OK. I'll just talk to myself, if I have to. :) They aired BULL DURHAM on A&E tonight. A&E. Cable. QUALITY cable. And they cut it. Badly. REALLY badly. I couldn't watch. Well, I did watch for a few minutes. He is so achingly gorgeous in the bar by the pool table before Tim Robbins belts him one. Then I popped back to my new discovery on PBS: As Time Goes By, with Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. (But that's for another conference.) Tomorrow, I will watch my OWN damn version of Bull Durham, and NOTHING will get cut. Makes ya drool just thinking about it, huh?

Charlotte, I caught A&E's Bull Durham too! I'd love to get hold of the %@&# who did the butcher job! I also caught Night Shift this week, it's just a brief appearance and Kev looks so young. Heard any buzz about his next project? Did I read Robin Wright is signed as the female lead for Message in a Bottle. Wasn't she supposed to originally play Marion in Robin Hood?

Thought maybe somebody might be interested in seeing the back end of my car:

LOL!! Oh Charlotte...you are faaaaaar gone! ;-D Too funny. Does Kevin know about you? ;-p

Heavens no! How could he? He's got a zillion fans, and I'm sure many of them are more fanatic than I am. I'd sure love to be able to thank him, though. He's added so much richness to my life.

I LOVE IT CHARLOTTE!

Very nice job on the opening collage, Nan! Who's the semi-handsome hunk in the lower left?

Who's the semi-handsome hunk in the lower left? Hockey player...see the droolworthy sports figures board. He is to me what Kevin is to you :-) Droolworthy Sports Figures

Oh drat! That's what I get for trying to type a link at 6:25am...(sigh) Again: Droolworthy Sports Figures

That's it, I'm going back to bed ;-) Damned Droolworthy Sports Figures ;-p

That's Mark??? Holy Cow. I've been a Gretzky fan for 15 years, seen hundreds of photos of them together. Sure didn't recognize Mark from the above. wowweeeee! Got any photos of Marty McSorley? OOps! Sorry, Kevin! Wrong topic! :)

Holy cow , charlotte ! You weren't kidding about those number plates .

I love my plates! :) Janet, I received the Premiere magazine, thank you!! I plan to mail your tape tomorrow.

u're welcome , charlotte .i hope u like the ralph pic attached to it .and something's on it's way too .u'll know when u receive it .thanx for the tape and can u plz send a photocopy of the inlay of he cd together with it plzzzzz? btw , have u managed to order ur calendar ? see ya later aligator .:-)

Janet, I ordered my calendar, and I have asked them TWICE to email me an acknowledgement of the order but they have not responded. :( I have a scanner now! So I can scan the lyrics for you!

I have a scanner now! Uh-oh...watch out--it's dangerous ;-) Everyone made fun of me because I'd scan anything that wasn't nailed down, but I loved it...

Thanks Charlotte *hugs* :-D .i'm quite sure i ordered the calendar from that URL .i think they'll post u a respond soon .

Janet, did you get your calendar from YOURS DIRECT LTD in the UK?

i thought it was MovieWorld .http://www.btinternet.com/~movieworld/film/costner.htm if u don't trust it , i'll try to find another URL which sells this merchandize and get back to u .

i thought it was MovieWorld ,charlotte . http://www.btinternet.com/~movieworld/film/costner.htm if u don't trust it , i'll try to find another URL which sells this merchandize and get back to u .

oops , i mistook u for charlotte , sheila .a thousand apologies , ppl .i'm still half asleep when i replied this .

and yes sheila , the very same calendar can be obtained from Yours Direct LTD .here's the URL charlotte , in case u did not managed to get the calendar at MovieWorld .http://www.yoursdirect.com/Site/Catalogue/Calendrs/Film/kcos98.htm i think they have a Kevin Costner organiser too , right sheila ? good luck , char .

So. How ya doing, Sheila? (We gotta keep this topic active, or Nan'll take his picture off the door!) I'm thinking about bidding on a Robert Stephen Simon lithograph of Kevin that I saw on a Web auction. Think I oughtta?

I am rather attached to KC's picture smirking at me when I visit the conference! Lithograph sounds interesting, I prefer art over posters on my walls GO FOR IT! Stumbled across a copy of the golden oldie THE GUNRUNNER at the video store yesterday. There are not many KC movies I have not seen. It struck me while watching what a distinct not to mention sexy as hell voice Kevin has. Oh to have him whispering sweet nothings in your ear! Received my KCFC journal and newsletter this week. There were several articles from Australian sources, THE POSTMAN opened down under in February. I am due to renew. Did you ever decide to join? Somehow I have a few duplicate copies of some newsletters and a journal. if you'd like them just tell me where to send them. Heard anythng about MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE? Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman, April shoot on the east coast.......

Ooo! Paul Newman and Kevin? I may have to wear two bibs! I thought he was gonna do FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME next. I bought the book and read it. Can't imagine a film adaptation, since all of the drama takes place in the hero's head. But hey, that's why I'm not a moviemaker. :) I bought THE GUNRUNNER a coupla years ago, and remember the scene you refer to. I may have to rewatch that one. Speaking of voices, forgive me for being off topic, but I saw THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK yesterday, and lord help me but I had forgotten all about Jeremy Irons' voice! From the first words of the opening narration, which he voices, I was lost. So lost that I went out and rented THE FRENCH LEUTENANT'S WOMAN and DAMAGE so I could hear it some more. I'm so sorry, Kevin, but if I had to choose between your whisper in my ear and Jeremy's, I would have to choose the Brit. Do we even have a topic for old Jeremy?

Jeremy Irons is excellent. He did the voice for DISNEY'S villain Scar in THE LION KING. Such menace conveyed in just words. How about REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, another great performance. Didn't he get an Oscar for that one? Staying on topic in KC's drool pool...... Did you ever get to see THE MAKING OF THE POSTMAN-Director's Diary? How soon do you think we will see a video release?

the postman just opened in malaysia .hey did u guys get to see the whole of the end credits..went to see it but did not get to hear him sing . i'd like to post some pictures to this conference for u ladies but i don't know how to do it . can someone teach me ?

hallo im from danemark

Janet, Just insert HTML tags as if you were posting the image on your web page. You know...angle bracket,IMG,angle bracket, etc. Put the images on your website first so that everyone can access the URL that you post here. I have received your gift, Janet, but have not yet been able to get to the post office to pick it up. I have not mailed your tape yet, I have been too broke! I will mail it this week, because I get paid soon.

thanx Charlotte for the tip .u can mail the tape whenever u choose but plz don't send it in april because i'll no longer be around .so sorry for the trouble . really glad that the gift has arrived .hope u'll like it .i got it specially made for u . now for a test drive . ladies , plz don't kill me if the picture does not turn out right .

thank God it turned out well. here's another one .

Excellent job, Janet! Heaven help us, but he does dress up nicely, doesn't he? :) What was this Golden Globe for...Dances with Wolves?

Waterworld is on tv this week! On network tv no less.

No big surprise there. They'll probably air The Postman next week. It's only the ones that the critics love that they make you wait for.

i don't think the postman is as bad as the critics say , though it might be a bit too long .

Gene Siskel calls it the worst film of the year. I REALLY take offense to this, because I KNOW there were worse movies made last year. For me, it was not even too long. But then, I loved the book, and my only complaint is that Kevin left out too much of the book.

Just bought my copy of The Saint (I've been lusting after Val Kilmer lately) and they had the greatest audience preview before the film... Picture this...dreamy music and slow sweeping shots of Hollywood's most popular leading men; Cary Grant, Harrison Ford, Robert Redford, Sean Connery, Val Kilmer, KEVIN COSTNER, Tom Cruise, Jeff Bridges, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Kurt Russell, Andy Garcia, Michael Douglas, Ryan O'Neal, Denzil Washington, Richard Gere, Patrick Swayze, Alec Baldwin, Warren Beatty, Gregory Peck, Steve McQueen...... The music fades and the words appear on the screen....... THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS IS AVAILABLE..... AND FOR SALE ON VIDEO CASSETTE.

i think u'll like this one too charlotte . speaking of the postman, i wonder if i'm the only one who is not able to see the webcast .anyone here witht eh same problem ?

hmm seems that the pic did not turn out well .

anyone interested to buy a copy of david brin's The Postman ? i have 2 copies .

I have 2 copies, too. Keeping both. :) Where are you going to college, Janet? What do you plan to study?

i'd still like to sell one of them . i've sold a lot of my stuff lately .i'm going to Prime College in about 2 weeks time .the semester starts on april 13 but my parents want me to go there about a week earlier to get me settled .The college is in Kuala Lumpur which is an island away from where i live .i'm planning to take up either computer science or computer engineering but i can decide that later this year because i have to sit for a programme called PAD .that programme takes about 9 months .

(Sheila) Just bought my copy of The Saint (I've been lusting after Val Kilmer lately)and they had the greatest audience preview before the film... Check out topic 89, honey ;-)

Jay Leno was cracking jokes last night about Paul Newman and Kevin Costner not being able to find a location to shoot their new film, the towns they have approached have rejected them!

Where is the humor in THAT? sigh. I'm waiting for the critics to express pity that Newman has sunk so low. You've depressed me, Sheila. I'm gonna have to go watch Tin Cup or something. :)

(Sheila) Jay Leno... Boo, hiss :-(

Apparently Kevin has signed on to do another flick; THIRTEEN DAYS, a story set during the Cuban missile crisis. What year was that? 1961? Can someone tell me how to post in italics?

Oh, great. I can just hear Jay Leno now. :) Let's see, that's Message in a Bottle, For the Love of the Game, and Thirteen Days. I wonder if all three will shoot in 1998?

I am happy as long as we keep getting more.......Kevin Costner :)

If ever I hear anyone say again that Kevin takes himself too seriously, I will play them the opening from last night's Oscar ceremony. I give everyone fair warning.

Was that not a hoot?! I was thinking the same thing, Charlotte...good for him! :-)

Didn't catch the first few minutes of the ceremonies, what did I miss?

Oh Sheila. I'll send you the tape. Is VHS format the same in Canada as here? You missed Kevin in full Postman costume hanging off the tip of the Titanic, while Billy Crystal asks him to deliver the Oscar envelopes if he makes it home safely. Kevin drops toward the sea, and Billy yells "Are you alright?". Kevin replies as he flails toward his doom, "Yeah, I'm fine, but you still have three hours to get through." Or something like that. Oh, and the scene opened with Billy perched atop the bow of the sinking ship screaming "Could there ever be a worse disaster?" and a voice below yells "Yes! There could!", and it's Kevin. Maybe somebody else can describe it better.

I'm posting this at all the most frequently used topics, so forgive my redundance but it has to be done... By the end of this week, the domain name for Spring will be changed to spring.net (instead of the current, spring.com) please change your bookmarks after the change takes place.

Ladies, get out your bibs. Look what arrived in the mail for me yesterday.

Rats. And I was being so dramatic. :) Let me try again. Keep the bibs on.

Much better, huh? Now, if I was clever like Nan, I would know how to make it smaller so your browsers would not choke. But hey, he's a big guy. :)

ladies ..charlotte in particular , i think i have something that u'll like .

aaahhh !!!it has happened again .

Funny, of the three that you gave Sheila (and she passed to me), this is the one I like the least, Janet. Post the "empire" one and let the Drool ladies take a vote. This one makes him look mean, well maybe that's not the problem. Old. It makes him look old. I dunno. Maybe it will grow on me. I'm flexible. :)

ok ladies , tot he voting booth .here's the one from Empire magazine .

Charlotte .i got the tape yesterday .Thank u very much .

Oh goodie! I was starting to worry! What do you think of it? Thanks for posting this photo. I love that warm golden glow it has.

here's a blond kevin costner for charlotte and sheila . another kevin costner picture . and another... another one again is this enough ?

here's a blond kevin costner for charlotte and sheila . another kevin costner picture . and another... another one again is this enough ? anyway , it's sufficient for the day .

the last one did not come out right .. here it is again ...

here's a blond kevin costner for charlotte and sheila . another kevin costner picture . and another... another one again is this enough ? anyway , it's sufficient for the day .

ooops , i think i over did it this time .Nan , can u please take down some of those .i'm really sorry .

(Janet) Nan , can u please take down some of those .i'm really sorry. Honey, you can never have too much Kevin ;-) Which brings me to the following... I made him a little smaller for you Charlotte... :-)

but still breathtaking. am i the only one affected by this photo?

I'm surprised you can't hear me slurping all the way from Canada.

(Charlotte) am i the only one affected by this photo? Mercy, no! :-D

Thanks for using spring.net!

Thanks Nan for not dropping the nuclear bomb on me .I'll be leaving on April 8th so i won't be able to log on as often anymore .So here's some more Kevin Costner for everyone .i think it will last for a lifetime . and yes , pease don't send anymore e mail to janet@tm.net.my my new e mail address will be janet_g@hotmail.com or janet@eudoramail.com i think i prefer the eudoramail address .

(Terry) Thanks for using spring.net! Sure thing. Janet!! That second photo (the one with the tux) is making me a wild thing! Scrape me off the floor! ;-)...

Nan , here's another for u .Charlotte , do u remember this one from "his senior prom"?

it takes time to load .but i think it's worth tha wait ..nan can u help me make it a little smaller ?

I hope this works. Here is the Kevin & Amy duet in Real Audio Kevin Sings!

Kevin hosted the Celebration of Life salute to Israel last night - more on that as I learn more, he was featured on tonights Access Hollywood. He looked god in a tux (next to Micheal Douglas onstage).

When does he not look good? :) Thanks for the tip. I never watch Access Hollywood, but I have time to catch it tonight.

Wow! I watched the teeny snippet of Kevin on Access Hollywood. Then about an hour later, I switched channels and discovered that they were televising the entire Israel Birthday celebration, which the teeny snippet was from. :) I taped it so I could go to sleep. Can't wait to watch it tonight!

hi u guys what's up with kc now ? haven't got any news since i arrived at college . how r u guys doing ?

Street date for The Postman video-June 9/98

Not enough drooling in this topic lately. Maybe this will help:

Oooh baby! You've never seen someone hit that "Save Picture As" button so fast in your life! What a purty man, he is :-)~~~

Yeah. That's kinda been my impression for about 15 year or so. :) Oooo! Nan taught me to drool in ascii! :)~~~~~

A nice lady named Arlene stopped by my website Monday to leave me email, sharing the delicious story of how she met Kevin in a bar in Bath, Maine. He had just finished shooting in the small New England town, and had arrived at the bar with 3 friends. Arlene said he had to lean his ear very close to her mouth so that he could hear what she was saying above the noise of he bar. She said he smelled nice. (Please appreciate how calmly I am typing all this. What you do not know is that i am screaming here! But jealousy is an evil and nonproductive thing, so I will be calm.) :) They talked about, if you can imagine, frozen twinkies. I gotta hand it to Arlene. Inane as that subject matter may sound to you, at least she was able to articulate in some known language while his ear (and neck and cheek, etc!) were so close to her lips. I, you can be certain, would have turned to stone. Catatonic. He would have pleaded for someone to dial 911. :) Here's lifting a cool Corona to you, Arlene! And did everyone see that some auspicious and highly visible website of the stars had chosen our very own Janet's Kevin Costner page as the very best Kevin Costner page on the net? I could not be more in agreement. Here's a cool Corona to you too, Janet! And where are you, sweetie?

Hey Nan!! Went cruising looking for Kevin, where I was told he would be filming and there was no evidence of a movie anywhere in the area. Bad info. Must get a new source, better source!! Sorry. Had my camera with as well. :-(

(Karen) Sorry. Had my camera with as well. :-( Well, doesn't that suck wind?! At least you tried, babe ;-) Now, you will let me know if you stumble across him somewhere, won't you?

Went cruising where? I think filming in Maine has finished. Not sure if the Chicago shoot has started yet.

Yes, am in Chicago. Was told filming was scheduled for a certain block on the 14-16th. Not a !@#$ "no parking - movie location" sign anywhere in the vicinity. Also, v. hard to miss all the vans. :-D Nan, you'll be first...or maybe the second. Got my long zoom lens out of its case raring to go.

NO!!!!!!!! Article in Chicago Sun-Times (7/14) showing Kevin in a light khakish suit with tie holding a microphone to mouth. Costner Q-and-A: Film star charms fans here, outlines upcoming projects "This will be a very free exchange. Ask anything you want. I only ask that there be manners between us," said Kevin Costner Monday night to an overflow crowd of nearly 500 at the Chicago Historical Society. The event was sponsored by the Chicago Film Critics Association and benefitted its "Send a Needy Kid to a Movie" program. The Oscar-winning actor, director and producer proved prophetic as he charmed a roomful of people with personal anecdotes and quite serious statements of his philosophy about the business of making movies. After an opening montage of his films--ranging from "Silverado" to "Dances with Wolves" and even his recent critically panned "The Postman," Costner appeared to enjoy the interchange as moviegoers and members of the media peppered him with questions. The entertainer made it clear that "while people know a lot about me--too much even--they don't really know me." He said, "Seeing me at premieres, or reading about me in magazines, or seeing me get out of a fancy car is no way to understand who I am." In addition to sharing personal stories from his childhood--including his disappointment upon learning he was too young to attend "Ben Hur" with his brother and being scared witless when his father took him to "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and he didn't realize what it was about--Costner screened a short movie ("one of my home movies") he made while filming "Waterworld." The audience included a fair number of film critics, and Costner pulled no punches in critquing that profession. "If I criticized my children the way I have been criticized the past few years, they would never do anything ever again," he said. "Constructive criticism is fine...but there is no room for cynicism or criticism as entertainment....Skepticism is important in this world, but not cynicism." When asked about the controversy that arose over a movie project he was planning with the late Princess Diana--something that came to light after her death--Costner confirmed the story. "That is true," he said when asked if she had shown interest in starring in a sequel to the Costner-Whitney Houston hit "The Bodyguard." "We would have had fun....I would have treated her right," he said. Now that he ahs completed "Message in a Bottle" (partially filmed in Chicago), Costner said, "I'm making my third baseball film...baseball is just the backdrop...it's about people's lives....Then I'm playing Kenny O'Donnnell in a film about [the Kennedys] and the Cuban missile crisis."

Moved this conversation from the Fiennes board...seems more appropriate here: (Nan) You know, Charlotte...just got my Snappy...I hear Sixty Minute Man playing in my head...I see photos with lots of candles ;-) (Charlotte) Lemme see. Shall I let her know how retarded I am by asking her, "What's a Snappy?", or shall I prove how uncultured I am by inquiring about the performer(s) of Sixty Minute Man? Or shall I just bluster my way through my confusion by saying something banal like, "oooo! candles!" :) LOL! You could have said "oooo! candles!" and I wouldn't have known the difference. But your way was much more entertaining :-D A Snappy is a little whatchamacallit that allows you to "snap" still photos from a video source (VCR, camcorder...) 'Tis a lovely thing, honey! See... See what I mean? Is it not too fabulous?! :-) Oh...and Sixty Minute Man Is the name of the song playing in the background when this scene is taking place.... (BTW, "Sith Minute Man' was recorded by "The Dominoes" - 1951)

Oh. My. God. Do you possibly have any idea how many still shots I need you to capture?? I need a Snappy. Does it connect to your VCR, or do you have to have your computer connected to your TV? I am sooooo ignorant, but soooo needy!

I have a used one for sale.

Terry, I'm interested. But I need to more about how to use it. :) Shall we be nice to these people and switch to email? cbridges@esri.com

Sure, email me at terry@spring.net with all your comments/questions.

(Charlotte) Oh. My. God. Do you possibly have any idea how many still shots I need you to capture?? I do, indeed! I knew you'd be pleased... :-) Does it connect to your VCR, or do you have to have your computer connected to your TV? I am sooooo ignorant, but soooo needy! It doesn't have to be connected to the TV--you can just connect the VCR directly to the computer and view the film through the Snappy window...too cool!! Until you and Terry get a chance to work something out for the used Snappy, feel free to let me know what photos you'd really love to have. Since it's my new toy, I'll take any excuse to play with it, baby :-)

I love you, Nan. But then...you already know that. :)