his script on the day that Batman Forever was released in cinemas, and that film would go on to become the biggest grossing feature of 1995. It would also bring in more cash for Warner Bros than Batman Returns. Going down the darker path suddenly didn't seem to bode very well.
Pfeiffer told the New York Times around the same time that she was still interested in the project, but also that she was juggling other commitments at the same point. It would be fair to say that things were looking a little dicey at this stage.
Eventually, the project ran out of steam, and both Pfeiffer and Burton would move on to other films. Warner Bros was more interested in pursuing the lighter world of Batman that director Joel Schumacher had uncovered. "For a while, like a brief time, Tim was interested in maybe doing a Catwoman movie", Pfeiffer told Empire back in 2012. "But that didn't really last very long".
Not that Warner Bros lost interest, even if Burton did. Recasting soon became an option, and Ashley Judd for a while was mooted as the new big screen Catwoman, and then Nicole Kidman (who had appeared in Batman Forever in a different role).
Ultimately though, Halle Berry would land the role in director Pitof's $100m 2004 movie. It would go on to be named Worst Picture Of The Year at the Golden Raspberry awards, and Catwoman has become notorious as one of the worst comic book movie adaptations of all time.
Berry also picked up a Worst Actress gong at the Razzies, and to her credit, turned up to collect the prize. "First of all, I want to thank Warner Bros. Thank you for putting me in a shit, god-awful movie. It was just what my career needed", ran her acceptance speech.
Tim Burton's Catwoman film, meanwhile, would join Superman Lives as a project swallowed up in development hell…
It pains me to say this, but I actually think Batman Returns might be worse than Batman and Robin:
10 Sexiest Movie Villains Ever:
Catwoman – Batman Returns (1992)
Now, in a poll of movie villains with an excess of sexual magnetism, some bright spark is always going to call out Catwoman. Well, duh – the question is, which one?
We can rule out Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt straight away: they only ever played the character on television, as does the current young Selina Kyle on Gotham, Camren Bicondova. 1966 Batman's Lee Meriwether is okay, but can't hold a candle to Julie Newmar, and Halle Berry may be Halle Berry, but she's a godawful Catwoman in a godawful Catwoman movie. That leaves us with Michelle Pfeiffer and Anne Hathaway, and with all apologies to Ms. Hathaway and any other professional duck impersonators who might be reading this, there's just no competition here.
Michelle Pfeiffer's interpretation may not be exactly the Selina Kyle you're used to, but she's a quintessential pre-Crisis Catwoman, complete with haphazardly stitched black PVC catsuit, half-mad eyes and feline snarl. Thrown from a high window and left for dead, at first Burton leaves it up to the audience to decide whether she survived the fall and is awakened by cats licking her face, or whether the cats actually bring her back to life… later on he outright confirms that she has nine lives, losing them at a rate of knots throughout the rest of the film.
Unpredictable and seductive, volatile and slinky, all curling lips and languid, throaty purr, Pfeiffer threw everything she's got into her performance, learning kickboxing and karate as well as a little light bullwhip action. It's been hailed as her most iconic role, the one she'll be remembered for most: it's certainly the most believable romance in any of the eight Batman movies released to date, Burton making the most of the significant chemistry between Michael Keaton and Pfeiffer and of course between Batman and Catwoman.
Nearly a quarter of a century later, no one's going to come close to Pfeiffer's spiky, provocative portrayal of Catwoman – to be fair to Hathaway, she didn't try, preferring the comics' current interpretation of the character as a pragmatic duck burglar. Cat. Cat burglar. Sorry, don't know where that came from.
HBO orders a Bernie Madoff movie starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer:
De Niro will play the disgraced financier in Wizard of Lies, directed by Barry Levinson. Pfeiffer will play his wife, Ruth Madoff.
HBO's 'Wizard Of Lies': Robert De Niro & Michelle Pfeiffer As Bernie & Ruth Madoff – First Photo:
Clears throat
The five year break did some damage to Michelle's career. After a box office hit with What Lies Beneath and some outstanding reviews for White Oleander, she could have had a very successful run in the mid-2000's. But if she wanted some family time, then who can blame her?
She also made some questionable choices post-Hairspray/Stardust. She was the only good thing about Cheri and lets not even talk about that Ashton Kutcher direct to DVD thing. That killed any momentum that Hairspray gave her.
Also, she holds her hand up and admits that she isn't very commercially-minded when it comes to picking roles – she was desperately wanted for Thelma & Louise… she turned it down for Frankie & Johnny. The latter IS the better movie/part but it largely went unnoticed.
The good news? Michelle is admired and respected in the industry and will never be short of an offer in some form.
We have the HBO movie The Wizard of Lies and the indie production Beat Up Little Seagull to look forward to. The latter made by the production company behind Still Alice. Let's hope she gets some awards buzz for them.
Can I also just say… Michelle rejected Still Alice when it was being directed by BRETT RATNER!!
Michelle said on "Inside the Actors Studio", she picks a part on whether she can hear the character when she reads a script. She said something along the lines of being able to hear their voice the rhythm of the character. "White Oleander" therefore, was a challenge for her. Basically, she said she wasn't sure who that woman or character was but she knew types of the other female characters in the script.
Future of Movie Stars: Who Will Shine? Who Will Fade Away?
She was also mentioned in Vance Joy's song "Riptide" ("I swear she's destined for the screen, closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that I've ever seen"), which technically came out in 2014, but it still gets radio play now, so you're good. 🙂
I do wonder if her stunning looks actually gave her a bit of a disadvantage in landing serious/good roles at times (the whole "So Beautiful, It's a Curse" thing), even she obviously has had some great roles, too. I do know she apparently turned down a LOT of roles that went to other big actresses of her time period, so that might have hurt things for her at times, too.
I just watched Michelle in Married to the Mob the other night, probably her big breakthrough role–first big critical success, moderate box office success, Golden Globe nomination. She certainly had a fantastic run from 1988-93; how many actors or actresses have ever snagged a Golden Globe nomination six years in a row, I wonder. While her success may not have been as durable as she or her fans might have liked, when all is said and done I think she will be appreciated as one of the leading actresses of her generation. If you look at actresses who are currently in their fifties (as one way of pinning down her "generation"), it's hard to find more than a couple with better career's than Michelle Pfeiffer's.
"Cool Rider" was too good for Grease 2:
In the world of unfortunate movie sequels, Grease 2 has a horrible rep. Since it followed an unbelievable smash like 1978's Grease, there was little chance it would live up to the original. But the sequel hired Grease's choreographer Patricia Birch to direct her first and still only feature film, and the result is a series of completely over-the-top musical numbers with hundreds of dancing extras, and a nonsensical plot to tie it all together. It's not like the original Grease was Shakespeare, but it had two huge stars as leads and a soundtrack with years of off-Broadway history behind it along with new songs by songwriters like Barry Gibb. The follow-up did not.
The then-unknowns hired to head up Grease 2 did the best they could. The sequel switched genders on the original good girl/bad boy setup, with Pink Lady Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer) dodging the affections of dreamy but nerdy Michael (Maxwell Caulfield, Rex Manning himself). Because even though Stephanie has outgrown greaser Johnny (Adrian Zmed), like we all have, she still wants a motorcycle guy. She professes her love for her preferred type in her solo, "Cool Rider," the highlight of the Grease 2 soundtrack. Granted, there's not much competition, with other cuts like the biology class sex anthem "Reproduction." "We're Gonna Score Tonight" ("Let's bowl, let's bowl, let's / Rock 'n' roll") improbably pulled off a massive musical number in a bowling alley, while "A Girl For All Seasons" offered some of the most elaborate costuming ever seen in a high-school talent show. These middling songs weren't terrible on their own, but they were a far cry from "Summer Nights."
So Grease 2's most successful musical number pares down all the headache-inducing fanfare, wisely focusing on the inimitable star magnitude of Michelle Pfeiffer, who is still so popular she was referenced in two hit songs just this past summer ("Riptide" and "Uptown Funk"). In her first real lead, Pfeiffer throws herself into her Grease 2 role, but nowhere more effectively than in "Cool Rider." The fun and nonsensical logic of musicals compels Stephanie to sing this song to explain to the cardigan-clad Michael why he is too lame for her. Fortunately, "Cool Rider" boasts an excellent hook-filled chorus, as Pfeiffer's surprisingly sweet vocals sell the song over. She even commits to the dance moves, such as they are: a few kick-ball-changes, some Elvis gyrations, and pivots. By the end, we're looking for a "Cool Rider" ourselves, as Michael fades away in the distance. Or does he?
Unfortunately, Grease 2 bombed so badly that any additional sequels were immediately scrapped. But for all its faults, the sequel does not suffer from lack of effort, and "Cool Rider" shows a glimmer of what a worthy Grease follow-up might have been.
Pfeiffer somehow manages to be sexy in a tough, non-pandering way in a movie that is incredibly sexual, yet incredibly unsexy despite pandering relentlessly. Beyond remaking Grease, only with the foreigner a dreamy boy this time, Grease 2's plot centers on the T-Birds' and Pink Ladies' suspiciously fierce determination to win the school talent show and Michael's attempts to win Stephanie's heart by adopting the persona of Cool Rider, a mysterious biker outlaw whose leather-fetish get-up makes him look less like an actual biker than an extra from Cruising.
Pfeiffer is so good and so committed here that she almost sells the preposterous conceit that a woman as cool and hip and gorgeous as Pfeiffer was — and remains — would fall rapturously in love with some goon in black motorcycle fetish gear who refuses to reveal his identity and appears to die mysteriously before mysteriously coming back to life like some cross between James Dean, Jesus Christ, and Poochie from The Simpsons. In Pfeiffer's big production number, "Cool Rider," the superstar-to-be accomplishes the seemingly impossible feat of putting across a dire "Leader Of The Pack" knockoff through steely determination and furious exertion, although even when delivered by Pfeiffer, the character's desire for a man "cool enough" that he can "burn me through and through" sounds suspiciously like she's aching to be burnt by a venereal disease if the guy is hot enough.
Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland to co-star in indie film Beat-Up Little Seagull
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kiefer Sutherland and Michelle Pfeiffer will co-star in the drama Beat-Up Little Seagull. After a lengthy career in almost all studio films, Pfeiffer is taking a plunge into indies with the starring role. Earlier this month, we reported that Sutherland would definitely not be back as Jack Bauer in the seemingly unkillable 24 series (which is all fine and dandy, since Fox wants a younger, hotter counterterrorist agent, anyway). Sutherland suddenly finds himself free of 24 obligations, and although he told BBC he wanted to do more television, for now it looks like he's further exploring the indie film game, after having starred in the indie Western Forsaken alongside his father Donald Sutherland.
Andrew Dosunmu is set to direct Beat-Up Little Seagull from a screenplay written by Darci Picoult, who worked with Dosunmu on his 2013 Nigerian drama, Mother Of George. Dosunmu collaborated with Picoult in writing the story for Beat-Up Little Seagull, which follows the life of a fragile woman (Pfeiffer) who can't quite find her footing in a fast-paced world. When her mother dies, she has to fight to survive and support herself but hides her struggles from her new boyfriend (Sutherland).
Beat-Up Little Seagull comes from Killer Films, which has been making some truly killer indies recently. The company produced Emmy-winning HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce as well as this year's hotly anticipated romantic drama Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as illicit lovers in '50s New York. The New York-based indie company also made the Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart-starring drama Still Alice, for which Moore won the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG, and Critic's Choice Award. According to THR, Pfeiffer turned down the leading role in Still Alice, and based on how Moore cleaned up in awards season, she may have made the wrong choice. But it looks like Pfeiffer—who is currently shooting the upcoming HBO film The Wizard Of Lies—is now ready to give indies a chance. Filming is slated to start November 2 in New York.
i just looked at the list of wthht articles on the right side of the screen… for most of them, the answer to "what the hell happened to ___?" is: they got old…. Hollywood has few parts for actors over 40, and many of them are supporting roles cast with people known as "you know, whatshisname – he's in everything!", not formerly a-list stars… and I don't blame Hollywood… now that I'm over 40, I look around, and few of my contemporaries are going to the movies, let alone an even older audience…. it's a business, and they're not going to make movies that people won't pay to see – millennials don't give a crap about people like michelle pfeiffer, darryl hannah, sharon stone, etc….
Aging Hollywood beauty Michelle Pfeiffer is having second thoughts about the decision she made decades ago to choose family over career – because now Hollywood is turning its back on her.
"Hollywood execs rolled out the red carpet for her multiple times – and she snubbed them," declared an insider.
The mom of two, married to Hollywood producer David E. Kelley "assumed she could take years off to raise kids and then the offers would start flowing in again," the source added. "Sadly, she learned a hard lesson – Hollywood has a short attention span."
The one-time Catwoman, 55, repeatedly turned down plum roles – including "Pretty Woman," which earned Julia Roberts a best actress Oscar nomination; "The Silence of the Lambs," which garnered Jodie Foster a best actress Oscar; "Basic Instinct," which made Sharon Stone a major star, and "Evita," which brought Madonna a Golden Globe.
The mother of Claudia, 20, and John, 19, "now realizes she made several life-changing career mistakes," said the insider.
"She's struggling to find quality roles. Michelle is particularly jealous of Annette Bening's career."
Bening, 55, raised four youngsters with husband Warren Beatty while also juggling a career that includes four Academy Award nominations, six Golden Globe Award nominations with two wins, an Emmy nomination and critically acclaimed theater roles.
"In 2010, Michelle wanted the lead in 'The Kids Are All Right,' but Annette snagged that too," said the source.
"Michelle worries she's jinxed her once red-hot career, but she has something that many in Hollywood can't boast of – a happy, enduring marriage."
Indeed. These are the following roles she turned down according to Wikipedia: "In the 1990s, Pfeiffer accepted and also turned down many high-profile roles, beginning with the title role in Pretty Woman (1990), which earned Julia Roberts a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress… she turned down the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991),[42] which won Jodie Foster the Academy Award for Best Actress, the role of Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct (1992), ultimately played by Sharon Stone,[9][43] and the role of Louise in Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise, that went to the twelve-years-older Susan Sarandon…. she turned down the role of the White Witch in the 2005 fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, which went to Tilda Swinton."
To be fair, some of the roles worked for the substitute actresses so well that they all got critical acclaim from it. However, those are a lot high profile roles she said No too. At that time, she could afford to be choosy as one of the most beautiful women in the world, but still.
After her critical and commercial success in the early 90s, the rest of her movies in the 90s didn't do as well. So she quietly went off on a four year hiatus to focus on her family. For most actors, that is hard to come back from. Of course she was an A-lister.
I agree that she's a great actress and such a magnetic film presence. It's too bad she doesn't work as much, but she seems happy with where she has been.
Movie Jail: This week's defendant is…Michelle Pfeiffer!
Name Some Of The Worst Hollywood Collapses
"Collapse" might be an overstatement, but Michelle Pfeiffer really faded away. Some of that is just aging out of "hot chick" roles but she also made some pretty bad choices down the line.
reply 367 Last Friday at 5:17 PM
She also took some time off to be there for her kids.
I haven't liked everything she's done recently, but she seems to have been able to pick projects that she really wanted to do, like Dark Shadows.
reply 368 Last Friday at 5:22 PM
I wonder how much of it is by choice [R367], considering she's married to David. E. Kelley. He works in TV, and that may not be her preference, but if she was desperate to work I'm sure she could have a part on one of his shows.
reply 369 Last Friday at 5:28 PM
Does Michelle Pfeiffer have a modern day equivalent?
Is there any female actor today who is the equivalent of Michelle Pfeiffer at the height of her fame? I was trying to think of at least one actress made famous within this decade who exemplifies the same level/type of ridiculous beauty, talent, and fame that Pfeiffer embodied in the 80's/90's. I'm kinda stumped. I can think of actresses who match her in 2 out of the 3 areas, but not all 3.
Think of it this way: If you had to explain to a 15 year-old WHY Bruno Mars gives a shoutout to Pfeiffer in Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk", WHO would you put in the blank below?
"Michelle Pfeiffer is like… the __________ of the 80's-90's."
At first I thought: Maybe Olivia Wilde?, but I'm still not 100% sure she equates either.
Michelle Pfeiffer is Getting into the Healthy-living Business
Move over, Gwyneth — timeless Hollywood beauty Michelle Pfeiffer is getting into the healthy eating-and-living business.
The "Scarface" and "Dangerous Liaisons" star tried to go incognito in dark sunglasses and under a fake name to the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday.
But the head-turning 57-year-old actress, who is a vegan, was spotted talking to exhibitors about launching her own healthy product line.
A witness told us: "Wearing dark sunglasses, Michelle was walking up and down the aisles of the show taking meetings with anyone willing to sit down with her. Her goal, according to some exhibitors, was to secure herself some licensing deals or do her own product line with a focus on health and wellness."
The source continued, "Michelle had a n [more inside]
EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Pfeiffer Gears Up for a Career Comeback — "She Finally Has Time to Pick Up Where She Left Off"
Michelle Pfeiffer has never been one to embrace the spotlight, but she really tried to go incognito at a recent health and wellness expo in Anaheim, Calif.
The three-time Oscar nominee wore dark shades and a fake name tag as she strolled the aisles, meeting with exhibitors about a possible deal for her own product line. "She's open to just about everything: foods, exercise equipment, vitamin supplements or natural skin care products," a friend tells Closer. "She's a huge advocate of clean eating and exercise."
With daughter Claudia, 23, and son John, 21, out of the house, Michelle finds herself with an empty nest, and she's determined to spread her wings again. In addition to her potential endorsement deal, she's tackling her highest-profile acting role in years, co-starring as Ruth Madoff opposite Robert DeNiro as Bernie Madoff in HBO's upcoming movie The Wizard of Lies.
After putting work on the back burner for 15 years to raise her kids with TV producer husband David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice), "Michelle finally has time to pick up where she left off with her career," says her friend. "She worked hard researching the character, because there are questions about whether Ruth was aware of her husband's crooked dealings. It was challenging."
Michelle Pfeiffer's 12 All-Time Sexiest Movie Roles
As she moves into what most actresses would consider the twilight of their career, photos from the set of new HBO film Wizard of Lies confirm that Michelle Pfeiffer continues to defy the laws of aging. The 57-year-old has been pictured in New York filming a solo scene as Ruth Madoff, wife of notorious Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff, and she looks ready to bring her particular brand of sexy to her starring role opposite Robert De Niro.
In a career spanning a whopping 35 years, Pfeiffer has taken on a variety of diverse roles across a number of different genres, receiving Oscar nominations for her efforts on three occasions. Her work today is a far cry from her initial career choice, however. After graduating from high school in 1976 Pfeiffer began training as a stenographer, though a court of law was never a suitable setting for such a bright and beautiful young woman.
She began competing in beauty pageants, and in 1978 won the title of Miss Orange County. Pfeiffer's performances on the pageant scene caught the attention of an acting agent and before long she was auditioning for television roles, landing parts in Fantasy Island and Delta House but losing out on the part of Sabrina Duncan in Charlie's Angels. Her disappointment turned out to be short lived when Hollywood came calling with the script for Grease 2.
The sequel to the hugely popular musical turned out to be a critical and commercial flop, though Pfeiffer's agent still managed to convince a producer named Martin Bregman that she was right for the part of cocaine addicted trophy wife Elvira Hancock in his upcoming film Scarface. Her performance in the 1983 gangster film put her on the map, and in the years that have followed she has made a name for herself as an actress that is as talented as she is beautiful.
But which of her performances were the hottest?
Domhnall Gleeson and Michelle Pfeiffer board Jennifer Lawrence's Darren Aronofsky drama http://bit.ly/1p53DFb
Actors who were tricked into taking roles
Michelle Pfeiffer in Grease 2
It's hard to believe three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer was once a young ingenue being suckered into bad movies, but that's what happened when she landed a lead role in the sequel to Grease. She told Hollywood.com that her youth and inexperience played a big part in her being lured into the musical, which didn't even have a finished script during production. "I hated that film with a vengeance and could not believe how bad it was," Pfeiffer said. "At the time, I was young and didn't know any better."
Was Michelle Pfeiffer Really the Inspiration for Don Henley's "The Last Worthless Evening"?
Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer linked with Kenneth Branagh's Murder On The Orient Express remake https://t.co/XffER53h6w
Johnny Depp & Michelle Pfeiffer Circling Murder on the Orient Express
As for Pfeiffer, a ride on Branagh's Orient Express would represent one of the first film roles for the seemingly quite choosy actress since 2013. Following the agurable peak of her stardom in the 1980s and 90s, Pfeiffer has greatly reduced the amount of work she takes on, having only appeared in 13 films since the year 2000. For a large part though, her choices have proven correct, with many of those 13 – such as Stardust and Hairspray – doing quite well with critics, audiences, or both. For the sake of Agatha Christie fans, here's hoping her instincts are right once again.
Michelle Pfeiffer hits red carpet for first time in over two years — and looks AMAZING (via @toofab) http://tmz.me/Neb7SU0
The Ashton Kutcher curse
Michelle Pfeiffer (Personal Effects)
The evergreen Michelle Pfeiffer was going through something of a purple patch when she crossed paths with younger man Ashton Kutcher in 2009's Personal Effects, a romantic drama written, directed and produced by David Hollander. Unsurprisingly, Hollander hasn't directed a feature film since (the Kutcher curse extending beyond actors on this occasion), whereas Pfeiffer herself has gone from one high profile misfire to the next.
The thrice Oscar-nominated actress went straight from Personal Effects into New Year's Eve, the second in a series of holiday-themed romantic ensembles from Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall, all of which have drawn nothing but scorn from critics. Tim Burton flop Dark Shadows and poorly received mafia comedy The Family did little to steady the ship for Pfeiffer, though she'll be hoping to right the wrongs of recent years alongside Jennifer Lawrence in an upcoming, as-yet untitled Darren Aronofsky project due for release in 2017.
Michelle Pfeiffer joins board of top environmental group http://huff.to/2gxA1Mv
2017 is already shaping up to be a good year for Michelle Pfeiffer: https://t.co/7sRSwWrsaA
5 Great (Mostly) Forgotten Movies with Michelle Pfeiffer


text:
How to pay a toll?
go via is the preferred toll payment provider in Queensland.
All toll roads in Brisbane are fully electronic, with no cash booths. To pay, you will need to open an account or purchase a pass before you travel. If you forget to buy a pass before travelling, you can purchase one within 3 days of having used the road.
By doing this you will be covered for travel on all Brisbane toll roads. Remember you must pay your tolls within three days.
What happens if I do not pay my tolls?
You must pay your tolls within 3 days of travel.
Toll evasion is an offence. Failure to pay your tolls within 3 days may result in the following consequences:
- you will be issued with toll notices which will include administration fees, in addition to the toll charges
- if you fail to pay the toll notices, you may be issued with a Penalty Infringement Notice.
Can I use my interstate toll account on Queensland roads?
Yes. Most tolling accounts can be used for travel in Brisbane.
Prior to travel, it's important that you:
- check your account is able to be used in Queensland
- ensure your vehicle number plate is registered on your account
- ensure your account has a positive balance at all times.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
This tool is a self-assessment survey designed to assist individual adults in evaluating their personal level of religious knowledge and spirituality. It is centered on the six dimensions outlined in the U.S. Bishops' document, Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us: A Pastoral Plan for Adult Formation in the United States:
The score reports provide a summary of a person's cognitive understanding of the six dimensions of adult faith in Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us as well as attitudes in these same areas. The reports provide references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to encourage further study and growth.
Participants will receive an individualized and confidential score report. The group coordinator (if applicable) will receive a group score report. All reports are sent electronically via email.
The IFG: Adult Faith Formation Survey may be taken online or with paper and pencil. Both options can be used with a group or by an individual. Reports are emailed within 48 hours of completion of the survey online.
Celebrate, acquire new knowledge and renew your spirit in St. Louis!
NCEA's award-winning signature publication focuses on the mission themes of Lead. Learn. Proclaim.
January 29 - February 4, 2017


text:
Fixedby emulsifier on November 12, 2016 at 11:01 pm
Our review got approved, looks like we are good to go again. Sorry about that!
Malware?by emulsifier on November 11, 2016 at 4:59 pm
Looks like someone compromised an admin account with a bad password and browsers are warning people about it. Here is what we've done
-Restore all files with last known good backup
-Remove unauthorized users from database and purged their comments
-Updated everything
-Ran malware scanners to make sure we got everything
-Purged cloudflare cache
-Notified google and requested a review
In 72 hours if everything was successful the warning should go away, but it might take longer. I am pretty confident that we got it all, but please trust your browser and do not bypass the warning.
Sorry everyone!
Because Yvonne, an akimbo comics reader, is so awesome I get to make a fan art section!Look at how amazing this picture is! What a cool idea! And it turned out great!
If anyone else wants to send me art I will for sure post it and it will for sure make my month.
New server, more memory, comics are fixedby emulsifier on January 6, 2014 at 7:07 pm
It will still probably crash when reddit shines it's deathray in our direction, but hey comments are back at least.
Fun Club stuff!by bpatrick on July 5, 2013 at 5:07 am
I've been working on fun club stuff.
Here's fun pack 3 before it went out.
Here's a look at Akimbo minis 1 and 2, some fun packs about to go out and some of Akimbo mini 3 in the background.
Mini 3/fun pack 4 coming soon!


text:
Several methods in BookmarkEntry interface, inherited from
remove(int index),
remove(MutableTreeNode node),
setUserObject(Object obj)
doesn't throw Unimplemented exception.
Supposed solution:
1. Add string "import org.mozilla.webclient.UnimplementedException;" in file
2. Add string "throw new UnimplementedException("\nUnimplementedException
-----\n API Function BookmarkEntry::METHOD_NAME has not yet been
implemented.\n");" in the body of those methods in file RDFTreeNode.java;
Fix checked in.
Unfortunatly, method setUserObject(Object obj) still doesn't throw Unimplemented
Adding Status whiteboard keyword to track all Webclient existing bugs
Also method getAllowsChildren should throw Unimplemented exception.
This method always return true:
boolean result = true;
return result;
Changing QA contact
Created attachment 34057 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch for /mozilla/java/webclient/classes_spec/org/mozilla/webclient/wrapper_native/RDFTreeNode.java
Fix checked in.
Method setUserObject(Object obj) still doesn't throw Unimplemented
I will create an attachment with a fix.
Created attachment 48126 [details] [diff] [review]
The fix is very simple.
Oleg, do you have any feedback concerning your fix?


text:
This is quite the fashion statement from Broncos running back Montee Ball on Saturday night.
This is Montee Ball trying to get into the student section. Don't ask what he is wearing. I don't know. pic.twitter.com/g1mZOu6PHE
— Charean Williams (@NFLCharean) April 6, 2014
Denied! Even though someone slipped them wristbands. I think it was Nancy Armour pic.twitter.com/aVYMGDVBoB
— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) April 6, 2014
Heart broken.. But always a badgers! Fun to watch!
— Montee Ball (@ballrb28) April 6, 2014


text:
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
On September 30, the House and Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution that would have averted a government shutdown. As they enter the new fiscal year without funding, Washington's federal agencies and departments are grinding to a standstill. According to their contingency plans, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will all experience furloughs and the halting of programs. The Department of Energy reported that multi-year and no-year appropriations will sustain certain work through the shutdown. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has leftover appropriations, can survive for about a week at relatively normal operations.
The energy and environment event leading the news this past week was the release of the International Panel on Climate Change's summary of its Fifth Assessment Report on Friday. The report found that average surface temperatures have risen 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution, and scientists writing the report said that they are 95 to 100 percent certain that human activity is the driver of this increase. The Fourth Assessment Report, released in 2007, concluded that temperatures had risen 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit with 66 to 90 percent certainty. The September 27 summary also tracked arctic ice levels, greenhouse gas emissions, sea levels, and severe weather events. While there has been a slowdown in the rate of global warming, the report's authors said that global warming has not ended. On September 30, the panel released the first part of the report, which detailed the scientific assessments. The second part, on adaptation and vulnerability, and the third part, on mitigation, will be released next year.
Response to the summary report was mixed. On the international side, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, addressing a Climate Week NYC event three days prior to the release of the draft report, said the report reinforces the need for quick action on climate change. U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres said the report shows the need for greater climate action. Domestically, many Democratic congressmen said the draft report highlighted the need to implement President Obama's climate action plan while many Republican members said the report was skewed by political agendas. Senators David Vitter (R-LA), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John Barrasso (R-WY), and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) sent a letter to Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern asking about lobbying efforts by the U.S. government to the IPCC. A Senate Environment and Public Works Committee aide said on Friday that the committee will hold a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed greenhouse gas emission regulations for new power plants as well as on the IPCC report.
After many members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, including most Republicans and some Democrats, came out against the nomination of Ron Binz as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman., he has withdrawn his name from consideration. The White House is considering other candidates. On Tuesday, President Obama nominated Catherine Ann Novelli to serve as Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment. It is rumored that the president will nominate Neil Konze to serve as Bureau of Land Management. Konze currently serves as Principal Deputy Director of the bureau.
For more on the latest energy and clean technology regulatory and legislative developments please see ML Strategies' most recent Energy and Environmental Update.
See more
DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.
© Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology Matters
Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up to create your digest using LinkedIn*
JD Supra provides users with access to its legal industry publishing services (the "Service") through its website (the "Website") as well as through other sources. Our policies with regard to data collection and use of personal information of users of the Service, regardless of the manner in which users access the Service, and visitors to the Website are set forth in this statement ("Policy"). By using the Service, you signify your acceptance of this Policy.
JD Supra collects users' names, companies, titles, e-mail address and industry. JD Supra also tracks the pages that users visit, logs IP addresses and aggregates non-personally identifiable user data and browser type. This data is gathered using cookies and other technologies.
The information and data collected is used to authenticate users and to send notifications relating to the Service, including email alerts to which users have subscribed; to manage the Service and Website, to improve the Service and to customize the user's experience. This information is also provided to the authors of the content to give them insight into their readership and help them to improve their content, so that it is most useful for our users.
JD Supra does not sell, rent or otherwise provide your details to third parties, other than to the authors of the content on JD Supra.
If you prefer not to enable cookies, you may change your browser settings to disable cookies; however, please note that rejecting cookies while visiting the Website may result in certain parts of the Website not operating correctly or as efficiently as if cookies were allowed.
Users who opt in to receive emails may choose to no longer receive e-mail updates and newsletters by selecting the "opt-out of future email" option in the email they receive from JD Supra or in their JD Supra account management screen.
JD Supra takes reasonable precautions to insure that user information is kept private. We restrict access to user information to those individuals who reasonably need access to perform their job functions, such as our third party email service, customer service personnel and technical staff. However, please note that no method of transmitting or storing data is completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of user information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time.
If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, you must immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com. In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your user information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development and, if so, will endeavor to do so as promptly as practicable under the circumstances.
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, JD Supra will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary to: (1) comply with applicable laws; (2) respond to governmental inquiries or requests; (3) comply with valid legal process; (4) protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of JD Supra, users of the Service, Website visitors or the public; (5) permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; and (6) enforce our Terms & Conditions of Use.
In the event there is a change in the corporate structure of JD Supra such as, but not limited to, merger, consolidation, sale, liquidation or transfer of substantial assets, JD Supra may, in its sole discretion, transfer, sell or assign information collected on and through the Service to one or more affiliated or unaffiliated third parties.
This Website and the Service may contain links to other websites. The operator of such other websites may collect information about you, including through cookies or other technologies. If you are using the Service through the Website and link to another site, you will leave the Website and this Policy will not apply to your use of and activity on those other sites. We encourage you to read the legal notices posted on those sites, including their privacy policies. We shall have no responsibility or liability for your visitation to, and the data collection and use practices of, such other sites. This Policy applies solely to the information collected in connection with your use of this Website and does not apply to any practices conducted offline or in connection with any other websites.
We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. Please refer to the date at the top of this page to determine when this Policy was last revised. Any changes to our privacy policy will become effective upon posting of the revised policy on the Website. By continuing to use the Service or Website following such changes, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, as it may be amended from time to time, in whole or part, please do not continue using the Service or the Website.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, your dealings with this Web site, or if you would like to change any of the information you have provided to us, please contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Already signed up? Log in here
Back to Top
Explore 2016 Readers' Choice Awards
Copyright ©


text:
Children in Kenya Description
Children in Kenya: Kenyans love children (watoto), who are highly valued as a continuation of their lineage, and until recently subscribed to the view that "the more you have, the better." This view is fast disappearing, largely due to economic constraints.
Kenyans find the Western concept of "deciding not to have children" largely incomprehensible, and women who cannot or will not have children are either pitied or (in the more primitive rural communities) ostracized. Children are also expected to contribute to the social group by acting as goatherds, collecting fuel, cooking, and doing any number of other chores. In return, the responsibility for their upbringing becomes the responsibility of the group and, in the absence of "mother," an army of elder siblings and "aunties" take over.
Children in Kenya: Life of Children in Kenya
The situation for the children of Kenya is of particular importance, because they make up an unusually large portion of the population.
Forty percent of Kenya's population is aged under 14 years, while most Western or developed countries have less than 20% of their population in that age group.
The percentages are skewed somewhat by the low life expectancy in Kenya (due largely to the spread of HIV and AIDS), which leaves the country with a very small population of seniors. This also means many of Kenya's children are orphans.
The Kenyan education system is similar to that in the USA, with 8 years at a primary level, 4 years of secondary education, and then the potential to continue with another 4 years of post-secondary schooling.
Though children can (and are meanwhile obliged) to attend primary school at no cost in Kenya, parents are expected to contribute towards the cost of running the school. This has led to a serious deterioration in the education infrastructure and teaching field, since many parents are too poor to pay.
Life can be difficult for children of Kenya due to poverty and unemployment. Families are often forced to take children out of school (even when fees are not the problem) because they are needed to earn money for the family.
With jobs scarce and low-paying, every member of the family must work, especially if the parents are unable to find work of their own. For families with their own farms, children may also be pulled from school because they are needed to help tend cattle or crops. With half of all rural Kenyans living in poverty, this is a constant struggle.
Children of Kenya who live in the cities aren't always in a better situation compared to rural children. Abandoned or orphaned children are forced to live in the streets, and live a life of hunger, crime and sexual abuse.
As modern life changes the lifestyles of most Kenyans, those still living in rural areas often continue to follow the old ways of their tribe, particularly when it comes to coming-of-age rituals. The specific details of the rituals vary from tribe to tribe.
Children in Kenya: Critical Issues Affecting Children in Kenya
Laws and policies: In Kenya, national policies and legislation have been developed with key global priorities for Children in Kenya and women in mind. These include the Children Act that domesticates the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Free Primary Education that could enable the country to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on education. The key challenge for some of the laws and policies, however, is their interpretation and implementation.
Poverty: Despite the impressive economic growth in the last two years, Kenya is among the world's 30 poorest countries, ranking 152 out of 177 countries on the 2006 Human Development Index. Inequalities are wide with the top 10 per cent of Kenyans earning 44 per cent of the national income, whilst the bottom 10 per cent earns less than one per cent. Kenya's poorest regions, including North Eastern Province, have twice the relative poverty headcount of its least poor regions. Years of drought in this region have had a serious impact on the well-being of children, increasing malnutrition rates, morbidity and mortality.
Child survival: The 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health survey showed deterioration in almost all health indicators. Under five mortality rates (U5MR) had risen from from110 to 115 per 1,000 live births over the previous four to five years. The same survey exposed major disparities across the country — with U5MR ranging from 54 per 1,000 live births in Central Province to 163 per 1,000 in North Eastern Province and 206 per 1,000 in Nyanza Province. Separate surveys also show high under five mortality rates in the informal settlements of Nairobi, rising to 245 per 1,000 live births in Embakasi and 186 in Kibera informal settlements.
Malnutrition continues to threaten a significant proportion of Children in Kenya and women. The most recent countrywide data from 2005/06 shows that 33 per cent of children are stunted, six per cent are wasted and 20 per cent are underweight. National immunization coverage is at 76 per cent, far below the recommended 85 per cent. Wide disparities in immunization rates exist. In the drought-prone North Eastern Province, for example, where access to health facilities is poor, measles vaccination coverage is only 37 per cent.
Access to safe water and sanitation facilities is also limited. More than 15 million people – including more than half the rural population – are without access to safe water or sanitation facilities.
While malaria continues to be the biggest killer of children in Kenya, there was a 44 per cent in under-five deaths from malaria in the malaria endemic areas. This was achieved through effective treatment following a change in the drug policy from SP to combination therapy, the distribution of over 12 million insecticide-treated bed nets, and the use of preventive malaria treatment during pregnancy. Between 2002 and 2006 the percentage of children under five sleeping under a treated net increased from just four to 52, while access to prompt and effective treatment rose from four per cent to 16 per cent.
HIV and AIDS: Life expectancy has reduced drastically from 63 in 1990 to 44 as a result of the impact of HIV and AIDs. However, prevalence rates have reduced significantly from 13.6 in 1997 to just under six per cent in 2006. The decline is attributed to several factors, including increased awareness and use of condoms, availability of anti-retroviral treatment and scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Approximately 1.3 million Kenyans are currently living with HIV, including about 156,000 children. Despite rapidly expanded access to treatment in recent years, an estimated 140,000 adults still die annually due to AIDS-related illnesses. Out of an estimated 2.4 million orphans and vulnerable children in need of care and support, about 1.2 million are believed to be due to rising AIDS mortality. Latest estimates of incidence put the number of new HIV infections in the country between 236 and 397 per day.
Education: Kenya introduced Free Primary Education in 2003, enabling many more children to enjoy their right to education. In 2008, the Government started meeting the tuition costs for secondary education. With a net enrolment rate of 86 per cent, Kenya is well on track to achieve the Millennium Declaration Goal of basic education for all children by 2015. However, 1.2 million children of school-going age are still not attending school in spite of the free education. And while gender parity has been virtually achieved at the national level, sharp regional disparities remain with about 80 per cent of girls in North Eastern Province not enrolled in school.
Child protection: Despite the existence of progressive laws to protect children, the level of violence against and abuse and exploitation of children is still high. An estimated 10,000 to 30,000 children have been caught up in commercial sex trade, mainly in the coastal towns.
Emergency: The humanitarian crisis in the country, following the displacement of more than 350,000 people in the post election violence has increased the vulnerability of affected children and their families. The violence has disrupted the children's access to services such as health and education. Displaced children, especially those living in the camps for internally displaced people, are at risk of abuse and exploitation. The living conditions in the camps also expose the children, especially those under five years to malaria, cholera and other diseases.
UNICEF is working with the Government of Kenya and other development partners to leverage resources to ensure women and children have access to and utilize services that will advance their rights and to influence legal and policy reform.
Children in Kenya: Children Justice in Kenya
Experts believe that juvenile justice in Kenya is still one of the main problems the government needs to address, as ill-treatment in prison is in violation of child and youth rights.
Verbal and physical abuse from the community and the police are some of the most common problems the street children face every day.
The police make arbitrary arrests of children for various reasons: loitering, carrying illegal weapons, refusing to give in to sexual demands, or being rude to police officers.
Once in police custody, the harassment of these children continues and sometimes worsens. Abuse ranges from being insulted, beaten, kicked, and detained, to sexual abuse and rape.
"The detention centre is often so crowded that there is no separate cell for adults and children. The food they give is not enough or dirty. And there is only one bucket as a toilet for everybody," said Ndegwa.
Omondy was arrested by the police for the possession of a pen knife.
"At the police station I was beaten so many times. I was forced to make a false statement for a crime I didn't do. There was no mattress or blanket to sleep on. I slept on the cold floor in my t-shirt and my shorts only. We were not allowed to go to the toilet, there was only one bucket for everybody if we need to go to toilet," he told IRIN.
"I'm scared of the police because I've heard many children have gone through very bad experiences while they were in detention," he added.
Children are held in detention in remand homes or detention centres before receiving a trial. If they are subsequently found guilty they are sent to rehabilitation schools, for children who are under 15, or to borstal or prison if they are above 15-years-old.
"Conditions at the remand homes or at the approved schools are sometimes as bad as in police cells. But at the prison or borstal the situation is far worse. In some cases, children are put together in the adult prison due to lack of space, or because they were assumed to be adults by the judge," said Ndegwa.
"There are reports of children being handcuffed to beds, stripped naked and beaten. Sometimes children are not allowed to eat, or their food is withheld as a form of punishment. They are often subject to sex abuse or sodomy by the guards or older youth," she added.
Children in Kenya Participation
Structures have been created to empower children in their families, schools, communities and nationally. This is done through ChiIdren's Voices, a national programme that allows children to air their views on matters that affect them.
The department, on recommendations from the UN Convention on Rights of Children, is working on a document to be used in educating opinion leaders and other stakeholders on the need to listen to children.
Children Volunteer Services
Volunteer officers are recruted to help provide services to children. The Kenya Volunteers Children's
Services Officer system was introduced under the Kenya-]apan collaboration for improvement of juvenile justice. The concept was first introduced in Trans Nzoia and Kisumu districts as well as Dagoretti Division in Nairobi before it rolled out countrywide.
Exiting Articles
The volunteers are recruited by the Director of Children's Services on the recommendation of local advisory
councils. They complement the work of children's officers.
Volunteer officers ensure that the rights of children are protected, guide children in need ofcare and protection and rehabilitate and reintegrate child offenders into the community. They also promote collaboration with partners and stakeholders on children's issues in the provision of services and act as secretaries to the locational area advisory council. Volunteer are dismissed if they contravene the code ofconduct or commit criminal offences.
National Council for ChiIdren's Services in Kenya
National Council for ChiIdren's Services is charged with securing the well being of children and oversees and policy direction on children's affairs It approves registration of charitable children's institutions, mobilises resources for children's activities and formulates policies and guidelines for the benefit ofthe child.
Way forward for Children in Kenya
The department plans to: Speed up the implementation of children's rights
- Train people to deal with data collection and entry
- Strengthen donor-coordination, monitoring and evaluation, especially of children's institutions.
- Train officers, including volunteers, area advisory councils and officials in Government institutions dealing with children
- Seek to stop new media that offer pornographic material from negatively influencing children.
Children Organizations in Kenya
Kenya Alliance for Advancement of Children (KAACR)
PO Box 73637
Tel: +254 2 445 0256/7
Fax: +254 2 445 0092
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.kaacr.com
AMURT – Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team
AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) is one of the few private international voluntary organizations founded in India. Since its inception in 1965 its original objective was to help meet the needs of the affected population after disasters that regularly hit the Indian sub-continent. Over the years AMURT has established teams in thirty-four countries, to create a network that can meet disaster and development needs almost anywhere in the world. In 1985 we broadened our goals to include long-term development. We feel that we can play a useful role in helping vulnerable communities break the cycle of poverty and gain greater control over their lives. For us, development is human exchange: people sharing wisdom, knowledge and experience to build a better world.
Official Contact
Ms. 2 & 3, Adj. Wood Avenue Apartments,
Wood Avenue, Kilimani
Nairobi P.O BOX 10101 – 00100 Kenya
The CRADLE-The Children Foundation
Ms. 2 & 3, Adj. Wood Avenue Apartments,
Wood Avenue, Kilimani
P.O. Box 10101-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. +254 2 3874575
Cellphone: +254 722 201805 / +254 734 798199
Fax: +254 2 2710156
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Satellite Offices
The CRADLE maintains satellite offices outside Nairobi as follows:
The CRADLE Satellite Office – Kisumu
Sifa House- Kibuye, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 345-40100, Kisumu Town, Kenya
Phone: +254 725 34 85 47
Email: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com
The CRADLE Satellite Office – Suba
Off Homabay – Mbita Main Road
Near Victoria Filling Station
Contact: Madam Ondari, paralegal or Kisumu officer
Phone: 0725 30 83 69
Email: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
The CRADLE Child Help Desk – Malindi
Malindi Child Protection Centre
Adj: Malindi Juvenile Remand Home/opposite Modern Coast Bus
Contact: Prudence Mutiso, Legal Officer
Phone: 0202 13 30 98
Email: email@example.com
The CRADLE Child Help Desk – Mombasa Town
4th Floor NSSF Building
Contact: Salem Lorot, Legal Officer
Phone: 0202 13 31 02
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The CRADLE Child Help Desk – Eldoret Town, Kenya
Eldoret Law Courts
Contact: Johna K. Kirwa, Legal Officer
Phone: 0203 50 03 43
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The CRADLE Child Help Desk – Kwale/Msambweni
Virtual office
Contact: Harun Omariba, Legal Officer
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The CRADLE Child Help Desk – Lodwar/Turkana
Contact: Esther Kimani, Legal Officer
Email: email@example.com
Contact: Lovender Otiende, Counselor
Email: email@example.com
ICRI Africa
ICRI International Headquarters
125 University Avenue
2nd Floor, Southwest Suite
Berkeley, CA 94710
View Yahoo Map
Phone: (510) 644-1000
Fax: (510) 644-1115
Ken Jaffe, President and Executive Director firstname.lastname@example.com
Ellie Mashhour, Chief Operations Officer email@example.com
Janet Massite, Finance Manager firstname.lastname@example.com
Ambri Pukhraj, Program and Operations Manager email@example.com
ICRI Africa (Kenya)
P. O. Box 27075-00100
Nairobi Town, Kenya
Phone: +254-20-211450
Cellphone: +254-728-616411
Fax: +254-20-211446
Leonard Chuomo Falex, Program Manager email@example.com
Kenya Children of Hope
House No. 149 Golf Course , Mosiro Court, Mosiro Road,
Phone: +254 72590011
Child Aid Organization Kenya
Child Aid Organization Kenya is registered as not for profit, non governmental organization in Kenya since 2008. It operates on a national level in the area of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (CSA), Human Rights Training and Advocacy work. The purpose of the organization is to prevent/stop the sexual abuse of children in its entire forms: reduce societal tolerance of the sexual exploitation of children; prevent entry of children into exploitation in all its forms; effectively advocate for the creation of strong, enforceable legislative environments to protect children from sexual exploitation; and ensure that children who are sexually exploited have access to a range of services that enhances their safety and well – being and supports exit from sexual exploitation.
P.O. Box 483 Nairobi 00518 Kenya
E-mail: email@example.com
Telephone: +254–20–2321156
Children in Kenya: ANPPCAN Kenya
ANPPCAN Kenya Chapter is the Kenyan National chapter of the African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect, a pan-African child rights organization with chapters in seventeen African countries. It is a charitable, not for profit organization and was registered as a Non-Governmental Organization in 1995. Like the other ANPPCAN chapters, ANPPCAN Kenya operates as a national resource centre on child abuse and neglect and children's rights. We provide information and technical expertise on child protection and child rights issues, carry out research on emerging children's issues and lobby governments, donors, other NGOs and communities on behalf of Children in Kenya.
ANPPCAN Kenya Chapter,
Chemusian Apartments, No B3,
Argwings Kodhek Road, Hurlingham,
P.O. Box 46516, 00100-GPO, Nairobi , Kenya
Tel: 254-020-2722835/7/8
Fax: 254-020-2723104
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.anppcankenya.co.ke
Plan International Inc.
Kenya Country Office
Oloitokitok Road, Lavington
Methodist Ministries Centre, Block C, Ground Floor
P.O. Box 25196, Lavington 00603
Nairobi, Kenya
Office Tel:+254(0) 20 2761000 (Main line), +254(0) 20 2447422 / 33 (Wireless), +254(0) 722 201 293 / 734 600 774 (Mobile)


text:
Provide extra protection for your cell phone when you are on the job site or at home with this Carhartt custom cell phone case.
Charging your devices while viewing your screen has simplified with this Zoom Boost cell phone custom charger & stand.
These New Balance workout custom armbands are a must have promotional gift for joggers and sports enthusiasts.
Crank up your favorite tunes while keeping your cell phone in sight using these 2-in-1 custom speakers that double as a phone stand.
These promotional products from ePromos are ready to ship in 24 hours. Rush promotional items for a last minute event or if you're other supplier fell through.


text:
Personalized welcome mat are genius! There's no better way to bring a little personality to your doorstep. I hope you enjoy the little video of this fun and easy project. I'm loving this project and I might just be making one for my neighbor that reads "Hey Boo!"
Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel and give this video a thumbs up if you like the project. More videos coming your way in 20-13!!


text:
Fitness Centre
|Mon - Fri
|6:30 am
|10:00 pm
|Sat - Sun
|8:00 am
|7:00 pm
Online bookings let you pick date/time for your visit.
If you purchase an eVoucher you will need to book with the venue directly.
The first thing you'll notice about our Crawley club is the warm welcome. And if you haven't visited us since our extensive £600,000 refurbishment, then now is the time.
As part of the refurbishment we have introduced 20 new Star Track spin bikes and an extended free weights area, as well as highly acclaimed Power Plate. Just ask any member of the gym team if you need any guidance.
You can also take your pick from a varied weekly timetable of classes (including those that exercise both body and mind). Or relax in the beautifully-kept pool, sauna and steam room, then head for a restorative treat with a health and beauty treatment.


text:
Eggless Coffee Ice Cream
|Ice cold water
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄4 Pint
|Condensed milk
|1⁄2 Can (5 oz)
|Instant coffee
|1 Teaspoon
Place all ingredients into a bowl and beat well.
Place into ice tray and put into deep freeze of refrigerator.
After 20 minutes, stir mixture and replace in refrigerator.
Allow to set firmly.
For a variation, add chopped walnuts and cherries.
Recipe Summary
Rate It
Nutrition Rank
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 908 Calories from Fat 155
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17 g25.5%
Saturated Fat 12 g60%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 56.7 mg18.9%
Sodium 403.7 mg16.8%
Total Carbohydrates 173 g57.6%
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Sugars 119.5 g
Protein 15 g30.9%
Vitamin A 11.8% Vitamin C 6.1%
Calcium 66% Iron 1.5%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


text: Lonely Depression-era waitress Cecilia (Farrow) is hopelessly addicted to Hollywood movies. Spellbound by her new favourite The Purple Rose Of Cairo Cecilia is astonished when the leading man (Daniels) suddenly walks off the screen to meet her. Wooed by his charm Cecilia finds herself falling for him - until she meets the real actor who plays him. Romanced by both a fictional character and a famous star Cecilia struggles to locate the shifting line between fantasy and reality only to discover that sometimes its just a heartbeat away.Check stock and price


text:
Log In
A simple, plugin which will read your .zip file
Download Version 1.2
Screenshot of the plugin options.
Screenshot of the files found inside .zip .
Screenshot of the enter posts title and description.
Screenshot of the final step.
Requires: 2.0.2 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.2.1
Last Updated: 5 years ago
Active Installs:
Got something to say? Need help?
Translate Auto Poster
0 people say it works.
0 people say it's broken.
Log in to vote.